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How Can You Learn the Right Attitude?

235Question: How can people learn the right attitude toward one another without formal studying?

Answer: Only those who really have an inner urge, an inclination, and realization that it is necessary go to study. Otherwise, what is there to teach? The correct attitude?

A person learns the correct attitude on oneself based on their feelings and inner actions, from the fact that one feels bad and wants to find what is good. It is explained to them where to find a positive feeling so that a person can feel better thanks to one’s correct attitude toward people and toward the Creator. This is not acquired through formal study.

We study because we want to master the methodology to teach others. But when teaching a person, you should not simply sit them down to study. Why all of a sudden? These are natural processes that a person must undergo internally. Moreover, we see how few people are naturally suited for structured learning. It is meant only for those who will later teach others, but teach them practically how to act.

You might say, “Yes, but it is written that through study we draw the surrounding light upon us, and besides that, there is no other means.” Yet again, this applies only to those who must correct themselves as priests or teachers. Others correct themselves solely through their attitude. Just the attitude—nothing else is needed.

Sit and study for hours? Not at all! A person simply needs an explanation. They need a group that demonstrates how they should relate in order to reach the purpose of creation—union with the Creator. It is also necessary to teach that the Creator is the upper force that operates in nature. The more I obey this force, the more I merge with Him; and when I distance myself from Him, I get “spanked” like an unreasonable child because I am not merged with Him.

Today these words have lost their flavor and give people the impression that this is about religion. In reality, we are simply being taught how to fulfill the laws of nature. There is a universal law: if you do not follow it, you suffer. You must fulfill it through your attitude toward Him: as He relates to you, so must you relate to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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A Message to the People of Israel

294.2Our message to the people of Israel must be that a person should be a “kingdom of priests” and a “holy nation” in relation to himself and in relation to a group of people, whether small or large, all the way to the rest of the nations and the world.

The same applies to the group in relation to the world, and the entire nation in relation to the world. It does not matter. Every part of creation, of the will to receive, that feels it is capable of this, in accordance with the awareness of the importance of this action, takes part in the correction both in relation to itself and in relation to the whole of reality, that is, to the rest of creation, to all other souls so that all may reach the degree of adhesion with the Creator.

Question: Can we go out with this message to the people?

Answer: This is our duty. It is no coincidence that Baal HaSulam finished the series of articles “Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah)” and “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)” by stating that this is our task. This must be our banner.

Question: But isn’t this talking about the final state?

Answer: That is true. Although the phrase “You shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests” doesn’t yet refer to the end, but rather to the correction of Bina in a person, that is, the intention not for one’s own sake, the state of Hafetz Hesed (one who desires nothing for himself).

In general, we are speaking about two very great corrections, which mean attaining two degrees in the revelation of the face of the Creator (Gilui Panim) beyond the Machsom: bestowal for the sake of bestowal and reception for the sake of bestowal. The first degree is called governance by reward and punishment and the second eternal love. They stand opposite the “kingdom of priests” and “holy nation.”

However, since these are very high levels and are still far from us, it turns out that even at the smallest level, you cannot move from your place unless you take into account where you ultimately want to arrive. Even the smallest effort, according to how much you understand in your current state, must already be directed toward the final degree.

Baal HaSulam writes about the kibbutzim and Soviet Russia. Why did they not succeed? Even though their work was, in essence, based on the principle of “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and they were willing to carry it out, they could not do it. On the contrary, they only revealed the Klipa in it, because their work was not aimed at the final goal, and they did not see it as preparation for adhesion with the Creator. But that should have been the starting condition, because “the end of the act is in the initial thought.”

Such is the requirement for every appeal, every condition, and every action of a person because otherwise it is not an act that integrates into the process and becomes part of the spiritual path.
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From the 1st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Questions about Spiritual Work—237

281.02Question: Are the desire to want to bestow and the desire to bestow two different Kelim, or is it the same Kli? Can the Creator also be revealed in the desire to want to bestow?

Answer: Yes, all of this will become clearer, more defined, known, and attainable for us.

Question: Outside of our circle, how can we influence what is happening with us now, in Israel? Is there any possibility?

Answer: I do not particularly see what can be corrected in those circles of the Kelim that are not yet engaged.

I think this requires further work on our part. Then we will feel precisely what we are missing.
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From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/15/2025, “Everything is Obtained By the Power of Prayer”

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How Do You Implement Kabbalah?

254.03Question: What should I say to a simple person who does not study and probably will not study Kabbalah?

Answer: There is no need to study Kabbalah! The wisdom of Kabbalah is not for studying it. Studying is not its realization. Realization in our world occurs through awareness of the separation and correction and not through any kind of physical action.

Physical action is the dissemination to the people of Israel and the nations of the world of the idea of what the purpose of creation is and the process of achieving it. Once a person hears it and to some extent agrees with it, a person, as they say, carries it out.

There is no realization in our world. How would you implement it? With hands, feet? Even the work in the Temple, the sacrifice of animals for the Temple service are external symbols of internal agreement. All the work is internal.

You sow this knowledge in yourself and in the nations of the world, in everyone without any distinction, and everyone feels that this is indeed so and, apparently, the entire world is in a bad state precisely because we do not follow this general law. This is how you correct everything.

After all, the correction does not lie in extracting a few more tons of oil or coal, or building a few more factories, or in doing something else. Correction is not accomplished by physical actions. An action is achieving the correct intention. That is all. All the actions of this world are useless, and we see how destructive they are.

The intention for the sake of bestowal was shattered; the intention that should have been in the head of the Partzuf of the world of Nikudim or Adam. At that time, in the head (Rosh), there was an intention to receive for the sake of bestowal, but it was not realized in the body (Guf). It is precisely this intention that must now be realized. Intention!

Therefore, to the question “What should we do in this world?,” I answer: we should not perform any physical actions other than dissemination, other than study. This is what is called the “kingdom of the priests”: the priests (Kohanim) have no inheritance, they do not have to do anything. They should only teach, pass the method.

And what about the other nations? They work with the desire to receive; that is considered their work. The actions are only in connection, dissemination, explanation. And that is all.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Close the Gap

961.2Question: If we act correctly, will this lead to a faster revelation of evil? Is this what is the acceleration of development is?

Answer: If we accelerate the work, what does accelerate even mean? At the very least, we should aim to close the gap! If we awaken ourselves and inspire the world to realize that the relationships between people are the most important factor in drawing closer to the upper force, then as a result, we will reveal the good.

Perhaps you are asking about when a person studies Kabbalah, through study, dissemination, and other actions, one begins to reveal the corrections awaiting him, and he goes through stages where he feels bad. He sinks into unpleasant states like depression, descent, and so on. So if the world begins to engage in what we recommend now, would it not have to go through those same descents and painful sensations?

I do not think such a danger exists. The corrections that the world will go through will be on a large scale. In other words, the idea will take hold of a huge number of people, while the opposite idea will continuously weaken because masses of people will fall into despair not knowing how to continue living.

Therefore, those who adhere to the idea of correction will not experience descents, but rather a relatively uplifted state, an ascent. We have descents because we are surrounded by a hostile environment, which is constantly introducing disturbances.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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An Idea that Is Abstract to the People

200.02Question: Should we take the idea contained in what we are studying and pass it on to everyone?

Answer: You cannot convey this idea to the people because these are completely abstract things. The people may perceive it as something even somewhat rational because they themselves are in an irrational state.

What does he have in his hands that would allow him to say that he is relying on something in life?

Humanity has yet to discover how suspended in the air it is; it lacks support. It has nothing; its entire basis, its illusory confidence in what to do and how to do it—all of this is in the material, and even that will soon slip out of people’s hands, will literally leak through their fingers. They will be like a lost child who stands and cries, who is afraid to take a step, who does not know where his mother is and what to do.

We must approach this in a “rational” way—rational for them, that is why it is in quotes—and every time, at every stage, we need to give them a logical explanation of what we recommend for them to do, to perform, to advance to.

If today I go to the people and say, “You do not understand how much your thoughts affect the world. And there is no need to change anything except our attitude, our intention, and our thoughts about the world, about the universe, and about the upper force”—everyone will think that I am, to put it mildly, detached from reality.

“Alright, I have changed my attitude. And what happened, where is it? What can we do? We are dealing with life and death issues; people have to eat something, to fill themselves with something, and you are talking about some thoughts, some attitude to reality that changes it? And this is what you came to the world with?! What are you telling us here! What did you come to advise us?”

But you might be right. Even scientists are already discovering that a person can influence with thought. And besides, there are such refined, elevated people who also say that we need to treat each other differently, and then we will change the world, and it will become more beautiful. That is, if we treat each other better, our world, our general perception will change. That is true. But where is the proof that if we change our attitude to the world just because this is the general law of the universe, we will gain something from it?

That means you are bringing the Creator here. You are telling them this not from a social point of view, like the well-meaning socialists who say: “Let us create a wonderful society, let us care for one another…” and everyone understands that it would be great if we could achieve this.

But you tell them, “No, that is not why we should be kind. We should be kind because in this we become like the upper force, which will then change everything and affect us in a completely different, astonishing way, from which all the foundations will change! Not only will the relationships between us change, even nature will change—everything will change!” In this case, you are applying a parameter that they neither understand nor feel. You are introducing the Creator into the picture!
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From the 1st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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For the Sake of the Common Correction

214These are the words of our sages in clarifying the ending, “These are the words which you will say to the children of Israel.” They made the precision, “These are the words,” no more and no less. This is perplexing: How can you say that Moses would add or take away from the words of the Creator to the point that the Creator had to warn him about it? (Baal HaSulam “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

Question: What is the meaning of the warning given to Moses: “No less and no more…”?

Answer: “No less and no more” means that the correction must continue until all the vessels are corrected.

In other words, Galgalta veEynaim (GE) have no right to exist if it is not for the sake of the common correction.

That is, GE are obligated to awaken, correct themselves, and correct others; this is the reason for their elevation before the rest. They are not permitted to be under AHP, because their role is to correct AHP due to their own purity and degree of Aviut (coarseness).
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Mutual Obligation

963.5Question: Is the only way to prove the general law of the universe (without yet feeling it) to see that without it, I feel bad?

Answer: Of course. Nothing more is needed! Humanity is not at all required to suddenly engage in spiritual searches. All of this is very practical, real-life stuff. You can see for yourself, nobody comes in any other way.

The question is, how much suffering can we save ourselves by coming to it earlier? Is there any doubt that with blows, you can make a person do anything? There is no problem! Maybe we are incapable of that, but from above, it is absolutely possible.

That is why there is just one small opportunity by asking, “What is the meaning of my life?” and to immediately find the answer through the group. If we do not find the answer, an even greater, more painful question arises, and then another, and another.

Now the question is different. How are those who already know the answer obligated to help those who do not yet know, but are suffering? Here is where mutual obligation comes into play. If you know all this, you are obligated to spread this knowledge and ensure that others come to understand more quickly that there is a system behind the “blows,” that they have a source and a purpose, that all of them lead a person to such a state in which he would rise above his life, transition from action to intention, and enter a different dimension of existence.

And when he truly enters that dimension where the souls reside, that will be an entirely different existence. He will identify himself with that field called the Creator, the upper force, or the general law, and there, there is no life and death, completely different values exist there, and everything is different.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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An Attitude toward the Spiritual System

224Therefore, the Creator gave him the above warning, “no less,” but offered them the true nature of the work, in all its sublimity, expressed in the words, “a kingdom of priests.”

Regarding the reward that is defined in the words “a holy nation,” he was warned, “no more” (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

The words “no more” and “no less” essentially speak about one’s attitude toward the system.

What does “a kingdom of priests” mean? It means not for one’s own sake. It refers to a correction that is not intended for me; I cut myself off from personal interest. In everything I do and carry out, in everything that will happen, there is no “I.” My “I” is, so to speak, completely absent from reality. My concern is that reality should exist and not that I should exist in it. This is called “a kingdom of priests.” And we must reach “no less” than this correction.

The words “no more” imply the form of work with AHP. One may engage with the AHP only in such measure and with such Aviut, that it is always “no more” than in order to reach adhesion for the sake of bestowal.

In this way, the distinction between the work according to the principle of “no less” with vessels of bestowal, and the principle of “no more” with vessels of reception is expressed. Baal HaSulam formulates it in this way.
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The Point of Support Is on the Creator

183.01Question: How can one balance the need to explain people’s guilt in what is happening on one hand, and on the other, make sure that they accept it?

Answer: As Baal HaSulam explains at the end of the Introduction to The Book of Zohar, all correction begins from within, from the innermost part of ourselves.

If you find a point of support on the Creator within yourself and from this point you influence yourself and the group, and from this point you reach out to the whole world, you will be able to explain it, be right, and self-confident. There will be no difficulty in doing so. But only if you have that point of reliance on the Creator.
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