In the story of Purim, there is a character King Ahasuerus, who sometimes interacts with the positive force (Mordechai) and sometimes with the negative force (Aman). And it is not clear who he is with because the Creator, personified by the King, is represented in a double form.

On one hand, the entire creation is egoistic and whoever has more power rules the world. Therefore, we cannot say that the Creator is good and does good. In what way is He good? What good does He do? It would be better if He did not exist, then there would be no evil. This is Ahasuerus.

On the other hand, it is still the Creator, because He secretly, hiding behind the King’s image, pushes all of humanity toward a good goal.

The problem is that the Creator is the absolutely good and benevolent force that exists by itself. It does not need any other kind of force, any other foundation for its existence. And the creatures were created as negative, opposite to the Creator, in order to differ from Him and not to dissolve in Him, because then they would not have any identity.

It follows that it is impossible to create creations other than being different from the Creator. And if the Creator is absolutely good, then the creation must be different to the point of absolute evil.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States”

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Comment: There is a law: “What we do not attain, we do not call by name.”

My Response: And how can you name an object or phenomenon if you do not attain it? Therefore, the upper force is called the Creator precisely because of our attainment of Him.

Moreover, you can attain Him in one form, me in another, someone else in yet another, and so on. Each one in his own way. But, in principle, all the names of the Creator, in their gradual attainment by man, lead him to one single form where in the end all sensations of the Creator become abstract. You can give it such epithets as love, complete bestowal, upper, perfect. But in general, He does not have a name.

Question: So, people who came out of Egypt, wandered through the desert and recorded all the relationships that manifested between them, the whole range of their feelings and emotions—each record is a certain sensation of the Creator?

Answer: They recorded them like researchers. Realizing among themselves certain relationships in which the Creator was revealed, they wrote: “Such and such relationships equal such and such manifestations of the Creator. Such and such relationships equal such and such manifestations of the Creator.” And so on. This is the whole Torah.

Therefore, it is said that the entire Torah is the names of the Creator.

Question: There is an exact number of the names of the Creator: 72. What does it mean?

Answer: 72 (Ayin, Bet) is the manifestation of the Creator in the form of the light of Hochma, AB.

Comment: But there are a lot of different names in the Torah.

My Response: Each is a different gradation. There are main steps that you follow to reach the full revelation of the Creator and there are small, personal degrees.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states. He and His name are one” 5/25/21

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Question: We know from Kabbalistic sources that “Earth” (Hebrew: Eretz) comes from the word “Ratzon” (desire). And “Israel” means Yashar Kel (Straight to the Creator). Thus, the land of Israel is the desire for the quality of bestowal, the equivalence with the Creator.

What is the connection of this desire to the coarse matter that we see in our world as a result of such a high quality?

Answer: We observe the correlation between the spiritual and the material also in our world. Many Kabbalistic sources describe that all spiritual forces distributed in the spiritual world have their material expression on Earth, in space, around the Earth. And we can see them all.

Much has been said about the land of Israel. If we observe the laws of the spiritual world, the laws of bestowal, love, connection, and proper interaction among ourselves, then we feel the blessings of living in the material land of Israel.

And on the contrary, if we do not observe them, then this Earth, as it is said, will vomit us out, we will not be able to exist on it, and we will still be forced to leave it after a long torment.

We seem to have received this land 70 years ago, but we cannot say that we really have it. We simply occupied it and did not adapt to it because we did not observe in material form the spiritual laws of bestowal, love, connection, and benevolent attitude toward each other.

Question: But why does the Earth itself, this coarse substance consisting of atoms and molecules, correspond to the desire to become like the Creator, the quality of bestowal?

Answer: Because spiritual forces operate on all levels of nature: inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human. And the Earth feels it.

The Earth is not coarse matter. We exist on it, we feed from it. This is our grace, our mother, as they say. Without it, man cannot exist.

Until we put ourselves in order, in love for each other, in connection with each other and with the whole world, with humanity and the universe, we will not achieve good conditions in this world and on this Earth.

Question: We know that the Earth is made up of atoms, the atoms are combined into molecules. The Earth has a core, a mantle, a crust. And what are the elements of the desire to give, to become like the Creator?

Answer: It consists of desire and intention. That’s it. Nothing else. In the desire itself, there are five levels: zero, one, two, three, and four. And according to them, there are five kinds of intentions. It is simple. The main thing is that all your desires are to be for the benefit of others.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 5/21/21

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Question: If I do not cultivate an altruistic intention, if I do not unite within myself, do I enter a state of war? With whom should I unite: to unite my desires within myself or to unite with other people?

Answer: You must unite with the whole nation so that no other impulses arise in you, either on the level of the Greeks or even more so on the level of the Romans. Because “Greeks” and “Romans” are two egoistic qualities that clearly arise in a person.

Question: Why is it not enough just to fight and correct your inner desires? Why should I also connect with some other people I see around me?

Answer: The goal of the development of humanity is that everyone develops individually as high as possible relative to others, and at the same time that he connects from this individuality with the rest in the bonds of love, mutual assistance, and connection.

Question: If I am engaged in my own correction, is it not enough for me to just sit and correct my desires?

Answer: To correct how? What will your correction consist of? That you will be bound to others of your own kind above your own egoism, which alienates you from them.

Question: So if I don’t do it or don’t do it enough, then another mechanism is activated and the external desires of the “Greeks” and “Romans” are manifested and start the war?

Answer: Yes, to help you overcome your laziness and still join the fight.

Question: How does this mechanism work when an external force suddenly turns on and an external war begins?

Answer: Very simply. Imagine an air conditioner or an electric stove where you set a certain temperature level and the thermostat automatically turns on. In our case, this automaton is called the “central force of nature,” which develops us, and at each moment we must reach certain contacts with each other.

Humanity develops on inanimate, vegetative, and animate levels in such a way that it creates mutual contacts between themselves: industrial, commercial, and so on. This is the material development of our civilization.

But for the development of a sensorial, internal connection, in friendship up to love, as it is said: “love your neighbor as yourself,” here it is already necessary to have a clear participation of the people themselves in mutual assistance to each other, so that they can really rise from the level of mutual hatred to the level of love. It’s very difficult.

Then an additional mechanism of nature is activated here that shows people how much they immerse in suffering if they are not engaged in creating good connections.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 5/14/21

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Question: When I interpret all wars as my inner desires, and supposedly kill them or take them prisoner, does it mean that I do not use these desires?

Answer: Not only that. It means to change, to perform restriction your desires.

Question: The Torah says: “They came and killed all seven nations.” Moreover, they killed all the men.

You say that the nations of the world are a person’s egoistic intentions and women are desires. That is, to kill all men means to kill an egoistic intention in oneself, and then only to use women (desires)?

Answer: “Women” symbolize desires without intention. Therefore, new intentions can be attached to them, altruistic ones, and then they can be used.

Question: But still, there is a clear correspondence that the spiritual root should manifest itself in our world, therefore, there was a seizure, people were killed, and this is somehow difficult to perceive. How can the Torah, which speaks of love, give such instructions?

Answer: The Torah speaks of love as the highest state of connection between people, which is carried out precisely on the coincidence of intentions. And if these intentions are opposite, then it is not about rapprochement, connection and love, but about hatred and war.

Question: Then what should be done in the outside world?

Answer: This is what happens in the outside world. The consequence of the internal dichotomy, separation from each other, opposition in our world, leads to wars and extermination.

Comment: It turns out that the people of Israel could not correct any desires in themselves, and therefore destroyed seven nations in the outer world.

It is clear that when you are attacked, you must be the first to kill the one who came to destroy you. But it is not clear how you can take, capture, or kill in our world.

My Response: This is a consequence of the spiritual roots manifesting in our world. The Torah speaks only of spiritual roots. And what happens in the material world comes from just such a confrontation.

You cannot use some current or past or future values, assessments, and criteria to say whether it is right or not. At one time, everyone acted like that and there was nothing special or shameful about it. On the contrary, people were proud.

Comment: That is, it is better to take it all on a spiritual level and use it in relation to a person’s desires. And the fact that this happened in history, so it was accepted. It is clear that there was no liberalism, democracy, and human rights anywhere.

My Response: This is all the philosophy of our time. I understand that it is a stumbling block for many liberals and modern people. But they do not understand what modernity means, that in the past everything was completely different.

There were other people, different views, everything was treated differently. If today we saw a person not even of the 17th or 18th, but the 19th century, we would be amazed at his actions, his behavior. It would seem very strange to us, and we would not be able to perceive it.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 5/14/21

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Question: Where did the custom of dressing up in carnival costumes for Purim come from?

Answer: In this world we do not see the truth because everything here is deliberately camouflaged. We do not know where the truth is, where the lie is, or what is happening to us at all. The whole world is a theater. Man always puts on some kind of a mask.

Purim is distinct because when we put on masks, we pretend to be someone else because all of creation is concealed under a mask. We do not see the Creator or each other, we do not understand what is what. And then, everything is revealed.

From concealment we come to revelation.

Question: Is this like a mask on the will to receive? Otherwise, if we were to contact each other purely egoistically, it would be difficult, right?

Answer: That would be impossible. It is precisely because we play in masks and the entire world is wearing masks (that is why the world is called Olam, from the word “Alama,” concealment) that we are getting closer to the revelation, to Purim.
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Question: In our world, descents are mainly felt when a person is afraid that he will remain without fulfillment. What fears appear in spirituality in relation to this quality?

Answer: Fear: Will I be able to bestow? Will I be able to love? Will I be able to be above my egoism all the time? Will I be able to exit Egypt, the control of the Pharaoh (egoism)?

Question: It is very difficult to imagine that I am sitting and thinking: “Will I be able to bestow to the Creator or not?” That is, do I experience the same fear as for my animalistic body? Is it similar?

Answer: More or less. But in principle, by analogy, we can say this.

One just has to enter this, try to make this a part of his life, and then everything will work out. A person will begin to understand that in addition to our world, in addition to our descents, ascents, and sensations of corporeal existence, there is also another existence, another world, and the same thing happens in it, only in other categories.
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Question: To feel the importance of the giver, there must be at least a gram of direct light? The Creator gives me something, but should I exalt Him even more?

Answer: Of course. I base it on my desire to enjoy. Receiving minimal illumination, I feel, for example, a gram of desire and a gram of pleasure. And besides this, I build everything thanks to the importance, the elevation of the greatness of the giver.

Question: What is this gram of light that enters into us?

Answer: What we usually get in our world. That is why we are created this way.

Comment: It turns out that in our world a cup of coffee or the pleasure from some kind of travel, from rendering honors, from the received medal, from friendship, love—this is all a gram of the same light and I must determine the source, who gave it to me, who caused this state in me…

My Response: And turn your attention to the source.

Question: How can one develop this importance?

Answer: Think about it, try to get close to its source. We have a method of determining, searching for this source in a group, in what is called the ten. When I intently search for it, peer into it, and try to define it, I begin to feel the manifestation in me of some new properties that have an adequate relation to this higher hidden source.

There are many such examples in our world. We see the world from our desire.
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Question: The Kabbalists have a saying: “He Is One and His Name, One.” Is this a state or a law?

Answer: “He Is One and His Name, One” means that the Creator manifests in His name. And His name is a state where a lot of people (a ten or more) can connect, coordinate, and consolidate with each other in such a way that they will represent one single whole in terms of bestowing and supporting each other. In such a single field, the global force of this field, called the Creator, will manifest itself.

The Creator himself is concealed. This phenomenon cannot be detected but only through the sensor that is a gathering of people connected in a way as to form such a field in common bestowal, in common love, in common good relationship. That is what is called: “A field that the Lord has blessed.” And then He manifests Himself in this field.

Like, for example, we have a lot of bacteria on our hands, but we don’t see them. And if we take a microscope, we can see. It is the same here.

Question: So there are some connections between us, but they are hidden from us?

Answer: There are connections between people, but these connections are bad. They are not like the quality of the Creator, the quality of bestowal and love, and therefore, the Creator is concealed. We conceal Him with our wrong relationships.

Question: By nature, I want to receive, I was created this way. And even if I give, it is in order to receive. Is this the wrong connection?

Answer: This connection is natural, we were born with it. It is called egoism. And we must gradually change it to another connection, the opposite of it.

Question: And what should I do?

Answer: Think about others and about the connection between us so that this connection is predominant, main, defining. And then we will begin to feel the Creator in it.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 5/25/21

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In our world, it is very difficult to shift the emphasis, the goal, from the significance of the material to the significance of relations between people.

We definitely need to develop a sense of relationship, not to what is in the hands, not to material things, but to the correspondence between them, to their interaction, because the spiritual world begins with relationships, with interactions. It does not belong to anything material.

The material is everything that seems to us in our egoism. When our relationships turn into bestowal and a person gradually enters this property, tries to push off from himself and be in bestowal, not connected to himself, then the spiritual world begins.

Comments: Still something is missing here because it is important to people how others treat them. They are even ready to give their lives to be respected.

Answer: But only until the moment when a person begins to value spiritual relationships.

Question: It is important how I treat others, not how they treat me?

Answer: Yes. How they treat me I understand: to the extent that others agree with me or disagree, to the extent that they benefit from the fact that I exist, or vice versa.

And how I treat others is up to me.
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