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How Can You Foresee The Future?

laitman_277Question: In the Torah, many times the future was foreseen: the prophetic dreams of prophets are mentioned and there were people who interpreted them. How does the wisdom of Kabbalah relate to palmistry and seeing the future in dreams?

Answer: The Kabbalists can truly foresee the future, not in a dream but in a state of absolute wakefulness, by way of a special ascent to the next level. This is thanks to acquiring the characteristic of bestowal instead of the characteristic of reception, an altruistic characteristic instead of an egoistic characteristic. By being released from the material somewhat, they begin to feel a higher level, a level of the forces that manage matter. By entering into the field of these forces, a person begins to see the past, present, and future, beyond time.

So for a Kabbalist, prediction of the future is generally not a prediction; rather, it is the present situation, just like all the rest of time. I offer this to everyone, but first they must rise to a level called “prophetic.” To do this, no special skills are needed but desire. All the rest of the prophecies, including palmistry are basically “slight of hand.”
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 3/20/16

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What Is Eternal?

laitman_276_02Question: Why should we yearn for the goal of creation? Maybe it is better to live and think that we have achieved something in life.

Answer: That is self-deception! We cannot ignore the fact that we were given a desire to understand the management of the world, its structure, our fate, the meaning of life, and the goal of creation.

These questions belong to the human level in us, and we cannot underestimate them since otherwise we become depressed like most people in the world. Although this depression has not brought them to the revelation of the wisdom of Kabbalah, it already has brought us. Therefore, we must help them overcome depression and drug abuse.

Question: During the last moments of their lives people usually think, “I have done something in this life! I have left something behind!”

Answer: And I say differently: this world and our minor, meaningless civilization is finite. No matter what you do in this world, everything disappears and nothing remains. The only thing that is recorded is what you did to bring people together into one unique system in which the Creator eventually will be revealed.

Only the attributes and the actions remain. They are kept in the system and are therefore eternal. What is more, they are recorded on your account. Nothing else remains or continues in the future.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 3/13/16

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A Rigid Management Program

Laitman_041_01Question: If the Creator is a force, a law and a hidden code, are Kabbalists spiritual programmers who learn to read the hidden code of the universe and to insert changes in the management program?

Answer: Kabbalists don’t insert any changes in the program of control. They have no right to do so and they cannot do so.

The rigid management program is unchangeable. The only thing Kabbalists can do is to change themselves! Thus they insert a positive parameter into the system by which they hasten and accelerate the system in an easier more pleasant way for everyone.

There is a certain field in the program within which it is possible to change its motion into a more positive direction or a more negative one by entering it and participating correctly in that field.

If the program was run in a certain way and then it is changed at a certain point and you begin to move between plus and minus, up a bit and down a bit, by accelerating your motions or slowing them down, you finally reach the ultimate goal.

 

 

By being part of it and correcting yourself and becoming a positive element in that system it affects everyone else in a positive manner.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 3/13/16

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How Does One Resolve Doubts?

Laitman_198Question: How is it possible to resolve doubts in your life when you don’t know how to behave in a better way?

Answer: This is through partnership with “There is none else beside Him” (Deuteronomy 4:35).

Question: What is the difference between thinking that everything comes from the “good and benevolent” and simple optimism, positivity?

Answer: The truth.

Question: You said that a person doesn’t do anything by himself and that everything he does is through the Creator, “There is none else beside Him.” After all, every day the person is new, so why ask for forgiveness for what was done in the past, to regret what has happened?

Answer: Do not ask about what was in the past because the past didn’t depend on me; rather, ask only for the present, the forces of bestowal and love.
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Expand The Picture Of Creation

laitman_740_03Torah, “Deuteronomy,” 2:31 – 2:34: And the Lord said to me, “Behold I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land before you; begin to drive him out, that you may inherit his land.” Then Sihon went forth towards us, he and all his people, to war at Jahzah. And the Lord our God delivered him to us; and we smote him and his sons and all his people. And we conquered all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, the men, women, and the young children; we left over no survivor.

Women, men, children, and cities are egoistic desires that exist within a person. It is said that a person is a small world, and therefore all of his desires are graded by levels.

Question: But this speaks about the destruction of desires?

Answer: Destroying egoistical desires means correcting them to bestowal and love.

Torah, “Deuteronomy,” 3:1: Then we turned and went up the way of Bashan, and Og, the king of Bashan, came forth toward us, he and all his people, to war at Edrei

Torah, “Deuteronomy,” 3:11 – 3:12: For only Og, king of Bashan, was left from the remnant of the Rephaim. His bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the cubit of a man. And this land, which we possessed at that time…

Iron represents the lowest level of egoism, the same as gold, silver, and copper. Therefore, we can conquer this level first.

Actually, the Kabbalistic method is the same for attaining all levels. Why are they described in so much detail? Because for a man who starts to enter into the system and feel it reveals huge variations in what is going on with him.

He feels all this within himself. This is a revelation of his world for him and a revelation of the Universe! He passes inside matter, inside the managing forces, and instead of our small planet, he sees the forces that govern the Universe. The entire picture of creation happens inside of him, and he freezes in front of it in admiration.

Therefore, it is described in such detail in the Torah.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/3/16

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Peace Is But A Dream

 Question: How can we stop envying those who live much better lives but refuse to listen to the wisdom of Kabbalah or about spiritual work?

Answer: I can’t imagine living a peaceful life. I am already about 70 years old, I am retired, but why calm down…?! What then? If someone is about to die, there is nothing to be done about it, but what if you want to live more, what then? Should you forget about the meaning of life, not develop, not attain anything, not grow as a human being? A person should have a certain degree of self-respect. Am I a human being or a beast?

Question: Does this mean that life for you is a continuous search?

Answer: I think this that is not only for me. A person needs a good environment that will lead him to that, support him and agree with him. Then life will be interesting and pleasant and he will really do something meaningful in life.

Question: It seems that you are not going to be a fishing enthusiast who fishes all night until dawn.

Answer: I once tried to join a friend who really loved fishing and we went out fishing a couple of times, but I couldn’t find anything that filled me in that.

Question: Is it possible to combine activities?

Answer: You can combine anything. The question is whether a person finds peace in it. I didn’t. I really love music, good cunning comedy films, and good jokes. I love to learn new things. I have visited many places all over the world and found it interesting, although on the other hand, this world is like a point that disappears on the background of the wisdom of Kabbalah. The main thing is that a person has a goal that leads him forward and he grows. A person should do that since we will have to fulfill the plan of creation in any case.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 3/13/16

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Why People Hate Israel

Laitman_043Torah, “Deuteronomy,” 02:25: Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you upon the nations that are under the entire heaven, who will hear reports of you and shake and be in trepidation because of you.

Egoism is afraid of the connection with the Creator, like a snake is afraid of a human, but out of fear it attacks him and by this causes its own death. It can hide but prefers to attack. And in this we can sense the help of the Creator because the fact that the nations of the world hate Israel shows their weakness and a recognition of their impotence. You can destroy and oppress the people of Israel, do whatever you want with them, but it is impossible to kill such a quality of nature as the connection with the Creator.

If the nations of the world would have succeeded in this, they would have immediately disappeared themselves. What would enliven them if the thin tube through which they receive a livening force would disappear?

The only connection between the nations of the world with the livening force called the Creator is the nation of Israel. That’s why it is called “Isra-El – straight to the Creator.”

The nations of the world can’t block their oxygen; it contradicts the program of creation and the structure of the enormous system. Therefore, they perform these spasmodic actions, they oppress, crush, and destroy Jews, then they release them, and again begin to oppress and destroy and then release them again. However, in this generation we need to stop this process.

It is known that after the Second World War all the nations recognized, approved, and encouraged the creation of the State of Israel. But after some time, everybody began to feel that at this stage Israel is a hindrance, it doesn’t bring he necessary good to the world that humanity needs so much, and the world is entering a crisis. Naturally they now look at Israel as the apparent source of this crisis.

All the nations don’t have any way to influence Israel other than demand from it, and in our world this demand is revealed as hatred and a desire to destroy Israel. And even among Jewish people, to the extent that a person is detached from his root, there is the same tendency as well, i.e., to destroy Israel.

We see it in American, European, and Russian Jews. To them, especially to American Jews, it seems that the fact that they don’t have any connection with Israel is their salvation. They don’t identify themselves with the idea that should manifest itself in the world. The natural reaction of self-defense arises in them, “I know nothing, I have nothing to do with it, and leave me alone.”

They don’t understand that nobody will escape it. It is written in the Torah, “I shall find you on the edge of the earth.” This is a universal law from which there is no escape and so we need to look at the world soberly and strive to fulfill our mission.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/3/16

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Each Nation Has Its Mission

laitman_749_01Torah, “Deuteronomy,” 02:26 – 02:28: So I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, “Allow me to pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.” You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give to me water for money, that I may drink; I will only pass through by my feet.”

Torah, “Deuteronomy,” 02:30: But Sihon, king of Heshbon, did not wish to let us pass by him, for the Lord your God caused his spirit to be hardened and his heart to be obstinate, in order that He would give him into your hand, as this day.

Israel doesn’t want to get involved in the war, in a clear correction of Malchut with the help of Bina, but the Creator is forcing them to do so.

In fact, we see this in our world too when we want to avoid various problems, collisions, and encumbrances in life, but it doesn’t work, and it won’t work until we begin to follow the instructions of the Torah strictly.

The complete correction of egoism to love and bestowal is required, meaning the maximum movement in connection with each other where all degrees of the ladder of spiritual ascent are revealed gradually until the complete unification of all nations—in other words, all parts of universal egoism into one single unit. Then, the system will be filled with Light.

Question: Despite the fact that the people of Israel said, “I will go along by the highway” and that they would pay, King Sihon wouldn’t agree to let them pass.

Answer: He wouldn’t agree purposely because egoism (the nations of the world) clearly performs its function because it was programmed by the Creator this way, and the people of Israel are the only part of the common egoism in creation that have freedom of choice. In this case they are inclined to use it in order to escape, and here they are taught that they will be punished twice for escaping because they are obliged to conquer egoism and in much worse conditions.
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When Will Our Problems Come To An End?

laitman_531_02-jpgQuestion: When will our problems come to an end?

Answer: The problems will end when we fully connect with the Creator. After all, all the problems that arise expose the lack of connection between us and the Creator. Thanks to our prior success in connecting with the Creator when faced with problems, we grow and acquire the ability to reveal greater problems.

Problems will not stop without spiritual work. It is not possible to run away from it because only through summoning the Ohr Makif (Surrounding Light), and thanks to the suffering with the help of the group, it is possible to get closer to the Creator.

People are differentiated according to their attitude to the problems that are revealed. Ordinary people struggle with them like Don Quixote, whereas Kabbalists understand that all problems come from “There is none else beside Him” (Deuteronomy 6:35), from only one power, and they decide to not just resolve the problem, but to correct the soul.

My main parting word is for all of us to adhere to the Creator, accepting all the disturbances of life as situations that are trying to detach us from Him, and in this way we become strengthened and adhere to Him more. It is written in Psalms 27:14, “Wait on the LORD; be strong, and let thy heart take courage; yea, wait thou for the LORD.”
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How Is It Possible To Get Close To The Creator?

laitman_934Question: How is it possible to get close to the Creator? What kind of work must I do on myself every day to get this power within me?

Answer: For this, it is up to you to change your characteristics so that they will be similar and equivalent to the characteristics of the Creator.

The wisdom of Kabbalah talks about this. It is a method for becoming like the Creator.

We are in a world specially created with people who relate to each other egoistically and mutually repel each other, so that we gradually reached a harmonious, homogeneous communication between us. And then, in this regard, by trying to build it correctly, we will begin to reveal the Creator.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 3/13/16

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