Question: From which point can Abraham’s method be considered a genuine religion?

Answer: From the moment it became a unifying force, a force for building a society that becomes imbued with this idea, adopts it, and accepts it as its way of life.

This occurred when Abraham’s group, which had once left Babylon, began to form itself at Mount Sinai. It is clear that in the Torah, this story is presented purely allegorically. In reality, the people did not physically stand at the mountain; rather, these were inner states that they experienced.

From that point on, one can already say that they had a religion, that is, the implementation among the people of a structure organized in tens, hundreds, and thousands, and the establishment of correct interaction with one another within it in which the Creator is revealed as the quality of love, bestowal, and mutual guarantee.

From here begins the social movement of those who left Babylon, who in this way gradually become a nation.

In other words, the turning point was the moment when the need for an instruction arose in order to rise above mutual hatred. From here, religion begins as a method of uniting people into one whole, in equivalence with the upper force.

We call this method a “religion” because the people, in their structure, are constantly aimed at equivalence with the upper force, striving to do everything so that the upper force will be revealed among them.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation” 7/3/17

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Only after servants of the Creator expanded did the posterity of the agnostics become idealists (Baal HaSulam, “The Writings of the Last Generation“).

The science of Kabbalah teaches that as people unite, they must achieve such unity where a single force of nature would be revealed according to the principle of similarity of form. In nature, this force descends into our world from the top down, and we must become like it, rising from the bottom up.

If we make ourselves into one unified system of desires, aspirations, and mutual help, we will begin to feel the upper force.

But if we simply use the very idea of properly uniting people without associating it with the upper force, brotherly mutual aid, “man is man’s friend, comrade and brother,” and so on, then we immediately slip into communism, socialism, and other “isms.”

All philosophies ultimately originated in Kabbalah. Medieval philosophers wrote about this, as well as Mirandola, German philosophers, and others.

In addition, all the so-called “religions” and all kinds of movements have emerged from Kabbalah. From the idea of consolidating people and building the right community, social psychology emerged, along with methods of unification and related approaches.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation,” 7/3/17

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Question: In the article “The Last Generation” Baal HaSulam made a critical analysis of communism as a social system.

He writes that some people will reach spiritual attainment, that is, will have altruistic qualities and this will be manifested as “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”

You say that this is exactly what corresponds to the biblical principle of “love your neighbor.” Why?

Answer: Because the principle of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” is the most democratic and best principle. If we implement it, then no one will have to work beyond their strength.

Everyone will be ready to work and give all the results of their labor to the state. In general, everyone should agree with this. If this happens, then such a state will exist in the best possible form.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 8/8/24

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Comment: Not all people feel the evil of their original nature and say: “Why should I correct something? I am a normal person with work, home, and children.”

My Response: The fact is that they compare themselves with others like them and do not see any flaws in themselves. In fact, if we take into account our nature, the nature of those around us, and human society, then of course, we still need to correct a lot in ourselves and around us.

Question: What can you say to a person who does not yet feel the evil of an egoistic nature in them at all? Moreover, it does not really stand out in them. They seem to be normal citizens, they do not really harm anyone.

Answer: Our nature needs to be explained to people. It is evil because we think only about ourselves, we feel only ourselves; it seems to us that we are all normal—“I am like everyone else.” There seem to be no problems here except for one—in the end, we still suffer. What can we do to stop suffering? To do this, we need to build a new society.

Question: So do I understand correctly that narrow egoism does not mean that a person must rob or kill someone?

Answer: No, we are talking about egoism that exists in every normal person.

Question: In principle, is it bad enough that, while in my narrow egoism, I may not harm society but think only about myself?

Answer: In order to understand this, we need to know the true laws of nature, how it sees our connection with each other, and what we must change in ourselves in order to become similar to the correct connection.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 6/27/24

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This means that each and every one in Israel would take upon himself to care and work for each member of the nation, to satisfy all their needs, no less than the measure imprinted in him to care for his own needs (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

We must always compare taking care of ourselves to caring for others: how much does striving for oneself differ from striving for others, what is the difference between them, and can we somehow equalize the desire to care for others with the care for oneself. That is a specific and uncomplicated task. Defining it is very simple, but carrying it out is almost impossible.

Mutual guarantee (Arvut), described by Baal HaSulam is like a fantasy. We understand that it is practically unattainable and beyond human capability. I cannot think about others, not even those close to me, in the way I do about myself. It is impossible. The task set before us is, in fact, not achievable. So, what are we discussing here?

Once the whole nation unanimously agreed and said, “We will do and we will hear,” each member of Israel became responsible that no member of the nation will lack anything. Only then did they become worthy of receiving the Torah

It is enough if we understand that we have no other way out. And we do not need another way out because, in reality, this is the highest goal that can be in our lowly, insignificant world. Therefore, if we agree to live in mutual guarantee, we will begin to draw upon ourselves special upper forces that will lead us to this state.

However, no one says we must become altruists and kind, love everyone, and connect with everyone. That is not serious. It says we must realize our current nature and the state we must reach that nature pushes us to.

Look at what is happening in the world. Nature pushes us toward complete unification. We may not understand this, but in principle, this is what lies ahead of us. If we want to live on our small Earth, we must become one unified whole. Otherwise, we cannot survive.

By realizing this, we will become suitable for receiving the Torah and for receiving the upper light that will change our nature and drive us toward collective unification.

The world is experiencing more division, fragmentation, and distancing every day, and accordingly, more confusion about where it exists, why, and how. Humanity feels the egoism that seems to play with it from within and acts accordingly.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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With this collective responsibility, which we need to reach and accept each member of the nation was liberated from worrying about the needs of his own body and could observe the Mitzva, “Love your friend as yourself” in the fullest measure and give all that he had to any needy person since he no longer cared for the existence of his own body, as he knew for certain that he was surrounded by six hundred thousand [a Kabbalistic number] loyal lovers standing ready to provide for him (Baal HaSulam,“The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee).”

In the state of mutual guarantee we are like cells in a healthy organism working entirely for the common body. No one works for themselves. This is the law of integral interconnection of parts.

Any integral, analog system is designed so that each of its elements works solely to keep the entire system in order and does everything within its capacity. As a result, the system is in absolute interconnection, mutual guarantee, and an absolutely stable state. No matter what happens, each element cares for maintaining the whole system and ensures it remains in constant equilibrium.

This equilibrium is dynamic, but it is never interrupted because each element includes the feelings of all others and cares only for their collective existence. No one thinks about themselves, and thus the whole system functions properly. All of nature is arranged and operates according to this principle except for us humans.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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In the article “The Last Generation” Baal HaSulam described how the structures of the state will look when some people are at the stage of realizing evil, some at the stage of “do not harm others,” and someone is already in love for one’s neighbor.

He specifically describes how the social structures of society, the courts, and everything that exists in the state will look.

In the primary sources, it is said that this should first of all happen in the State of Israel, with the Jews, because this is the nation chosen for the purpose of unity and love for one’s neighbor back in ancient Babylon thousands of years ago. And this does not refer to nationality but to the aspiration of the soul.

That is, the last stage of spiritual development is the existence of the state of Israel for the whole world.

When we can create such a state structure and such emotional relationships between people here, then we will have some tools and we will be able to set an example to others.

And then the whole world will become a closed system that exists according to the rule “love your neighbor as yourself.”
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 5/9/24

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Question: In the article “The Last Generation” Baal HaSulam asks us to imagine that today we found a certain historical book describing the last generation that will live 10,000 years from now, and that this book explains all the wisdom of statesmanship as well as all the paths of the individual and society realized at the end of days.

What does this mean? Are we talking about a Kabbalistic or some other book?

Answer: Precisely about Kabbalistic books. Of course, you can look through other books, but it is a foolish idea.

Question: In which Kabbalistic book can one learn about statesmanship?

Answer: In principle, very little is written about that. But Baal HaSulam wrote such books.

Question: As far as I understand, “The Last Generation” is the only article in which he described what all the structures of the state should be like when some people are already in a corrected state, how the courts, social services, etc. will work. Why did he not publish these articles? Did he not have time? Did he not want to?

Answer: I think he thought it was too early to publish them. Only 50 to 60 years after they had been written did they reach us and we began to publish them. They came to me through his eldest son Baruch Ashlag, my teacher. He gave me the originals, which are now kept in the archive.

Question: But did you and your teacher talk about these articles, did you study them?

Answer: We did not study them, but we talked about the subject.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation“ 2/4/24

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We have been lost in the terrible desert along with all of humanity, and now we have found a great, abundant treasure, namely the books of Kabbalah in the treasure (Baal HaSulam “The Last Generation”).

Why does Baal HaSulam call Kabbalistic books a treasury? The fact is that all Kabbalistic books describe the origin of man, our Earth, and human society—where it should move, based on what laws it exists, and how it can change itself in nature and nature to suit itself.

All this applies to Kabbalah, and even more so if we are talking about the last generation. After all, we are talking about a state we must reach in the future.

The information contained in the book shows humanity how it should exist. In this way it can ensure its good development for many, many years until it reaches the highest stage of its development as the last generation.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 2/4/24

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It is even more so regarding the interior of the souls and the worlds, and how they came down to such dreadful ruin as today’s, where we have no security in our lives. In the coming years, we will be subject to all sorts of slaughter and death, and all admit that they have no counsel to prevent it (Baal HaSulam “The Last Generation”).

If humanity continues to develop through its own intellect, it will inevitably become involved in various unpleasant events and will subject itself to self-destruction. The only way to survive this and achieve the proper development and a good outcome is that we will develop friendship, love, and mutual agreement.

The question arises: why does development require pressure through suffering and bloodshed? It is to bring a person to the point where he voluntarily takes upon himself the opportunity to organize our world and bring it to a good state of balance. Therefore, nature is obliged to lead us to such a desperate state in a natural way. Without this, a person will not do anything, he must be forced.

Question: Do you think that we have already reached this point?

Answer: According to the science of Kabbalah, we have already reached a state where we can take control of nature into our own hands and raise ourselves to the level of the absolute, favorable world of infinity.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation“ 2/4/24

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