Question: What is “internal circulation”?

Answer: Internal circulation means that in our circle, we, those who aspire to know the Creator, are in a powerful bond. And since we are also intertwined with other souls within the integral system of Adam, our strong bond begins reanimating them.

If in an organism there are some ill areas but the main systems are healthy and function well, then, thanks to these healthy systems, the body heals the problematic spots. Similarly, the Light that is revealed in us thanks to our unity “spills out” onto the rest, onto all those people who would not be able to receive it on their own, and they start feeling that such force exists and brings salvation.

For the time being, they are concerned only with the corporeal problems, but the latter are increasing so fast that humanity cannot find the solution to ecological catastrophes, terror, drug abuse, depression, or divorce. All these problems are caused by nature, the Creator, and a person will not find any solution to them at the level of the corporeal world. Humanity will keep declining until it realizes that this degradation cannot be stopped.

After all, nature must bring us to realization of our evil, as it is written: “I created the evil inclination, and I gave the Torah (Kabbalah) as the method to correct it.” And if I don’t see my evil, I have nothing to correct and don’t need Kabbalah as the means of correction.

Therefore, everyone who asks himself such questions will instinctively find us. We have completed such great preparation that there is every opportunity to circulate Kabbalah externally.
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From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/4/10, “Exile and Redemption”

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Question: Is there a difference between the unification work I do with the friends in the group and with my wife to find the Creator between us?

Answer: Yes, there is a difference. If two people can unite so that the Creator is revealed inside their connection, even if it’s just in their imagination for now, then they will arrive at the spiritual attainment faster. The Creator is always present, but the question is whether we take this into consideration or not. If we are able to feel the Creator in our mutual connection, then He becomes revealed. If His revelation might disturb our development and confuse us, then He remains concealed, yet He always governs us from “behind the scenes.”

The Creator is present behind a person’s desires, thoughts, and actions since “there is none else besides Him.” However, I cannot work with Him directly since am unable to resist Him; I would immediately surrender and nullify my freedom and independence. This is why He is concealed. In this case, I see only a person in relation to whom I can act freely.

However, if we can manage to purposefully see the Creator behind each person by using our desire with the correct intention, we will very quickly uncover the true reality. When we do this work with the friends, various calculations and problems arise, but with a spouse, it is possible. If husband and wife decide to see the Creator behind their relationship (as it is written, “Husband and wife and Shechina (the Creator) between them”), then their connection becomes purposeful and exalted. And since it contains various forms and possibilities within itself, the couple advances rapidly.

The root of all problems in marital relationships is the Creator’s absence between husband and wife, although in fact, He is always secretly present there.
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From the "Weekly Torah Portion" on 10/29/10

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Question: There is a famous prayer that states “I thank you for not making me a woman.” A woman rightfully asks, “Why doesn’t it say, ‘thank you for not making me a man?’”

Answer: This prayer is about the force of overcoming. When a person surmounts his evil inclination, he blesses the Creator for giving him the force of overcoming. We are all (men as well as women) under the influence of the female part, in the power of the lack. A woman is “Nekev,” “Nekeva,” “Nukva,” which means emptiness, need, or the place of a lack.

Meanwhile, men experience the sensation of a lack not less than women, and they feel an even greater emptiness. Therefore, if we are talking about spiritual correction, each of us (a man or a woman) who can conquer our egoistic desire, gives thanks for the fact that we have become worthy of this analysis and correction, that we can rise above our egoism, unite with others, and reach adhesion and revelation of the Creator.

We reach the corrections where men and women go through the same stages. Women who advance with us on the spiritual path go through the same states, ascents and descents, unification, and clarification like men. Due to their nature, we don’t feel the same kind of explosions in them as men experience, but nonetheless they go through the same processes. They understand us perfectly, study the same material, absorb and realize it.
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From Kabbalah for Beginners, "Men and Women" 10/14/10

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Talmud Eser Sefirot, Volume 1, p. 37, Item 1: This line is similar to a thin tube through which the Light from the Upper Light of Infinity expands and passes into the worlds, into the place where the void exists.

I recommend visualizing not some geometric forms such as a line and a circle, but a relationship between the two objects. I visualize two properties, the connection of which may be achieved through a circle (without limits) and by means of a line (with limits).

Let’s take, for instance, a relationship between two people. The connection between them may be in the form of circles or straight lines. Therefore, try not to paint these relationships in a geometrical form but rather, visualize them by way of emotion.

Question: What does it mean to relate to the friends by through a circle?

Answer: Whose desire prevails, mine or the friends’? After all, we are talking about desires and restrictions over them, aren’t we? The Light of Abundance is present in and fills everything. It all depends on the desire: to what extent you round and straighten it. Hence, in accordance with this, make a decision about how you relate to the others.

If their desires determine everything for you, then you accept them in such a form as not to judge their actions and deeds, which means that you are filling the circle. With what are you filling it? You are filling it with your attitude. Your attitude can be either through a straight line or a circle.

And if it is really so, it might be that you both turn into two circles or even one, if one lies over the other. The key for now is to keep trying to translate these meanings into feelings.
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From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/15/10, TES

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Question: What is the difference between personal joy and the joy of many?

Answer: The joy of many is positive, beneficial, and easily achieved. We are talking about spiritual joy, of course, which exists above time, increases in pleasure, and does not disappear.

The joy of many occurs when I fill everyone else, and each of them fills the others and me. In this manner we intensify our fulfillment and joy within each person. I delight in the joy of others, they delight in my joy, and, together, we multiply our inspiration and reach a Light that is 620 times more powerful than the Light at the beginning of creation. We can receive all this and enjoy it in our world.

Due to an event like the Convention, in the connection between us we reveal such a Light, such a spiritual power, and joy that we will reach the level of Infinity! And one must reveal this during his lifetime.
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From Kabbalah for Beginners, "Happiness" 10/28/10

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Question: What should we do in order to reveal the Shechina between us at the Convention?

Answer: Just one thing: unity. There isn’t one action that depends on us besides coming closer to each other. This will enable inspiration to flare up among us, which will help us to unite .

We unite internally. It’s not necessary to hug each other, although sometimes the external actions do help. First of all, I have to understand that I will enter the spiritual world and acquire life on a higher level only if I ascend to a higher, more powerful desire to perceive everyone as parts of me.

However, that’s when a purely psychological problem arises: I reject them. That means I have to change my perception and attitude, and break through the inner fence between me and others.

To do this, I have to come closer to my friends so they influence me. Then they will suffuse me with their idea and goal, with the unity in which each of us will reveal the Upper Reality.

That’s why we are organizing the Convention and uniting with everything we have. This is practical Kabbalah.

In the past people used to think that Kabbalah predicts the future and deals with something supernatural. But there is nothing supernatural about it besides the transformation of our egoistic nature to an altruistic one.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/5/10, Writings of Rabash

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Question: What is our interconnection like?

Answer: A connection is when I look at you, and you begin to understand what I am thinking of. A connection is when you stand thirty feet behind me, and I feel that you are there with my back.

There are many types of connection between us, many fields where we interact. The electric, magnetic, biochemical field, the field of desires, thoughts, and intentions, all these fields connect us together.

All live bodies create fields around them, and we interconnect with our fields. Sometimes we make contact, and sometimes we can’t. Everything depends on the extent to which our fields correspond to one another.

However, there is a special, powerful, and elevated field: the spiritual connection between us. This field embraces and encompasses everything else, and this is why it is called the “Creator.” This is the field we need to reveal, but, essentially, all the fields belong to a single, universal field that Einstein also wanted to discover.

It connects our thoughts and desires, and we influence one another through it. Once I concentrate on this possibility, once I desire to reveal our interconnection, I will discover our mutual influence and will use it for the universal interconnection.
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From the Talk on the Arvut 10/29/10

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Question: How can I think about the friends throughout the day if I don’t feel that they’re thinking about me?

Answer: Irrespective of them, you need to connect to the group and accept the notion that they’re all thinking about you as a fact. Then you will discover that this is truly the case. The friends will be revealed to you at a higher degree. They may be regular people, but you will see that, within, they are all unified.

Everything depends on you, on how you perceive the friends, and not on their self-awareness.
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From the Talk on the Arvut 10/29/10

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Question: Rabash writes that only when a person has done everything within his means will he turn to the Creator for help. But what about thoughts that I haven’t done everything and don’t deserve to ascend?

Answer: Nobody has done all they could. Keep making efforts and while you do, you will see that this instruction is accomplished.

The Klipa (shell) will always tell you that you haven’t done enough: “You know what, wait until the next Convention.” And you must answer it: “Stop promising me tomorrows, I want it here and now!”

Who will inspire you to respond like that? The environment will. It will multiply a person’s strength, when he bows his head and unifies with others.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/1/10, “And the Children Racketed Within Her”

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Question: Why is it painful for egoism to nullify itself?

Answer: This depends on the importance of the goal. We are forced to nullify ourselves in this world as well: At work we have to follow the orders of our supervisors, at home we have to take care of our children, provide for our family, and so on.

After I’m done with all my obligations I have only about an hour or two of left for personal time. It turns out that I constantly nullify myself, having no other choice as I am obligated to live. However, I receive the reward inside my egoism!

On the other hand, here we are rejecting egoism in order to receive something more important: spiritual life, eternity, perfection, and harmony. For now we don’t feel the importance of this reward, and the environment has to convince us of this.

In our case I have chosen an environment and I am connected to everyone. Never in history has there been a state the likes of which we are in today. We are the first generation of correction, and we have already merited to receive the method and to begin realizing it together, among thousands of friends.

So what is left for us to do? We have to nullify ourselves! If we do this together, then it will be easy for everyone. That is exactly how it will happen!
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From the lecture on Unity Day 10/31/10

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