Question: In the wisdom of Kabbalah, we often hear the term “imagine to yourself.” What kind of creature is a person if they can change their states with imagination? When we imagine something good, in a way, we change our state. Where does this happen within us?

Answer: A person as if consists of two systems. In one system, he feels; in the other, he can imagine something, even if it is opposite to his feelings. Therefore, when we read the explanations of the Kabbalists, we desire to feel what they describe. Let us do just that.

Gradually, by tuning ourselves to different understandings, sensations, and bestowal, our brain will transition from sensations to feelings so that feelings will operate in the mind.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Torah and the Creator Are One”

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Question: If there is none else besides Him, then it turns out that any slander is directed against the Creator?

Answer: Any slander we put out into the world is negative. Therefore, we need to very clearly weigh our words that go out into the world from each of us.

Although this does not mean that slander is directed against the Creator, nevertheless, when condemning our world, we must understand that at the same time, we condemn its starting point, i.e., the Creator.

Question: If I am dissatisfied with what is happening in the world and do not agree with it, then I am slandering the Creator?

But this comes from my inner nature. I do not do this on purpose. If I am opposite to the Creator, created opposite to Him, will I automatically disagree with Him and begin to slander Him?

Answer: No, what also matters here are your intentions, why you are doing it and how? The Creator created the world, placed a person in it, and gave them some kind of strength, intelligence, and the ability to influence this world. We can talk about this within certain boundaries and explore our possibilities of bringing the world into balance.

Question: Is it possible to say that if I am opposite to the Creator, then I automatically do not agree with His program? But if I resist this or try to somehow correct the situation, then, in principle, is this no longer slander?

Answer: No, it does not matter what you do. It is your intention that matters.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/7/24

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Question: The article “The Torah and the Creator are One” discusses two paths: the path of the Torah and the path of the Creator. How can we determine which path is preferable for us?

Answer: We work according to the methodology of the ARI and Baal HaSulam. These are the two main pillars on which our teaching rests. According to this, we move forward to understand the world in which we exist and to reveal the actions of the Creator in it.

Our methodology includes both the path of the Creator and the path of the Torah. Walking the path of the Torah reveals more of the Creator. That is how it works, one within the other.
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From the the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Torah and the Creator Are One”

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Question: Each of us is engaged in working with our desires. The influence of the light leads to their correction, which is an individual attainment. But what does it mean to add one’s friends‘ desires to this picture? How do we approach these desires and reveal them to reach a common attainment?

Answer: This is a difficult task that we must engage in at every step. Therefore, we must carefully monitor where our thoughts are, what we talk about, what we learn, and what we read. And this must be done without departing from spiritual boundaries.

Question: In the ten’s work, there is an understanding that one must feel the desires of the friends, but unfortunately, there is no internal impression. What is the correct approach here: to clothe them or to come out to their desires?

Answer: We simply need to unite in our desires. We must agree to connect with friends in such a way as to become “one person in one heart” so that there are no differences between us so that we always think about one common goal and strive only for it.

Question: Ultimately will we come to the point where, in our mind, we will feel and define ourselves concerning the Creator and ask for correction? Can we achieve this in the ten?

Answer: Of course, I do not doubt it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “World, Year, Soul”

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Question: Why is slander considered a very serious sin in the Torah?

Answer: Firstly, if you release a negative opinion into space, then it has no boundaries. Secondly, everyone can slander someone, there are no restrictions on this. Therefore, the person it is directed at can be struck by such a thing literally on the spot. At home, on the street, anywhere, he can hear gossip about himself, and he has no escape from it.

The Torah harshly condemns slander; it says, “Anyone who slanders his father and his mother must be put to death.”

From a spiritual point of view, this also threatens death. The thing is that if a person treats his country, his people, his relatives, the Creator, that is, everything that connects him with life in this world, in such a manner, then the judgment for him must be the strictest.

Comment: But you once explained that mother and father are the two highest levels, and if a person slanders them, it means that he does not have the importance of these levels. Thus, he simply cuts himself off from the source of life, and this is called death.

My Response: Yes, it can be interpreted that way. However, we are also talking about such cases when a person really speaks about his father and mother, and then his punishment should be public.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/7/24

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Question: Why does Baal HaSulam use the concept of sightly to refer to flaws rather than purity, for example? What is considered sightly?

Answer: Sightly refers to the purity of thoughts, care for one another, help, and support, everything a person reveals in their heart regarding the friends.

Question: When I conduct internal scrutiny and become increasingly convinced that I belong to this sightliness less than others, inevitable disappointment and despair come. How do I correctly present my flaws to the Creator?

Answer: Just like that, bring them to Him so He may correct you. Do not hesitate, but come to Him, ask, cry, and demand that He correct all your flaws.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/10/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Sightly Flaw in You”

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Question: Is it true that our material sufferings should lead us to turn them into spiritual ones? And how do we do that?

Answer: It depends on finding out how much you understand that, in principle, there are no material problems.

Only spiritual problems descend into our world and are clothed in various material phenomena, no more than that.

Question: If we unite, material problems will remain anyway, but we will go through them faster. How can we tune in to the fact that they will not leave, but we will be able to work with them through the reforming light?

Answer: You must imagine that all your problems will lose their negative appearance, and you, on the contrary, will succeed in your advancement toward the Creator, and material problems will gradually disappear.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/12/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And the Saboteur Was Sitting”

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Question: What will help you quickly recognize material and spiritual disturbances as help and realize that nothing is an obstacle, but on the contrary, it would awaken and give even greater striving to the group, to the Creator?

Answer: If you find out what stands in your way to uniting in the ten and turn to the Creator so that He strengthens your unity and gives you even more strength to connect, everything will be fine.

Question: How do I keep an internal connection with the ten during the day?

Answer: I do not think that is possible. You will still fall-rise, fall-rise. After all, there is no such condition in the world as to stay in one place.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/12/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And the Saboteur Was Sitting”

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Question: What are the signs of a person who feels impurity, and how can this be corrected to reach a connection?

Answer: If you want to receive for yourself rather than for the sake of the Creator or the friends, this is called a state of impurity (Klipa).

It is possible to correct the Klipa into a state of holiness (Kedusha) only with the help of the upper light. A person must raise his or her prayer to the Creator and ask to be transitioned from the degree where one feels the control of the desire to receive to the degree of the desire to bestow, to become similar to the Creator.

Only through prayer can we correct ourselves and come closer to the Creator and His revelation.

Question: Baal HaSulam writes that everything is already arranged, and all the worlds are ready to receive us, but a person holds on to their egoism and does not let go. What can we add here?

Answer: We must grasp that person and lift him or her above their state. Then, he will feel where he is and where we are pulling him. That is what we must do.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar”

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Question: Why are corrected flaws still called flaws and not virtues?

Answer: We cannot call them virtues because they remain the same flaws, only corrected.

A sightly flaw is a flaw that has been corrected through our efforts and has become good and kind.

Question: Do they teach us not to relax, that there will always be something for egoism to work on?

Answer: No, corrected flaws may disappear, but new ones will emerge.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/10/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Sightly Flaw in You”

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