Comment: At Tel Aviv University conducted a study, which conclude that there are no difference between the structure of the brains of men and women.

Answer: Certainly, because the brain is a machine, a computer.

There are no differences in the structure of the male and female brains. Everything depends on desire, or as they say, on the heart. But the heart is just a motor, a pump. A person’s desire is not found in any physical volume.

There is no initiator of desire within our body, it is found outside of us, and the body is its receiver that absorbs the desire, begins to process it, and reacts to it in a particular way. So men receive particular types of desires and women other types, and in this manner their brains are activated. But in themselves, their brains have no differences.

Desires come from a network that links between us, but we don’t feel it. And all of our actions go there: the mental, physical, moral, ethical, whatever. All of our reactions on all levels go back to this network.

I receive stimuli from this network, react to them, and these reactions go back into the network. The problem is learning how to accept and grasp the signals that reach us emotionally, react to them properly, and transmit them back correctly.

If I do this, I feel this network as a new world, the upper world is revealed to me. The wisdom of Kabbalah speaks precisely about how to react to this system correctly, use it, and manage it. The cybernetics of the future is the wisdom of Kabbalah.
[171965]
From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 12/10/15

Related Material:
The Male Brain Doesn’t Understand Women
Where Are Our Desires And Thoughts Located?
The Brain As A Supreme Coordinator

Filed under: Health, Kabbalah Study, Man and Woman, Perception, Science - 1 Comment →

We exist in a completely deterministic system, tied from end to end with billions of nodes, and it is not in our power to change it. We only have the purely subjective possibility of changing its influence on us in that we experience its influence within us according to our internal state.

The science of Kabbalah says  that:

• Either we go with the flow of this system, which obliges us to be changed according to it; it forces us to bring ourselves into balance with it.

But this equilibrium is attained through very serious problems, continuous suffering that comes to all of humanity and to all of nature. And this is not only on the face of the Earth (volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes) but also in the universe (explosions on stars and other cosmic dramas).

• Or we strive to understand this system, what it requires from us, according to what law it evolves, and how we can match it so that we put ourselves into a state of homeostasis, balance, and harmony with it.

In this general system, which includes all of creation, space, our planet Earth with its nature and ecology and ourselves, is called the upper world, and we are within it.

The science of Kabbalah explains where we are and in what manner we can, from our free will, independently, with the joy of discovery and attainment, aspire to balance and accommodation with this external system all the time.

Through constant pursuit of the point of balance with the general system, when we go with it in unison, we begin to perceive its development, its forces, its tendencies, the intelligence that is behind this entire plan and its inner power.
There we feel intense love and care for us.

As we begin to be involved with this vast wisdom, we see that it includes all that a person feels and much more.

All this is given so that a person can become aware of his desires and thoughts; he goes out of himself and becomes an integral particle of the whole system; that is, he attains it completely and simultaneously is in at as one small manageable part.

Question: What prevents us from hearing this call or feeling this thought?

Answer: In order to understand the unity and integrality of the system, we were created disconnected and opposite to each other. This is because if we were created within this system, with its same characteristics, we would be inanimate, like it.

And in order to raise us from the inanimate level to the highest level, meaning to the thought of creation, we need to be completely opposite to this system, starting from our initial and basic state so that nothing disappears from us. We remain separate and opposite to the absolute, and are joined together above this, to attain a similarity to Him.

So when a person begins to grow spiritually, he is dual, meaning composed internally of two opposing systems. One of them is completely opposite to the system of management and the second is some partial resemblance to it that he himself creates within himself.

This was done intentionally by nature, so that from our point of view, we could “give birth to ourselves” as spiritually sensitive and begin spiritual attainment, ascending the levels of the upper worlds. The levels of the upper worlds are levels of resemblance to the upper force.

Question: Why would a person not immediately be placed within this harmonious state?

Answer: If he were placed him in such a state, he would have remained insensitive, like a stone in a field; he would lie there and not feel anything other than his minimal state.

But there are people who yearn to include the whole world within them, to understand, to perceive, to connect with the entire complete system. A person must have a desire like this: he needs to love and to tolerate, to be found with two opposing characteristics and grow according to the distance between them.

He suffers from not attaining fulfillment of his desires, whereas these are determined for him from above. A new desire is born within him every moment; this is called the awakening of Reshimot (remembrances). Reshimot [from the word, “Roshem” (impression), “Rishum” (recording)] are records of the next states. And the person constantly yearns for what is ahead with the goal of realizing them. This is his role.

And here he has a choice: either he throws everything into the hands of fate, and then he is pushed forward through all kinds of means, or he tries to attain his next state through his research and rising above himself. And this summarizes our lives: either a person goes with the flow or he tries to paddle on his own.

The difference between movement without organization and moving on your own is that you move with your own forces, you go with the force of the Creator. And in movement without organization, the nature of the inanimate rules you and you remain spiritually inanimate.

But to advance independently, against the nature of the inanimate, you need to receive His characteristics from the upper force, from the Creator. He makes it possible for you to advance forward, for this is the system of your relationship with the Creator. You go out to another level, and are not left alone in a boat in the middle of the turbulent river of life, but rise up to Him and are found with Him, above the stars.
[170878]
From the conversation 11/19/14

Related Material:
Nature Is Unity
How To Gain Knowledge About The Spiritual Worlds?
Knowing The World We Live In

Filed under: Kabbalah Study, Perception - No Comments →

Question: If a Kabbalist today could go back to the past in a time machine and speak with Kabbalists who lived during the time of the Bible, would they be able to understand one another?

Answer: Of course, without a doubt! When I ascend the spiritual levels from the bottom up, I meet all the Kabbalists who have climbed these levels. I become part of these levels and attain what other Kabbalists attained in the past.

I go up the elevator to the first floor and see what happens on that floor. All of the Kabbalists also saw the same thing, starting from Adam HaRishon (First Man) all the way to me. Perhaps each described it according to his own style because he perceived a picture that is a bit different, according to the root of his soul, but everyone attained the same thing.

I rise to the second floor, and there I feel what they felt and so on. I must understand them according to the level of the floor I am on, and there is no problem on that level.

I may not understand everything they wrote because they are on a height that I have not yet attained, but when I rise to a certain floor, I attain all the Kabbalists who were on that floor and discover whatever they discovered.
[169731]
From KabTV’s “The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Science” 9/7/15

Related Material:
The Secret Of Kabbalah Books
Equal And Different
What Does A Kabbalist See?

Filed under: Language of Branches, Perception, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: How and why did the Creator create our world?

Answer: Our world was created especially so that in this world man would develop the ability to ascend and attain the upper state, consistently correcting all of his desires, starting from the less egoistic ones to the more egoistic.

Our world is what we feel and perceive in our uncorrected desires.

When we correct ourselves and ascend to the attainment of the upper world, we feel the difference between the two worlds, their oppositeness, their contrasts, from which comes the depth of understanding the upper world. The potential difference between the two worlds gives a person the feeling of the internal attainment.

Question: Why does a person find the corporeal world so attractive?

Answer: This is specifically to create a system of resistance to the attainment of the upper world within us so that later we would feel the upper world more deeply, according to the potential difference.

Anyone can break out of this world. It all depends on a person’s environment and the correct use of the method of ascent.

Question: Will the corporeal world still exist when all of the souls connect to the Creator?

Answer: No, our world will disappear from our sensations because it manifests only in our uncorrected desires, and we perceive it as the still, vegetative, and animate levels. It is all inside of us.

When we begin to feel the upper world, we discover that our world is only illusory. To the extent that we correct our egoistic attributes, our world gradually disappears like a mirage.
[169636]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 9/27/15

Related Material:
A Virtual World
Is The End Of The World Coming?
This World Is Very Meaningful

Filed under: Perception, Q&A - No Comments →

We are within the absolute force of nature, which includes everything and is eternal; that is, it exists above time. An empty space was intentionally created inside it so that we can exist there.

Kabbalists don’t engage in studying the upper force that is external to the space where our world is, but in attaining it in our world. However, they attain it only because of their equivalence of properties with it.

If we want to measure something, we build an instrument that can perceive these attributes. Therefore, in order to feel new attributes we have to create them ourselves.

There is no point in amplifying our sight by means of microscopes and telescopes, and our hearing by means of radar, etc. We will not attain anything that way. We have to create attributes in us that are similar to the upper world.

This is what the wisdom of Kabbalah tells us about. When we gradually create new attributes, we begin to feel the upper world in addition to our world. At the same time, we acquire an understanding as to where we are, what affects us, how we can change ourselves by changing the upper world, and not just to explore and study it passively.

Just like a person who is born in our world gradually attains it and at the same time can actively change it, so can we affect the upper world in addition to attaining it. This influence will only be positive because the system of our influence on the upper word is arranged so that it can convey only positive signals.

Therefore, it is impossible to cause any harm here. The wisdom of Kabbalah operates only in one direction. To the extent that a person resembles the spiritual world, he can affect it in a positive way and through it positively affect our world, which is under the upper providence.

Therefore, Kabbalah is the science of the management of our world through the upper world.

Question: What is the purpose of the creation of our world?

Answer: One can attain the whole system of management and through it the Creator of this system, i.e., the upper force that created our world, the upper worlds and who governs them.

The upper world consists of five worlds or five levels: Adam Kadmon, Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya. They are all divided into five other levels up to 125 degrees. Accordingly, when we ascend these levels we can influence our world more and more and change it for the better.

But most important is that at the same time we can also ascend to a spiritual reality above time, space, and all the limitations of the physical world. This is the main goal of nature.

Question: What is the upper world?

Answer: The upper world is a world of forces. Our world is also a force field, a fact that quantum physics verifies. It doesn’t reveal matter but only energy and information. They form a field in which there are forces and intelligence hidden in these forces that operates them.

Question: Does this mean that when a Kabbalist looks at a person he sees energy and not matter?

Answer: A Kabbalist sees only forces in everything.

A vet, for instance, who examines an animal, understands that it is motivated by instincts. A psychologist who speaks to a person understands the forces that motivate him. It is the same when it comes to a Kabbalist who observes a psychologists or the vet and understands what motivates them or all the people as a whole.

The attainment and understanding of the system of management raise a person to the next level of understanding the universe. He begins to look at the world in a totally different manner. Kabbalah is the science of managing all things, because the creation itself is also a consequence of the control.
[169460]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 10/11/15

Related Material:
Kabbalah Is The Wisdom Of The Upper Reality
An Excursion Into Kabbalah—The Path To General Harmony
What Does The Wisdom Of Kabbalah Give Us?

Filed under: Kabbalah Study, Perception, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: How does the physical world influence the spiritual world?

Answer: It doesn’t. Everything descends from top to bottom: the upper world affects the lower. But under certain conditions, we can influence the upper world, and through it—the material world.

As we correct our egoistic desires, we affect the properties we have mastered—the properties of bestowal and love. By matching these properties with the altruistic properties of the common soul, through it, we influence the impact it has on our world.

Question: Is there danger that by bringing oneself closer to the Creator and mastering the governing system, Kabbalists could abuse their knowledge?

Answer: It is impossible, because when you fall from the property of bestowal and love you immediately lose your connection with the upper world and, therefore, its impact on our world.
[169546]
From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/11/15

Related Material:
A Spiritual Person
Kabbalah Is The Wisdom Of The Upper Reality
A Spiritual World? It’s Simple!

Filed under: Adam-The Common Soul, Collective Soul, Perception, Q&A, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: What is the relationship between the two worlds: the spiritual and the physical? Is it possible to influence the spiritual world from the material and vice versa?

Answer: The world is grasped through my selfish desires when I absorb impressions and information through my five senses: sight, hearing, smelling, taste, and touch.

Everything I feel in the material world, by maximally absorbing pleasant things and maximally rejecting unpleasant things, passes through my egoistic filters and I categorize them. I want see only the good, so I distance myself from all the evil, so much so that I cannot identify much of what is happening because I just don’t want to see it.

But the upper world is built according to a different principle; I don’t draw to myself what is good for my ego, but I interact in an opposite direction: I love others and not myself; I go out of myself for a good relationship with others.

And so I begin to see a completely different picture around me; it’s a completely different world! It is said to be higher because it is above my ego, above my present existence.

The connection between the two worlds is very simple: If I relate to everything egoistically, I feel the material world, and if I relate altruistically, I feel the upper world. This connection exists within me, I connect the two worlds; everything is happening only in relation to me. The wisdom of Kabbalah speaks only about the subjective perception of a person.

Question: Doesn’t a person who goes out to the spiritual world become detached from this world?

Answer: No. His egoistic, beastly, habitual feelings remain in him, and with all his human drives, he moves out of himself to a connection with others to bestow to them according to the general rule of “you shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). And with this intention to exit himself, he discovers a world that is upside down.

Question: Doesn’t this seem too simple for a person? After all, anyone can say, “I love others.”

Answer: It’s very easy to say that. When he tries to see the upper world, he will understand that this is just impossible to do except according to a specific system of work in a particular group, with clear support according to particular books and a special method. In addition, it takes a number of years.

So someone who says, “What is the matter with you?! I love everyone!” is profoundly mistaken. This is a human mistake.
[168473]
From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/27/15

Related Material:
A Spiritual World? It’s Simple!
A Virtual World
The Spiritual World Isn’t Mysticism

Filed under: Perception, Q&A, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: Is the human mind individual or collective?

Answer: Consciousness is always collective, but the level of awareness of the world’s people depends on how deeply one is included in the general consciousness. All of us are combined in it in a holographic form.

In other words, on one hand, each of us is always a part of the general consciousness. On the other hand, our perception depends on the degree of our participation in it .And it turns out that even though my picture on the one hand, is holographic  (the so-called “ten Sefirot”), but on the other hand, the ten Sefirot manifest themselves on an individual scale.

When it comes to the perception of the higher level, even though one is already connected with the universe, one’s personal, individual level still depends on one’s discrete participation in the general hologram.

The general picture exists from the very beginning. One penetrates inside its vibrations, and to the degree of one’s connection with the other souls that also perceive the same picture, we find ourselves in the bigger and more genuine world.

However, it can be felt only inside us. We never go beyond the limits of the ten Sefirot.

Comment: There is nothing except the Creator and me?

Answer: There is no Creator. He is in me. As a result, there is nothing but me.
[168549]
From KabTV’s “Kabbalah and Science” 10/7/15

Related Material:
Soul And Mind
A Hologram Of The Spiritual Worlds
On The Ocean Of Wisdom

Filed under: Kabbalah Study, Perception, Science - No Comments →

Question: Are there people who are not afraid of death?

Answer: Fright, fear of non-existence, the end of life, all of this is a natural feeling.

And if I don’t stop there, but become separated from something very small, dirty, and disgusting, as if I am moving on to another job, or traveling somewhere for a vacation, or just changing my life for something more comfortable, I don’t feel that I am losing something and I am not afraid to separate from it.

On the contrary, I see both worlds. And the transition from one world to another is completely painless, without difficulty, since we feel the upper world many times more brightly and tangibly than our world, and we live simultaneously in the two worlds. As it is said, “You will see your world in your lifetime” (Berachot, 17a).
[167623]

Related Material:
Mortal World And The Eternal Soul
What Happens To The Soul After Death?
Fear Of Death And Incarnations

Filed under: Body and Soul, Perception, Q&A - No Comments →

Comment: One of our listeners wrote that his child has no interest in life and says that he wants to die.

Answer: An aspiration for something else that is beyond this life is already appearing in the world and is especially apparent among children. Previously there was never such a problem as childhood depression. But today it is appearing at a very young age.

Depression among adults didn’t exist 100 years ago either. It appeared as minor sadness or melancholy because of boredom, especially among the nobility. But it has manifested intensively only in our time. And this disease is a lack of meaning in life, and many people suffer from it.

However, this is also progress since nature intentionally arouses such sensations in us.

Question: How long does it take a person to reach a state in which he can look at his body as if it were a foreign object, as if it were a little puppy by his side?

Answer: This is independent of time, since the wisdom of Kabbalah has become part of our lives in the 20^th century, people are continuously developing internally. So it is impossible to say now how long it will take every individual to reach that state.  

A person who reaches it now may have tried to attain it for years, while it may take someone who comes five or ten years from now only a couple of months. People are born today with a different potential of spiritual power, and in a couple of months, they perceive what took us years.
[167809]
From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/20/15

Related Material:
Rising Above The Gaping Emptiness
From Depression To Creativity
Depression -The 21st Century Plague

Filed under: Children, Crisis, Daily Kabbalah Lesson, Depression, Inner Work, Perception, Society, Spiritual Work - No Comments →