Morning Lesson May 25, 2022, Transcription
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Part 2:
Baal HaSulam. Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]. #16
Reading Item 16 (00:18)
1. R. (04:30) Yes, we see that the goal is a very exalted one, we are not even able to approach it. The Creator seemingly drops on us something that is opposite to us, and we have no possibility to have a grip on it and begin to do anything, all the more so to finish it. What can we do? So this is what we have to study next in the next article, which is a continuation of this one, called the article of The Arvut that through mutual help we will be able relatively easily and quickly to enter such a connection between us where the upper force, the force of bestowal is revealed, he dwells upon us it is considered that we acquire the force of bestowing that we invert from reception to bestowal even though that doesn't happen, it's only the intention where our will to receive for the control over our will to receive of intention in order to bestow, that is what we require and then we exist.
2. S. (05:53) Nothing is not entirely clear in this verse when everyone said we shall do and we shall hear meaning the entire Torah became possible? What does it mean you can now carry out the Torah?
R. That if they want to perform the correction of the will to receive it is possible to perform it only in the connection between people who all understand that they are not capable of it but when they turn to the Creator and ask, then they get from the Creator the force of bestowal. Which starts to grow stronger and be revealed between them and they gradually as they get closer to each other, they become one desire, to bestow. The more they come closer between them, to a desire to bestow to the Creator, by that they themselves become the will to bestow. Or more correctly, the intention in order to bestow. In the intention to bestow they can feel the upper force and be in a mutual connection with him, this is considered that they are entering into the adhesion with the Creator, this is how the created beings are corrected. The whole of creation returns back into the Creator.
S. So what does it mean to hear and do?
R. That we are doing things without understanding, without feeling, without checking whether we are in true actions, whether we are mistaken, of course we discover ourselves as not wanting to do anything but rather we do it because, well, either there is no choice or it's interesting. The Creator nevertheless is manipulating us, playing some exercises on us just like we do as little children that we confuse them and so long as they will perform all kinds of actions, and by that they will develop. How do children grow up? Because we take them on our hands, or we take them, and we start to walk with them and to dance and to do all kinds of actions. We start playing together with them where we seemingly are playing against them but actually we are creating conditions for them to play seemingly against us but by that they learn. The whole of life is a game, by that we learn the Creator's game, the Creator's qualities, we want to determine between us relations that are like the Creator that create between us a model, a template of the Creator between us this is considered that we discover him in the relations between us. This is all of our work, the purpose of the wisdom of Kabbalah all of it is to bring the created beings to such connections, such relations. That are like the Creator’s so that between them this force, these relations will be revealed these qualities that are called the Creator.
3. S. (09:43) It's very difficult for me to relate to this concept of 600,000 souls always because it seems to me like some kind of an allegory but if we try to relate to it in our reality can we say that 600,000 Souls is actually Bnei Baruch, relates to Bnei Baruch?
R. I'm not looking at it like a number, just understand what is 600,000? You have 10 Sefirot and Zeir Anpin is six you have Keter, Hochma, Bina, these are three then Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod that is six and Malchut is another one in total ten. So we need to resemble the qualities of Zeir Anpin because Keter, Hochma, Bina, those are the qualities of the source, this is called GAR of the degree, the first three.
From there we get all kinds of upper influences from the Creator himself, GAR is the Creator, but ZAT means that the influence of the Creator enters our desires. From the general will to receive he divides it into six parts, six modes, six types and he bestows, he appears in six ways Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and the Malchut is already our will to receive that is this influence and wishes to resemble him. So our work is to reveal Zeir Anpin the influence of the Creator on us, and from Malchut, from the will to receive to rise above Zeir Anpin. That's what we called building the ZON, Zeir Anpin and Nukva, to be together because Malchut will take the same form as Zeir Anpin, except Zeir Anpin bestows and malchut receives but they work together in order to carry out the upper desire. The upper one is called GAR, Keter, Hochma, Bina and it turns out that the revelation in Keter, Hochma, Bina, is revealed in Zeir Anpin and Malchut must be the one who receives from it. Because by that it demonstrates its bestowal, it wants to reveal the Creator so reveals it in this way, it's ready to receive his bestowing. But to receive his bestowal it has to resemble him and that's how it works. We'll talk about it, it's all that we learn about.
4. S. (13:10) What does it mean I no longer care for my own existence; in any case I have to take care of my necessity?
R. On that it says that it will neither be condemned or praised more than that you must care about your physical beastly existence. You were given this beast, this animal, so you would exist in it, in order to attain the degrees that are above the degree of beast, above the animate degree in order to reveal the degrees of the speaking. But you must also keep the animate degree. The person has to take care of himself so long as his body is alive. He has to take care of his attitude to his family, to sustain the family, to have kids let's say, and have a job, a profession. So he would sustain this level called the animate level, like animals have a place where they live, where they connect, they mate, and they give birth to their offspring and so on and so forth. We also have to do the same why? Because we are, as it says, everything comes from the inanimate degree, we all come from the simple will to receive. So we have this inanimate, vegetative, and animate; those are the degrees we are in, in this world and the speaking degree is anyone who wishes to resemble the Creator, called Adam, the one who resembles the Creator and anyone who wants it can rise above the degree in this world.
S. So exactly from this stems the question, especially when we have such special times, and it doesn't get any easier from one day to the next to sustain myself, how can I provide that to the friends?
R. I understand it's a problem, it is a problem and people need to see what we are advancing towards, the main thing is to care about our necessity, necessity means we have to take care of food. Food for the family, that's the main thing. Because with each passing day everything changes, and the food is our main concern. So I need to see myself restricting myself in all areas and the main thing is to take care of my animate degree and the animal cares about only how to provide food for itself.
S. How to define for myself, each one has to define to himself the measure of his necessity, if I want to limit myself, to have boundaries, what boundaries to place for myself, this is all so far from me.
R. The important thing for us is to care about basic fulfillments. Without which or body, like a living body, we are animals according to our body without which the body cannot exist, so I need to ensure I have food, water, I have a certain corner for my life, for living and that's what I have to set up for my family not more than that. You guys in Ukraine or in the state where there's many of the inhabitants, they have a problem to arrange their lives even on a minimal level like that. I understand you but you have to understand that this is also the Upper Providence and that it's possible that this is a correction that the nation has to go through. If you're asking me I understand it, I get it, also because I am from the nation of Israel, who went through all kinds of things in each and every stage of history, was expelled from everywhere, was killed, maimed. So I can understand but there is no choice, you have to accept it and understand this state is necessary for a correction. As it's written that person has to be grateful for the bad as for the good. As incomprehensible as it is, the people who attain the purpose of life, the essence of life, they tell us to do it. Corrections. Corrections, that's what we're going through.
5. S. (19:51) What does the commitment between man and man mean?
R. To help each one understand what is the purpose of creation, what is the reason for the suffering, and that all of those things come from the good who does good, from the Creator who wants to pull us in, through all of these occurrences that we are going through, and the correction towards the good goal. It's not like in religions but rather we have to reveal those things. Here and now in this lifetime.
6. S. (20:52) Why is Torah given before Arvut, how can we affect the light of Torah to our Kli for keeping Arvut?
R. We're going to learn from The Arvut article again, so you'll understand it there but just understand Torah that was given to us from above is the upper light expands in us from the Creator and the Arvut speaks of the vessel that we have to arrange down below in order to receive the light of the Torah. So both complement one another this way, so giving of the Torah is the giving of the Torah from above to us and the Arvut is the vessel that receives the Torah from below.
7. S. (22:05) Is Zeir Anpin the desires which are corrected?
R. Zeir Anpin are desires that we need to organize, arrange within us and then we receive the sum total of Malchut in our will to receive in order to bestow.
S. When we rise to the degree of Bina, does it mean we are correcting the Zeir Anpin?
R. I do not want to talk about it, it has nothing to do with what we are learning, we are not rising to the degree of Bina, it has nothing to do with the topic, we are not rising to any degree of Bina.
8. S. (23:14) There's some condition here that I'm not able to understand. If I already keep “love your friend as yourself”, why do I need that it would be towards me also? Why should it also be mutual?
R. What should be mutual?
S. If I already keep the Mitzvah of “Love your friend as yourself”, why should it also be kept towards me that I have to be freed of everything that I need to take off?
R. I do not understand the question.
S. He writes here that no individual needs to ever take care of himself?
R. If everyone is a mutual guarantee and in mutual care, to provide all the needs for one another then of course no one cares about himself.
S. So, it has to be mutual, that is if I keep it then isn't that enough?
R. You do not have the energy, the strength to keep it unless you also receive it from the others that is why it is called mutual's guarantee. It cannot be that one that's doing and the other one is not.
S. That is exactly my question: why should it be mutual if I'm already doing it?
R. Because you do not have the strength, the energy to do it, to give. Do you understand?, you must be certain that you are also receiving and then you can give. Where will you get this confidence, this certainty?, because you are the will to receive or are you living in the clouds I don't know.
S. So, first I have to receive it or first do I have to?
R. First you need to be certain in the mutual connection with everyone and then we will learn the Arvut article soon. Then we will receive from above a special illumination call Arvut and then each one is certain that we won’t lack anything, Why?, because we receive the illumination through a complete vessel. We will learn about its shortly.
S. Does it come through some measure of connection or does each one?
R. Through the connection of course. One person cannot attain anything. Arvut, mutual guarantee is a special illumination from above that is holding all the vessels together according to their MAN, according to their demand.
9. S. (26:14) Which inner transition has to occur in the person for the state that he cannot keep “Love your friend as yourself” to a state that he can keep “Love your friend as yourself”?
R. The Creator needs, should, want it. Do you hear it?
S. I hear it, and how will He want it?
R. How will He want it? When you ask Him, to ask Him you have to get to Him, to turn to Him and you need to have a justified demand that you are connected to others that you wish to connect them and want to bring them to the Creator in order to bring Him contentment and you asking this to take place and then everything that we learn together.
S. What does it mean what he writes here, if we stick to the text, then there is a point where it is impossible to keep “Love your friend as yourself” then it is possible to keep “Love your friend as yourself”?
R. That is in each and every state, in every degree that is how we feel like. Look how you get up in the morning, like an animal and then you begging to recover relative to the degree of man, where am I? What for? Why did I wake up, why did I get out of bed and so on and so forth, and in this way we are waking up.
S. Why is it that in an internal state called Arvut our forefathers cannot keep “Love your friend as yourself” but in Arvut he can keep “Love your friend as yourself”?
R. Because in Arvut there are many people who are disconnected, there's no connection between them, not like in the degree of the forefathers, they're more egoistic, they are lower they have greater numbers, they are distant from one another, so when they try to be connection between them, the level of the connection they need to build between them has to be significant relative to the degree of the fathers who or already from the get-go in sanctity and that is why it comes to the sons, their demand for Arvut is justified.
S. Can we relate to the states within a person, meaning are there states in the person called forefathers and another?
R. I don't want to get confused and I do not want to recommend it.
10. S. (29:15) In the context of what is happening in the world we decided in to engage in the dissemination in the social network and there's already a feeling that Bnei Baruch has a great influence but on the other hand should I relate to the darkness is it my darkness do I have to corral?
R. You have to imagine the entire world as your vessel. You must correct the entire world and everything that you see in the world that is not corrected, it is all in you everything is on you and then you can start.
11. S. (30:07) When we try to divide between the level animal and the level of human should we also distinguish between disturbances that come from people that are not in the path verses the people in the ten?
R. People that are not on the path I'm not even thinking about them, I'm not even talking about them I'm only talking about strengthening the ten and how within the ten we create a place for the revelation of the Creator in order to give Him contentment, this is what we are discussing. These other people who are outside of our framework and considering their opinion, I never do it. Only for the sake of dissemination I need to know what they're thinking about and how to reach them, but I have nothing to learn from there.
S. If nevertheless a person finds himself among people that are not on the path that are actually hindering him, what should he do?
R. Either he gets rid of them, or he goes to them, and he gets rid of us. You should not be in contact with others except to explain to them but not to get into mutual arguments, rather only to explain to them the truth, our truth. Do they want to hear it? No problem, if they do not want to hear it I close myself, my ears are always shot not to hear from them. Meaning if they want to hear something I will speak, if not I will keep silent. I recommend to you and understand what I'm saying and not to be confused.
Item 17 (32:17) “From all the above we can understand one of the most perplexing phrases...”
12. R. (32:40) Meaning anyone who is yearning for the Creator, Yashar Kel, straight to the Creator, Israel, they can attain this goal, reaching the Creator, the revelation of the Creator, adhesion in the Creator only when they are in Arvut with one another. To the extent of the Arvut they attain between them they will approach the Creator.
Continue reading 17 (33:04) “This seems to be completely unjust...”
13. R. (33:55) We feel it through our history, and I am talking about the people of Israel. We hear many times from all the nations in all the different times of history throughout the thousands of years of our existence that we are guilty of everything, we are to blame for everything, all the bad is because of us. This is a feeling that exists within people all over the world. The more developed the nation is, they feel it even more and this perhaps is true. They do not know how but they think that it is happening through a financial system or maybe they have some spells. but they have the power to influence the world. Because the world is bad then it is their fault and from this they construct all kinds of antisemitic approaches, and they have what to rely on. Where does it come from? From the fact that the good can only be revealed in mutual guarantee, a mutual guarantee can only be kept by people who feel and understand who are close to connection between themselves. Until we keep this connection, it will be bad for the whole world, and it will be bad for this group, this nation that came out of Babylon 5000 years ago. Either way, this is how it will work out. If we desire the correction of the world we have no choice no other choice but to connect with the power of Arvut, Mutual Guarantee and this power, we can bestow to all of humanity and then everyone will reach correction. Don't think this is something impossible, some fantasy but rather it has to be that nature, Elohim is nature and is obligating us to work this way.
14. S. (36:53) What can we give to external people? Can we begin to give them something in the form of some easy connection?
R. You cannot begin to organize people in groups, by what? Do they have a ‘Come & Go’? Do they want something, the same thing? I do not understand what you are asking. If you're going to teach the Wisdom of Kabbalah or something, that is okay. They assemble because they wish to learn some wisdom, a certain remedy but on what basis are you putting people together?
S. They come with problems of depression.
R. No, we cannot confuse people. They want medication against depression. I do not have medication for depression. I can only help them by telling why the world exists, why man exists, how we can come to a good state when we open for ourselves the purpose of this life. I cannot confuse them by offering them medication for their depression because they do not need more than some antidepressant, they do not need anything. I will begin to talk about their will to receive and bestowal, they don’t want it, you cannot manipulate people, you are not allowed to. You must explain as clearly as possible to people. We learn where is our world headed, what is it coming to, how can we assist our fate, and what can we do in this world in this life. It is not like we are going to give him some medication against some illness that they wish to cure, and you are giving them something else. No, we are not allowed to do it. It’s forbidden.
15. S. (39:32) You told us many times about how important it is to take care of health. Is this part of necessities? On the other hand, I heard that it is good that the body suffers, let it suffer, it is also correction, so how to find the right balance?
R. It is good to feel that the body is suffering from its ego pressuring it. That’s the torments we are talking about, but not about sufferings that my foot hurts, let’s say. We need to understand what it speaks about.
16. S. (40:40) I'm an egoist and I don’t want Arvut, and I know that the surrounding light is what gives me that desire to be in Arvut to my friends, so the question is: where's my work, to just accept that the Creator is working on me?
R. Your work is in learning with us and Implement what you learn in the group and in dissemination. First in the group and adhere to the group and then also in dissemination to external audiences. That is all we need to do.
17. S. (41:32) He writes that even the one I do not know in his place I should be guaranteed to his sins. Who is he and what are his sins?
R. Again.
S. It is written that a person whom I don’t know or his whereabouts, I'm a guarantor to his sins?
R. Yes, because we are in one system of Adam HaRishon and each one of us is responsible for everyone, and each one suffers for everyone, and everyone suffers for everyone. Our presence in the system of Adam HaRishon in which we are connected to one another brings us to a state in which we have to connect and correct the whole system. It cannot be that there is someone is uncorrected, and I nevertheless feel good. It is impossible, we are connected to one another all the souls through all the generations, meaning through all the stages of the development, we are connected to one another and we have no choice but to come to mutual Arvut and only in this mutual Arvut where each one feels himself responsible for everyone, one acquires the vessels for everyone and seemingly swallows all the vessel for all the souls and becomes one soul of Adam and in this way we come to correction, and each one will be as an Adam, one who resembles the Creator in power bestowal and adhesion and by that we do not bother one another because we have been through all the shattering in between us and the shattering gives each and every one, builds himself as Adam HaRishon alone, unique, only him. That is one of the results of the shattering. Hence, each and every one of us will be in the intensity of one Adam to stand before the one Creator.
S. Is the one from outside also part of us, from Bnei Baruch?
R. Yes.
18. S. (44:22) Sometimes it is hard to feel the friend in the ten, so how can I feel a friend that lets say, from Latin America?
R. Wait, it will happen soon. You will not see him like your friend since you will not understand his language and you won’t feel him, beastly on an animal level, but on the degree of speaking, on the degree of Adam or in mutual bestowal you will discover one another and the Creator will bind you together, between the person, and another you will reveal the presence of the Creator.
19. S. (45:15) Can I ask about dissemination, about what you just said. We know that we do not promise something against anti-depressant or anxieties, we never promised that. We see and I hear from people that disseminate, they hear from people the moment I started studying, people that just listened to Rav Laitman on TV?
R. I understand everything but I do not advertise that or spread that. If whoever wants to know the Purpose of Life, of course they can influence all systems in man because it is the highest system there is, but I'm not going to take care of any other system lesser than the essence of life.
S. The question is how can we know if a person came because he is depressed or is something clinical or if he has a point in the heart?
R. I cannot say and that is a problem that we will slowly feel gradually. There is none wiser than one with experience.
Continue reading #17 (46:35) “And if that is Not Enough for You..” twice
20. R. (50:32) Therefore understand that this is what we truly want in all the nations, in all the continents in all the countries as much as possible and for all of us to explain the purpose of human beings’ development is connection between us, between us all. All the way to the degree of Arvut where we will feel that each one of us is dependent on the others. This is actually the purpose of our life, the purpose of our expansion in life, this is what we need to do, this is the essence of Bnei Baruch's existence.
21. R. (52:23) We read this from Baal HaSulam and these things are very important because they are in our connection with the reforming light, with the Creator. Hence it is worthwhile to not let ourselves run in different directions.
22. S. (52:34) You said that everything is on yourself, so how do we acquire the power of faith regarding this and how do we clarify the correction?
R. Everything is in our hands, in the hands of the people and a person is a small the world and the correction of it, we correct the whole world but when we enter into a person, we see that he's like Adam HaRishon which includes it within him all the souls and he needs to sort them to be as one man with one heart, so all the souls will connect together and then it would be the correction of the world. Hence, the correction of the world is in the collection of man.
23. S. (53:32) Perform one Mitzvot and determine the whole world to the scale of merit and the opposite, so is that always right or is it only on the last generation?
R. It is always correct because it is the law of reality but when it is revealed more and more according to the generation and the development of the generation, meaning to the extent that which the will to receive and each generation becomes bigger, it demands more correction and carry out more corrections, that is why it is being this disclosed.
S. The correction of Arvut expands from the inner circle and then to the next one and then to the next or is there an inner circle that if it's performed it in the whole world changes or does it expand in circles?
R. No, it is this way and that way because we are all intermingled and we are all connected and if I do a certain change here, it can have a great influence on the other side of the general vessel or the world you can say, it doesn't matter.
24. S. (54:50) How do all the souls become one soul?
R. The desire to receive which device due to the shattering and then goes through correction, its individual corrections, comes to a state in which it can only be in bestowal or gradually be in bestowal to that extent it connects to others until they all begin to intermingle more and more into a greater more more unified desire to receive until they all return to the same picture despite the fact that there are many people, many individual souls but the quantity does not bother the connection between them but on the contrary since there are so many but with that so connect to the one, it gives power to the final vessel. Hence, it is not that we return to be one man we will be billions, but these billions will review within them a connection as one, and it will feel that each completes the other in this completion, in this separation specifically that is the power.
25. S. (56:36) It is written at the end of the article, that this is impossible to perform but only in the whole nation that every member agrees to it. What does it mean to agree to it?
R. That they want to come to be as a connected ten that reveals the Creator between them.