Comment: You say that the collective system understands any of our actions, even if we deceive ourselves, as if playing at friendship and love. It begins to influence us and truly restructures us.

My Response: Yes it is just like we behave with children. They play, mess up, jump, run, speak in an incomprehensible language, and don’t know what they are doing, but we communicate with them as with a very important element of creation that needs to be raised. This is how they develop. The same thing happens with us.

Comment: But we want this artificially and pretend that we love each other.

My Response: We understand that we are only pretending, we do not hide it from ourselves and do not pretend, as it happens in other methods. We know that this is how we are at this stage, and we are constantly revealing more and more layers of egoism in ourselves.

Along with this, we understand that nature is integral, it is some kind of huge single organism, and we need to come to the point in our awareness where we are the highest integral element of this organism.

Therefore, on the one hand, knowing that we are not yet in this quality, we still try to consciously move ourselves toward it. And this conscious movement forward changes us.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Signs of Advancement 2,” 3/11/10

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We are on the way to a convention, and the main goal now is to awaken a deep, urgent need for it even before we come to it. To achieve this, we must strengthen our connection and unite in our desire so that we can approach the convention with the same intensity as a pack of wolves pouncing on their prey and tearing it apart. This is how we need to prepare ourselves for the convention.

I want to integrate myself among all the participants of the convention with my desire and, together with everyone, extract everything that it contains. Each of us will seize their portion of the prey from the convention and understand that this is precisely why they came. Both men and women will take part in this action.

We want to unite around the topic of the convention and sink our teeth into it to draw life force from it. Each of us must grip it with all their strength because if we act modestly and yield it to one another, it will belong to no one. I must seize my portion myself, but not consume it for my own sake, but rather, pass it on to the Creator.

The force of true faith can only be drawn from the source of faith where we all unite, and each person gives the portion of prey they have captured to others, and in this way, we all share it between us.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/14/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Question: You once said that a friend is an obstacle in me that appears to me as someone close to me. What does it mean?

Answer: I do not know in what context this was said at the time. I probably meant that all the people I see existing around me are actually pieces of my soul.

And when I achieve my final correction, and my perception of the world is corrected, I will discover that there is no one but me and the Creator. And everything that I feel today as inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human will turn out to be parts of my desire that represent a desire created by the Creator, a desire in which I will be completely similar to the Creator.

In the same way, you will reveal the entire universe within yourself as your integral part. And so will absolutely each of us without in any way preventing others from achieving the same feeling and revelation.

Perhaps this is what I meant when I said that my friend is my obstacle. In other words, until I discover him as my integral part, he is an obstacle to me because my still uncorrected state divides us into me and him.

Comment: But you were talking about my attitude, not toward any person, but specifically toward a friend. Let us say he may physically look a certain way, but it is my distortion that depicts him. That is how we perceive each other at the moment.

My Response: How is this so?! Am I interested in your hair, eyes, and everything else? What does that have to do with what is inside you? Am I worshiping idols?!

I strive to connect only with a person’s aspiration toward the Creator because it is his true, eternal, innermost desire that will not change and will only grow. And everything else in him will change. And in general, you should not relate to a friend based on some earthly information or passport data.

If I want to discover the true creation for myself, to enter the spiritual world, then I am dealing only with a person’s soul and in no way with his body. What difference does it make to me what kind of body he has, whether he has arms and legs, or not? I want to reach a state where it does not matter to me whether he is in his animalistic body or already beyond it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Whole Problem Is in Me,” 4/13/10

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Comment: It is still a mystery to me when you say: “The physical attributes of a friend are not important to me; what matters is their inner aspiration toward the Creator.”

My Response: What else is there in a person?! Everything else is animalistic!

In our animal nature, there is a special point in the heart, aspiration toward the Creator. This point is a fragment of a next, higher level. If I work with it and try to connect with it, I gather a group of these points on our physical level, a common desire.

When, by nullifying all our animal aspects, we aim to unite only the spiritual desires, we discover that we rise to the next level and reveal the next degree within this common desire.

And if we ignore our inner point and remain on the earthly level, then we are simply friends with material interests that organize our club and just live in this world. It is one or the other!

Why have we gathered together? To rise to the next level! Therefore, we need to discover our spiritual points and connect them to create a single spiritual vessel. In it, we will feel the next state, the next level, the upper world!

But if we focus on our animal characteristics such as physical attributes or character, we will remain at the level of our world and never transcend it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The whole Problem is in Me,” 4/10/10

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Question: How should a person prepare themselves for reading The Book of Zohar? There were suggestions that one should prepare before going to sleep since what a person falls asleep with is what they wake up with in the morning. Is it acceptable to read just any Kabbalistic books before bed?

Answer: Yes, of course. However, it is preferable to read books that are thematically and stylistically closer to The Book of Zohar; otherwise, you might approach it with a slightly different focus.

The point is, you can read Kabbalistic articles related to philosophy, religion, our world, or our life. But what you need to read is the part of Kabbalah (this is a science with many sections) that specifically directs you toward the revelation of The Book of Zohar. That way, you can pass through it like a filter into that world.

Question: Can one, for example, read Shamati?

Answer: Shamati is also good, but I usually prefer to read a passage from The Zohar before going to sleep. It is The Zohar! And even though you read it without understanding anything, it tunes you correctly and elevates you to a certain level. With it, you fall asleep, wake up in the morning, and go to the lesson.

Before the lesson, I typically read, work on materials, or write, and only on the subject of the upcoming lesson. After all, I want to provide people with the most relevant material, and I need to prepare myself accordingly.

Question: So is it not necessary to read The Zohar? Is it enough to simply listen to it?

Answer: Yes, you can listen to it. The key is to be immersed in it. If our first lesson is The Zohar, this is especially important. But if it is something else, you should align yourself with that material. If it is Shamati, then we focus on articles from Shamati. If it is The Zohar, then The Zohar. If it is The Study of the Ten Sefirot, then The Study of the Ten Sefirot. It is essential to align oneself with a specific perspective on the universe as it varies.

Question: Generally, one should prepare for studying The Zohar throughout the day. Many people ask: “How do we do that?” Listening is not always an option for everyone at work. How can one remain connected to this thought?

Answer: Try whenever possible to listen or read in brief moments. Strive to see what connects you to this book, understanding that it is not systematic.

It is not The Study of the Ten Sefirot or a systematic, logically presented study. The Zohar is a very enigmatic book with a unique style. But the essence embedded in it provides a powerful light of correction. If a person respects this book and does not abandon it, they will literally begin to feel changes within a couple of weeks.

We see this within our group. Since we started studying The Book of Zohar, the group has become more inwardly focused.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Preparation for The Zohar,” 3/11/10

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Question: What can we do so everyone would have the same intention simultaneously during the day?

Answer: To stay constantly connected, in one desire, in one request throughout the day is a very difficult prerequisite, but if you are getting closer to that state, it is good.

Question: But if we want this with all our hearts—to have a strong ten, the lessons, and you, and to remain in constant connection—what are we missing?

Where is this transition to a permanent connection? What should we add to unification?

Answer: This depends on the right combination of your desires and direction toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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When we ask for our future state, we mean that goodness should manifest above our current egoism because we feel the ego as distance, rejection, and the impossibility of a good connection with each other, and good means good for the other, not for me.

When we imagine the future state, we see how much we cannot match it. I am not able to wish something good for another. I do not have this nature.

And then I have the only opportunity to change myself—to turn to the Creator in order to become a giver instead of a receiver and to think about others. But I cannot do that because it is like asking a stone to become a tree, and a tree to become an animal, and an animal to become a human. It is impossible! This is an ascent to a completely different stage of existence. How can I ask for it?

Here some selfish elements come to our aid: envy, passion, and vanity.

Envy is when I look at others and see that they succeed, that they gain a higher level, a higher state, but I do not. I was created in such a way that I envy. Even if these states are states of giving, loving, and including others in myself, I still envy them because these states come to me from the corrected system of Adam, which was created before his split.

But we have a group. If we develop a system of our connection in it, then despite our desire to remain single-minded, we will nevertheless connect with each other, break ourselves, strive by force toward an artificial union, and—at least not sensorially, but mechanically—get closer to each other.

Envy is especially important in this because with its help I install myself into others; I want what they have.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/5/19, Preparation for convention in Moldova “Turning to the Creator”

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Question: The Creator divided Himself into two parts: the perceiver and what is perceived. Will this situation always remain?

Answer: This is how our perception is structured; it consists of the perceiver and what he perceives.

But the fact is that in our case when we are dealing with the revelation of the Creator, we have an interesting quality. A person begins to acquire the qualities of the Creator. There is no limit to his attainment, right up to the feeling of the world of infinity.

Question: Ultimately, the Creator we attain, is He the Creator who can simultaneously exist in all, even the most distant parts?

Answer: Absolutely!
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/10/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Question: The realization that I suddenly feel wealthy while everything around me remains unchanged feels like a test. What is the Creator testing me for? Why am I going through this?

Answer: The Creator is testing you and all of us on whether our perception of the governance of the world will be directed toward the benefit of the world. This is the most important thing.

What should we be cautious of? An incorrect attitude toward the world and everything created by the Creator. We aspire to perceive this world with a feeling of love, care, and the continuous development of everything the Creator has made. Therefore we must be very careful to ensure that our revelation of the world unfolds with a feeling of care and love for all of creation.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/10/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Question: You said we need to use our imagination and seek contact with the Creator within our hearts. How does this relate to seeking the Creator in the connection between us?

Answer: We aim to tune ourselves to connection with the Creator where we can identify what goes from us to the Creator and what returns to us from Him.

This involves just two signals: the signal we send to the Creator and the signal we receive from Him. Our task is to clearly distinguish between what pertains to reception and what pertains to bestowal.

All of this happens within the connection between us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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