Morning Lesson August 19, 2021, Transcription
Part 2
Baal HaSulam. Article "The Essence of Religion and Its Purpose" (The Essence of Religion Is to Develop ...)
1. R. We have gone through several things already here on the way where we spoke about the fact that the Creator is the absolute good and He created us as created beings where we need to feel Him as the absolute good. Therefore, we need to be incorporated in the different other qualities, the opposite ones. His Providence is a purposeful one in order to lead us to resemblance and identification with Him in every way. In that state we attain in the end. That is why it is called purposeful providence where we are not born immediately in such a state that we advance toward it. Our advancement is actually through all kinds of opposite forms that He gives us. As the example of the fruit that grows on the tree and all kinds of other examples like a newborn baby that has nothing that could point or explain, to seeing in those forms just how great that they will become. On the contrary. How much towards the end the fruit will be beautiful. The baby will grow to become a great big wise man. It appears actually opposite of that, both the fruit and the baby in the ways of its initial primary development. This is what happened also here. Although we feel ourselves as miserable and lowly, not able to define and decide anything on our own.
We don't even understand where we are just like that baby. Only the baby doesn't even think about it. But we think and see that we can't decide and define anything that has to do with our faith. Especially now with all that is going on earth and with humanity. Seemingly the wise and great humanity that should be able to do everything, but other than bad they are not capable of causing anything good. Meaning, our emotions, our mind and heart are completely not operating for our benefit. Here we need to discover what bothers us in attaining the right life, the good life. Our ego, our evil inclination which is a special force that the Creator created especially, as it is written ‘I have created the evil inclination.’ Meaning, the Creator created it on purpose so that we would come to all kinds of states that we feel today. Today we can already recognize that if it were not for that evil inclination, we would live good. So why would He make it this way? Here we need to really discover the form of our development. Why He created us as so bad and opposite of Him. Where is there a beginning and an end to this whole creation, and boundaries and borders? This is why He explains to us, and what we went through last lesson. That there are two ways to reach the goal. That the goal has been defined in advance and it already exists and spirituality. It is just that we need to open it up gradually and slowly according to our degree of development.
Just like you can't give a baby everything there is around him because he can harm himself. Rather, on the contrary, we give each time more and more for him to go around and get to know his small world, in his room, to the extent that it won't harm him but rather develop him. This is how the Creator does. In order to develop in us the ability to get to know the world, there are two ways here. Like he says, the way of Torah and the path of suffering. He wants us to be able to approach it correctly, the opening of the world, so that we will reach a state in which we recognize and are aware that to start with there is an evil inclination in us and bad forces. Negative forces that are opposite to the purpose, the goal, and the extent to which we need to discover this evil inclination will be in accordance to the degree which we desire the good inclination. Then the Creator with His plan pushes us forward, and constantly, for us to get to know our state corporeally. We will get to know from that also our spiritual state and more and more people will desire to understand what the reason is that we suffer. That things are not good for us, that we don't understand what is going on with us, what the essence of our life is and the purpose of our life. This all happens because we are suffering and we don't want to suffer. We want to understand why. This specifically leads us to attaining the Creator. So he explained to us that there are two ways, two paths. A path of suffering and a path of Torah. The path of suffering is a very long one because we go and stumble upon all kinds of situations as we see now. All the problems we have with nature that are being revealed in a true general way and a complete manner towards us, upon all of humanity and every single state, in every place.
There never has been such a thing. This is a sign just as Baal HaSulam writes that we are in stages of the end of correction, what we call the last generation. That is why we are all going to feel soon, more and more, one humanity. Like one big group which is all suffering. It is also suffering from everyone beating everyone up and it is also suffering from nature beating us up. This is how we will finally start to ask the essential meaningful questions of how we can emerge out of this. Until we reach a state where ‘my death is better than my life.’ Then people will hear that there is no choice but rather that we need to change ourselves, our nature, and nothing else. That we need to concentrate only on that. Then everyone will say ‘enough.’ It is enough for me what I have in corporeality in order to exist. All the rest, all of my forces, all of my time will be only for my correction, for the correction of my inner nature. Then they will come and correct themselves. This is what we spoke about when it came to the path of Torah and the path of suffering. Certainly the path of suffering is a very long path. Now we are coming to the essence of religion is to develop the sense of the recognition of evil. What this means is that we can, nevertheless, advance not like all of nature is of being under the blows, but so that we can also respond correctly to all these blows. To learn something from them, to advance and even to control and change our fate. How do we do that?
Subtitle: (09:04) “The Essence of Religion Is to Develop in Us the Sense of …”
2. R. (11:29) Meaning, all together we were given, as we say, Torah and commandments. Commandments are corrections on our desire to receive that will relate in order to bestow to all of creation that is outside of him. Because according to nature the evil inclination, the desire to receive wants only for its own benefit and to the detriment of others. To invert this so that it will be for the benefit of others, for that we need a special force called Torah, Ohr, light. That is why it is written ‘I have created the evil inclination, I have created the Torah as a spice.’ That is what the Creator says. What does this mean? Because the light in it reforms, because the upper light corrects the evil inclination of a person, which relates badly to all the people around him and his environment. And sees only how he can get it good for himself, that he wants to do only according to his own whimsical and he can't take into consideration anyone else in any possible way. This is what we need to correct. Where we need in place of feeling only ourselves and wanting to define only ourselves in all of creation. Instead, we discover the ability, through the study of the wisdom of Kabbalah, in which this light, this reforming light, which is something that we will learn why specifically the wisdom of Kabbalah, where not all of the parts of Torah are equal in their power or intensity, but specifically the wisdom of Kabbalah is most powerful of them all and helps to correct us. This is what we need to do, to invite the upper lights to correct us and make us from in order to receive to in order to bestow and all of our thoughts and actions.
Reader continues: (14:10) “1) A more developed person recognizes in himself a….”
3. S. (19:03) It seems to me the entire humanity only needs to learn what we just read and is this so or is it just the way it seems to us?
R. Humanity needs to learn a lot, but in truth this matter of even part of this article would be sufficient in order to somewhat correct our fate. If today humanity would understand a little of what is happening to it then even in that understanding without any actions or corrections but only in the understanding that it would give an effort in understanding what the upper force wants of it, only from that it would be enough to already be able to change somewhat to sweeten and mitigate its fate. Humanity has different laws these are the laws of the general and not the individual as we are the individual and we need to come to identification with the Creator in order to be connected to Him in accordance with equivalence of form and on the other hand we need to be able to pass what we receive from the Creator to humanity. but humanity doesn't need to change to that extent, they just need to want to be connected somewhat to the goal, to agree with the goal somewhat in order to receive from us the forces that will come to us from the Creator that we will transfer to them. We are as the transition passage and that is basically everything, humanity which is constructed in such a way according to the root of the soul that humanity cannot be active in receiving and giving with the Creator and raising MAN and receiving MAD and passing it on in an active way. They need to only be passively connected to us and we need to already work on connecting to the Creator, raising MAN and receiving MAD, connect to humanity and bestow upon humanity gradually in small portions and doses that it can tolerate all of the measures of correction. Nothing more is demanded of humanity other than a little subjugation which is pretty easy to do with all of those bad forces that nature is beginning to disclose. This is why we just need to make certain that we will become concerned with being the transition between the Creator and humanity, that we are in the middle of that transition.
S. In this role of this transition should we also explain as Baal HaSulam explains what our nature is?
R. Yes, of course we need to explain to humanity as much as possible. It could be that we even explain a little more and there will be some of them that will come to us and join us because everything comes from below, from what we call the inanimate. Many more may join us but in truth we also have a very big goal which is that we need to adapt ourselves to humanity in order to explain everything to them and this is why we need to write more but only in a wise way. Whatever you write, make certain that it comes through us for examination through boardworldkli@gmail.com This is why from each and every one of our friends, it doesn't matter in what way they are drawn to be close to us in this process of explanation, If we don't progress in advance on our own forward than the troubles will come just like they are coming already and they will be even more and bring us closer in a different way. Baal HaSulam writes about even a nuclear World War, a third and fourth one. This is why it is not worthwhile for us to come to this, let us precede this below
S. Why does it change that they recognize their nature?
R. Simply this is our nature as everyone understands and they also need to understand but they don't have the vessels to correct themselves, they don't have the forces, this is why even just knowing the force of evil is enough for them in order to be connected through us and to the Creator. That is enough. They understand that this is how it is good. It is just like we see from the people of Israel who told Moses, you speak with the Creator and we will stand on the side.
4. S. (26:03) Is all that is needed for us to flood the internet with our materials or is there more required?
R. We need to adapt our materials to humanity and not only in their language but rather according to their degree of understanding, style and this is why I am asking each and every one who is capable of writing, write and send it to our department to check it. This department examines all of these things of why otherwise we can confuse people instead of shortening their path to correction, we can do the opposite and we can harm them. Also, ourselves we have to grow as ones to connect them to the Creator. This is why we have a department who examines all the different languages, all of the things that you write to boardworldkli@gmail.com, by this we are certainly hastening the acceleration for everyone.
S. Like in a Congress we will do a group attack on our ego, would it help if we did a group attack with dissemination?
R. I don't think this work is an attack, it has to be daily work until the end of correction because this is the way that we take care of humanity, this is the main thing, it is not us because we are just a passageway between the Creator and humanity this is why we have to take care of them nonstop. Persistently, all the time and as adapted and as suitable to them as possible.
5. S. (29:05) The Creator created the desire to receive that's not good or bad so He would have someone to give to, when does the evil inclination appear in our process of development?
R. One should feel how much he has this intention in order to receive and all of these things that he is thinking about only for himself and even to harm others, he should examine this and say that one determines where he is.
6. S. (30:17) When we unite in the ten and the upper light comes down and corrects the relations between us how does the light operate in the rest of humanity, does it correct the connection between them or our connection with them or their connection with the Creator?
R. We will see that the truth is it's hard to explain this, but the way that he asks this is something that we see how much everyone is moving in different directions, confusions of all sorts to the extent that we will start performing our actions in one persistent direction along with that we are going to see how humanity is also organizing in one direction. Right now, all we see is a real mess in all the different directions because we are not yet reaching a point where we are bestowing to humanity, I recommend for you to start writing and to start talking, to check it all, send it all to us for us to check in which way do we turn to humanity. This is how it has to be every day with all kinds of media excerpts like the video and audio text, the way that we disseminate and all the different channels.
7. S. (32:16) On Sunday we opened new campuses and classes in Israel and there are several hundred that are joining but wanted to know whether this way the point in the hearts that are joining do they need additional knowledge or do they need his usual the regular intelligence of the wisdom of Kabbalah because this is what their heart is demanding?
R. They are coming out of the circle of humanity and entering our circles, this is why we have materials organized for new friends and this is what we have to teach.
8. S. (33:22) When humanity receives more blows from nature, they still won't be able to turn directly to the Creator, they will still need us?
R. They can't turn to the Creator the way they should because they don't have the ability to raise the MAN, they can cry out and pray as usual, as everyone else, I am not against that, in any language or style, it is good. But that is not how you get the force to correct: The light that reforms comes from raising MAN and if we include inside us and incorporate in the desire, the pain of humanity and raise it through to the Creator then, we will get from Him back the spiritual force, the upper force, the upper light and we will also be able to pass it on to our AHP. By that we connect to humanity as one vessel, GA and AHP, and we give the Creator The opportunity to fill the complete vessel, the Ten Sefirot, then all of humanity will be ready to be as one Partzuf.
S. Why can't they raise MAN? What are they lacking?
R. The right connection with the Creator, there is no deficiency to begin with, there is no lack in them to yearn for adhesion with the Creator. In some of the small portion of the shattered souls, have a certain longing for the revelation of the Creator, to that connection to in order to bestow, and most of them don't. This stems from the shattering of the vessel.
S. What will they want just salvation, to be safe?
R. They will want to be saved and they will even want to participate in all kinds of things that are there, but to participate as much as they are capable, there is no deficiency, we are also operating out of a deficiency. why don't you want more than you are? because there's no deficiency than that. We are all together some sort of lump of flesh that has a lack of some sort to the Creator, this is called a Godly part from above and if they don't have that spark, then they don't. That spark is very deep within their desire and still it is not revealed. We have representatives here of all the nations together that exist in humanity and how many of each and every one of them are here? A very small part, because probably according to the plan of creation we don't need it because the head is small, and the part in the head that thinks and decides is like a little tiny marble within the brain.
S. They will know and feel that there is Bnei Baruch and that they have a solution?
R. Yes, I can't say in what way, but yes it will become clear to them that they are following a group that is shining to the world. Someday this will happen.
9. S. (37:40) About the convention, that the world is in such a problematic stage and we have all kinds of corporeal desires, will this help us connect between us and be more close to the desire for spirituality?
R. Well, of course, but what we are not doing in our tendency to the Creator when we are not sufficiently doing what He wants us to then He doesn't by the torment, pocking us from behind and then we run: This is called a combination of the path of Torah and the path of pain, the path of light that shines from ahead and the path of pain that hurts us from behind. We have to advance as much as possible by the light that reforms.
10. S. (38:46) When humanity becomes more close to me and I feel more concerned with it, will I know accordingly what to give to them?
R. Yes.
11. S. (39:03) What does it mean to take the deficiencies of humanity and use them to deliver what we receive from the Creator, what does he mean to use it, how do we do this?
R. Very simple: I help them seemingly as I am a representative for the Creator and whatever they cannot ask correctly in a spiritual manner then I seemingly translate their corporeal suffering to a spiritual suffering. I connect to them, with all of humanity. I incorporate with their suffering, I translate their corporeal suffering to a spiritual deficiency for the Creator, for the upper light and the corrections, and this is what I raise to the Creator. I work as an adapter.
S. What do you mean integrate, integrate with what, I'm afraid I will become too much like them and separate from spirituality?
R. When the mother hears what her child is asking for, she translates his suffering to something else, she has to go to the shop to buy some food or some medicine and to bring it to him. He did not ask for a remedy or food, he is crying, but she knows how to translate his deficiency to her deficiency and to ask the Creator to give according to her deficiency, what the child needs. So the Creator gives her according to her deficiency because this is how he communicates, and the mother gives the child and this is how it works, gradually. It is the same here, we need to take the deficiencies of all of humanity, to incorporate in them and to feel how much they suffer and look at the world; don't think it is just things that are passing before your eyes, you must suffer from the fact that people feel bad and ask the Creator to help them and won't give them such punishments. This way you correct them on your own and you also correct yourself and you let the Creator perform the corrections, and everyone profits from it. You start being the adapter between humanity and the Creator and everything depends on you, this is why you will suffer in the future more than everyone or you will make more profit if you can say so, more than everyone else. You must know that all the corrections depend on you, that is why, we shouldn’t look at the whole world and say that this suffering will make them wiser, no. We have to take this as fast as possible on your account and raise this deficiency to the Creator, that instead of the path of suffering, you will pass us all through the path of light, the path of Torah. There are two ways to the goal, so we are asking for the entire humanity that is incapable of asking, like their mother who is bringing the child some medicine; we have to ask the Creator to pass us all, all of humanity through the path of correction and the more we ask from Him for the entire humanity, by that, we also advanced because all we want is one thing, to give contentment to the Creator so that He will correct everyone. If we make this connection between Him and humanity then He can work and we need nothing else, just to be this adapter. We have to be in between humanity and the Creator, then we will see how much humanity will start appreciating the wisdom of Kabbalah, Bnei Baruch and this whole process that it is going through. All the evil has to only reach the smallest sting in humans and that wakes them up to get all of the abundance, all the goodness, you just need a little bit of evil.
12. S. (45:13) All the essence of method is to develop a sense of recognition of evil and he described that this is what we need to develop in a person, otherwise we don't reject the evil from ourselves, and that is understood if we're talking towards the ten, so we have tools. How do we actually explain onwards this matter of the definition of what bad and good is?
R. I don't understand, what is good and what is bad? Good is to be close to the Creator and bad is the opposite.
S. There are many definitions and each defines for themselves what is good and what is evil, some external, some internal?
R. I am not going into all of these definitions. All I'm telling you is that close to the Creator is good and far from the Creator is bad, that is all.
S. The whole recognition of evil is based on the recognition of evil in the person himself. Is there a way to explain to others what good and evil is?
R. Yes, people being distant is evil or bad and people that are close, that is good. This is the correction of the general vessel of Adam HaRishon.
13. S. (47:06) Let's say a person has no ability to write or direct. Where does he find a place in dissemination?
R. I don't know, he needs to connect to that address boardwoldkli@gmail.com and ask, express a desire to help and they will give him some advice on what he should do.
14. S. (47:47) In each language you can turn to the head of your department, whichever language department and they can give you a role.
15. S. (47:59) What you're saying regarding humanity of what is going to happen is that we're losing confidence and everything?
R. This doesn't make me happy, I heard it many years ago.
S. But this is what you said, not the weather, science, politics doesn't depend on anything else and by our explanation we seem very positive responses to all of our articles much more positive. But what I want to say is, it is as if we are giving them the contents as the body and the connection to them gives them confidence because we're not giving them a practical solution of what to do. We tell them if it will be a better connection between people then we will also see a better response but we're not telling a person you need now to do a b or c as others give solutions?
R. This, what we are now explaining to people that the best thing is to publicize the method of correction, that is basically the best thing that we can do, and what we should do. The more people will know about what is going on in the world, they already know, we don't have to explain it even though the whole world is round, we don't have to explain that people are suffering and will suffer no more. Rather all we need to explain is how we come closer to decrease the torments and to be more secure, this is only possible by us mitigating our ego, sweetening our ego as there is nothing else to do. Look now as you can see Afghanistan and all of these things happening all over the world, when a person is in the highest degree of nature than all of the degrees of still vegetative and animate, all of these degrees are below the speaking level and if from the speaking level we reach a state where we want to ruin each other, these are all the stages and all these degrees, they receive from us all of this bestowing and influence and they're also in a problem. This is something that we need to explain, therefore we have no choice but to explain, as much as we come close to the good between us that it will be good for the whole world, if not earth, nature still vegetative and animate we live from it, who are we? That is why it is called the path of suffering because it can come to states that we can't describe.
S. The explanation is perfect. It is complete you can't run from anywhere but a person who reads it, from outside, so what do I now need to do?
R. To hear us that is all, so after all these explanations and all of these things you have a link for a few such videos and audios, all these things in languages where they can go and start hearing and keep going with their connection. I'm certain there are people who are more knowledgeable and we should listen to what they say.
16. S. (52:33) From the team that is preparing the congress, the topic of our convention is entering into Ibur discovering a new world. We are doing a long preparation and we are really watching ourselves and it’s like we are working very hard on this. We are afraid that new students who have been invited to the convention but don't really know, so the question is how did the friends and the new people work together, not to confuse them, how we study something about this connection and how do we work with the new people invited to the convention?
R. Ibur, impregnation is something that you can easily understand and it is very difficult to carry out, that is why we shouldn't be afraid of the material itself. But rather everyone can hear that in our annulment through the Creator that we enter Him. This is the meaning of the verse that the Creator is impregnated in me for you. Don't be afraid about people not understanding, we can understand it pretty quickly, even beginners can to the extent that they can’t, they can. Whereas each one will later interpret it and realize it according to his degree.
17. S. (54:30) It is understood what you're saying about dissemination, but what can we do if I still don't love people and maybe even enjoy a little when they are suffering. How can I ask and pray for them?
R. You should constantly think that you don't like people, think only about that, then you will see how much this makes you grow further away from hatred.