In the entire general system of reality there are only two: the Creator and creation, the upper light and the desire that He created inside Himself as a black point that He develops. This point developed to a state where it began to feel itself as existing independently, that is, as a human being living in this world and left to his own devices.

It stopped noticing that it is inside the upper light that governs it, advances it, and constantly works on it. This black point, the human being of this world, has no idea that its entire existence: everything it does, says, thinks, feels, decides is dictated by the light, the upper force. We are in such concealment.

And all our work is in revealing this upper force and realizing that it acts inside us and leaves us no freedom in anything except for one thing: to wish that it would return and take power over us, as it actually does, only without our awareness.

Therefore, there are two worlds: the lower world in which we are supposedly left to ourselves and the upper world where we reveal that everything comes only from above, from the light, from the Creator. The main thing in this work is to determine the place of our freedom of choice, where we truly can, through concealment and revelation, find our freedom between them. Only in it do we truly exist as creation.

And outside of it, we are under the full control of the Creator, either unconsciously or with awareness of it. But somewhere there in the middle between one and the other there is a special point in which we can establish our independence. It can be found only by trying to walk with faith above reason. Then, gradually, the importance of the Creator is revealed, which is above the importance of the human being.

This is revealed from above, and a person begins, at least sometimes, to feel that the Creator is more important than himself, and he is ready to invest his entire life, all his strength, in Him. This feeling comes and disappears, and reappears. Such work is called faith above reason, bestowing above the force of reception. Before that everything was based on the desire to receive pleasure, which was revealed within a person.

It is called “the old and foolish king,” but it also constantly grows along with the force of faith, in opposition to it, in order to create an opportunity for a person between these two forces to establish his or her independence as a middle line. There, in the middle, in the middle line, the Creator and creation meet.

The realization of this work is possible only within the group, within the ten. Therefore, the attainment of mutual guarantee and unification around Mount Sinai is a necessary prerequisite for receiving the force of faith from above.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/3/18, “Work with Faith Above Reason”

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Question: What is the connection between egoism one works against with asceticism and egoism revealed when trying to connect among people?

Answer: It is the goal. A person who works within his egoism, wants to stay in it and feel all that is in store for him for the future. While the one who does not try to get out of his ego, remains entrenched in his selfish desires.

Question: Baal HaSulam frequently uses the term “happy life” in The Introduction to TES. What is happiness in the highest Kabbalistic understanding?

Answer: Happiness is when you desire something and can realize it.

Question: How can we make our meeting with the Creator such that it fills our whole life?

Answer: It  is not easy. Try to prepare for this meeting. Read something about it, about how to open your heart before gathering with your friends, and you will succeed.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/7/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: You said we cannot unite with people who do not study Kabbalah. What did you mean by that?

Answer: If I study something, I usually seek out people who are close to my studies. If I am interested in something, I prefer people who have the same interests. This is what Baal HaSulam means.

This is how we form groups in all countries, on all continents. We are spreading information about ourselves, and anyone who wants to join us is invited.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/5/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: How can I determine whether my desires hinder spirituality or not?

Answer: All of our desires that are directed toward revealing and fulfilling themselves are naturally opposite to what we are meant to attain. They are contrary to the Creator’s intention to ultimately and completely delight us within the desire to bestow, through which we become similar to Him and connected with Him.

Therefore, our task is to examine our desires in the light of the Creator, that is, by comparing our desires with His desires. Those desires that are incompatible with the Creator’s goal we define as Klipot, forces opposite to the purpose of creation. Hence, we set them aside and engage only in fulfilling those desires that are intended for the fulfillment of others.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/7/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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The first tactic is to accustom oneself not to receive anything for one’s pleasure, even the permitted and necessary things for the existence of one’s body, such as eating, drinking, sleeping, and other such necessities (Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to The Study of theTen Sefirot“).

Question: How does this exercise bring us closer to spirituality?

Answer: This exercise brings us to a state where we ask, turn to the Creator, and pray that He will illuminate us with a light that will calm our desire to receive so we will not feel any difference whether we receive more or less.

This is precisely what we must come to understand.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/7/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: Can we consider the revealed Torah as a desire to receive, and the hidden Torah as a desire to receive for the sake of giving?

Answer: No, we cannot. The “hidden Torah” is what we reveal in the process of learning Kabbalah. And the revealed is what is revealed to us as children.

Question: Does the iron wall get broken on both sides? How can one feel the other side?

Answer: You can feel the other side only when you strive to unite with what is outside of you, on the other side of the wall.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/5/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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First of all, one must connect to one’s private ten, and only afterward to the entire world Kli. My ten is my personal Kli, from which I cannot exit, to which I am connected, and into which I must invest myself. It is like a pacifier for a baby; once he grabs it, he immediately calms down and comes to himself.

That is how we should feel about our ten, as if without it we do not exist and cannot manage. It is my shield and my umbilical cord that connects me to Adam HaRishon, to the general system of all the worlds. By entering the ten, through it I am connected, like by an umbilical cord, to the common soul of Adam HaRishon and to the Creator who is revealed within it.

During the convention, I received a great desire from the large Kli. Having felt the whole world, I have to  bring all this force into my permanent ten. And each friend in my ten must bring into it his own impressions from the great Kli that was at the European convention. From all these impressions, our ten will seem to swell and become greater, and it will also feel a stronger connection with the world Kli.

This will happen every time after conventions, expansion and contraction, expansion and contraction, through which we will grow.

With all the impressions received from the great world Kli, I now come into my ten confused, and I must again find unity and connection within it. But this will already be a different connection because each of us comes filled with impressions from the great Kli, as if expanded, and therefore we must work anew on our connection.

There was an expansion, and now it must be translated into contraction so that our new connection will be much stronger than before, with deeper inner qualities. It is as if before, ten children were connecting, and now they are ten teenagers, and later they will be ten adult men.

Each time, a new quality of connection is attained due to the fact that after expansion we return to contraction. In contraction, it seems as though we return to the same state, but on a higher level.

The permanent ten is my shield, my beloved pacifier for the baby. Without it I do not exist. In the spiritual world, my ten is my passport.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/15/19, Hardening of the Heart—An Invitation to Ascend

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No one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them (Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning).

There is a universal law, and therefore, at any given moment, you must treat everyone as a person who has fulfilled their higher purpose.

Question: Even an enemy?

Answer: All the more so. Then you will act correctly, survive, and reach your goal.

In other words, you create it yourself through your correct attitude toward everyone—toward the enemy, toward the friend, toward all.

By doing so, you shape yourself internally, constantly correct yourself, and in this way come closer to the final goal, to the form that you must ultimately attain.

Question: Is that even possible?

Answer: This, generally speaking, is our path.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 10/4/25

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