Question: Baal HaSulam writes in the book A Sage’s Fruit that at one time philosophy took the place of Kabbalah. However, only Kabbalah can talk about the issues that philosophy took as its basis. What is the reason for this statement?

Answer: If we take the basis of philosophy—and now I am not speaking from the point of view of a Kabbalist, but from the point of view of a philosopher—then the medieval German Kabbalists, in particular, the philosopher and humanist Johann Reuichlin writes in his work De Arte Cabbalistica that Pythagoras, the founder of philosophy, translated the word ”kabbalah” into Greek with the term “philosophy,” and took all the basics of philosophy from Kabbalah.

Indeed, even in the time of the prophets, in the eighth and ninth century BC, the ancient Greeks studied with Kabbalists. Kabbalists taught everyone who wanted to study, because Kabbalah is intended for everyone without exception.

If a person had a desire to engage in their own improvement and attain spiritual likeness with the upper force, he could come and study this method. There were no restrictions on this.

Subsequently the ancient Greeks, who studied with the prophets, organized their own school. They disconnected matter from its form and began to deal with the abstract form. And philosophy appeared from this.
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From KabTV’s “Close-Up. Seekers” 9/16/09

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Question: What does a person have to change to be happy?

Answer: To see the world one is in.

Question: Does one need to change some external conditions for that?

Answer: No, absolutely not! Open a book or connect to our website on the Internet. He will get everything from there.

Comment: But it sounds somewhat unrealistic that my happiness depends on reading a book or listening to some channel.

My Response: This is how Kabbalah works. This is a special science that is revealed in this way.

On the other hand, I would say that there is nothing special here. Isn’t the same thing happening to me when I study other sciences—let’s say psychology?

Comment: But I don’t change. By studying any some science, I just accumulate knowledge.

My Response: It depends on what kind of science. If you study the science about yourself, then you change. I said psychology, not veterinary science or geology.

It is not easy. I am changing because the science is about me and about how I can discover the higher world. It is said that Kabbalah is the science of the revelation of the Creator to a person in this world, in this life. By the Creator, we mean the whole of nature, true, global nature, of which we currently feel only one percent, and therefore we do not know how to behave in this world, and not only in it. What happens to us after we die?

Comment: Nobody knows this.

My Response: So I can find it out. Why should I live in this world without knowing what will happen to me next? Then this life has no meaning either. And thus the whole picture is opened for us and it unfolds in front of us—everything right here where we exist.
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From KabTV’s “Close-Up. Hope for Peace” 9/9/09

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Question: Does a person need to believe in himself? When he begins to study the science of Kabbalah, should he be sure that he will be able to attain the upper world and take the next steps?

Answer: If a person has questions about his fate, about the upper force, why all nature is created in this way, what it wants from him, and what is intended for him, then he must find that out no matter what.

And it doesn’t matter what else arises in front of him, just put the rest aside, dismiss it: right now I’m doing this. You must clarify the issues that concern you and then you will decide whether to go further into the study of Kabbalah or not. But in principle you should not miss this opportunity.

Question: What is confidence in the path?

Answer: It is a feeling that without figuring out my path I see that I am simply lost in this life and I have nothing to live for. I look at others and how they live, I don’t want to live like that. I have to live with a purpose, with “lightning” in my heart, and see my life path in this.

Having found this out, I will already decide what to do next. I need it. Otherwise, why do I exist? If a person has such an approach to life, one must implement it.

Question: The word “confidence” has a correlation with the word “faith,” but at the same time, as far as I understand, a person should not believe in anything just like that. He should be sure to clarify exactly what is most important.

Answer: You do not have to believe in anything or succumb to any arguments of others. You need to go only in unison with your opinion, read books that talk directly to your heart, and thus move forward.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 7/19/21

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The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic Philosophy, Elie Metchnikoff:

To modify the human constitution, it will be necessary first, to frame the ideal, and thereafter to set to work with all the resources of science.

If there can be formed an ideal able to unite men in a kind of religion of the future, this ideal must be founded on scientific principles. And if it be true, as has been asserted so often, that man can live by faith alone, the faith must be in the power of science.” “To change human nature, first of all, one must be aware of the ideal to strive for, and then use all the means provided by science for its implementation.

If we think of an ideal capable of uniting people in some kind of religion of the future, then it cannot be grounded otherwise than on scientific data. And if it is true, as is often said, that one cannot live without faith, then the latter cannot be other than faith in the omnipotence of knowledge.

My Response: Of course, we must strive for real faith, which is absolute knowledge, when a person changes himself so that he becomes closer to nature. Then a transformation takes place in him, and he begins to feel the inner pulse of nature, its movement and himself in it, as one harmonious general whole.

Question: If what he does brings him even a drop closer to nature, then is this the right direction, and if it moves him away, then the wrong one?

Answer: Yes. And also according to the motto “a sound spirit in a sound body” The healthier you become, the closer to nature you will be, because you are a part of it.
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From KabTV’s “Meetings with Kabbalah” 7/29/21

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Question: What is the right way to rest for a person who begins to study the science of Kabbalah? Maybe he does not need to rest at all, but can devote every minute to moving toward the goal? Or do you still need to relax somehow?

Answer: Perhaps there should be a place for both recreation and sports. But all this is within a very limited framework. The main thing is to study, work, eat, and rest.

Question: Is there such a thing as resting the mind, mental rest? Sports, of course, is physical rest. I can study, but at the same time think, continue working hard.

Answer: Personally, I relax mentally when I read or listen to anecdotal stories, not some rough concoctions, but those in which the brilliance of the mind is manifested.

In general, I just move from one action to another: I study The Zohar, articles by Baal HaSulam and Rabash, prepare for lessons, give talks and interviews. Since my occupation changes all the time, I do not feel tired.

Question: Is there such a thing that mental forces can be exhausted if a person follows a spiritual path?

Answer: No. This cannot be in Kabbalah.

Question: In general, while studying Kabbalah, can a person lose strength?

Answer: This is out of the question because a person is connected to a higher source. If fatigue manifests itself, it is from the fact that you have been doing the same thing for a long time. Move on to another and you will see that everything passes.

A person is always given the strength to take the next step. The universal prescription for fatigue is to switch to another thing in the same direction.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 07/19/21

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Question: Where is the best place for a person who studies the wisdom of Kabbalah to live? In which country? In what environment?

Answer: The environment certainly matters. You need to have 10, 20, 30 people studying the same thing next to you. But the condition that precedes this is a good Internet connection.

Question: There are many programs and videos on spiritual geography that talk about the Land of Israel, about special forces in this place, etc. Is there something in this for a beginner? Should he strive to visit here?

Answer: There is nothing in this for either a beginner or an advanced one. Nothing! It is only important to have the right environment that does the same thing he is doing, and a good connection.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 7/19/21

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Question: How can a person prepare himself for the study of Kabbalah? What would you suggest?

Answer: I think a person should just come to our course. I cannot offer anything else. There are many suitable materials from simple to more complicated.

The best thing is to come to the course. Today it is very easy to do it through the Internet.

Question: What is the correct approach to studying and to the information about Kabbalah that a person receives through our channels, through your videos, and through the materials he sees on our sites?

Answer: He needs to understand that there is no more elevated and special occupation in the world than the study of the science of the universe, the science of attaining the upper governing force. If one has such an attraction, then the person is really lucky, and this must be realized. Let him not waste time.

Question: When a person begins to get interested in Kabbalah, how can he establish himself in the correct form in relation to the surrounding world, from to the infinite sea of ​​information and everything that happens around him, and to people close to him: family, children, work, etc.? What should be the correct form that would help him rather than interfere with him?

Answer: I think that when a person begins to deal with the issues of the universe, his own self, and his goal, then everything else shifts and becomes several steps lower in importance for him.

It is precisely the desire to attain his destiny, his world, and the upper force that governs him and prevails in him. This is what he must go for.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 7/19/21

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Prophets, Joshua, 9:22-23: And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us?

And now you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be slaves from you, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Question: Why are those who are close to you so dangerous and it is they who must be destroyed?

Answer: Because these are egoistic desires, which, one one hand, are absolutely opposite in ideology to the people of Israel. On the other hand, they can neither be altered nor corrected. You made peace with them just the way they are. They can exist in your nature, in your country, or just inside you. These are the desires that you have pledged not to touch.

But how can you move toward correction when you have enemies inside and you can’t do anything with them?

Therefore, the desires closest to a person are corrected first. And if he, accepting them as close, does not want to correct them, then as it is said: “There shall never fail to be slaves from you, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

That is, you will remain working in your desires, but we will subdue you to ourselves in these desires. We will not alter you, teach you; you will not become like us, working for bestowal, but you will execute our intentions in your desires. We will tell you what to do, but your work will be such that it can be done without intention. All this happens in one person.

Throughout history the qualities that you leave behind always harm you. They need to be corrected! And if you didn’t correct them and you gave them some slack, then you start to feel it in full.

Question: Why do they abandon these desires and not destroy them?

Answer: They give some slack. Let’s say you came, surrounded the city, conquered it, went there and saw beautiful women. You don’t want to kill them, you keep them alive, take them as your concubines, and maybe even marry them. They agree to undergo any purification. Hence there are many different types of flaws in the people themselves.

Question: And this is despite the fact that the foremothers, in particular, the grandmother of King David was a Moabite?

Answer: The difference is that she came from far away! She came by herself. That is why it is said: “Ruth-Moab.”

She said: “…for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.” This is a completely different matter. She chose! She wanted to!

And here the peoples (desires) resist, and it is necessary to take them and correct them.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 7/26/21

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Question: Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo said “There is no law of Nature that cannot be overcome and changed, if we have the faith that all is ruled by the Lord and that it is possible for us to come into direct contact with Him, if we know how to escape from the prison-house of age-old habits and give ourselves unreservedly to His will.”

What do you think about this postulate?

Answer: I absolutely agree with him. Kabbalah says simply: What we perceive today, we perceive inside ourselves according to our qualities and properties.

We experience the world through our five senses. If we had five or fifty more, we would perceive the world differently. Behind the material organs of sensation is our thinking, sensory apparatus, which synthesizes a picture of the world for us.

For example, frogs or bees have a completely different perception of the world, not to mention the fact that the thinking apparatus is built in accordance with this.

Therefore, when we talk about our human ability to unite into one common integral whole, we mean that we will be similar to the integral nature.

There is one unified force in nature. And today we are looking for this divine particle, from which all matter was created, in order to rise above the problems of movement, space and time.

We are going to achieve one single whole, the basis of the property of nature. When we begin to feel nature in an integral form, our egoism becomes our helper, and through integral vision we perceive everything in a completely different way.

I see the world as one common whole not through myself, but let’s say, through a dozen people, and therefore, my perception becomes multifaceted, integral. I begin to feel the universe, its inner forces, what drives it in a completely different way, and at the same time, as a person, I am changing nature, changing the world. It depends only on me.

I cannot say that today I feel the world as it is, because I perceive it in my senses, evaluate it in my conceptual apparatus, in my mind, built in a certain way.

And when I go out to others and try to unite with them, I achieve a completely different mind and feelings. Then, naturally, both nature and the whole world are perceived differently. We call it the upper world, because it is higher than our egoism.

But in principle, this is the world, only it is felt differently, because we have changed our perceiving apparatus. Nevertheless, we explore it completely realistically and understand that by changing ourselves, we are changing the world. The world is our reflection.
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From KabTV’s “The Science of Management”

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Question: Why did you start studying Kabbalah?

Answer: I wanted to know the meaning of life, where it can be found, how to check what it is worth living for. These questions really bothered me and constantly excited me. I wanted to know what I exist for. Thus, in the end, I found Kabbalah.

I met Kabbalists in Israel and around the world, traveled a lot, asked questions, and researched. Over time, I defended my dissertation on the topic of Kabbalah. Since then, I have been known as a Kabbalist.

I have a great number of students. Every day I give lessons that are simultaneously translated to many languages of the world.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 7/29/21

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