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Humanity: A Loss of Direction

619Question: How is a mega-congress different from other congresses?

Answer: A mega-congress is a unified gathering of all people on Earth. We are trying to bring as many people as possible into unity—those who are unaware, in disagreement, indifferent, neutral, or far from anything spiritual—so they can discover that this exists and begin to understand the roots of their personal misfortunes and the global suffering in the world.

We want them to begin to sense the idea of a unified direction of humanity, society, and all of nature.

After all, we are entering a streak of failures that is systemic in nature, and we need to understand it. Why keep trying to run away from it? There are volcanoes here, droughts there, floods, terrorism, war, or other crises.

These problems need to be solved! After all, we are rational beings. So, let’s try to understand the world we live in.

Science has practically given up on this already. Politicians can’t do anything either; we see that from the outcomes of their summits, nor can the financiers. They are just trying to steal as much as possible before the end, while no one knows or understands what is coming next.

People have lost all sense of direction; they have no strength left to do anything. We have become ungovernable, and we no longer control anything ourselves. In other words, our egoism has ceased to be the driving force that guides us and allows us to manage our lives. Now, it no longer works.

Only interconnectedness, global unity, and the closed nature of the whole system can guide our lives now. This needs to be studied.

We must rewire our thinking, like a crew in a submarine facing danger working together to survive. They are specially trained to be united, to sense one another, and to understand that their personal survival depends entirely on the success of the whole.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Congress of All Earthlings” 8/23/10

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A Kabbalist Is a Walking Laboratory

250Question: Can an egoist that is not in spiritual attainment relate adequately to his egoism? Can he clearly see the manifestations of egoism, not fall under its influence, and regulate the process?

Answer: Yes and no. He experiences ascents and descents and even at the highest levels, the ego can suddenly take over. “Do not trust yourself until the complete death of egoism” is our motto.

Question: Can those who study Kabbalah at least somehow determine where egoism played out and where some other part is? Or is it all sheer egoism?

Answer: It doesn’t matter. But at high levels he knows, understands, and is aware of it. And still, knowing and being aware, you see how the ego plays with you. This is a study of nature, of what the Creator has made. Essentially, a Kabbalist is like a walking laboratory testing everything on himself.

Comment: This is a very interesting process.

My Response: Yes, because you include the whole world within yourself!
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. A Kabbalist Is a Walking Laboratory” 9/5/10

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A Special Time

294.2We are at a turning point between two very serious epochs. There are only two of them. This is not what it was before and will be in the future. This is a transition from the world of the sole rule of egoism in everyone, in groups, in states, and in civilizations to a common, global, unified world, as it should be.

In principle, only man is a violator of this globality. The rest of nature is completely controlled from above, there is no way for it to change itself in anything and there is no need to. Humans are the only creation that are opposite to all others and represent an object that must change itself, on its own, intelligently.

So, we have a special time. We have a special task. Over the course of many incarnations of our lives we have come to a point where we need to solve this problem.

I am happy that we are in such a generation. We really have all the tools to solve this and move forward beautifully, easily, and freely, not with a stick to happiness, but with the awareness of a great task, a great dream, and a great fortune that we are now revealing.

This is not some kind of sky-high idea, but a very real idea that speaks about the whole of nature, tells us in a clear, scientific style what we can do, why and how. We should be happy that we have this opportunity.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Congress of the New Generation” 8/22/10

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Three Conditions of a True Request to the Creator

276.01Question: I heard when one of your students said that “I am trying, I am asking,” you responded: “You are asking poorly.”

What is the correct request to the Creator? What state must a person reach in order to truly ask the Creator for correction?

Answer: A true request consists of several conditions.

The first condition is that I am desperately missing something specific, and I know exactly what it is. At the same time, I cannot replace my request with anything else; it is so urgent that it would be better to die than not to receive it.

The second condition is whom to turn to, from whom to ask. That is, it is not enough that I lack something, I must know exactly who has it. In other words, there is a source from which I can receive. I need to identify Him and know precisely that exactly what I need is there, one to one.

The third condition is to be certain that this source responds to me. It is not just a wall that I will bang my head against and achieve nothing. It is a source that perhaps is even waiting for me to turn to Him. He has a kind heart, a kind attitude toward me, and He is just waiting for me to turn to Him. But first of all is to turn specifically to Him and secondly with the most urgent request.

In addition, it is possible that He has another condition, that I should rejoice at the opportunity to turn to Him because thanks to my realization that exactly He has what I desire, I have found Him. That is the most important thing! Because my entire hunger and what He has to satisfy my hunger is merely a reason to establish contact with Him.

That is when the request is genuine. That is, it is not for the sake of quenching hunger and getting something from Him but in order to connect with Him, above hunger and its satisfaction. Then this request will truly bring its result, the unification between us.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How to Ask the Creator Correctly” 8/27/10

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The Right Approach to Life

237Comment: Most often, a person wants to feel good. Let us say that if he is sick or has some problems, he subconsciously says, “Yes, I want to receive support from the upper force in order to overcome this obstacle,” although deep inside, within his soul, he thinks about how to make himself feel better.

My Response: Only at first, it means that it is still an unformed desire.

Then gradually, from the depths of suffering he begins to realize their depth and their causality, that they are not meant for him to suffer, and their satisfaction is not an end in itself. After all, then what is the point of this life? To suffer and to relieve suffering? Is that really the meaning of existence?!

The meaning of existence is to rise above this life and use it as a means to reach a higher level.
Otherwise what? I am being beaten, I run away. I am beaten, I am getting treatment. And that is what life is all about?! This is a completely wrong way of looking at the world.

That is why Kabbalah says that we must reveal the source of our sufferings and why He sends them to us so that we can connect to Him. Otherwise, we will not be awakened to this connection with Him. And later we will be grateful for this.

Is it possible without it? No, it is impossible.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How to Ask the Creator Correctly” 8/27/10

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Even More Egoistic

253Question: Do all the inner qualities of a person become stronger when one studies Kabbalah?

Answer: Naturally. At first a person becomes a huge egoist, even more so than others, because they reveal their true ego, not the small, animalistic egoism that everyone has.

If you ask someone on the street whether they are an egoist, they will say: “No, I am a normal person. Of course I care primarily about my family, children, and loved ones, then about my city, my country, and beyond that about all of humanity. Naturally, there are different circles of concern, but I am not an egoist. I want everyone to be well because I am sure that if everyone is well, then I will be well too.”

In other words, people justify themselves. And only those who study Kabbalah begin to see that, in reality, they hate everyone and are only looking for ways to use them.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Even More Egoistic” 8/28/10

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Kabbalah Is a Sensory Transmission of Information

521Kabbalah is a sensory transmission of information. The terms used in it are not found in any language. They are not even taken from Hebrew, but from the language of the wisdom of Kabbalah. Therefore we take such Kabbalistic definitions as Sefirot, Partzufim, Reshimot, etc. into any language.

Question: Are you saying that this is not Hebrew?

Answer: Of course, it is not Hebrew. Partzuf is “a face” in Hebrew and in Kabbalah it is the structure of a spiritual object.

Comment: But the word is still the same, and it is used in Hebrew.

My Response: Yes, but it has a completely different meaning, even a different root. For example, “Reshimot“. In Hebrew, of course, there is the word “Roshem,” “Reshima”—“record,” “list,” but in Kabbalah, the word “Reshimo” means information.

Or, for example, a screen, Masach: of course, there is a computer screen, a TV screen, which is “Masach,” and there is Masach—in the soul. But “Masach in the soul” has a completely different meaning—“to act.” That is, the language of Kabbalah means that it is detached from all other languages ​​and from all of us.

What difference does it make whether you speak your native language or Hebrew or English? If you are an egoist, then you speak an egoistic language. And if you have already acquired the qualities of bestowal and love, then you speak an altruistic language, and this is the language of Kabbalah. That is, the meaning is completely different in every word, in every definition.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Kabbalistic Language” 8/25/10

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Humanity’s Urgent Task

214Question: Until a certain time, all congresses were related to the preparation period. And now the congresses mark a new period—a period of correction. Everyone feels something new is emerging. What is it and how can we make the most of this state?

Answer: The world does not yet understand that it is at a completely new stage of development that is marked by qualitative changes.

The period of the previous egoistic development of the world has ended. The old paradigm is over; the paradigm where the more power, money, and knowledge means that you have more confidence in the future, more power, wealth, and everything else.

All these selfish accumulations, values, power, and achievements mean nothing in the new world because strength and success are defined differently in it. They are determined by the measure of correct interaction between the parts of creation, between all parts of nature.

We are already seeing this in ecology, in society, and between countries—everywhere. That is, one who knows how to interact with everyone correctly will survive and succeed. This is a law of global nature, and we have now entered this new phase.

For example, a child up to a certain age, say up to three or four years old, does not feel other children. They only present an opportunity to take something away from them, that is all. He does not understand the possibility of communicating with them.

But starting from the age of four or five, he makes friends. He plays with them, wants to get closer to his friends, and do something together. He is slowly moving away from nannies and gets closer to his friends.

From that point on, friends take on a very important place in the children’s environment. Then leaders are formed, all kinds of divisions into groups, subgroups, and so on. That is, a person is already becoming social.

Such a transition from individual, egoistic development to social development, which begins at the turn of four or five years of age, is taking place in humanity today.

Now everything will be determined by correct interactions, not by forming alliances as in: “I am against you in an alliance with the rest because I am tougher than you.” No! Namely, the correct, harmonious relationship between the parts of creation in accordance with the general law of nature. That is, we must conform to nature.

And this harmony will force us to become more and more environmentally correct, to fit into the whole picture of nature. Such a holistic approach will be in high demand, otherwise we will not survive.

People will see that all problems—banking, social, political, family—all collapse precisely because we have to move to a new system of relationships.

This system completely contradicts our egoistic, animal approach to nature, to ourselves, and to others. Therefore we will need to transform ourselves, become social, and think that the benefit of society is my benefit, the health of society is my health, and the success of society is my success.

This is so hard! Even impossible! Therefore we will have to break ourselves even more.

First, we must realize this is the case and we cannot escape. We suddenly find ourselves in such a world. So what do we do with it? We must find some hidden forces in nature to help us be in correct communication with nature.

Finding these forces is today’s task of mankind. We do not see them clearly, closely, actually; therefore, we try to escape this very task, that is, “it is impossible to solve, so there is no problem, so we close our eyes.” It will not work! The ostrich policy will not work here because the whole development is moving in this direction.

Kabbalah offers its own method of solution. It does not insist it is correct, and does not impose any dictatorial ways. It only says what it has to offer: “Check me out. See for yourself. And if so, take it and implement it.” That is all.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Congress of the New Generation” 8/22/10

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The Fairy Tale of Our Life Will Have a Happy Ending

294.4There are many adults in our world who enjoy watching fairy tales even though they know they are just fairy tales.

Question: Why is that? To escape reality?

Answer: It is more real than our life, actually.

Question: Fairy tales are more real than our life? But what is the reality in a fairy tale?

Answer: That justice is rewarded, loyalty is rewarded.

Question: Is that really so?

Answer: It is, but all this has to go through many twists and turns, through all sorts of corners and labyrinths of our egoism.

Question: So do fairy tales actually tell about what will truly happen?

Answer: Of course.

Question: Will good triumph over evil?

Answer: Definitely. Otherwise, nothing would have begun.

Question: Are fairy tales precisely the ones that end well?

Answer: They all must have a good ending because it is predetermined from the very beginning.

Question: And fairy tales with a bad ending, what about them?

Answer: There is no such thing. That means they are unfinished.

Question: Are they something the author did not finish, did not have time?

Answer: Yes, something remains unsaid.

Comment: So a fairy tale is written…

My Response: From the end. But the good ending must contain the whole structure: the setup, the development, the climax, in short, everything, and necessarily a good ending. It is all conceived from the start.

My conclusion is this: a fairy tale should begin with an introduction. Then there must be some demonstrative process—educational, accusatory, and so on. The characters should fall apart and be dissatisfied with what’s happening: this one wanted to kill and could not, that one wanted to escape and did not manage, these two wanted to marry and it did not work, and so on.

That is, within the whole setup, they cannot figure out who is writing this fairy tale. The Creator! When they gradually despair of their own solutions, each in their own way, and do not know what to do, then they begin to understand that they are under the control of the upper governance, and only then do things start working, coming together. It turns out that this upper governance, this upper force, brings them to the right solution.

Comment: To a good ending. And good triumphs.

My Response: Yes.

Question: Were you actually talking about our time now?

Answer: It is precisely in our time that this upper force begins to reveal itself in various states, when humanity has no other answer to its questions but to say: this is the upper force.

Comment: This not-so-kind fairy tale which humanity sees, starts to shift…

My Response: And then it becomes kind! Because it points you to the highest solution, to the one who started it, who conceived it, started to develop and shape it, and is now about to complete it.

Question: Are we being led to love, to happiness? Straight there?

Answer: Yes!
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman”, 4/8/25

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The Same Question, Different Answers

281.02Question: Why is it that when different people ask you the same question, you give different answers?

Answer: I give one answer, but on different levels. I am not a two-faced Janus, and I am not lying. It depends on who is asking the question and to whom the answer is given: a small child, an adult, a man or a woman, and so on.

That is, there are different versions of the answer. In principle, the answer is one, but its external expressions may vary.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. One Question and Many Answers to It” 9/7/10

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