Excerpt from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson with Dr. Michael Laitman,
Bnei Baruch, Israel.
March 2, 2010
The knowledge of the worlds reaches you to the extent that you rise to them. Also you need to rise to a degree that allows you to observe downwards
Question : How can I know who could be the leader and who can't? What can I do to know whether the teacher is real or not?
This is what I asked my teacher, the Rabash, whether I'm in the right place, in the right hands, being with him? His answer was: "Go out and check!"
Because if I tell you, you'll just believe me. How can you give your life for just believing someone who is in your eyes just flesh and blood? How could it be? Who do you believe? Trust your heart. Try to clean your heart from all kinds of stereotypes, nonsense and things you were indoctrinated with by society, by education, the environment that provides you with all kinds of false values. Try to listen to your heart only; and then, try to identify who can help you realize it. That's the person you should stay with. No one can make the choice for you. It's your own choice. Then you'll feel how you are being led from Above. After you made the decision, like Rabash writes, afterwards, you must surrender before the teacher, the place, the group and precisely subjugate yourself towards them. You may be successful in the dissemination work that is happening there, but that's not your personal progress. If you do not subjugate yourself as one of the herd—otherwise, nothing will happen.