Question: If all states Malchut must go through are predetermined and we are parts of this Malchut, meaning, this desire, what can we influence? Do we only feel it and that is it?

Answer: No. We are part of Malchut that can change everything. We cannot only change these states but also their purpose. In other words, we are not able to change the laws of creation, but we can change their result.

Question: But if there is something that is planned out up to the end of correction and these states already exist in potential, can I change them? I can only feel them. These states should pass through me and that is it.

Answer: Yes, that is correct. We cannot really change either our path or our goal. They are predetermined. But each moment we can check ourselves whether we are on this path, if we can accelerate it, whether we agree with the path of our development, and so on.

We can change ourselves, our attitude to what is happening, but not what is really happening.

Question: So, if the program has, for example, World War III in it, then it will happen and I can only change my attitude to it?

Answer: No, we can change the course of history itself.

Comment: This is confusing if all states are predetermined.

My Response: All states are predetermined, but we can change them because we can come to them in many possible manners and ways.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 1/1/23

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Question: The past is always open and unchangeable. And the future, on the contrary, is closed, unknown, and variable. Do you agree with this statement?

Answer: I believe that both the past and the future, and, in general, time exists only in us.

Psychological, internal changes take place in us, which each time draw us a new perception of the world around us, although it does not change at all. We live in absolute full light, such a force that constantly affects us evenly.

But we are changing, and therefore the feeling of smooth, endless, calm light changes in us.

Question: But the future can somehow be changed?

Answer: There is nothing to change! There is only one even light in which we are created. We change according to our inner feelings, and in accordance with this we feel the picture of the changing world.

Therefore, we can only influence ourselves to change in a more objective way.

Question: It turns out that the future has several options. If I do not change myself, I will feel the future in one way, and if I change, then in a different way?

Answer: Yes. But it is you.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 12/25/22

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Question: You say that we sacrifice our egoism for the sake of coming closer to the Creator. How can we understand the phrase “For the sake of coming closer to the Creator”?

Answer: Since the Creator is absolutely good and does only good and a person is absolutely evil, if we limit our evil, we are already getting closer to the Creator in some way and becoming similar to Him. This is the sacrifice.

That is, I sacrifice my egoism, my evil habits, and this brings me closer to the Creator. By restricting my egoism and not applying it to use others for my own sake, I, in this way, come closer to Him.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 1/8/23

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Question: Why can there be no love without hate?

Answer: On the basis of what would love arise? What kind of love can there be if there is no rejection? Above what will it be manifested?

Any of our qualities, feelings, and sensations of life, ourselves, and others are born above something. Above something! Since egoism is our main quality, then love is born above it.

Egoism is the main quality, and love is the main opposite quality.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How to Transform Hate into Love?” 2/11/12

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Why do we tend to trust some people over others?“

We trust some people over others because we have no choice but to trust them.

Take babies for instance. Babies trust no one. Babies do not want to know anyone besides their mothers, and to cleave to their mothers. To the extent in which the babies grow up and get to know their environment, from their crib to their room, to their entire home, and perhaps their backyard, then these babies somewhat develop trust toward people in these familiar surroundings to the extent of their familiarity with them. Babies then approach those who are closer and more familiar, and stay away from others who are unfamiliar. In other words, trust is a trait that we need to acquire.

Then, to the extent in which we gain familiarity with our environment, our society, the surrounding world—determining who is closer and further away from us—we accordingly develop trust in certain people.

We can also see such examples in animals. There are animals that we have domesticated over the course of history, such as cats and dogs, which we have established a certain amount of trust with. We know that we likely cannot raise a lion at home, but we have developed a level of trust in some animals over time—where the animals trust us to a certain extent, and we trust them—and then we can take their offspring and begin to develop a kind of relationship according to the degree of trust that we have established.

Based on the video “Why Do We Tend to Trust Some People Over Others?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Preparation to the Lesson

Zohar for All “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” “On the Night of the Bride,” Item 131

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” Item 70

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Question: How do we benefit from crisis?

Answer: You can benefit from a crisis only if you understand what a crisis is, what its real cause is, and how to cure the world of it. Otherwise, there is no answer to this.

I believe that crises are entirely due to bad relations between people that lead to wars and other problems. The wisdom of Kabbalah, which I am engaged in, answers this question in this way and encourages everyone to come closer to each other. Only to the extent that we get closer to each other will we see positive changes in the world.

Coming closer to each other means that people will trust each other more, help each other more, and harm each other less.
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From KabTV’s “Blitz Questions and Answers” 1/6/23

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Because the vessel is the root of the darkness, as it is opposite from the light, it must therefore be activated slowly, gradually, by way of cause and consequence (Baal HaSulam, The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 1, “Inner Observation,” Chapter 6, Item 25).

A Kli is a desire that is generated by the light and develops gradually up to the point that it really becomes the opposite of light (the Creator) and at the same time is ready to perform its function.

The emanated being itself must independently reveal the will to receive in him, in practice, meaning of his own choice.  Independent desire appears under the influence of light (the Creator). There is nothing independent that would appear out of nothing.

Only the initial desire in phase zero appears out of nothing. The light comes out and begins to develop the desire in which it is located. All subsequent phases come out of the previous ones. So, there is nothing new in creation except the first, initial phase, which is not yet a creation. Only the last, fourth phase can be called creation.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 1/1/23

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Question: What keeps those people who have been studying with you for years but who have little understanding what it is about? Why don’t they leave?

Answer: And go to where?! There is nothing higher! There is nothing more powerful than this!

It is possible to find answers to all questions here. It is an enclosed, absolutely complete, self-sufficient system that includes all sciences, all religions, and an explanation of everything that was, is, and will be.

It binds present, past, and future together from top to bottom and in all directions: in our world, in the spiritual world, in galaxies and inside a person. It’s all one single system, one single law, simple and impossible to catch.

This is what intrigues a person, because actually everything is like that, but he cannot grasp it. And people sit on it.

If those who go to another place are lucky, and they can forget themselves or somehow justify themselves, then they are satisfied with this. Or they are offered some super-technologies, and they enjoy them. It is up to them (or it is their business).

But, in principle, there can be no other place where the answers to the questions would be so clearly formulated and as complete as in classical Kabbalah.

That is why I am not afraid to meet with anyone. Let them come to me to discuss any problems, I’m ready. I believe that this will only help reveal the truth and bring a person closer to it. I am not scared and I’m not afraid to make a mistake. On the contrary, convince me that I’m wrong, I’m ready.

For me, Kabbalah is not something hereditary that I have to hold on to. For me, this is a means to achieve the goal of life of every person, of all mankind, and overall, of the entire universe.

If I am wrong, then correct me within Kabbalah. And if Kabbalah itself is wrong, then give me another method, I am ready to listen, but only if it is based on something actually real.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. There Are no Former Students” 1/28/12

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