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We need to understand that we are governed from above, and it is like a game. Right now, I feel that I am the most important element in reality. But this sensation is nothing more than a predetermined program.
There is actually nothing special and significant about me. I was created this way so that I naturally take care of what feels “inside me” as something very important, even though this inner perception is actually more alien to me than what appears externally.
There is a built-in program inside me that keeps me focused on myself all the time. I operate automatically worrying only about myself, almost like a robot. Therefore the task is to discern this inner program, to see how opposite it is to the truth, and then to try to switch to an external program that we build consciously through effort.
This means that we return to the act of creation and, instead of the Creator, with the power of His light, we begin to reprogram ourselves in relation to our external desires (Kelim), just as the Creator programmed us in relation to our own present desires.
In this way, we perform the same action as the Creator. We study the Creator’s work, attain control over reality, acquire wisdom, and begin to perceive reality as the Creator perceives it.
Although this work is called “above reason,” it does not negate reason. On the contrary, I am constantly checking what the Creator has formed inside me, and then I apply this same form outward. But first I must carefully study my ego step-by-step because it is precisely from within reason that I can rise above reason.
The Creator programmed me to think about myself all the time. But now I check and reveal how artificial and unfounded it is, how it brings no benefit, and even causes harm.
From here I learn how to invert the direction of the program, from inward reception to outward bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/1/10, Baal HaSulam, Shamati 86, “And They Built Arei Miskenot“
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You will not break natural egoism with artificial means such as public opinion or education. There is no cure for this but a natural religion (Baal HaSulam, The Writings of the Last Generation).
Baal HaSulam believes that neither education nor public opinion will help humanity, only religion will, that is, enlightenment, which is absolute and unlimited. By religion, Baal HaSulam means the science of Kabbalah, which reveals the upper force, a system through which this force, from its highest point in the world of infinity, governs all the worlds, the system of governance, and us in our lowest world.
Without understanding how this system works and adapting to it from our side, from the bottom up, we will not be able to attain the meaning of life. At the same time, we do not attach any philosophical connotation to the concept of “the meaning of life,” because without an understanding of life’s true essence, we cannot function normally.
We are moving to a state in which any of our actions that align with the direction of development toward the goal of creation are beneficial to us and yield positive results. If the action is not directed precisely toward the goal, if it does not move us closer to it, it yields a negative outcome, and we suffer. Moreover, we may not know which actions produce which outcomes, as we are not familiar with this system.
In order for us to know exactly what to do at this point in our development, to stop standing still or going backward, falling, getting bumps, and moving from crisis to crisis, we must understand what the science of Kabbalah says.
It explains which system a person lives in and which worlds surround him, how the upper force, the Creator, governs us through these worlds in the lower world, how we should respond to the Creator’s governance, and what we should come to, which is complete similarity, alignment, and adhesion with the Creator.
Nowadays, the science of Kabbalah is becoming very relevant because we see that today, none of the global rulers, neither philosophers nor scientists, have a good idea of where we are, how we conduct ourselves, or how to manage ourselves to ensure a more or less tolerable “tomorrow,” rather than head toward destruction.
Today many are increasingly aware of this, but people still do not understand that there is a system of knowledge known as “Kabbalah.”
In general, we call religion the study of the upper force, not just faith in the upper force, but the study of it. That is, the science of Kabbalah is the science of the upper force. If the upper force governs us through a system, then we can study that system. It may be impossible to study the upper force itself, but at least its effect on us can be understood, investigated, and applied.
Kabbalists, those who have mastered this system in the past, write to us from the depths of time that the desire of the upper force is for us to reveal it, understand its goodness, eternity, perfection, and strive to be like it.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation,” 7/3/17
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Question: Does the science of Kabbalah allow us to predict the future?
Answer: The science of Kabbalah knows all of nature’s plans, that is, the Creator’s, the whole path we must go through. After all, the balance of positive and negative forces at all levels follows the formulas known in Kabbalah. But there is also one small factor in these formulas: human freewill.
This means that we can influence these formulas now and in the future and determine how we will transition from the present to the future.
At each moment, which instantly renews and becomes the past, I can determine how I move from state to state in the next moment or over a more extended period.
Our states must progress toward the general balance we need to achieve among us. All of nature strives for balance, including the human system, humanity.
But how exactly to move toward this state of equilibrium, which is called the final correction of humanity, depends on us. We can approach it positively or negatively, depending on our involvement.
Question: Is there a certain amount of time allotted to achieve the final correction?
Answer: The time limit is 6,000 years, and we are now in the year 5776 [in 2016]. That is, humanity has 224 years to correct itself and balance the forces at play within it: good and evil. These two forces only need to be balanced. There is no evil force and no good force; the only bad thing is a lack of balance between them. We, the people, are obliged to balance them.
But we do not have to wait 224 years; we can do it much earlier. It is possible to balance the forces operating within humanity within months. The power of evil is a vast force; it is our evil nature, egoism, which prevails in our every action. The power of good is very weak. It only softens our egoism a little, which allows us to somehow coexist without killing or devouring each other. But in essence, we are all driven by our egoism, and everyone wants to rise above the other, to be taller, stronger, richer.
First we need to recognize that egoism is our main enemy and it must be balanced. There is a good force in us that can balance our egoism; we just need to develop it.
The power of good and the power of evil must be properly balanced, and reach the what is called the “middle line,” so that we are balanced between good and evil. Through the balance of these two forces, we come to a balanced, benevolent world.
All of nature is based on two opposing forces: light and dark, day and night, plus and minus, cold and heat, electrons and positrons. There is no force in the world without a counterforce.
We just need to find a point of balance between these two forces in all their manifestations, and we will feel good in it to such an extent that if we balance these two forces, we will feel that we live in an eternal, perfect world, in the Garden of Eden.
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From Radio Station 103FM 12/11/ 15
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Question: What is spiritual rest?
Answer: It is said that there is no rest in this world nor in the world to come. We must constantly move forward without interruption. And when we attain complete correction, that is, when we finally rise above our egoism into the absolutely full attainment of the upper world, then everything will indeed come to a state of complete, eternal rest.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/19/17
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The Creator makes us believe that we are not the only ones who feel ourselves from the inside, but that there are other people around us who perceive and evaluate us. This is an illusion, a deception! There is nothing outside, everything is only within me.
With these additional impressions, He expands our Kelim, builds our new level, and lifts us above the animal level to the level of “Adam” (“like the Creator”) in order to become like Him.
It seems to us that the Creator is outside and we are talking, interacting, and cooperating with someone outside of us. I imagine Him before me, and then bring Him in and merge with Him. Then there is nothing before me, He and I become one.
But for now, I imagine Him outside myself. This is a deceptive fantasy, but because of it, as I consider my Kelim to be “external,” I gain additional Aviut of desire, egoism (a desire in which I feel myself relative to others or others relative to myself), which helps me achieve the upper property and become like the Creator.
I just need to bring this image from the outside in, and I will merge with Him!
What happens after this final correction called Gmar Tikkun? Kabbalists say the end of our correction is only the beginning of a new state. Once I have corrected my desires, a new stage will begin. Let us wait and see.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson on 1/4/10, Baal HaSulam, Preface “Foreword to The Book of Zohar”
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Every soul is connected to the world of infinity by a chain, a ladder of spiritual degrees, with a gradual weakening of the lights and the Kelim (vessels). The moment I establish a connection with infinity, I awaken this system. In fact, it exists within me, and only seems to be external to me.
There are two in the universe: man and the Creator, and it is necessary to somehow give man the sensation that he exists outside the Creator so that I may understand what separation from Him is, opposition, distance, rapprochement, and adhesion with the Creator. Therefore, I was deliberately created in such a way that I perceive reality as divided into what is inside me and what is outside.
Then it becomes easier for me to understand what “I” and the Creator are, what breakage and connection, an unconscious state and concealment are, or conversely, what approaching Him and adhesion into one whole are.
The Creator throws out everything that I feel within myself, and it turns out that my perception is divided into two: the inner, which is everything that I receive, and the outer, what I give, but without the correct intention. Thus, the external world is my Kelim that are deliberately presented to me as alien and foreign so that I may understand what bestowal is. If I begin to relate to them as a part of myself, then I will understand how distant bestowal is from me and how opposite and undesirable it is!
Try to love your neighbor as yourself; it is not simple at all. I cannot. And this means that I cannot bestow, I cannot draw closer to the Creator. No wait, I do want the Creator! But how do you want Him? You must demonstrate it, and this is precisely the only correct way.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/4/10, Baal HaSulam, Preface “Foreword to The Book of Zohar”
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Question: How do direct and reflected lights combine?
Answer: When direct and reflected light meet, each Sefira of light enters all the Sefirot, in a way similar to the interference of waves, where many waves overlap one another. Due to this, we go deeper into the plan of creation, into the Creator, attain His original desire, from which this superimposition of waves and individual Sefirot emerged.
Going from the particular to the general, you delve into this upper generalization and attain His thought and intention regarding the creatures. Upon attaining His action, you become the same.
Direct and reflected light is your work in relation to others. The nine Sefirot of the direct light that reach your Malchut arise from your inclusion in the environment. Otherwise, you would not be able to reveal the direct light. You reveal it only if you are connected to the group.
You were able to connect with the environment and reveal the direct light in it by making a restriction on your desire.
First, you need to reach a state where you want to connect with your environment and discover the evil in yourself, the desire to use everyone. You pray for a good desire, and after much effort, you gain the force of restriction and neutralize your egoism toward others. After that, you ask for the power to bestow to others. You begin to discover a connection exists between you.
In the connection between you and others, you begin to reveal the direct light shining on you from there. Because your desire is restricted, the light can shine on you. It shines on you in the measure of this restriction, to the extent you can avoid egoistic pleasure from this connection, the warmth and love of others, and their participation.
In addition to this restriction, you must build a screen that determines how you will behave with your friends and how you will give to the Creator, to Keter, through them. This is how you develop the system of your response to the Creator, the system of reflected light.
Waves of direct light come to you from above, and the reflected light rises from below and overlays the direct light like overlapping waves, complementing it. Moreover, each wave gets its own special form, passing through a special opening, desire. It turns out that you, with all your desires, are included in all the properties and desires of everyone else. And when you eventually reach Keter, you create a small semblance of the Creator out of yourself. This is called reflected light. And there, in Keter, you and He merge.
But all this is initially expressed in connection with others; otherwise, you will not feel either direct light or create reflected light. We are unable to act in relation to the Creator. We act within a general broken desire, striving to unite with it, be included in it.
We have no other place to act except our broken desires, which are presented to us in the form of society. The Creator is an accumulation of all these desires, a hidden source that controls us. Our task is to respond to His governance and come to Him, then He will be revealed. That is, the whole job is to penetrate others’ desires.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/2/12, Baal HaSulam “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“
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