Question: There are abstract concepts of good and evil. In relation to what standard do we determine what is good and what is evil?

Answer: I believe that good is what leads people to unification, rapprochement, and mutual assistance, and evil is the opposite of it.

Comment: But we see that there are masses of people who unite and wage war against other segments of the population. That is, in relation to them, unification is good. Regarding others, it is evil.

My Response: You cannot define it that way. People must unite for the sake of common peace. This requires very serious preparation, serious training, and gradual introduction of this idea over many years into the general mass of humanity.

Good should be relative to the whole world and not relative to a certain part of people.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 10/29/23

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Question: The expression “clash of civilizations” is very common in the mass media. There are about ten civilizations in the world, but among them there are two main ones: Western and East Asian.

When you hear that there is conflict and different values between these two civilizations, what can you, as a Kabbalist, say about what is happening between them? What characterizes East and West?

Answer: At present there are no clearly defined civilizations. But if we talk about the East and the West, then Eastern civilizations are characterized by their commitment to religious problems, which they try to put into practice. And Western civilizations are more interested in the problems of their material existence. Therefore, the difference between them is quite large.

In Eastern civilization there are people who care very much whether their spiritual values are preserved, and they are ready to fight for this. Western civilization wants to preserve itself in the form in which it came to exist today. Therefore, it is very difficult for them to establish contact with each other.

Question: The great Kabbalist Baal HaSulam writes that there are two opposing forces in nature—negative and positive. They developed the entire material universe. If we talk about the human level, then these are the forces of good and the forces of evil. So, is war between these two forces the natural state of humanity?

Answer: Yes, this comes from the structure of their souls—Eastern and Western. It is unknown for how long this confrontation will continue. But so far, we see that it does not end.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 10/29/23

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Question: In one of the articles, Baal HaSulam writes that during a war there are states when governance is transferred to a destructive force, which then is manifested in the corporeal world.

Then this can no longer be corrected; you have to wait for time to pass. This happened during World War II, during the Holocaust.

What kind of destructive force is this?

Answer: This is the enormous force of the Creator, which He decides to use in educating people. Then bad conditions descend on humanity, and the Creator begins to deal with people according to the strict law.

Question: Baal HaSulam writes that when governance has already been transferred to this destructive force, even prayers do not help. Before this, you could correct something, pray, and somehow change the situation, but when the destructive force is manifested in matter, nothing helps. There are many such cases in history. Or is there still something that can be done?

Answer: Of course, there is. We still have to do something despite the circumstances. But we must not forget that there is a good time and an evil time.
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Question: In Hebrew “army” is called “tzava” – “tze ve bo”, which means entry and exit from the power of the evil principle, i.e., our egoism.

When a person fights with it, he is either under the power of egoism, or comes out of it. Can we say that the most important thing is the work process itself, and the result of the war is not important? Or is winning still important?

Answer: The result is very important to us! But besides this, we need to understand why the war occurs, its reason, in what case it can stop, and so on. We must learn to work with this correctly.

Question: Does the result of war depend on the Creator or on people?

Answer: It is always from the Creator. The result depends on how much our plans and desires coincide with the Creator. And then there will be no defeat.

Question: For an external war, are the same principles true as in war with the evil inclination of man?

Answer: Yes. If a person wins a war with an evil inclination within himself, he can thereby win a war that has already manifested itself in the outside world.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 10/29/23

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Question: From the point of view of Kabbalah we see that at the corporeal level there is some harmony within the inanimate, vegetative, and animate nature; otherwise our world would not exist. At the same time at the human level wars never stop. Why is war our most natural state?

Answer: War is our natural state because the biggest egoism is in the human being within all of nature.

The confrontation between the two civilizations, the East and West, is a war of values. The values that exist in the Eastern part belong to their internal structure. While the values that exist in the Western part are more mercantile and materialistic.

Therefore, the difference between them is very big—psychological, mental. Based on this we cannot say that certain values hinder us while certain ones bring us closer together.
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Question: Are internal wars with an evil inclination possible without external manifestations?

Answer: Theoretically wars fought only mentally by the desires of the heart are possible. But when we will get there, I do not know.

After all, we can come to this only after we are absolutely sure that with our own desires, we create a place for wars and all negative actions.

The Creator, as the highest governing force, manifesting itself in external war, influences humanity to realizes the futility of its attempts to correct the world.

Question: What does external war bring out in a person? Does it awaken questions about the meaning of life in him?

Answer: No, we practically do not see this. For how many millennia have people been fighting each other and still this does not help them understand the meaning of life. Suffering does not raise these questions.

I think that they can only be caused by an educational process, by soft persuasion, when we sit opposite each other and correctly explain our point of view to everyone.
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Question: Today people spend a lot of time watching war footage. So a person even without being in the hot spots lives all this daily.

Some experts say this has a strong effect on the human psyche. Others argue this is how one learns to see the truth and thereby can prevent his aggression toward others. What would you recommend?

Should we be watching all this?

Answer: I would not advise watching it because, as a rule, it is presented with loose commentary.

I would advise people to study the nature of man and the causes of wars. Then they would gradually become aware of their damage and how that harm can be corrected concerning others.

Question: Do you think watching all these horrors affects our psyche?

Answer: Of course it does.

Question: In a good way or the opposite? Some believe if one has a strong impression of negative actions, he will never repeat them.

Answer: No, it does not work. We see the world is not getting better.
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Question: Can we say the nations of the world, with their actions, are forcing Israel to take the path of correction?

Answer: Yes, the peoples of the world, by their negative attitude toward Israel, force them to understand the whole world depends on them.

Question: In Baal HaSulam’s article, “First Will Be the Correction of the World,” he says when certain elements of the whole of Israel are corrected, the whole world will automatically be corrected. What does it mean?

Answer: We are talking about the connection between all people in the world. If we, those who study Kabbalah, those who are connected with the Creator through study and connection with each other, wish to correct ourselves and ascend to the Creator, then in the measure of our correction, the whole world will come to unity and ascend to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/4/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “First Will Be the Correction of the World“

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Question: Usually, children under the age of five play without relating to each other in any way. Humanity is going through the same state now as we do not seem to be in contact with each other.

Do we have to go through this state at an accelerated pace or do we have to go through everything we are supposed to without hurrying anywhere?

Answer: We have already passed the state of infancy because we have received instructions for correcting ourselves in connection with each other. That is why we all have to think only how to be connected by good intentions. That is what we ask in prayer.

Question: Then is a real prayer for all of humanity born?

Answer: For the Creator so that we provide Him with a vessel that He would fill with His love.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Giving of the Torah – 2“

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If we start to investigate, we will quickly understand that we, the people of Israel, are to blame for what is happening. We have not followed the straight and right path, which is called the path of the Torah. Therefore, we must now correct our path.

And in this, we need to support and strengthen each other so that instead of lamenting and regretting, we can look truth in the eye and figure out how to move forward on the path to unity, peace, and common harmony and how we can also explain to our enemies that the way to universal harmony lies only in unity among all, so we would stop fighting and proving one’s righteousness, as such a path does not lead to a solution.

The strength of our people lies only in unity. And if we direct our unity toward the Creator, we will find ourselves at the center of creation. From this point, we can achieve success, not just by defeating someone by force, but by proving to everyone that global unity is possible above all enmity and will be the solution for everyone.

We should not consider ourselves righteous, acting at the pinnacle of justice. If that were the case, we would not be in the situation we are in today.

In reality, our condition is no better than that of any other nation or group. Everyone is in complete confusion and global shattering. Therefore, we must know that there is no truth behind anyone. The truth lies only in turning to the Creator and wanting to draw closer to Him so He will care for us.

The only way to escape the trap in which humanity finds itself is if everyone wants to join the central point that gathers all the humanity together and leaves no one outside that center. There will be no good or bad, no disputes between nations and religions; everyone will be obligated to accept all others as members of one community because all people are brothers.

The Creator gave us all an egoistic, evil nature only so that we could rise above our egoism and acquire a good nature against it.

We must understand that humanity has fallen into such darkness that no one comprehends where the truth is, where justice is, and how it is possible to live in peace. If there is no external war somewhere, there is an internal war. Therefore, to bring about the right balance, we must change ourselves.

I wish for people to discover the upper force that can unite all people into one group, into one people of the Creator. Then, we will be in the right state.

May the Creator gather us together into one people and teach us how to relate to each other, what to feel and think about each other. Otherwise, these wars will not end today or tomorrow, but will continue for many, many years.

Therefore, we must demand the Creator to show us the right direction in our development and the right attitude among all nations and all the people.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/30/23, Writings of Rabash “It Is Forbidden to Hear a Good Thing from a Bad Person“

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