Question: For us the environment is the group, the books, and the teacher. What is the right environment for the general population? Answer: We are. A good environment is the level that is higher than me. If I turn to the environment from below (1) and value the friends by seeing them as greater than […]
In the News (from New Scientist): “It is one of the greatest mysteries of pregnancy: how a fetus avoids being attacked by its mother’s immune system. … “The mammalian body usually responds to foreign cells or tissue by releasing chemicals that promote inflammation and summon immune cells called T-cells to destroy the invaders. But during […]
Today, essentially there are no family relationships. Even if there is a family, everyone in the family feels as a separate element, independent from his or her partner. Moreover, children feel independent from their parents or at least very much want to be. And parents do not want children to burden them. Under the rule […]
Question: Today, our planet is swept with an unconscious instinctive need for destruction. How can we stop this? For example, a person who is destroying himself with alcohol reaches a certain point where he either perishes or changes radically and begins to lead a normal life. Answer: I hope that a turn for the better […]
Baal HaSulam lists five questions in the beginning of the “Introduction to The Book of Zohar“: 1. What is our essence? 2. What is our role in the long chain of reality, where we are small links? 3. We feel low and defective, but should not the Creator, who created us, only emit perfect actions? […]
Question: How are we supposed to help each other? Let’s say I am a farmer and most of the time I don’t communicate much with other people. How can I possibly bestow to them? Answer: Tell me, why and for whom do you work on your land? We think that we work for our own […]
Question: There are two forces: One force leads to unity and goodness and the other toward destruction and death. Right now, humanity is irreversibly heading for a point of bifurcation where we need to stop, because we cannot go on like this any further. If things go the natural way, would that be catastrophic? Answer: […]
Question: The Torah describes Egypt as a country of abundance for our ego. Where today is this “Egypt” with all its abundance? Answer: Indeed, the sons of Israel cried in the desert for that rich food they ate in Egypt. That land was like an overflowing cup. After all, “Nile” is a name for the […]
At yesterday’s seminar we had a general, collective opportunity in all the groups all over the world to rise above our heavy sensation. We were pinned down by this heaviness and it was difficult for us to connect and rise in our mind and heart. We felt that we couldn’t do it. We were missing […]
Question: What does it mean to work above reason? Answer: Work above reason means bestowal. That is, I want to take the form of a giver, like the Creator, to become a loving person, to leave my ego and make use of myself for the good of my neighbor, to unite with others in order […]
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