Question: Today, people go out to all kinds of demonstrations without yet realizing that they are fighting not against injustice, uneven incomes, poor education, but against their own uselessness.

Now it is not only individual professions that are disappearing, but entire layers of the economy upon which countries were based. Not only high-tech, but also the most ordinary industries are letting people go.

Soon there will be no cashiers, there will be no people who distribute and receive. All this will be done by machines and algorithms.

Now we come to what we were talking about 15 years ago: how to occupy people. You have to pay them a basic income to keep them busy.

Today, they are already starting to talk about it: “Yes, we will pay people money. They should come and study history, culture, anything, water trees, plant new parks for 2 to 3 hours a day.” But they should treat it not as work but as some kind of action.

Do you see in this the first steps toward a society that you have been talking about all the time?

Answer: In general, this can be seen as a kind of a first step. But how are we going to raise a new person, someone who will have, not only the property of reception, but also the property of bestowal? And here, of course, people need to be educated.

This is why we say that they will be able to study a few hours a day, learn the mechanism of bestowal, listen to lectures, and discuss them among themselves.

Question: But until Israel realizes this, the rest of the world will not? Or can it run in parallel?

Answer: No, I do not think it can be done in parallel. It still has to come from here. The inner root of changing the world, whatever it may be and wherever it goes, still comes from the Jewish people.
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From KabTV’s “Algorithms Instead of People” 8/4/21

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Question: The very process of your teaching has led to the creation of the current structure of your organization, division into tens. Has the effect of self-arrangement of living matter in the form of people worked here and produced such a fairly clear structure?

Answer: It is written in Kabbalah that one must study in tens. It is desirable that there are ten people in the group. And then tens will gather in hundreds, in thousands, and so on. I am personally not involved in this, I just teach people. But they all clearly feel their unity.

Question: So they are already organizing themselves and you do not participate in it?

Answer: Yes. They monitor and strictly observe this. For them, being in a group of ten people is a sacred duty. Because this is the only way they can support each other.
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From KabTV’s “Meetings with Kabbalah” 7/29/21

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Prophets, Joshua 11:06: And the Lord said to Joshua, “Be not afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall cripple their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

Question: If on the way to spirituality (to the Land of Israel) we are persecuted and attacked by egoistic desires, what does it mean that they are on horses and chariots?

Answer: This means that egoism with all its strength and with all its potential opposes connection and work in bestowal and love. There is a very difficult struggle ahead that cannot be overcome at once. There is a weakening of the people of Israel and they begin to moan.

But it is impossible without a fight. We also need to fight to identify our own negative qualities, not only external but also internal. This is how the people of Israel will move forward.

Horses and chariots symbolize all kinds of egoistic tools that seduce people and show them how sweet it is to live in egoistic desires and be bound together by egoistic competition.

In other words, it is the attack of the egoistic desire that greatly attracts a person.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 8/2/21

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Question: How can we express the law of gradual development according to the wisdom of Kabbalah?

Answer: The law of gradual development is a law of the negation of negativity. It is in fact a Marxist law and a law of nature, and it is indeed true.

The wisdom of Kabbalah also claims that every initial state determines the future state. The next state determines the previous state and is seemingly inside it, although not in a revealed way for the time being. We don’t need to distort or disrupt nature.

We don’t need to change anything other than ourselves. In ourselves we also don’t need to change anything other than our good mutual cooperation. That’s all.

So by changing one small parameter in nature, by getting closer to each other through good deeds, we can already change all of nature and we will see how good it will be. Suddenly all the tsunamis, hurricanes, solar flares, earthquakes, forest fires, etc. will stop. All of nature will begin to calm down.

It depends only on people, on the degree we get closer to each other correctly.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah” 7/7/19

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Question: Is it important for a person walking on the spiritual path to be able to wait?

Answer: Yes and no. Waiting, patience, is, of course, a useful property. But at the same time, I must set clear goals for myself and try to achieve them, and not hang around between heaven and earth for an unknown period of time.

Question: What does it mean to be patient, in the right way?

Answer: If a teacher tells me or I read in Kabbalistic books that we should go this way and constantly try to rise above ourselves in this way, then I must do it, even if I fail. Because failures are also part of the image of searching and finding.

Question: Sometimes it happens that in the process of patient work, a person develops a feeling of anticipation. How important is this feeling: “I endure, but I look forward to achieving the goal”?

Answer: This is given to a person from above on purpose in certain cases. I would not think that it is so important.

There are many different properties and sensations when a person receives some signs. But I do not think that it is necessary to be guided by them and to pay attention to them. Just look at it as incidental definitions.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 7/19/21

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Question: How can we help awaken an inactive point in the heart in the family?

Answer: First, we should not require that our partners learn the wisdom of Kabbalah, no way!

Regarding this topic, there is an absolute and precise prohibition. There is no coercion in spirituality. If a partner wants to learn, then please. If the partner doesn’t want to learn, it is not necessary.

Together with this, it is necessary to encourage them with this in every way possible. And certainly, if husband and wife study together, this will bring them very close and will produce a very good connection. So, I recommend this to everyone.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah” 6/23/19

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Lesson on the Topic “Annulling Before the Upper One” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 12

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My new article on Linkedin “The Legacy of Angela Merkel”

This coming September, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will step down after serving in the top office since November 2005. During Merkel’s time, Germany has become more open and less composed, more demographically and politically diverse, but less affluent.

For many years, Merkel was regarded as one of the strongest women in the world. Critics accused her of ruining her party, the Christian Democratic Union, by relinquishing the social-democrat ideology in favor of a left-wing stance, flooding Germany with illegal immigrants, dividing Europe, and as of late, mishandling the Covid-19 crisis.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, there are some good things to say about her. She brought America and Russia closer. Also, she did not fall into harsh conflicts with France or the UK despite the fact that during her time, the UK withdrew from the European Union. Her good ties with Russia’s KGB from the time when Germany was still split between West and East helped her skillfully maneuver her connections with Moscow, and in general, I think she did many good things for Europe.

We can always find reasons for criticism, but I do not think it is helpful. I think it will be good if her successor takes the same direction she has set forth.

Angela Merkel has also been criticized for the rise in antisemitism during her time in office. While it is true that since 2005, when she took office, antisemitism has intensified tremendously in Germany, I don’t think it is her fault that this has happened.

Antisemitism has been rising all over Europe and the US for many years, and there is nothing any head of state can do about it. It is simply the call of the hour for antisemitism to grow. However, if we insist on pointing to a culprit in this perilous development, we, the Jews, should point to ourselves and our behavior toward each other.

As I have elaborated in both my books, Like a Bundle of Reeds and The Jewish Choice, Jew hatred grows when hatred of Jews by Jews grows, and not of its own accord. There are profound reasons that explain how this happens and why, but they are beyond the scope of this piece. You are welcome to read my books and get a better understanding of this process.

Another issue that “awarded” Merkel with extensive backlash, including from me, is the refugee crisis. However, here, too, I don’t think it is a personal thing, but simply the zeitgeist, if you will. One person cannot change the spirit of the time; it is rather the time that brings the person and “speaks” through that person. This is why it is written, “The king’s heart is like streams of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes” (Prov. 21:1).

Now it seems He is turning it in a new direction. Judging by the climatic, political, military, and international events of this summer, a volatile future awaits humanity. We will navigate it successfully only if we learn to cooperate. If we maintain the individualistic attitude and shun the need for mutual responsibility, a grim future awaits us.

In order to become more responsible for one another, we will need new leaders and new perspectives—more inclusive than our current approach. If such leaders arise, they will lead humanity to a blissful future. If no such leaders come, we will still arrive at this blissful future, but we will have to go through hell to get there.
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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “What is the best way to protect oneself from the evil eye?“

First, what is the evil eye? In principle, the evil eye is the negative effect of negative thoughts from other people. Our thoughts indeed play a major role in our lives, and we are influenced by negative thoughts that others have about us.

The question then becomes how can we protect ourselves from such negative thoughts about us, the evil eye?

On this point, several people believe that they can protect themselves by wearing or using various amulets. But no objects protect us. They can provide psychological comfort, but they do not change reality. They fail to stop people’s negative projections onto us.

The way to truly protect ourselves from evil eye, negative thoughts from others, is by projecting positive thoughts onto them. By thinking favorably about others and doing good to them, we project positive forces toward them, and our projection of positive energy protects us.

We can thus rid ourselves of negative influences and find better luck, blessing and success in our lives by thinking favorably about others. Doing so enables us to rise above negative influences, including the evil eye.

In short, think positively about others and you will find a very powerful, exalted and trustworthy form of spiritual protection.

Based on a talk, “An Inside Look,” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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