Question: What is the meaning of unconscious development?

Answer: Unconscious development means the preparation an animal to become a human, since from the very beginning, from one cell, from the point of desire, from nothing, it is necessary to develop such a device, such a being, who would be absolutely similar and equal to the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Unconscious development” 7/23/10

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Question: What is truth?

Answer: Truth is the upper light that covers all the differences and disagreements that exist in the Kelim. The light of the Creator in its pure form, before it passes through the Kelim, is called truth.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/25, Writings of Rabash “What Are the Light Mitzvot that a Person Tramples with His Heels, in the Work?”

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We are working and preparing ourselves to ascend to a spiritual degree, but all we can do is apply effort and nothing more.

The actual action is performed by the light; I do not have the strength to rise above myself. I cannot grab myself by the hair and pull myself out of the swamp of egoism!

The result of all our efforts is called “He labored and found,” because the action is performed by the upper light.

The exodus from Egypt happens through the awakening from above, due to the revelation of a very great light, GAR de Hochma.

It is called the darkness of Egypt because the light is revealed, but we have no clothing of Hassadim to perceive it.

That is why it is called night and not day, and not an ascent through spiritual degrees but rather an escape, a leap. Pesach comes from the word “to skip” (passover).

This ascent occurs in a person as a single impulse beyond time, motion, space, or any human evaluation.
Everything happens through the force of the influence from above. That is why we must be prepared for this exodus.

It comes suddenly, in haste, and the moment before it happens, a person cannot even imagine that they are standing right at the threshold of exiting Egypt that it is about to happen.

It occurs completely unplanned. And it is said about the transition itself that when the Creator does this to us, we experience it as if in a dream.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/31/10, The Zohar, Chapter 166, “Bo”

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati 86, “And They Built Arei Miskenot“

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We think about changing the world all the time. This is the ultimate egoism.

Comment: We do this all the time.  But these media outlets will not be destroyed, the government will not be overthrown, and the bosses will not be replaced.

My Response: None of that is necessary. What we need is to try to show the whole world that its very nature—whether still, vegetative, animate, or especially human—is absolutely egoistic. And it is this nature that we must correct. Moreover, it is corrected precisely from the degree of “human.”

Question: So I always start with myself?

Answer: You start with yourself and with others, with the connection between us, with the connection between people. And then nature will change on all levels. From the top down, it will extend to the animate, vegetative, and inanimate world.

Question: If I, an ordinary person, start with my connections with loved ones and try to make them good no matter what, despite any conflicts and so on, will I begin to change the world?

Answer: Yes, of course!

Where is the methodology for correcting the world? It is in the correction of the human being. But not by simply shouting and pressuring others, but through a methodology of education, refinement, and transformation of the person.

Question: If I start to change, what do I see?

Answer: If I start to change, I begin to see that this is exactly what the world needs. And the world will change accordingly along with this. I will see more and more goodness in this world. And so through our attitude toward the world, not just mine alone, we will bring the world into a state of proper balance.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 1/3/22

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Question: A person often has a state where he tries to avoid transitioning into the spiritual. That is, his egoism pushes him away, and makes him take some steps of retreat. How can one avoid making a mistake here and still go against his ego?

Answer: This must be done in advance. The moment you miss it, nothing will help. Egoism will still trick you, drag you in, distract you, and you will not be able to escape it. Therefore you must always protect yourself in advance, like a climber who is in a rope team with others. Without this you cannot do anything; such a connection is essential.

Moreover, it must be constant, every second. In Kabbalah, you fall every second, and without this connection, you fall into the abyss, and then you have to climb back up. This takes a lifetime. That is why a person does not manage to achieve spirituality, let alone advance through 125 steps.

Everything is created very clearly and logically when you act correctly. It is the law of nature. There are no concessions from the Creator here: “You are so small my beloved; I will make everything okay.” No! Here the force of bestowal and the force of reception are opposed to each other. And you must find the right connection between them and act clearly. This is the law!

It is not like in our world where from our weakness we constantly create anti-natural conditions for ourselves. Nature has no mercy as we imagine it. To receive what I do not deserve is what we call mercy, but this is wrong. Why should it be like this? “Because I am so beautiful.”

If we understood the essence of nature and how we should behave with it, we would truly succeed, justify the Creator’s actions, and not wait for some favors. It is exactly like in the saying, “We should not wait for favors from nature.” We should not wait for it to show mercy toward us, but we should study its laws and clearly reproduce them within ourselves. And then there will be no problems. We will see how perfect and eternal it is and become similar to it.

Question: What could be the solution for a person to prepare himself in advance?

Answer: It is only in connection with others, only in a state of mutual guarantee. And this is given.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. How to Deceive Egoism” 5/18/10

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And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” And he said, “I seek my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are feeding the flock?” (Genesis, 37) (RABASH, “Love of Friends – 1“).

At the point a person collects all one’s previous searches, doubts, regrets, and aspirations within oneself reaches a state called “Yosef” [Joesph] in their development. The word “Yosef” is derived from “asefa” or “osef,” meaning “to collect.”

At this point, Man, with a capital letter, appears within a person and asks: “What are you really seeking?” This marks the beginning of one’s spiritual journey.

Before this, one was internally torn and did not know where, why, for what purpose, or how to proceed. Even now a person does not really know, but the “Man” emerging in him or her from within begins to explain the purpose of life, what path one should follow, what to dedicate oneself to, and what to achieve.

Then he asks himself: “So what do you really want?” And Joseph within him answers: “I seek my brothers.” This means that a state of truth has manifested itself within him and reveals the true purpose of creation. Now he takes a direct path to Egypt into the heart of egoism, toward Pharaoh, in order to explore his nature, and by correcting it achieve the purpose of creation.

It is precisely after his brothers, i.e., his internal qualities, betrayed him, sold him, and reduced him to nothing, that he begins to understand that only by annulling himself can he unite with them and truly feel his nature—everything that is within him but has not yet emerged—and attain the Creator from it.

He feels that all his qualities or “brothers” are against him because their true egoistic nature is now beginning to manifest itself.

Therefore from the point of bifurcation that he has passed, he connects with them by annulling himself. From now on he can incorporate them all within himself, i.e., become Joseph, by gathering all his previous qualities within him: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, and Hod. He himself is Yesod, the last of the six Sefirot.

Joseph does not have a quality of his own; he can only collect together his previous qualities, everything he aspires to and is capable of, what he is suitable for, and what he lacks. This is his mission. Only then can he correctly connect with egoism, with Malchut, in which Keter, the quality of the Creator, will manifest itself.

Comment: You claim that Joseph must annul himself before his brothers to include them within himself. But the article says that they must annul themselves before him.

My Response: It is stated this way because his brothers are his qualities that he must gather within himself. Initially, they exist in him in an egoistic form, and therefore, when they sell him into slavery, he changes his attitude toward them, toward how he should gather these qualities.

Initially he has an aspiration for attainment, for the Creator, for the meaning of life, but it is still clothed in general egoism. But when he is thrown into a pit and then redeemed, he already forms a correct attitude toward his mission. He must rise above himself. If earlier he believed that everyone should egoistically unite within him, he now understands that only self-annulment is necessary.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Last Generation” 6/21/18

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Israel will not return to their land until they are all in one bundle.

Our sages said, “Israel will not be redeemed until they are all in one bundle.”

2. We must understand how Israel’s unity pertains to redemption (Baal HaSulam, “Inheritance of the Land“).

What does “return to their land” mean?

If we speak about the external world, returning to the land of Israel is not such a great problem. It is possible that we could have done so several hundred years ago. After all, Jews have always lived here.

However, we are talking about the connection of the branch and the root. “Return to their land” means returning to a desire that is entirely directed toward the Creator (Yashar-El). This is the origin of the name “Israel.”

How can I return my desire to the Creator? This is possible only if, together with all other desires, I become a unified whole.

By correctly interpreting the terms, we see that everything aligns. The sages did not play with words, but arranged them precisely according to their meaning. Israel cannot return to their land until they become one. In doing so, they realize the essence of these words and fuse desires into a single aspiration toward the Creator.

On the other hand, in exile, outside the land of Israel, they are divided, separated from one another, and full of mutual hatred.

Understanding the meaning of the words makes their significance clear. Abraham asked the Creator: “How will I know that I will inherit this land?” In other words, why do we go through this process, and how do we return to our land, the desire wholly directed toward the Creator, toward bestowal?

If we return to bestowal, we will inevitably return to the spiritual land of Israel. Then by the very nature of reality, spiritual forces will influence the corporeal world, and a corresponding situation will arise here as well.

In the past, we adhered to the intention of bestowal both in corporeality and spirituality. As a result, the physical land of Israel corresponded to its spiritual root. Then, having lost our spiritual aspect, we were expelled from the physical land of Israel as well.

Now, as Baal HaSulam states, we have been given an opportunity for spiritual ascent, and therefore we have returned here. Though in essence we do not yet match the corporeal land of Israel, we have nonetheless been granted this opportunity so that we may ascend to the spiritual land of Israel. This is the inner mechanism of events.

During the time of the Temple, we were on a spiritual level. Then we lost it and became shattered. In parallel, in the corporeal world, we lived in the Land of Israel, and even after our fall, we remained here for a certain period, let us call this conditionally  “70 years.” In reality, this “70-year” period lasted longer and showed clear signs of the impending destruction of the Temple and exile. Eventually, we were expelled and scattered throughout the world.

Now, 2,000 years later, the process is unfolding in reverse. First we have been given the opportunity to return to the corporeal Land of Israel with the hope that through this we will rise to the spiritual land of Israel. Thus, in Baal HaSulam’s words, we have been given a chance for redemption.

How long this window will remain open is unknown, but it has been open for over a 100 years. Just as there was a delay before our corporeal fall, now we have once again been granted a delay, a chance we must seize.

If we fail to do so, if we miss our opportunity, just as we missed the chance to correct our spiritual fall in the past, then, as Baal HaSulam writes, we may find ourselves in exile once again.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/10/11, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Inheritance of the Land”

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Question: What does the understanding of mutual guarantee include? Can you describe it a little bit?

Answer: Just like with mountain climbers: only together can we reach the goal. I have to think of you as myself, as equal. On equal terms! I am rooting for your every move like I root for myself.

Comment: It is understandable with mountain climbers because otherwise they will fall, and they see it. But here you constantly return to the tastes of this world, and they make you happy.

My Response: This is part of the same program of mutual support, mutual awareness that we are moving forward in this state and must hold each other. We have to realize this. And there should also be mutual support in this; that is, simply concern for what is happening to others, because without that, you will not reach your goal.

And then suddenly, under the influence of the upper light, you start to feel a feeling for them that they become important to you, more important than yourself.

It is just like in our world, when you start caring for someone else’s child, and he becomes important to you, you start loving him. This is the influence of the upper light.

Question: But is it not an obsessive anxiety when they try to force you where to go: now to the right, then to the left?

Answer: No. Try it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. How to Deceive Egoism” 5/18/10

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