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The Eternal System

509Question: You said that we must form an eternal system between the Creator and the evil inclination. What is this eternal system?

Answer: The eternal system means that we create a certain connection scheme between egoism and altruism, between hatred and love, where we have no misunderstandings or inconsistencies and everything that is in each one flows into everyone and forms a common system.

Just like in our world, we sometimes create systems from many sources that we combine together for mutual work. This is the eternal system.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/14/23, “Fighting the evil inclination”

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Like In a Magnifying Glass

245.10Question: Is it correct to look at what is happening in the world and at the latest conflict currently taking place in Israel as if the Creator has increased the resolution like with a microscope and is showing me my attitude to the ten?

Answer: Yes. Each time the Creator increases the resolution, and thus we see past problems on an enlarged scale.

Question: What is colliding with what in my attitude to the ten?

Answer: There is a collision of your personal egoism with the force of bestowal and connection that is in the ten. These are the two forces that contradict each other.
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From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/16/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Exile and Redemption”

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448.9Question: Wherever Jews were expelled from, countries fell, culture, economy and everything else immediately declined. How should the peoples of the world understand that only by following Israel can one come to harmony and knowledge of the Creator? How should they help the people of Israel?

Answer: They do not really need to help. They should just learn. See what is happening to many countries. Let us hope that everything will be fine, that everyone will come to the final correction of their egoism and understand that the main thing is good and kind connections.

Question: Then why are the people of Israel so divided?

Answer: Because they are in an even worse state than the peoples of the world. Jews have no idea they should be united.

Question: But the Creator scattered them everywhere. There is not a single country in the world without Jews. Why did the Creator scatter them all over the world? Is it to gather them together again or so they will feel their destiny?

Answer: It is so that they all gather together, but before that, it is to plant a seed in every nation they are currently exiled in. They have to plant this seed there so it can sprout.

Question: Is that why Rabbi Akiva was happy when the Second Temple was being destroyed?

Answer: Of course.
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From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/16/23, Writing of Baal HaSulam “Exile and Redemption”

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So that Only the Creator Appears before You

294.4Question: What is the state when all of person’s thoughts are about the Creator?

Answer: This is a state when a person fully identifies himself with the nature in which we all exist. There is nothing but one force of nature that gradually convinces us that it is the only one that exists.

Therefore, in order for us to be precisely aimed at it, this nature, that is, the Creator, creates a force opposite to itself as if playing with us by supposedly having other forces. And we must constantly keep ourselves directed at the single force of creation—the Creator.

Question: When there is the force of the Creator and the force of egoism opposing the Creator, can one somehow be in touch with the Creator in this state. It is frightening when, without any confrontation, the connection with Him is blurred and you are in some kind of worries and engagements, forgetting that He exists. How can we nonetheless make sure that literally all thoughts are about the Creator and everything will be connected with Him?

Answer: In principle, this is our work. We must always direct ourselves to this single, unique force, the Creator, who governs everything, does everything, and organizes all our thoughts and desires.

Question: Is there such a state when a person does not lose contact with the Creator and is in touch with Him all the time in any thought, in any desire?

Answer: This is already full governance. When a person reaches the full governance of the Creator, then he is in a state of limitless unification with Him (Dvekut). But this must be achieved by gradually building in yourself all your systems in knowledge, feelings, and definitions so that only the Creator appears before you.

Question: When we leave the lesson, how can we not forget about the Creator and connect every thought with Him?

Answer: To attune yourself to the Creator you must constantly, every minute, imagine that you are controlled by Him. He governs you completely. No thoughts, feelings, desires, nothing, in you happens on its own, they come only from the fact that the Creator is within you.

Actually, it is so, but you have to unite with it. Uniting with the force of the Creator that is within you is our task—gradually, gradually reveal Him in us to the extent that you will not feel anything but Him.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/11/23, “Reinforcing Ourselves with There Is None Else Besides Him”

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Prayer for the Many

239Question: It feels like the Creator is constantly giving us a reason to connect. As soon as we feel that we are no longer able to cope by ourselves, a special prayer is born—a prayer for the many. What else can we do to transfer and convey it to society as much as possible?

Answer: Nothing. This is enough. If we pray for the many, for them to be connected and aimed at the Creator, then nothing else is needed.

It is possible to convey this to the outside world only through your heart.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/12/23, “Reinforcing Ourselves with There Is None Else Besides Him”

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For the Unification of the People of Israel

962.6Question: Should we pray for the people of Israel to unite because they are the most broken? How should you direct yourself correctly in this regard?

Answer: To direct oneself correctly means to aim for such a unification among themselves that every nation comes to understand that a bright future can only be in unification between them.

Only in this way will we attain everything we desire, except one thing—to rule over others, to dictate to others—and will each person to understand what one’s uniqueness is, what one’s work is, and what one should do in order to benefit others.

And others will do the same for him or her, and absolute mutual love and care for one another, everyone, and everything will reign.

This is inherent in nature, it is how it should and will be. Only all this depends on us today, how much we can get at least one step closer to this. For this reason, wars occur.

Question: Should we in our prayer, internally help the people of Israel in uniting among themselves?

Answer: Yes, it is necessary to unite at this level, defend ourselves, and correct ourselves. However, the most important thing for us is to disseminate this idea to all of humanity.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar“

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“Seek the Lord While He Is Found.”

527.03It is written about this: “Seek the Lord while He is found.” That is, when the Creator presents Himself to you for asking, then you will necessarily seek Him, too, for it is man’s way to move first. In other words, the Creator first gives you the heart to seek Him.

When you know this, you will certainly grow stronger, as strong as you can ask, for the King is calling you” (Baal HaSulam, Letter No. 52).

We must constantly seek the Creator. He awakens a desire for Him in us, but in fact, He is still concealed, and we need to do some actions to come closer to Him, to find Him.

Question: How can we understand that the Creator reveals Himself for us to seek Him and that we need to make a movement in response to Him?

Answer: You can make the movement to Him only according to your desires. Where does your desire for the Creator come from? It is because He gave it to you. After all, the Creator is always the first, everything starts with Him.

If you have desire for the Creator: “Where is He, what, how am I with Him?”, it is only because He awakens such desires in you.

And you have to try to come closer to Him and cling to Him.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/12/23, “Reinforcing Ourselves with There Is None Else Besides Him”

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If a Friend Distanced Himself from the Ten

624.02Question: If a friend has distanced himself from the ten, what efforts can we make to awaken his heart?

Answer: Just pray. At the same time, you must show that you are connected with each other and helping each other so that he sees the ten in a state of correction.

We need to continue to pray for all those who have left us because ultimately they must come back and correct themselves.

Question: What does it mean to see my corrections?

Answer: To see my corrections means that I begin to treat my friends in the ten like family.
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From the 1st part of the Lesson of the International Kabbalistic Convention “Opening Hearts” 10/01/23, Lesson 4 “Connecting As One Man with One Heart”

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The World Needs Correction through Unity

214Gradually, the nations of the world will agree that we must live in friendship and cooperation, and in rapprochement between us. After all, there can be no progress in moving humanity forward otherwise.

Therefore, we are approaching a state where part of humanity will begin to understand that rapprochement between nations is necessary not only to avoid wars; it is a necessity coming from nature itself, from its source, the Creator.

The difficult situation in the country will force people to become interested in the wisdom of Kabbalah. Although they are accustomed to associating Kabbalah with some kind of miracles, mysticism, or rituals, in fact, Kabbalah teaches the structure of reality, which includes the entire universe, all people, all inanimate matter, plants, and animals, that is, the entire nature of the universe without exception.

We must understand that we live in a world that needs correction through unity. There is a lot of work ahead to oblige all the inhabitants of the world to think about this. There is no other way to reach the correction of the world and come to peace and tranquility, to a good life, so as not to be reincarnated in this world, which is falling to the lowest point of reality, unless we connect into one man with one heart.

A person must clearly realize this so that in the turmoil of this life, no matter how confused he is every day by the billions of people around him, he still does not become disconnected from the purpose of life and does not fall under the control of desires for wealth, power, knowledge or when his only concern is for food, sex, and family.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/23, “Introduction to The Book of Zohar“

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In the Fight against the Evil Inclination

200.02Question: If our world group comes to an internal war with its evil inclination, will it help the world?

Answer: Of course. Only in this way can we come to complete correction (Gmar Tikkun); it is only by fighting with our egoism and turning to the Creator so that He helps us in this.

Question: Is it possible to say that we see an external war because we cannot use the light attracted by us for greater connection?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Why does a person fall into such feelings that the Creator does not help him?

Answer: Because he needs to invest much more of himself in connection with the Creator.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/12/23, “Reinforcing Ourselves with There Is None Else Besides Him”

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