We must realize that without achieving mutual guarantee, we cannot be bound together. And the connection between us is necessary in order to create a spiritual Kli in which we will feel the light, the Creator.

Therefore, once we have set ourselves up as if we live in faith above reason, we must think about how we can act in order to really be in bestowal above receiving, as if we are already in the spiritual world, in spiritual relationships, in the properties of bestowal, in support of each other.

This is not possible without achieving mutual support between us. This is Arvut, the property of mutual guarantee.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Working in Mutual Responsibility” Lesson 6

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Does time exist?“

Time is nonexistent in and of itself. We exist in a single state, and we feel the flow of time in relation to the process of our development toward discovering more and more of the single, integral and perfect state we exist in.

We can think of ourselves as a person who became unconscious and who, from an unconscious state, is gradually regaining consciousness. At certain points, he starts seeing and understanding that he is in a hospital room, with people entering and exiting, nurses and doctors, and he starts hearing various sounds.

It appears to such a person that everything he sees was previously nonexistent, but it was in fact always there. He thus perceives the process of the emergence of something new relative to himself as the passage of time.

Moreover, this process of waking up to the single state we are in is a matter of growth of desires within us. When our desires increase and start wanting to perceiving wider and wider circles, then this inner change expands our capacity to perceive, and the changes we experience in perception give us the sensation of time.

Based on KabTV’s “Close-Up. Anamnesis” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on February 19, 2010. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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Question: There is a feeling that we are always talking about the external expression of annulment, about the game of annulment. But the whole trick is that I have to want to annul. And how can I want to if I have no control over my desires? Am I controlled from above?

Answer: If you feel that you have no control over your desires, this is already a great achievement. The fact that you understand that you need to annul yourself in order to reveal the upper world, the Creator, and the true state in which we exist, also brings joy.

And then how to proceed? You must do what we are currently studying. It just needs to be implemented.

​​You must constantly attend classes, get closer to the group, and strive to be closer to them all the time. And in this way you will succeed. So go ahead!
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/7/22, “Annulling before the Friends” Lesson 2

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Question: How do we come to the point where everyone in the group is drawn to connection and unity? And how do we strengthen this aspiration for all mankind?

Answer: First you need to unite at least within your group, then in the world group, and then in the whole of humanity, gradually, step by step.

At least within the group you should constantly talk about this and realize that without achieving connection, you will not have a tool for attaining the Creator. Where will He reveal Himself?

You have to be in front of Him as one person with one heart. And if you do not achieve this, then the Creator will not reveal Himself. This is a physical law.

The Creator created one common Kli (vessel), which then broke. And now you want to reveal what was in it, and you have to assemble it on a minimal scale. Meaning you need to assemble one whole from your group, a small vessel, a small cup. And to the extent of your connection, you will reveal the Creator. The more you then enlarge this vessel, you will be able to reveal the Creator as  greater with all kinds of great properties.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Asking the Creator to Fill the Place Between Us” Lesson 7

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Question: The Creator created something new from the world of infinity, and now He tells us: “You have made Me”? Isn’t there a contradiction here?

Answer: No. The Creator created an egoistic desire that grew to egoistic similarity to Him where on one hand we want to absorb absolutely everything into ourselves, and on the other hand, we begin to correct ourselves and become completely similar to the Creator.

That is, from what I can do with myself, I become completely similar to the Creator. And this will bring absolute unification and equalization of properties.

On the foundation of the black point that separates me from Him, and precisely because of it, I and He will never become one, but we will be in complete unity in all our properties above this point. We will feel the merging with each other because of the point that separates us.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/6/22, “Approaching the Creator Through the Network of Connections Between Us” Lesson 1

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Question: Faith above reason and loving your neighbor, are they the same thing or are there differences?

Answer: Faith above reason is the Kli (vessel) we must create and reveal in it the property of bestowal, love, and connection between us and the Creator.

Question: Are we supposed to imagine that between us in the ten there is only love?

Answer: Yes, that is what you should imagine. And it doesn’t matter what you feel. It means nothing! This is the only way. And then you will see that it is only egoism that twists and lies all the time.

Question: Sometimes during a workshop it feels like we are in great love. Could it be that in the beginning faith above reason comes as in moments?

Answer: It is quite possible that this is how it happens to you. And it is also true.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Going with Faith above Reason” Lesson 5

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Preparation to the Lesson

Lesson on the Topic: “Faith Above Reason” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 117

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From My Facebook Page Michael Laitman 1/31/22

While other countries celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day separately, Israel celebrates its annual Family Day, to honor the family unit and its centrality to Israeli life. Each year, Family Day in Israel falls on a different date, as it follows the Hebrew calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, and this year it takes place tomorrow, February 1.

If you look at the statistics, it seems that the family has lost much of its centrality. This is as true for Israel as it is true for most of the world, especially the western world. As of 2021, “There were 37 million one-person households in 2021, or 28% of all U.S. households. In 1960, single-person households represented only 13% of all households.” Moreover, “34% of adults age 15 and over had never been married.” Clearly, the family institution has lost its shine.

There are several reasons for this. First, people live much longer today than they did a hundred or a hundred and fifty years ago. At the same time, they are not taught about the importance of maintaining the family unit. When upbringing does not instill in us the importance of maintaining the family unit through trials and tribulations, people give it up quite easily.

In order to do something that is not immediately rewarding, people today need meaning. We live in a time when people cannot do what does not make sense to them, what seems to have no meaning. In order for people to maintain the family unit, they must feel that it is important. Otherwise, they will just get up and leave.

The world today does not support staying in the traditional family structure. People can take care of themselves financially and do not need the support of a spouse or a partner. As a result, as soon as there is a disagreement, and there are always disagreements because no two people are the same, they move out and move on.

Therefore, in order for people to choose to stay in a family unit, there must be a reason that is greater than the family itself. According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, if we seek spiritual correction, then within the process of correction we will also develop a connection with a partner. In the end, nature will require this correction from us, and in the process of correction, we will feel the mutual commitment of a man to a woman and a woman to a man.

A corrected family relationship is part of our correction. Until we achieve correction, the state of humanity will continue to deteriorate. But perhaps if we can convey the benefits that a correct, spiritual relationship brings with it, people will not want to part ways. It all depends on the meaning that people find in their relationships because as I said above, without a spiritual connection, people will have no reason or ability to maintain family relationships.

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Question: In what situation can we ask for the power of faith?

Answer: We can ask for the force of faith in any situation and generate it between us at every moment.

To do this, we must imagine that the Creator fills the entire universe and we will act in the same way between us in the group. But only in the group, others will not understand you. If we work in this way in our relations between us, we can start feeling how the Creator really fills all the space, the whole world.

But then we will have to work in faith above reason; i.e., restrict our egoism and turn to the Creator only with the property of bestowal. This is the only thing we have to do—switch ourselves, or our attitude toward the Creator, into faith above reason.

And we will begin to feel what these words mean. They sound like a mantra: “Faith above reason.” What is it? It is not clear now. But we will gradually start feeling the inner meaning of these words.

Question: How can we receive faith above reason?

Answer: Imagine that you want to live in this fairy tale. That in fact there is no faith above reason, but you want to imagine it. Try. Make an effort as if you feel that the Creator fills the whole world and governs it as good that does good. And act that way in the group.

The group is the platform where you can work it all out and implement it.

Question: Does every friend have to imagine it or do we share it with each other?

Answer: You can talk among yourselves on this subject. But the most important thing is that everyone should care that such an attitude toward other friends appears in him. As the Creator is the good that does good, so each of the friends should treat others as good that does good.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Going with Faith above Reason” Lesson 5

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