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Advance into the Depth of the Common Heart

929Question: We are creating a common heart with our efforts. But without the Creator’s force, it is just a heart. How can we invite the Creator into it and ask Him to sustain it?

Answer: Indeed, it depends entirely on the Creator. And the Creator’s response depends solely on our desire and our request. Our request, in turn, depends on how consistently we remain in it.

So it all comes down to us, our desire, our plea, our prayer, that determines how much we can form a common vessel (Kli) where everyone feels as if they are inside their own heart, filled with the desires and actions of all.

Today, I have already observed several friends, both men and women, who have changed significantly during this time. You will see how, over these two days, we will go deeper into our hearts, into our thoughts, and reach the level of faith above reason.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention “Unite In Lishma” – 2/20/25, Lesson 1

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End the Request with Lishma

528.01Question: Can we do an exercise of moving from Lo Lishma to the intention of Lishma every moment, in thought, in prayer?

Answer: Yes.

Question: I begin my prayer for my friends even though I have some self-interest, my egoistic nature. How can I gradually eliminate it so my request ends with Lishma?

Answer: Compare your goals with a common goal, and you will see how much of your goal disappears in the common one.

Question: Is the common goal and the goal of bringing the Creator contentment the same, or are they two different things?

Answer: The purpose of bringing the Creator contentment is unclear to us; these are just words. Therefore, we need to somehow put it together in the ten.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/6/25, Preparation to “Connecting to Lishma” Convention

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What Does the Creator Want to Tell Us?

222Question: If such a request, a prayer, to the Creator, truly arises, what will happen? Will He respond?

Answer: The Creator is already responding; we just don’t understand His answers.

He tells us that if we follow the right path, that is, if we abandon our egoistic goals, then we will elevate ourselves to the next level of development.

There we will be completely different. First of all, we will no longer be immersed in ourselves, in our egoism. We will strive to create a reality where everyone is equal. And beyond that, the most important thing for us will be to feel the necessity of holding on to each other, of staying together. This is what the Creator wants to bring us to.

Question: Are you talking about all of humanity? About relationships between people, between countries, between everything? Is this our next degree?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Why don’t we want to move toward it? It sounds very appealing, considering the state of our reality.

Answer: “Do I have to think about others? I can’t, and I don’t want to.” That is what every person feels.

Question: And the Creator will give us this ability if we turn to Him?

Answer: Yes.

Question: But do I have to truly desire this next stage?

Answer: I have to reach the realization that I must desire it.

Comment: It seems like this desire can only come from something very bad.

My Response: Gradually, that is exactly what we are descending into.

Question: So we will be brought to something very bad, to the point where we finally ask: “Give us the ability to be together”?

Answer: Yes.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 9/1/24

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Intermediaries for the Whole World

931.01Question: It is said the people of Israel are obliged to prepare themselves and all the people of the world for spirituality by studying the Torah and commandments.

I feel that we are intermediaries between the whole world and the Creator. How can we make our work better?

Answer: Every day we need to extract strength, a more precise direction, and a clearer goal from the material we read so we do not make mistakes and constantly feel that we are correcting our advancement from yesterday to tomorrow.

Question: We are constantly raising prayers, but so does the whole world. How do these prayers connect? Or do we gather together, and the whole world joins us later?

Answer: No, prayers are integrated into each other and uplift the mood. Only our unity helps all the nations of the world. We, as intermediaries, bring down MAD (Mei Dhurin) to the nations of the world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/24/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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Ask for Everything

289Question: Usually we ask the Creator, “Connect us with the ten, give us love for our friends,” which means we ask about the future while living in the present. How can we ask about the present?

Answer: Ask for everything, from the greatest requests to the smallest ones. The Creator will arrange them in order and give you what you need.

Question: You said that the connection with a friend should feel the same as the connection with the Creator. How can we feel the connection with the Creator within the connection with friends in the ten?

Answer: You also need to ask for this and try to penetrate deeper into your request to the Creator, and you will see that He will make it happen.

Question: How can we deeply penetrate this request to the Creator?

Answer: You will feel what you are lacking. That is already a matter of feeling.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/17/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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Ask the Creator and Demand an Answer

238.01Question: You have told us that when contact with the Creator happens, I have to give Him everything that I have prepared. What should I prepare for the bestowal to the Creator?

Answer: Do you have any requests, wishes, or pleas for Him?

Comment: Yes.

My Response: This is what you should prepare. Then start asking the Creator precisely about the fulfillment of these wishes.

Question: Can we in the ten accumulate and build this set of pleas?

Answer: Of course you can. Then you can track how your requests change, how the ten is transforming with this, etc.

Question: Is it possible to sense that the Creator has answered us?

Answer: No, don’t be confused. For now just ask and demand an answer from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Direct Yourself toward the Creator

962.8Question: If the speed of acknowledging our flaws is faster than the speed of praying for correction, what does this mean?

Answer: This means you need to pay closer attention to your faults and work to restore them to a normal state as soon as possible.

Question: Do both awareness and prayer mean contact with the Creator?

Answer: Yes, of course.

Question: How do we equalize the feeling that both are from the Creator?

Answer: There is no need to equalize anything. You should just direct yourself toward the Creator as much as possible.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Two Signals of Connection

239Question: You said we need to use our imagination and seek contact with the Creator within our hearts. How does this relate to seeking the Creator in the connection between us?

Answer: We aim to tune ourselves to connection with the Creator where we can identify what goes from us to the Creator and what returns to us from Him.

This involves just two signals: the signal we send to the Creator and the signal we receive from Him. Our task is to clearly distinguish between what pertains to reception and what pertains to bestowal.

All of this happens within the connection between us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Two-Way Communication

938.02Question: You said that from our collective feeling we become worthy of the Creator’s response to our request. At what point will this happen?

Answer: We become worthy of the Creator’s response the moment our desires and requests to receive and to bestow align with the Creator’s will toward us. Then we become interconnected.

I receive from the Creator what He sends to me, or I send to the Creator and He receives it. A two-way connection is formed between us. Many Kabbalistic sources speak about this. So we will quickly understand how this connection is established and experienced.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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The Creator Is Always Open

962.3Question: How can one speak with the Creator so that this conversation becomes constant like communication between people?

Answer: That depends on you. The Creator is always open. He has no schedule divided into morning or evening, night or day. He is always open and in an active state.

The more often you engage in exercises aimed at uniting with one another and within that unity direct yourselves toward the Creator with a desire to feel His state and how He perceives you, the faster you will establish a close and direct connection with Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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