Question: We all unite and ask the Creator for peace in the world so the nations do not suffer disasters but prosper. It is said that if you constantly pray about it, the answer will come immediately.

But people have always asked for that. Why do some nations suffer more than others? Does this mean they are on the path of hastening time (Achishena) more than others? How does this work, what can be done about it?

Answer: The best thing is to unite with each other and turn to the Creator with all problems, and then you will hear from Him where you were wrong in the ten, how to correct yourselves, and how to get closer to the Creator. That is basically our whole work.

If you are united, you can turn to the Creator with anything you want.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/14/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Two States“

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Question: What does it mean that the Creator fills the emptiness in me?

Answer: He gives you answers to what you ask for and fills the emptiness through that.

Question: What is the right way to turn to Him so that He does it?

Answer: Ask Him to reveal Himself in the emptiness that He created in advance. You feel it and ask Him to be revealed in it.

Question: Is He sort of at my beck and call like someone serving my desires?

Answer: And so what? You are asking Him to be revealed in this emptiness in order to bring Him contentment.

Question: How do I feel this request?

Answer: This question is not for me. As much as you go deeper into spiritual work, you will reveal your feelings.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate“

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Question: When a person feels emptiness and internally and almost unconsciously screams to the Creator, how does his request turn into a conscious, clear, vivid appeal?

Answer: A person must constantly seek connection with the Creator. Even in a state in which there is no Creator, he must try to find Him, ask Him to reveal Himself to him, and fill this emptiness. The Creator specifically creates such sensations in us so that we demand His revelation.

Question: Do we need to work out some kind of intolerance to emptiness within ourselves?

Answer: Yes. Every minute of our lives, we must check ourselves on what we spent it: is it getting closer to our friends, getting closer to the Creator? We must asses what we have achieved or what we are trying to achieve.

If we follow this direction, we will always have a clear idea of how the Creator works in us, especially when He creates an emptiness that He offers to fill with Himself.

That is a place to accelerate and a place to make an effort. There can be no neutral states here.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate“

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“God has done so as to fear Him.” It is so because there cannot be awakening from below and raising of MAN without fear (Introduction of The Book of Zohar “Laila de Kalah [The Night of the Bride],” Item 129).

We are created by the Creator in the desire to receive, to be filled, to enjoy. And it is possible to make us tremble before the Creator only by negative influences so that we feel that we need something without which we cannot live. And then we awaken to a merge with the Creator.

And without fear, we will not be able to turn to Him. We are created so egoistic that at first only fear can guide us. And then there are other qualities.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction of The Book of Zohar” 11/12/23

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Question: What should the preparation for the request to the Creator include, and how can we verify that we have really achieved attunement with Him?

Answer: This can be checked according to whether the Creator answers you or not. If you feel yourself with the group and with the Creator as one, then He has accepted you, He has answered you.

And if you do not feel this, then you must continue to work on connecting with the group and the Creator.

Ask for connection with the Creator, merging with Him through merging with friends. Don’t forget that. If the friends are not included in your request, then the Creator will not hear it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/22/23, Writings of Baalh HaSulam “When One Feels Oneself in a State of Ascent”

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Question: How can we regret that we are not in perfection in order to exit the state of the wicked into the state of the righteous?

Answer: We must learn to justify the Creator in all our states and yearn for complete adhesion with Him. Therefore, you should regret that you are not in this state yet.

Question: If we have some lack and we raise a prayer, does it mean that it always comes from the position of the wicked?

Answer: No, not only the wicked, it can also be from the position of the righteous when you feel good in the world of the Creator, and you want to thank Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/17/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is Support in the Torah, in the Work?“

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Victor writes:

You Jews were given the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. Please explain why the commandments that cannot be fulfilled were given? If possible, concretely. Even if not all ten, at least these four, in my opinion, are the most burning. “Do not kill”—we kill. “Do not steal”—we steal godlessly. “Do not speak of your neighbor with false testimony”—everything today is built on this, to slander another. “Do not commit adultery”—that is all we do. Why are impossible commandments given?

Answer: It is so that we can see that we would like to fulfill them, but we can not. And if we ask the Creator, He will give us strength, and then we can.

Question: What should be the result? You thereby prove that they are impossible for a person to fulfill?

Answer: Just for a person—no. Without the help of the Creator—absolutely not. They are intentionally given in such a way as not to be fulfilled and to ask the Creator to help.

Question: Is there any hope that they will ever be fulfilled?

Answer: When the Creator responds to our request.

Question: So it should be the request of all requests?

Answer: Yes, such a cry.

Question: Today, it seems this cry is maturing. Don’t you have that feeling?

Answer: No! People have experienced such disasters, nothing will calm them down.

Question: Are these commandments given to the whole world?

Answer: In general, yes. Only the order of execution is important. First we have to fulfill them, and then the whole world.

Question: So it is not for nothing that they were given to this nation so that it would be the first to fulfill them and then pass it on to the world? Is this its main mission?

Answer: Yes, it is its mission. And therefore, “and all the nations of the world will be blessed in you.”

Question: If they are fulfilled, what will the world be like then?

Answer: In principle, the world will be different. The world will be stricter. The world will be more restrained. The world will be drier and more open. In general, there will be many opposites that we will need to balance.

There should simply be a direct connection with the laws of nature, with the Creator. This is a very strong response to any sicknesses of man and humanity.

Question: What is the spiritual meaning of these commandments? “Thou shalt not kill,” what does this mean from a spiritual point of view?

Answer: You have to be responsible for the existence of another person. Our egoism constantly pushes us to start showing ourselves egotistically cruel. And we have to dodge it. That is what all these commandments are.

Question: Can we say that these are commandments that constantly divert from the use of egoism?

Answer: Yes.

Question: At the same time, you say that egoism will not be destroyed, it is not killed?

Answer: No! Life cannot exist without it.

Question: That is, it is life and it is impossible to kill it. Do we have to maneuver all the time? Until the end?

Answer: Until the last moment of life’s existence.

Question: So these commandments will exist until the last moment?

Answer: Of course.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 10/26/23

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Question: Recognition of evil disarms a person, and he understands that evil is a complete lack of love. Since there is no light of love, there is no strength to do anything because you are in absolute darkness.

What should one do in this state?

Answer: You should ask, and ask, and nothing else. There is no such thing that there is no strength at all. It means that you have no connection with the group. If you have a good connection with your ten, there is strength for any revelation.

You should strengthen your connection with the group and turn to the Creator from there. When a person asks only for himself, the Creator does not answer him. It is necessary to ask from the point of connection in the group. Although it seems difficult to us, we must do just that.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/20/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “He Will Save Them from the Hand of the Wicked“

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Question: It is no secret that it is very difficult for women to unite. Where can we get the strength that would push us to unite?

What should prayer be like to strengthen us?

Answer: A prayer for unity. There is no need to complain about the fact that you are women and it is harder for you than for men. There are some actions that are easier for a woman to perform than for a man. With regard to their egoism, each person receives suitable strength.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/20/23, Writings of Rabash “What It Means that the World Was Created for the Torah”

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It is known that in order to extend abundance from above, one must precede an awakening from below. We must understand why we need an awakening from below. Because of this, we pray that there will be a will above. It means that we must evoke a desire from above to impart below (Baal HaSulam. Article 57. “Will Bring Him Closer to His Will”).

To pray for the awakening of the desire above means to pray that the Creator has a desire to correct us. It should be focused on a person in accordance with his state, position, and character.

Therefore, ask the Creator to change you so that His attitude toward you becomes different and that you would have a desire to bestow to Him.

The Creator enjoys the prayer of the righteous because they begin to correctly assess that He is the giver and doer of good and turn to Him in their desire to ascend.

Question: Can we receive correction through one prayer without going through all the preliminary states?

Answer: No, we cannot go through all the states with one prayer. The Creator divides our states into many parts that are separated from each other, and for each of them we must raise a prayer.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 11/12/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Will Bring Him Closer to His Will“

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