Comment: Some scientists believe that the most important process underlying creative genius is the tendency to pay attention to things that are usually ignored.

My Response: That has long been observed.

Question: For example, when Alexander Fleming noticed that blue mold was killing the bacterial culture in a Petri dish, he could have just washed it down the sink. But he continued his research and discovered penicillin.

Another example is that when we go for a walk in nature, our clothes can pick up burrs, which we simply clean off. But George de Mestral, while walking in the forest, paid attention to this phenomenon. While examining burrs under a microscope, he uncovered the principle behind Velcro.

To draw ideas from everything around you—unpleasant people, opponents, the world itself—you need to be an active listener, fully immersing yourself in your surroundings, and treat every moment as an opportunity for growth. Is this useful for an ordinary person?

Answer: An ordinary person will not benefit much from that. You truly need to be a Fleming or Einstein to notice such peculiarities of manifestations in nature to see something special in them that is interesting and warrants study.

How many people have cleaned mold from their dishes and pots? So what? You have to be a scientist to think: “What is this interesting formation? Why does it occur? What is the reason?”

For this, you need either to be a scientist or have an eccentric mindset—that happens too, but it is rare. Only then can you see a natural phenomenon and realize that it could inspire the creation of something, like a machine.

Comment: You have said that people in the society of the future will be valued for their inner beauty, involvement, and kind attitude. Right now, however, people seem to do the opposite; they focus on themselves, their own thoughts and emotions, and ignores what is happening around them.

My Response: That is actually good.

Question: Can the cognitive disinhibition of scientists help an ordinary person learn the inner beauty we need to achieve?

Answer: No, it cannot. That is not the way to achieve it. Humanity progresses very simply—only negative events lead to positive outcomes. If I see that something seriously hinders me, only then will I transition from it to something positive. That is the law of negation.

Therefore, there is no easy path to good outcomes for people. Only our negative discoveries about our lives, relationships, and everything within us will serve as a driving force for fostering better relationships.

Question: Can it not happen the other way around?

Answer: It is impossible! It is a law of nature. You need to argue more often. You must provoke such states deliberately, so you can later achieve better relationships.

Question: What does it mean to deliberately provoke?

Answer: “Let’s argue!” You cannot imagine how much this will free you from negative energy and how much you will uncover in a friendly way. And it must be friendly! Because you did not want to argue, but are now discussing things openly.

You start saying truthful things to one another and perceiving them in an entirely different way. In principle, you do not see each other as enemies, opponents, or adversaries. That is why you will perceive objections and remarks differently, in a friendly manner. It will become difficult to object to one another.

Comment: When we act friendly, there really is no inner defensiveness. A person becomes open to what the other is saying.

Answer: Exactly. Try combining these two approaches, and you will see how successful you become and how much less you argue for real.

Comment: People argue over trivial things because they simply do not hear each other.

Answer: No, it is not trivial! Never think that. Inside, there is a serious contradiction. A trivial matter is just a trigger that brings this state out, like in a war—something seemingly insignificant ignites the whole situation. But, in reality, a massive amount of explosive material has been building up inside.

Sports function this way, to defuse tension.

We need to reach a breaking point, an explosion, and only then can we continue developing positive relationships. Without these explosions, it is impossible. Without a moment of hatred, we cannot move toward the next degree of cooperation. It is a law! There is nothing you can do—it is a law.

There can be no good without evil. We must properly manage both states.

Question: How can a person value evil as the starting point for achieving good?

Answer: By treating both equally. Only then can we maintain balance, approach life correctly, and use both the positive and the negative to advance along our life’s path.

Question: How can this be done

Answer: By rising above both the bad and the good.

How? Only in the right environment with the science of Kabbalah can we transcend our nature. Then you will be able to manage it.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 1/25/20

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Question: When you share information with someone, do you not have a sense of its consumers to better understand what they want?

Answer: In the article “Prophecy,” Baal HaSulam writes that he asked the Creator to lower him from the high level he was on so he could write something for people and they would understand what Kabbalah is, get closer to it, and use it. After all, Kabbalah is a purely practical science that needs to be implemented within oneself. How successful he was is a question.

When we read his works, we gradually begin to understand his style and his greatness. He managed to express vast spiritual volumes, properties, and actions very beautifully with a small number of words.

But I do not think he was satisfied with himself. It seems to me that he would have liked to write in such a way that a person, after glancing at the page, would gasp, freeze, and stick to the text as to a picture that would enter him and imprint on him, like an external image on film. This is how Kabbalistic material should be imprinted.

Light is reflected on a person’s desire. Moreover, the difference between the desire and the light is minimal so that the image can be transferred from the light directly to the egoistic desire that is opposite to it.

I do not think Baal HaSulam achieved this. Many read, but understand nothing. People who know Hebrew perfectly, with a university education, come to me and ask: “What is this about?” They cannot connect words into sentences because it is a completely different logic.

I remember myself. I did not understand the structure of the phrase itself: it seemed to be predicate-predicate-predicate, without a subject or verb. That is, it is illogical both in spelling and in vocabulary. So we still have to work as well.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Feel the Consumer” 9/9/10

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Question: In Kabbalah there is listening and watching. You have repeatedly mentioned that in the past the Torah was learned by heart, meaning it was listened to. Is the difference in perception really that significant?

Answer: The point is that when you load yourself with data, you can freely operate with it and act accordingly. Imagine that, like a computer’s memory, you had all spiritual literature embedded within you.

Not just memorized words and phrases but fully integrated in accordance with your own internal program like a computer filled with connections allowing you to extract, explore, and study information as needed.

For example, I recently had a discussion about the nature of envy, and I had to elaborate on the topic for half an hour: what kind of human trait it is, how it drives a person toward a goal, whether it is good or bad, how it manifests in a group, in a family, within oneself and in relation to the Creator, and so on.

Because I have accumulated a significant amount of Kabbalistic material, I never prepare for lessons or recordings. I arrive, hear the topic from the host, and immediately engage in discussion.

This improvisation is even more enjoyable for me than preparing in advance as I experience various new associations in the moment through the setting and the act of speaking itself. This process goes live immediately, and requires a certain mental effort, a bit of nervous, stressful inner realization. And I love that.

This is possible because I have stored the necessary material within me. I can instantly recall what is said about mutual hatred, envy, egoism, vanity, and other qualities that help a person internally structure himself and achieve a goal.

It is said that envy, hatred, power, vanity, and similar traits drive a person toward their purpose. These qualities exist within us for a reason; they are meant to help us achieve something great when used correctly, not to suppress others, but to learn from them and continually rise higher and higher.

I operate with this knowledge immediately. But if, at that moment, I had to start reading and searching through books like some philosopher, that would not be what Kabbalah demands from a person in their spiritual advancement. In other words, this knowledge, these informational records must be within us.

I am speaking about a Kabbalist-scholar and not about someone who simply moves forward internally. Such a person does not need this; they only need connection with others in order to restore the structure of the collective soul. There, they will perceive their own inner spiritual world and their eternal movement.

Question: So does that mean one does not need to memorize material?

Answer: No, people do not need anything at all except to correct the division between themselves that occurred during our creation.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Listen or watch” 5/25/10

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Question: If a person meditates, he looks at some object and tries to feel how this object affects him. When we study Kabbalistic texts, we also look into them and ask for them to influence us internally. So how, then, does Kabbalah differ from ordinary meditation?

Answer: I don’t understand what meditation has to do with it? Meditation is when you envision some kind of image, some kind of letter, something hanging in the air, and you meditate on it.

I absolutely cannot relate to this action and intention that we would develop in ourselves in our Kabbalistic efforts to unite. Because in Kabbalah everything is very real. We discover within ourselves mutual hatred, rejection of one another, and we try not to run away from it, not to float away somewhere in the clouds, but instead to find connections that would force us, despite the mutual rejection, to unite with each other.

Kabbalah by no circumstances destroys egoism, it uses it. That is why it is called “the science of receiving.” All meditations are based on the idea that you suppress egoism, as if it doesn’t exist. And so, I fly off somewhere into the clouds, and I’m already an angel of God.

But here, no, you become even more vile, an even more egoistic individualist, opposite to others. But you rise above yourself, above your “I,” above mutual rejection.

Mutual rejection is called “Aviut“(the “thickness” of your egoism in the group), and mutual connection is called “Zakut” (the “purity,” the serenity of your relationships). These two qualities must be together, one above the other, and through this, a third quality is created, the so–called “middle line,” which combines both of them in itself.

Therefore, Kabbalistic meditation, if it can even be called that, is absolutely real, because it always and entirely is based on egoism, which is growing more and more.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Kabbalistic Meditation” 5/23/10

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Question: What is the meaning of reading Kabbalistic sources? A person simply opens a book, reads it, and by doing so he already influences nature, suppose, a volcano?

Answer: Yes, of course, by doing so he already influences the volcano.

Question: There are eight billion people in the world, and how can you prove to them that some book can influence all of humanity?

Answer: First, there is no way out anyway, and a person will accept the method of Kabbalah whether he wants to or not. Suffering will make you believe in anything.

Secondly, why not try? After all, there is logic in the science of Kabbalah; it contains such a harsh, ironclad, and all-crushing truth that a person sees this is really so.

It works very directly and is based on specific data, parameters, combinations of two forces that a person sees around him, and they suddenly explain to him everything that is happening to him so simply and so specifically. As a result, a person becomes convinced of its truth even from his earthly logic, not to mention that this is a science that the whole world respects and appreciates although it is afraid of it. As a saying goes, if one is afraid, then he respects.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Come to Harmony” 4/19/10

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Comment: You say that a person should develop in many ways. But as a rule, there is some association or community that builds a framework and walks within that framework all the time.

My Response: That is natural. These include religions, all kinds of spiritual practices, and everyday cultures of humanity. In this way, people create a reliable environment for themselves within which they exist in confidence, and it supports them.

But for a Kabbalist, it is like death. He needs to constantly develop, change, transform his environment, and feel highly unconfident so he would have a need to hold on to the Creator and the group. He has a need to find his support in bestowal and love for the others rather than in the notion “my house is my fortress.”

Question: Does it mean that “we only dream of peace”?

Answer: You bet! And you should not dream of it; it is bad. “We only dream of peace” when I am forced to come out of the state of rest, and not that I am pulled out of it. I exit this state on my own into the raging inner world where I feel completely lost every time, and it is precisely because of this that I am ready to cling even to love for the neighbor.

Question: Does it mean that the step your students are taking is one of the many steps ahead?

Answer: Yes, of course. And the entire humanity will go this way. We are only beginning to shake. Ahead of us are even bigger social and natural disasters. We will have no choice but to look for a true and serious decision.

There will be no escape. It is like an exploded volcano. Imagine that it is really erupting, approaching you, enclosing you, the day becomes night, and this will be for the next couple of years. The temperature drops to the negative 40 to 50 degrees. What can you do here? You can oppose these forces of nature only with the spiritual force. Only! You have nothing else.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Efficiency of Combined Actions” 4/17/10

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The Book of Zohar has been regarded as a special book for thousands of years, one that is universally respected. I see in practice that a person who begins to acquaint themselves with Kabbalah approaches it with great respect.

They see that the science of Kabbalah speaks about absolutely everything and covers all of existence—our psychology, social relationships, theory, practice, history, geography—everything one can imagine in our world. It explains all the roots of the world, all the sources of what happens, and all its purposes.

Furthermore, Kabbalah explains the cycles of souls, our state beyond the material world, and how we can practically achieve this today. It addresses what our freewill consists of, if it exists at all. It shows how we can change our perception of reality, how we can alter this reality and ascend to a level equal to the Creator, to control the Creator.

This means we can change our life, ourselves, humanity, all of nature, and even the Creator—no matter how strange this may sound. All of this is given to us. The science of Kabbalah speaks to a person about absolutely everything. It is above all that exists because it grants us new qualities and new possibilities.

The question is whether we can become a little smarter and consider in advance, before any disasters strike, that it might be worth paying some attention to building a more reliable foundation for our lives on Earth.

After all, many predict that in twenty years, there will either be an ice age or, on the contrary, a rise in global temperatures. Not to mention the possibility of “frying” ourselves in some nuclear war.

Kabbalah provides the means to restrain all of this, to manage it, to achieve harmony, where everyone will have everything they need, and everyone will suddenly come to peace. We will stop dividing borders, oil, and everything else, and will simply reach a completely new common denominator in our relationships. Isn’t that a good thing?

For this, a person simply needs to open a book and study a little or join us through the Internet or through any of our programs, lessons, lectures, or television.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Come to Harmony” 4/19/10

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Question: You mentioned that for a long time, you could not accept The Book of Zohar.

Answer: Yes, it repelled me. I considered it unnecessary. Then the light affected me in such a way that a transformation occurred within me. I always use this example with my students.

Question: But if someone simply takes a quote from The Zohar and reads it, will it have an effect on them?

Answer: No, it will only have an effect to the extent that a person wants to correct himself through this book and strives, in some way, to extract something from it. But if, for example, a linguist wants to study it and reads it without any inner drive or demand, they will receive very little influence.

Question: So if we want it to influence us, should we read it with this intention?

Answer: Yes that is enough. However, it is even better if it happens through friends when you all study The Zohar together so that it can influence you and unite you into a single desire against the egoism that divides you.

Question: Let’s say I am sitting in a lesson and I want The Zohar to influence me. How can I build an intention that will also influence everyone else?

Answer: You want it to be this way.

Question: Even if I cannot gather all of this in my mind?

Answer: Try. This attempt is your intention, your inner work. Everything else doesn’t matter.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Hate to The Zohar” 4/19/10

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Question: If an an ordinary person who has no connection to Kabbalah watches one of your videos, what will it give him? What should he do next?

Answer: Open a book and start reading. Then he will see how much he is changing and changing the world at the same time. Everything is explained in the books on Kabbalah!

On one hand, these books tell a person about the general structure of nature and a person’s connection with it, how he influences nature, and how nature influences him. On the other hand, through the connection of a person with a Kabbalistic book, there is an entire system of initiating positive forces of nature that change him and the surrounding world in a positive direction, toward harmony.

During study, a person’s understanding, awareness, and rapprochement with this science, give one confidence, strength, and a clear foundation to stand on on one hand, and immediate integration in a normal, effective, practical correction on the other hand; these two parameters that one stimulates with one’s studies resolve everything.

Therefore, all that remains is to give a person the opportunity to correctly discover the appropriate, comfortable material for him.

Comment: You have just explained very clearly what the books talk about. But a person might get scared. He will say: “It describes how I influence nature.”

My Response: So what? Who is afraid of this today? It is nothing to be afraid of. I believe that nothing scares a person today; people are perfectly capable of navigating the material. Nowadays there are no such narrow-minded, superstitious, ignorant individuals as before. Over the last ten to fifteen years, humanity has risen above all fears and superstitions and is calm about everything.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. How to change the world” 4/19/10

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Question: How should a person prepare themselves for reading The Book of Zohar? There were suggestions that one should prepare before going to sleep since what a person falls asleep with is what they wake up with in the morning. Is it acceptable to read just any Kabbalistic books before bed?

Answer: Yes, of course. However, it is preferable to read books that are thematically and stylistically closer to The Book of Zohar; otherwise, you might approach it with a slightly different focus.

The point is, you can read Kabbalistic articles related to philosophy, religion, our world, or our life. But what you need to read is the part of Kabbalah (this is a science with many sections) that specifically directs you toward the revelation of The Book of Zohar. That way, you can pass through it like a filter into that world.

Question: Can one, for example, read Shamati?

Answer: Shamati is also good, but I usually prefer to read a passage from The Zohar before going to sleep. It is The Zohar! And even though you read it without understanding anything, it tunes you correctly and elevates you to a certain level. With it, you fall asleep, wake up in the morning, and go to the lesson.

Before the lesson, I typically read, work on materials, or write, and only on the subject of the upcoming lesson. After all, I want to provide people with the most relevant material, and I need to prepare myself accordingly.

Question: So is it not necessary to read The Zohar? Is it enough to simply listen to it?

Answer: Yes, you can listen to it. The key is to be immersed in it. If our first lesson is The Zohar, this is especially important. But if it is something else, you should align yourself with that material. If it is Shamati, then we focus on articles from Shamati. If it is The Zohar, then The Zohar. If it is The Study of the Ten Sefirot, then The Study of the Ten Sefirot. It is essential to align oneself with a specific perspective on the universe as it varies.

Question: Generally, one should prepare for studying The Zohar throughout the day. Many people ask: “How do we do that?” Listening is not always an option for everyone at work. How can one remain connected to this thought?

Answer: Try whenever possible to listen or read in brief moments. Strive to see what connects you to this book, understanding that it is not systematic.

It is not The Study of the Ten Sefirot or a systematic, logically presented study. The Zohar is a very enigmatic book with a unique style. But the essence embedded in it provides a powerful light of correction. If a person respects this book and does not abandon it, they will literally begin to feel changes within a couple of weeks.

We see this within our group. Since we started studying The Book of Zohar, the group has become more inwardly focused.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Preparation for The Zohar,” 3/11/10

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