Question: In the article “The Donkey Driver,” the driver intervenes in the conversation of the sages, asks them questions, and explains the wisdom they do not know about. How can it be that, while seemingly at a level below them, he explains the wisdom of the Torah to them?

Answer: When you read an article for the first time, it really looks strange and you do not understand what it means.

The fact is that it seems to us that the donkey driver has to serve the donkeys and their bags. Yet, the people he takes with him are big scientists and rich people who travel from place to place.

But the driver does not think they are special. In our world, we are connected with each other, but we do not understand the purpose of other people and their spiritual value. Gradually they reveal themselves to us, and we begin to understand that we were wrong by not appreciating them and by treating them disdainfully. First we had to somehow change ourselves.

It shows how we can reach a state where we begin to understand that we are dealing with the Creator, with His manifestations. From this moment onward, our path begins to straighten.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction of The Book of Zohar” 9/3/23

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “What does the resurrection of the dead mean?“

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, the resurrection of the dead refers to our inner qualities, not dead people.

A body is a desire, and a dead body refers to a desire that wishes to do nothing in a spiritual direction of love, bestowal and connection. It wishes to remain content simply as it is, as an egoistic desire. Such a desire is considered dead.

On the spiritual path, we invest a lot of effort into killing our egoistic desires, i.e., reaching states of not wishing to enjoy for self-benefit alone at the expense of others and nature. However, at a more advanced stage of our spiritual path, we wish to revive these desires since they can then be used differently, for the sake of bestowal. This is called “the resurrection of the dead.”

We then make contact with our dead egoistic qualities and work out how to correct them in a direction of bestowal.

We thus need to be concerned with bringing dead bodies to life, i.e., helping each other resurrect our dead desires and raise them above ourselves.

Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson on the article “All My Bones Shall Say” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on August 14, 2023. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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The upcoming convention that will be held at the end of the month is called “Opening the Heart.” How can we prepare ourselves for the convention in order to really feel how we present the Creator with a heart ready to be purified?

Many people from different countries will come to the convention ready to join the global connection in order to feel like one man with one heart. And in this way, we will achieve a great force, and it will be easier for us to draw the Creator to us, as it is said: “My sons have defeated me.”

This convention is another step toward final correction. We can achieve anything we want during it; there are no restrictions on this.

After all, we live in the era of the Messiah, in the so-called “last generation,” and we study according to the correct methodology. Everyone only needs to direct their heart toward the connection with the ten, with hundreds and thousands, and thus all together to connect with the Creator.

We need to understand what it means to be together. After all, the convention is not just a gathering in one hall, but everyone needs to feel that he is ready to provide a place for everyone in his heart and mind.
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From the 4^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/27/23, “Purifying the heart”

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Question: What are the subtleties of the concept of “righteous“?

Answer: A righteous person justifies the Creator after all causes and consequences. He cuts himself off from all scrutinies as if they do not exist and sees the goodness of the Creator in everything that exists. As it is said: “Even if a sharp sword is placed on his neck, he should not give up on mercy.”

Therefore, everything is not as it seems to us. The righteous man sees his destiny only in the fact that he wants to justify the Creator. And when he discovers that he cannot do it to the end, he feels like a huge disaster. In the end, this leads him to correction.

Our path is precisely to go through absolutely all adversities, to justify the Creator in everything, and to see His greatness and kindness.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/22/23, “The need for the Creator’s salvation”

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Question: In the ten, we are constantly trying to become one person with one heart, but the further we advance, the more our opinions differ. At the same time, we revealed that there was a very warm joyful feeling. Will we come to the point where everyone will be ready to gladly give up their “I” for the sake of this common high feeling?

Answer: It does not matter if your opinions are opposite. We are saying that everyone in the ten should be connected; everyone should have their own opinion, each with their own desire, with a point in the heart, and with the root of their soul.

Naturally, each of us is against the others, separated from the others. But we are building a common system above egoism, which separates and divides us. Therefore, we need to understand that the most important thing is connection above our separation and distancing. This is our work.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/22/23. “The need for the Creator’s salvation”

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Question: If Partzufim are desires, then what are Sefirot?

Answer: Sefirot is from the word “glow” (sapir). When light enters the desires and shines in them, then these desires are called Sefirot. And the worlds, from the word “olama,” which means concealment, on the contrary, conceal the light in themselves.

Man, ascending the steps of the spiritual worlds, reveals this illumination, and the concealment disappears.
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From KabTV’s “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah” 8/27/23

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Question: How do Partzufim differ from each other? We know that desires in our world differ both in quantity and quality. For example, there is a difference whether I get pleasure from drinking tea or I enjoy power when I control several million people. And what about the spiritual?

Answer: There is practically no difference. Egoistic power is egoistic, altruistic is altruistic, and therefore, there are no special differences.

If we perform spiritual actions, that is, giving, uniting, and fulfilling others, then we feel that we are giving, getting closer, and rising to higher spiritual levels.

At the same time, at each stage there is increasing connection with the Creator. This is the difference between the Partzufim.
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From KabTV’s “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah” 8/27/23

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Question: Let’s say a movie related to Kabbalah is being made in Hollywood. At the same time another film on this topic is being created by a group of people who understand it a little more deeply. What will be the difference and strength of the films?

Answer: If the film is made in Hollywood, then it will be shown today and forgotten tomorrow. Of course it will somehow be perceived by humanity. It can be a very high-grossing, popular film, because in Hollywood everything is determined by money and the number of viewers. However, it will affect humanity in a very superficial way (broadly, but superficially).

But if we take part in the creation of this film, then completely different energy would be spread through the internal communication network between us. These connections can be represented as a set of many internal levels, 125 degrees, until our complete connection into one single, inseparable, and absolutely integral organism.

Let there be love, betrayal, and some kind of tension in this film, as it usually happens in feature films, but no lies, and it should be closer to the goal and closer to our reality, through which we must pass. It is a pity that everything gets mangled. Nevertheless, certain internal schemes are created in a person, which then confuse him very much in his life.

Hollywood has rendered so many people “disabled.” The things it has done alongside useful stuff! Still it is a path through pain.

But on the other hand, if these are good things, even made without us, then by taking them into our hands, starting to process them, and adding a large number of comments, we can add our energy to them.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Healing Energy” 10/1/11

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