Question: Will The Book of Zohar remain the main Kabbalistic Book?

Answer: Yes, it is a powerful source of information that is written in a very engaging way. It combines such a combination of styles that I do not think there is anything more attractive. I cannot imagine what else can satisfy a person so much. If one has this book before him, then actually nothing more is needed.

All you need is preparation in order to read it, connect with it, and find yourself in it. But once you have obtained it, it reveals endless depths to you in all its forms.

This book reveals everything about our world. Truly everything: tragedies, comedies, science, philosophy, society, personal life, space—in general, everything. Moreover, it talks in such a way, as if it is weaving a canvas, and you begin to feel such multifaceted and seemingly odd connections: “Where did it suddenly come from?!”

This versatility, the surprise of these connections evokes awe! I do not see this in any other book. Baal HaSulam and Rabash have done everything to bring us closer to The Book of Zohar, but they could never replace it. Thus, you need to understand this book and discover it for yourself.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Zohar is Book №1” 7/8/10

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Question: Let’s say a person studying Kabbalah falls into despair because they cannot understand what spirituality is, and at the same time they feel lost in the ordinary world. At some point they reach a state where they belong neither here nor there. They are almost on the verge of madness.

You say: “That is good, it means the person is ready.” But how can he use that state if he does not know what to do?

Answer: Nothing will happen to him! It just seems so to him. His limited earthly capabilities and sensations cannot yet absorb anything spiritual, so it feels to him like he is being torn apart. But in truth, he is not being torn apart. There is nothing that can break.

I completely understand these states. I have gone through them myself. You just need to expose yourself to the influence of the upper light, and slowly, gradually, things will start to change.

It is evolution! There is no way around it. If our previous development up to this point took so much time, let this also take a couple more years. That is how it is. It might take 10 or 15 years.

And what else was a person created for if not to reach spiritual existence during his physical lifetime?

We think: “Okay, I will just step into the spiritual world and then start operating there.” But why? How do you know how many new abilities, data, and inner qualities are developing in you right now?

It is a vast system that you must absorb within yourself. This system is infinite. You need to gradually adapt to it. You cannot make sudden leaps here. There is a specific order to your development. It just cannot happen all at once.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The meaning of existence” 7/11/10

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Once a person is convinced that he has nothing in his hands, that he has a long path to travel, that he has searched, suffered, and tried to make something of himself and sees he cannot, he turns to the Creator.

Question: Where is the element of happiness here, at what point?

Answer: You feel you have nothing else but the Creator. You have to appeal to Him and simply persuade, beg, urge, or compel, and oblige Him.

Comment: To answer.

My Response: Yes, just demand revelation.

Question: Is that moment the moment of happiness?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: So the whole path, we can say it was…

My Response: The whole path was also toward revealing the Creator because all you wanted on your spiritual path was to gain the quality of love and bestowal. Only you couldn’t turn to the Creator.…

Comment: With a broken heart.

My Response: Right, you could not make the correct appeal. And now you have done it. Today, people are already exhausted, and therefore, they can hear it.

Question: So one way or another, people want to come to the true prayer today?

Answer: If we did not fool ourselves with the media and other things, we could slowly explain what happiness is.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 1/4/21

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We are created in such a way that by connecting with each other and with the Creator, by complementing it, and being part of it, we reveal perfection to the extent that we can complement this perfection ourselves.

We begin to feel that everything except us is perfect. And when I enter and gradually start filling this perfection in places that remain open for me, like in a mosaic, I begin to experience the highest pleasure because in this way, I attain eternity, the perfection, which I myself create, complete, and realize.

It is an astonishing sensation! We are created to feel this and be filled with it. In truth, we have no other needs. So, by attaining this, we attain everything.

When humanity experiences all of this, when it merges into an absolutely perfect, eternal system, into this wondrous harmony, then beyond this threshold—as Kabbalists hint in their books—lies the next stage of a certain state, development.

We cannot imagine what development means because we currently have no needs that correspond to the next stage. And then suddenly—no, I want classical music now! And then definitely some impressionism, and then something else.

That is, it is quite possible that we will develop other desires. Or perhaps it will not be based on a desire at all. On the desire to receive? Certainly not anymore. On the desire to bestow? I don’t know. This is a realm that cannot be explored by us; we have no instruments or means to study it.

In addition to the so-called sixth millennium, there is also the seventh, which represents complete correction. This corresponds to the Sabbath. And then there are also the eighth, ninth, and tenth millennia. In “The Introduction to The Mouth of the Wise,” Rabash writes that Baal HaSulam spoke about this.

But right now, we cannot discuss it, as it is far beyond us—just like a small child cannot reason about what happens in the world of adults.

In the spiritual world, a person sees only their own level and a part of the upper level. All the previous levels are included within them and form their true integral essence, while the higher level is slightly revealed to them—the one meant to elevate them—like a mother, parents, or our world in relation to a child.

They perceive them, but in what way? Only at the level they are on and slightly above within the possibilities that are made available to them. Nothing else can be perceived! Everything else that exists is nothing to them.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Develop Yourself” 7/15/10

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Darkness is the Median (Babylonian) exile, which the people of Israel brought upon themselves because the Creator (Zeir Anpin) fell into slumber.

And the sinner Haman, a great astrologer, cast lots (Pur) to determine fate.

For Haman and his ten sons represent the ten Klipot (impure forces), and therefore he knew that the Creator was asleep and that His higher governance was not protecting the people of Israel (those who seek the Creator).

Thus, Haman thought that the time had come to destroy the people of Israel.

Haman represents all our desire to receive, which stand in opposition to the entire light of Hochma, and he knows that this light must now be revealed.

He just doesn’t know that this can happen only through the middle line, and then it is canceled, which leads to the transition to the state of the first restriction (Tzimtzum Aleph).

Malchut unites with Zeir Anpin in the middle line, they ascend to Bina and reach the state of the end of correction.

To destroy the people of Israel means to destroy the intention for the sake of bestowal, which prevents receiving the light of Hochma egoistically.

Mordechai represents the intention to bestow, but if he acts alone, without Haman’s desires, then it is merely bestowal for the sake of bestowal, meaning he blocks the light of Hochma and does not allow it to be revealed.

If a person does not work in the middle line, then even their best actions of bestowal close the path of development. This is why Mordechai must be connected with Haman.

When the conflict begins between them, between the intention to bestow and the egoistic desire, it becomes clear how they can or cannot unite.

There is an intention for the sake of bestowal, through which Haman’s desires can be used, but these desires themselves will not be fulfilled. This is why the confrontation between Haman and Mordechai occurs. It is about how a person can create the right connection between two opposing forces, opposite intentions—what battles, confusion, and doubts await us on the path of correction until we find the right method.

The Scroll of Esther (Megillat Ester) tells us about this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/28/10, Writings of Rabash, Assorted Notes from Dargot HaSulam

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Question: The Creator creates a created being and develops it Himself by making sure it develops a desire to attain the upper and become independent. But if all of this comes from the Creator…?

Answer: You can ask a million questions, and every second, new ones will arise within you. The answers will not satisfy you because the only real answer can be in your feelings.

We are created as beings of feeling, of desire, and it is this desire that we must fulfill. The intellect alone will not suffice. We cannot calm ourselves with logical arguments. That is why Kabbalah does not engage in this. Instead it shows a person on how he or she can develop oneself to a level where the person can feel a spiritual state.

Thus we must go through all the states given to us, and only then will we understand what it truly is. Another person’s knowledge will give us nothing.

Everything we study is not in order to know but to change ourselves, to create new sensations and the possibility of perception. And nothing else!

Kabbalah is the wisdom of perception! “Kabbalah” means reception, perception.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Meaning of Existence” 7/11/10

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Question: The material we study begins to take effect only when the light reaches a person, and then, naturally, all the sources begin to open: The Study of the Ten Sefirot, The Book of Zohar, and others. Does everything depend solely on the light?

Answer: Nothing depends on the light. Everything depends on your desire, ability, and understanding of the influence of the light, which exists around you eternally and perfectly. I mean the desire to draw the light, work with it, and become like it. To draw the light means to be similar to the Creator.

Comment: You said that we should not try to intellectually understand the material we read since logical reasoning alone will never lead us to comprehension.

My Response: Never! You will never reach understanding logically. You must develop a different logic, additional perceptions. This does not mean rejecting anything corporeal, but rather, you must develop yourself.

You need to build additional systems of perception, analysis, synthesis, and decision-making within yourself that are similar to the spiritual ones. This is what it means to become like the Creator.

When you do this through Kabbalah, which was created solely for this purpose of developing additional capabilities in a person, then you begin to feel Him. The more you expand, construct new inner abilities, connections, perceptions, and analyses, the more you feel the Creator. Then you start to understand what Kabbalah speaks of, and Kabbalistic books become a description of what you personally experience.

A Kabbalistic book turns into a living manual for you. It tells you what to do.

Question: Suppose I travel to Paris as a tourist and see Notre Dame or some other landmark, which gives me certain impressions. How does this work in spirituality?

Answer: In spirituality, your impressions come from inner attainment: What is this object? What is this phenomenon? How does it affect me? How can I best perceive it? How is it connected to other phenomena? And so on.

Essentially, what does spirituality mean? It is the attainment of the Creator, the only thing in which we exist. To the extent that I develop myself, I begin to understand, feel, and study Him. But in studying, I can perceive Him only to the extent that I become like Him.

Therefore, all of Kabbalah is structured around reaching similarity to the Creator, around becoming equivalent to Him. This is the goal of everything we do. To attain complete equivalence with Him means to fully attain Him.

Understanding the causes and sources of all existence brings you immense fulfillment. It fills all your desires, needs, thoughts, intellect, and emotions. There is great pleasure in this knowledge and connection. Connection itself brings immense fulfillment because it is built on the connection of opposites, on resolving contradictions. Suddenly, they align and form a single, wonderful whole.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Develop Yourself” 7/15/10

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Question: What is the meaning of this game that the Creator has initiated?

Answer: The meaning of the Creator’s game is to create a creation equal to Himself, which will attain the state of the Creator, His level, and complete similarity to Him, and in this will be totally fulfilled since He instilled these desires in us.

We are meant to become like Him: to achieve absolute, mutual fulfillment of one another. Thus, the entire program of creation is realized within the framework known to us.

We rely on what the Kabbalists say, that the Creator has a need to create, a positive need, a desire to bestow. In our world, this can be likened to a woman’s desire to have children, which is an inner longing to care for and give. Naturally, in our world, this is an egoistic desire, but in the Creator, it is altruistic.

It stems from the nature of the good that does good. That is why He created beings—to lead them to goodness. This is what we can comprehend. One can philosophize endlessly about it, but Kabbalah teaches that it must be attained. For one who attains, everything becomes clear. And the one who merely philosophizes is left with thoughts that his fishes out from under his hair—nothing more.

That is why Kabbalah is categorically against it. It is a highly practical science meant to lead a person to receive the magnificent fulfillment that awaits him in the attainment of the Creator, in becoming like Him.

Comment: You speak about this so sadly.

My Response: On the contrary, it is something enormous. I simply do not know how to express it, there are no words for it. I am not sad. Quite the opposite, wonderful feelings arise in me that overwhelm me because what has been given to a person is a great thing, such a goal, such an opportunity!
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Meaning of the Game” 7/12/10

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Comment: You describe the spiritual world so beautifully that there is a terrible envy for the feelings you talk about.

My Response: You have no idea how it works! It all happens inside you! These ups and downs! It is as if you are flying and diving underwater, swimming into a grotto, and revealing some secrets there.

Envious, right? This is a very good quality! It helps you advance.

Comment: You describe these feelings so vividly!

My Response: This is why this light is called Taamim—tastes. You cannot even imagine what they are like!

They fill you with such bright colors, with a billion different shades that do not exist in our world. Moreover, each shade is drastically different from the other, even from the one next to it. In general, it is such a feeling, such interplay, such an inner life, with incredible colors and feelings!

And you never get tired of it; that is what is interesting. In our world, how much can you handle? The body gets tired of external influences. But when the filling comes from the inside, it keeps you going and constantly rejuvenates you. I recommend it.

Question: Do you penetrate inside this system through some letters?

Answer: There are no letters. When you look at the letters, you penetrate through and cause the influence of spiritual forces on you that supposedly stand behind the letters. But there are no letters. They are drawn in the back of your head, but in fact you are being influenced by forces. Your desire is already working with these forces.

You take no part in this. You have made it so that on one hand there is your desire, and on the other hand there is a force that affects it. You start perceiving everything this way with no buffering systems to retrieve or understand anything through. It is all in your “box.” You just have to remove it; it interferes with you.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. A Game at the Cost of Life” 7/29/10

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Question: You say that we need to expose ourselves to the source of light. Suppose I visit a sulfur spring and clearly know that when I soak in it, it will benefit me. In the case of an abstract form, how and where can a person find the light? What is the most effective way to attract it?

Answer: The key is to desire this light. A person must have the yearning to change and become similar to the light. Then the light will act upon them to the extent that they wish to become equal to it. There is no other way.

Therefore, we first need to cultivate a desire to become like the light, a desire for bestowal, love, connection with others, and the revelation of the Creator.

How can this be done? For this, we have been given a specific community, a group. This is precisely why we are shattered into countless pieces. It is so that from our fragmentation, separation, and mutual rejection, we can gather ourselves together and, in doing so, create within us a detector for feeling the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Expose Oneself to the Light” 7/5/10

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