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Allow The Zohar to Influence Us

526Question: You mentioned that for a long time, you could not accept The Book of Zohar.

Answer: Yes, it repelled me. I considered it unnecessary. Then the light affected me in such a way that a transformation occurred within me. I always use this example with my students.

Question: But if someone simply takes a quote from The Zohar and reads it, will it have an effect on them?

Answer: No, it will only have an effect to the extent that a person wants to correct himself through this book and strives, in some way, to extract something from it. But if, for example, a linguist wants to study it and reads it without any inner drive or demand, they will receive very little influence.

Question: So if we want it to influence us, should we read it with this intention?

Answer: Yes that is enough. However, it is even better if it happens through friends when you all study The Zohar together so that it can influence you and unite you into a single desire against the egoism that divides you.

Question: Let’s say I am sitting in a lesson and I want The Zohar to influence me. How can I build an intention that will also influence everyone else?

Answer: You want it to be this way.

Question: Even if I cannot gather all of this in my mind?

Answer: Try. This attempt is your intention, your inner work. Everything else doesn’t matter.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Hate to The Zohar” 4/19/10

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Working with Kabbalistic Books

504Question: If an an ordinary person who has no connection to Kabbalah watches one of your videos, what will it give him? What should he do next?

Answer: Open a book and start reading. Then he will see how much he is changing and changing the world at the same time. Everything is explained in the books on Kabbalah!

On one hand, these books tell a person about the general structure of nature and a person’s connection with it, how he influences nature, and how nature influences him. On the other hand, through the connection of a person with a Kabbalistic book, there is an entire system of initiating positive forces of nature that change him and the surrounding world in a positive direction, toward harmony.

During study, a person’s understanding, awareness, and rapprochement with this science, give one confidence, strength, and a clear foundation to stand on on one hand, and immediate integration in a normal, effective, practical correction on the other hand; these two parameters that one stimulates with one’s studies resolve everything.

Therefore, all that remains is to give a person the opportunity to correctly discover the appropriate, comfortable material for him.

Comment: You have just explained very clearly what the books talk about. But a person might get scared. He will say: “It describes how I influence nature.”

My Response: So what? Who is afraid of this today? It is nothing to be afraid of. I believe that nothing scares a person today; people are perfectly capable of navigating the material. Nowadays there are no such narrow-minded, superstitious, ignorant individuals as before. Over the last ten to fifteen years, humanity has risen above all fears and superstitions and is calm about everything.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. How to change the world” 4/19/10

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Direct Yourself toward the Creator

962.8Question: If the speed of acknowledging our flaws is faster than the speed of praying for correction, what does this mean?

Answer: This means you need to pay closer attention to your faults and work to restore them to a normal state as soon as possible.

Question: Do both awareness and prayer mean contact with the Creator?

Answer: Yes, of course.

Question: How do we equalize the feeling that both are from the Creator?

Answer: There is no need to equalize anything. You should just direct yourself toward the Creator as much as possible.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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“Silent Game”

528.04Question: You have often spoken about the power of silence. How can silence within the ten strengthen the connection with the Creator?

Answer: To the extent that we assign importance to silence, it can strengthen the connection with the Creator. Try to play a “silent game” during a meal or an activity aimed at unity.

In other words, remain silent, reflect, and gather the energy of intention directed toward the Creator. Connect yourself with your friends, bring them all together into one unified knot, and aim it toward the Creator. This is very good work. I recommend doing it at least once a day.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

Playing at Friendship and Love

943Comment: You say that the collective system understands any of our actions, even if we deceive ourselves, as if playing at friendship and love. It begins to influence us and truly restructures us.

My Response: Yes it is just like we behave with children. They play, mess up, jump, run, speak in an incomprehensible language, and don’t know what they are doing, but we communicate with them as with a very important element of creation that needs to be raised. This is how they develop. The same thing happens with us.

Comment: But we want this artificially and pretend that we love each other.

My Response: We understand that we are only pretending, we do not hide it from ourselves and do not pretend, as it happens in other methods. We know that this is how we are at this stage, and we are constantly revealing more and more layers of egoism in ourselves.

Along with this, we understand that nature is integral, it is some kind of huge single organism, and we need to come to the point in our awareness where we are the highest integral element of this organism.

Therefore, on the one hand, knowing that we are not yet in this quality, we still try to consciously move ourselves toward it. And this conscious movement forward changes us.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Signs of Advancement 2,” 3/11/10

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Let’s Pounce on the Congress Like a Pack of Wolves

942We are on the way to a convention, and the main goal now is to awaken a deep, urgent need for it even before we come to it. To achieve this, we must strengthen our connection and unite in our desire so that we can approach the convention with the same intensity as a pack of wolves pouncing on their prey and tearing it apart. This is how we need to prepare ourselves for the convention.

I want to integrate myself among all the participants of the convention with my desire and, together with everyone, extract everything that it contains. Each of us will seize their portion of the prey from the convention and understand that this is precisely why they came. Both men and women will take part in this action.

We want to unite around the topic of the convention and sink our teeth into it to draw life force from it. Each of us must grip it with all their strength because if we act modestly and yield it to one another, it will belong to no one. I must seize my portion myself, but not consume it for my own sake, but rather, pass it on to the Creator.

The force of true faith can only be drawn from the source of faith where we all unite, and each person gives the portion of prey they have captured to others, and in this way, we all share it between us.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/14/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 58

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Why Does it Seem that After Effort, Instead of Progressing, We Regress?

If we invest effort and feel that we regress, it indicates that we are undergoing the revelation of a new vessel. When does it seem that we are “going backward”? It is when there is a revelation of an empty vessel. This takes place when entering the left line, revealing a new vessel, or experiencing new Achoraim (the posterior side of the next spiritual degree). This is actually progress even though it feels negative; it is increased emptiness that will later be filled with corrections and light.

In such a state, we are in the left line and will later move to the right. The alternation of left and right creates what is called “descents and ascents.” However, these are not truly descents and ascents, but are two phases of correction. Such is the process of advancement—left, right, left, right. In the left, we feel empty and perceive ourselves as regressing. And indeed, we do go backward, away from spirituality. We are brought down to collect lower vessels, which indicates that we are ready to correct even those vessels.

Therefore, if we are experienced in spiritual work, we rejoice when feeling despair, confusion, or disarray. We are glad for these states of confusion and dispersion, as these feelings signal the addition of new vessels.

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Does the System Control Us or Do We Control the System?

929Question: Scientists have come to the conclusion that the human immune system uses chaos theory for the efficient functioning of the body.

Chaos theory says that the cause of chaos is sensitivity to initial conditions and parameters, and any small change at the initial level eventually leads to large changes and dynamics in the entire system.

They give as an example the “butterfly effect”—a butterfly flapped its wings on one side of the world and a hurricane occurred on the other.

Scientists say that in the immune system such a “butterfly” turns out to be a certain protein that triggers the activation of individual genes and thereby changes the state of the cells.

The immune system, in order to respond to the behavior of this protein, which is also very sensitive and changes its behavior, acts differently each time. That is, not formally, but in, as it seems, a very chaotic  order. That is, it is constantly updated, and various processes occur.

It does not stagnate; thus vulnerability does not accumulate, and it is able to repel various attacks.

Does society also move according to this chaos theory, in the dynamics of chaos? What is the correct way for a person in society and for society itself to move toward development, and not toward destruction, diseases, and so on?

Answer: First, we must understand that we study nature based on our own properties. And we ourselves are chaotic; there is absolute chaos in us, in the way we understand, know, and feel. That is, we do not know ourselves at all, and therefore we consider ourselves unpredictable and chaotic, and we consider the surrounding world to be the same.

But in reality, nothing random happens in it. Everything is built on strict, clear laws of nature, but we do not see them all together; we do not understand and do not see their interdependence.

There is nothing random in nature and there is no chaos. So if some butterfly somewhere flaps its wings, it means that it is absolutely certain that it should flap them. All this is strictly defined, established, and recorded in nature both billions of years ago and for billions of years ahead. Otherwise, nothing happens in nature.

Comment: The system is so complex, and it is updated every time.

My Response: This happens in front of our eyes because we do not see deeper processes! We do not see the system that governs all this!

Where is this entire computer, this entire huge program that manages all of nature? We do not see it.

Question: Once upon a time, the Indians who lived on the plateau over which airplanes flew simply did not see them. How can a person break through to this reality where something is happening?

Answer: One must focus their vision on something specific. They need to have a pre-existing concept in their mind, templates such as “airplane” or “ship.” Without these, they truly will not see it. We operate within a system that can very precisely identify something—or fail to—depending on whether it is encoded in our genes, attributes, or memory.

It is like a computer. Essentially, we are computers. For instance, a computer scans texts or images for specific features, and if those features are not in its database, it will not recognize them. Similarly, we have blind spots where we do not see that we lack the framework to perceive.

Comment: The scientist Mensky, who deals with quantum physics, says that between neurons in the brain, “rails” are laid down along which a person moves and cannot turn aside. It turns out that his whole life passes as if with blinders on his eyes. That is, he walks along one track and cannot turn away.

My Response: Naturally. We see this in ourselves and in those around us.

Question: At the same time, Mensky believes that at one moment there are an infinite number of alternatives to various situations. How can a person switch, to be in such dynamics every time? How can one stay in the dynamics of the system? And what will help him constantly switch?

Answer: No, that is not the right approach. Simply switching back and forth does not produce the desired effect.

One must understand that we are driven by the upper force, the unified force of nature, which is itself called “nature.” We can influence this unified force only by gathering in homogenous groups with a shared goal, collective efforts, and mutual support. Through such unified action, we can influence nature with our desires and trigger specific outcomes, positive ones, not harmful ones.

In this way, we can genuinely affect this vast supercomputer in which we exist. Even then, our actions will primarily accelerate our development toward the same goal, but along a kinder, smoother path.

If we align ourselves with each other and desire the same goal that nature has determined for our development, we can hasten our progress with collective effort. However, these efforts must be collaborative.

Question: In one of your Twitter posts you wrote that the upper system operates on us, and we recognize this influence as negative only due to our difference in properties. How can we perceive this positively, as a good influence, in all our actions?

Answer: To do so, we must understand nature’s goal, why it influences us, and how it does so. We must be prepared in advance to correctly accept these influences.

If I understand who is sending these influences, why they are sent, and where they are meant to lead me, then, in principle, I can remain in a comfortable state at all times and be ready to contribute more and more of my own effort to nature’s influence upon me.

Try to understand what nature expects of you and implement this in your life. Then you will see how quickly, smoothly, and positively you can move forward.

Question: How can a person recognize what nature requires from him?

Answer: Nature requires something that we do not like to hear: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Comment: People ask: “Why do something good for the neighbor? It is easier to just remove them and destroy them, and then I do not have to do anything good for anyone.”

My Response: But by doing this, I am removing my own progress in life. That is, I do not move myself toward a better goal.

The ultimate goal of our development is for all of us to unite as one single whole, through our desires, thoughts, intentions, plans, everything. We collectively form one enormous interconnected system. However, in our current perceptions and understanding, this system appears fragmented. We feel distant from one another, unaligned, indifferent, unwilling to listen to or help each other.

Nature’s vision for our future is the opposite: for all of us to unite and connect all our desires and intentions into a single, mutual system of support.

If I strive toward this, even in small ways, I am already aligning myself with the goal that nature has set for me. As a result, I will not need harsh corrections or even painful nudges from nature to push me forward.

Question: So with my actions, do I cause the same reaction in another?

Answer: Yes, I show him that I am doing this because in this way I want the best for both myself and him.

Question: Can we reorient people with such an approach?

Answer: Try. Show others that by doing good for them, you increase goodness in the world and want the entire world to be this way.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/20/19

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When Dealing with a Person’s Soul

559Question: You once said that a friend is an obstacle in me that appears to me as someone close to me. What does it mean?

Answer: I do not know in what context this was said at the time. I probably meant that all the people I see existing around me are actually pieces of my soul.

And when I achieve my final correction, and my perception of the world is corrected, I will discover that there is no one but me and the Creator. And everything that I feel today as inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human will turn out to be parts of my desire that represent a desire created by the Creator, a desire in which I will be completely similar to the Creator.

In the same way, you will reveal the entire universe within yourself as your integral part. And so will absolutely each of us without in any way preventing others from achieving the same feeling and revelation.

Perhaps this is what I meant when I said that my friend is my obstacle. In other words, until I discover him as my integral part, he is an obstacle to me because my still uncorrected state divides us into me and him.

Comment: But you were talking about my attitude, not toward any person, but specifically toward a friend. Let us say he may physically look a certain way, but it is my distortion that depicts him. That is how we perceive each other at the moment.

My Response: How is this so?! Am I interested in your hair, eyes, and everything else? What does that have to do with what is inside you? Am I worshiping idols?!

I strive to connect only with a person’s aspiration toward the Creator because it is his true, eternal, innermost desire that will not change and will only grow. And everything else in him will change. And in general, you should not relate to a friend based on some earthly information or passport data.

If I want to discover the true creation for myself, to enter the spiritual world, then I am dealing only with a person’s soul and in no way with his body. What difference does it make to me what kind of body he has, whether he has arms and legs, or not? I want to reach a state where it does not matter to me whether he is in his animalistic body or already beyond it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Whole Problem Is in Me,” 4/13/10

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What Is Important to Me in a Friend?

938.01Comment: It is still a mystery to me when you say: “The physical attributes of a friend are not important to me; what matters is their inner aspiration toward the Creator.”

My Response: What else is there in a person?! Everything else is animalistic!

In our animal nature, there is a special point in the heart, aspiration toward the Creator. This point is a fragment of a next, higher level. If I work with it and try to connect with it, I gather a group of these points on our physical level, a common desire.

When, by nullifying all our animal aspects, we aim to unite only the spiritual desires, we discover that we rise to the next level and reveal the next degree within this common desire.

And if we ignore our inner point and remain on the earthly level, then we are simply friends with material interests that organize our club and just live in this world. It is one or the other!

Why have we gathered together? To rise to the next level! Therefore, we need to discover our spiritual points and connect them to create a single spiritual vessel. In it, we will feel the next state, the next level, the upper world!

But if we focus on our animal characteristics such as physical attributes or character, we will remain at the level of our world and never transcend it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The whole Problem is in Me,” 4/10/10

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Preparation for The Zohar

65Question: How should a person prepare themselves for reading The Book of Zohar? There were suggestions that one should prepare before going to sleep since what a person falls asleep with is what they wake up with in the morning. Is it acceptable to read just any Kabbalistic books before bed?

Answer: Yes, of course. However, it is preferable to read books that are thematically and stylistically closer to The Book of Zohar; otherwise, you might approach it with a slightly different focus.

The point is, you can read Kabbalistic articles related to philosophy, religion, our world, or our life. But what you need to read is the part of Kabbalah (this is a science with many sections) that specifically directs you toward the revelation of The Book of Zohar. That way, you can pass through it like a filter into that world.

Question: Can one, for example, read Shamati?

Answer: Shamati is also good, but I usually prefer to read a passage from The Zohar before going to sleep. It is The Zohar! And even though you read it without understanding anything, it tunes you correctly and elevates you to a certain level. With it, you fall asleep, wake up in the morning, and go to the lesson.

Before the lesson, I typically read, work on materials, or write, and only on the subject of the upcoming lesson. After all, I want to provide people with the most relevant material, and I need to prepare myself accordingly.

Question: So is it not necessary to read The Zohar? Is it enough to simply listen to it?

Answer: Yes, you can listen to it. The key is to be immersed in it. If our first lesson is The Zohar, this is especially important. But if it is something else, you should align yourself with that material. If it is Shamati, then we focus on articles from Shamati. If it is The Zohar, then The Zohar. If it is The Study of the Ten Sefirot, then The Study of the Ten Sefirot. It is essential to align oneself with a specific perspective on the universe as it varies.

Question: Generally, one should prepare for studying The Zohar throughout the day. Many people ask: “How do we do that?” Listening is not always an option for everyone at work. How can one remain connected to this thought?

Answer: Try whenever possible to listen or read in brief moments. Strive to see what connects you to this book, understanding that it is not systematic.

It is not The Study of the Ten Sefirot or a systematic, logically presented study. The Zohar is a very enigmatic book with a unique style. But the essence embedded in it provides a powerful light of correction. If a person respects this book and does not abandon it, they will literally begin to feel changes within a couple of weeks.

We see this within our group. Since we started studying The Book of Zohar, the group has become more inwardly focused.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Preparation for The Zohar,” 3/11/10

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Derive Benefit in Any State

253Question: During the day, I find myself feeling anxious, dissatisfied, or angry.

How from this state can I develop the thought that this distances me from the Creator and that I need my ten? After all, I perceive everything as a normal state of egoism.

Answer: Write down such states for yourself, in a few words, but those that very close to your soul. And you will see what benefit it brings.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/14/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Want to Unite With All Your Heart

623Question: What can we do so everyone would have the same intention simultaneously during the day?

Answer: To stay constantly connected, in one desire, in one request throughout the day is a very difficult prerequisite, but if you are getting closer to that state, it is good.

Question: But if we want this with all our hearts—to have a strong ten, the lessons, and you, and to remain in constant connection—what are we missing?

Where is this transition to a permanent connection? What should we add to unification?

Answer: This depends on the right combination of your desires and direction toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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What Can Be Taken from a Friend?

Nothing can be taken from a friend. We can only be externally inspired by the way they work or think. To be inspired by a friend, we need to observe them without their knowledge and learn from their actions. For example, we can observe how a friend constantly writes during a lesson, while we ourselves do not. We can then ponder why they write, and we might assume that they refer to their notes later at home. In seeking such examples, we should focus only on the positive aspects and overlook the negative ones.

Always judge the friend favorably, noting how much they study and strive. Observe various small details and derive benefit from them. This is called “judging a friend favorably”; it is seeing only the good in them because it is from their goodness that we draw benefit, fuel, and motivation.

Therefore, we are never obligated to act or refrain from acting. It is about every person’s personal correction. The Torah does not prohibit anything; it only offers advice for personal spiritual progress. All prohibitions and advice aim to improve the person. If we do not judge a friend favorably, we cannot harm them in any way, but we also cannot draw help or additional strength from them. In such a case, the loss is entirely our own.

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When Envy Comes to the Rescue

528.02When we ask for our future state, we mean that goodness should manifest above our current egoism because we feel the ego as distance, rejection, and the impossibility of a good connection with each other, and good means good for the other, not for me.

When we imagine the future state, we see how much we cannot match it. I am not able to wish something good for another. I do not have this nature.

And then I have the only opportunity to change myself—to turn to the Creator in order to become a giver instead of a receiver and to think about others. But I cannot do that because it is like asking a stone to become a tree, and a tree to become an animal, and an animal to become a human. It is impossible! This is an ascent to a completely different stage of existence. How can I ask for it?

Here some selfish elements come to our aid: envy, passion, and vanity.

Envy is when I look at others and see that they succeed, that they gain a higher level, a higher state, but I do not. I was created in such a way that I envy. Even if these states are states of giving, loving, and including others in myself, I still envy them because these states come to me from the corrected system of Adam, which was created before his split.

But we have a group. If we develop a system of our connection in it, then despite our desire to remain single-minded, we will nevertheless connect with each other, break ourselves, strive by force toward an artificial union, and—at least not sensorially, but mechanically—get closer to each other.

Envy is especially important in this because with its help I install myself into others; I want what they have.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/5/19, Preparation for convention in Moldova “Turning to the Creator”

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How Can We Avoid Being Offended?

627.1Question: What can you say about grievances, reactions to them, and how to help people cope with them?

Grievances are put into the concept of corporate culture, where mechanisms are developed for people to report grievances, relying on the offender’s reaction regardless of the initial cause of the offense. A grievance is a person’s reaction to an unjust insult or action, as it seems to them. However, the reaction to an act and the event or attitude that caused it are not always aligned. Therefore, we wanted to ask you, as a Kabbalist, about this phenomenon and how a person should work with it correctly.

Answer: A person feels they have been hurt or struck. Essentially, their egoism has been affected, and they cannot tolerate it because egoism is the most central part of each of us: the desire to feel superior, stronger, more stable, confident, and so on. Suddenly my “self” is brought down; someone has hurt or tried to diminish it.

Here I feel offended, which can only be compensated by lowering the offender even further below me. That is why denunciations and similar reactions come into play.

Question: When we feel bad, why do we want to make others feel worse?

Answer: This is no longer about being offended but simply that our egoism that needs to maintain itself at a certain level and always feel superior to others, in a more comfortable state. Only then does it feel satisfied and it seems to us that life is flowing like it should.

Question: How can one remove an offense from the heart, not just rationalize it, but rise above and let go? How should one work with it correctly using the power of the offense to rise above it? How can one forgive and truly move on?

Answer: It is difficult. There is no simple answer for all situations.

From the perspective of the wisdom of Kabbalah, we need to understand that the upper governance exists between us. We have no direct contact with one another because there is the upper force between us that creates all our communication.

Therefore, if I feel offended by someone, I must understand that it is not about the person who acted against me or hurt me. No, it is about the upper force deliberately placing me in such a situation. I must address not the person who offended me, but the Creator, the upper force that acts upon me in this way.

If we begin to feel that between each of us and others is the Creator, it will become much easier for us to interact. We will be able to find the right connection between us and with the Creator, and suddenly we will realize that we are in an entirely different world.

We will discover a state where a benevolent force exists between all of us that works solely to elevate us toward itself.

But this elevation occurs precisely through our fall. It shows us how egoistic and weak we are, how we constantly endure minor humiliations like small children, and how we struggle to rise above ourselves.

Just as the sea surrounds small islands, we will begin to feel that only a benevolent, warm sea, the upper force, fills all the space between us.

We need to change, to rise above our egoism. Then we will feel like small islands in an archipelago, surrounded by a warm, kind sea.

Question: You described it so beautifully. But how can it be achieved?

Answer: It is not very difficult. You just need to focus on this state.

I have described a picture that truly exists and functions. If we begin to actively seek and discern the upper force between us, we will discover that this force is inherently good, while we are small, selfish creatures. What can we do? We need to rise above our egoism and align ourselves with this benevolent force that fills everything around us.

Question: What is the key factor in transitioning and shifting to this state?

Answer: It is the collective support of the environment you are in. The most important thing, as explained in the wisdom of Kabbalah, is to create a supportive environment of like-minded individuals where we help each other recognize, accept, and realize this state.

In our interactions, we must consistently act on understanding that a benevolent upper force exists between us. Since we are egoists by nature, the question becomes how can we neutralize our egoism so that this force can fill us as well?

When this happens, we find ourselves in a completely different world. We begin to perceive reality through the quality of bestowal rather than reception, through the quality of love and connection rather than hatred and alienation. We truly start to see a different nature.

Essentially, we reveal another force, the positive force that exists in nature, but is not evident in our world. We must uncover it ourselves through our mutual efforts. Then we will realize that two forces actually exist, positive and negative, and we will live in a correct balance between them.

Question: They say that understanding one another is our social “glue.” But since we are so different, this bonding does not seem to happen. How can we learn to understand one another when everyone has their own perspective of the world?

Answer: The problem is that we do not have common points of understanding. This is the most important thing. Because of this, we do not truly understand one another. Sometimes we agree with each other because it is convenient, but even then, we still do not really hear each other. It is simply that I find it pleasing, so I accept it. But what exactly I am accepting is hard to define; it could be beneficial to me at work, in studies, shopping, family life, with children, and so on. But in general, we do not hear each other.

To truly hear each other means to be on the same wavelength where I feel the other person’s state and fulfill them, and they feel my state and fulfill me. All of this happens through the benevolent upper force between us, which allows for constant, correct communication.

But this requires learning. That is why what I teach is called the wisdom of Kabbalah, the science of receiving, meaning the science of how to receive and accept another as they are without being disturbed or distorted by one’s egoism.

Question: How can we help someone who is at war with the world around them?

Answer: This is a miserable person. How can they escape this state? In general, it is a whole science. We can see that the entire world lives in a state of constant irritation, depression, with inner attacks on one another, malice, and egoistic calculations. What can we do? The only solution is to rise above it. But again, for this, a supportive environment is essential.

It is crucial to create the right environment where a person can naturally transform themselves under its influence. A positive environment is the most important factor. This is what we constantly work on, and we are always striving to align ourselves with a true and correct worldview.

Typically, we do this in a group of ten. Ten people come together, and they are given a task: to relate to each other as one collective whole. To achieve this, everyone must lower themselves before the others. I lower myself before my nine friends. Then I feel that I must help them, which means I must rise above them. After that, I must be equal to them, and so on.

These exercises allow us to develop the internal flexibility necessary to establish the right connection between us. Essentially it is psychological training that leads to absolutely amazing results.

A person suddenly begins to feel that there is nothing inherently their own within them, that their character, state, and mood are given to them as initial conditions, and they must adjust these to fit the surrounding environment. When they perform these exercises of internal flexibility, they see that it is not difficult and even start to wonder, “Who am I, really?”

The most optimal state for me is when I adapt myself to the collective. And in this way, each of us in the group adjusts ourselves to everyone else.

As a result, we achieve a homogeneous, integrated, and correct state where we merge and unite together. We understand each other perfectly and almost need no words. We develop an internal connection where we are all included in one another.

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, this is the method for elevating humanity to the state of one single, unified, benevolent group, a single entity. When this will be fully realized is unknown. But at the very least, we can accomplish this in small groups.

Question: How can one feel and understand what is truly good or beneficial for another person and what is harmful?

Answer: To do this, you must feel the other person. How can you know what is good or bad for them? The most important thing is to feel them. This requires training, as I have previously mentioned. You need to lower yourself to zero, as if you do not exist, and only then will you begin to hear and feel them.

Suddenly, you will start to feel that you are inside them, feeling all their thoughts, aspirations, dreams, memories, and everything within them. And you will feel it as they do, not as you might imagine it if you were in their place. There are many nuances here.

At the same time, you will begin to show them from within that your attitude toward them is warm and kind, and they will not be able to resist this, they will transform into kindness.

Question: Should one strive to show empathy to absolutely everyone?

Answer: No, our world is not like that. I am talking only about specific cases, such as when you want to establish a very close connection with someone. This can work, but only with someone who is somewhat understanding and deserving, not just with anyone you meet on the street.

This is indeed a gradual training process. You can achieve such a state when, by lowering yourself to zero, you effectively bring them to zero, but in a kind way.

You need to nullify yourself, immerse yourself in them, see the world through their eyes, and empathize with them with whatever is happening within them. You become their companion, a part of them, constantly and inseparably connected to them as if dissolving, merging, and bonding with them internally. Then, you begin to see the world as they do.

What happens next depends on your goal. Do you want to learn more about them? If so, through this approach, you will understand them. And then, what kind of response do you want from them?

Comment: Mutuality, perhaps.

My Response: For that, something a bit different is needed. When you feel them and see the world through their eyes, you must show them that you are close to them, ready to walk alongside them, and help them. In other words, you must become an inseparable part of them.

By doing this, you will “win them over,” and they will no longer be able to be without you. Women often instinctively use this approach, and rightly so. Female nature is naturally attuned in this way. When a woman shows a man that he truly needs her and backs it up, not with words, but through actions, he “buys into” it.

This is what is called “winning love” like any other relationship. You dissolve into the person, start to feel how they see the world, what they want, anticipate their actions, desires, thoughts, and reactions, and help them. They see that you are an inseparable part of them. How could they part from you?

When a person studies Kabbalah, they do not feel personal offense because they view themselves the same way. They are constantly battling their egoism, trying to suppress it, crush it, and push it deeper down until it disappears entirely.

So when others treat them the same way, they do not feel defeated. Instead, they feel how these actions affect their spiritual work. It might even help them or it might hinder them.

I have observed this in my teacher. When he was gravely insulted, he would find pleasure in it, saying: “Ah, how good this is!” It is like being in a steam bath where the sting of the birch broom brings both pain and enjoyment. It is a similar state.

You already perceive your body and ego as your enemy. You even align with the one who offends you, and recognize that ultimately, this benefits you.

However, if this interferes with your mission, with your life’s work, then your reaction is different. You must “grind down” your ideological opponent.

Question: And how does it all end?

Answer: It ends with the need to persuade them. Otherwise, everything will have been in vain. The upper force that exists between you will have done all it could, but you will have responded incorrectly or incompletely.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/14/19

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Acquire the Qualities of the Creator

258Question: The Creator divided Himself into two parts: the perceiver and what is perceived. Will this situation always remain?

Answer: This is how our perception is structured; it consists of the perceiver and what he perceives.

But the fact is that in our case when we are dealing with the revelation of the Creator, we have an interesting quality. A person begins to acquire the qualities of the Creator. There is no limit to his attainment, right up to the feeling of the world of infinity.

Question: Ultimately, the Creator we attain, is He the Creator who can simultaneously exist in all, even the most distant parts?

Answer: Absolutely!
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/10/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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535.03Question: The realization that I suddenly feel wealthy while everything around me remains unchanged feels like a test. What is the Creator testing me for? Why am I going through this?

Answer: The Creator is testing you and all of us on whether our perception of the governance of the world will be directed toward the benefit of the world. This is the most important thing.

What should we be cautious of? An incorrect attitude toward the world and everything created by the Creator. We aspire to perceive this world with a feeling of love, care, and the continuous development of everything the Creator has made. Therefore we must be very careful to ensure that our revelation of the world unfolds with a feeling of care and love for all of creation.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/10/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Two Signals of Connection

239Question: You said we need to use our imagination and seek contact with the Creator within our hearts. How does this relate to seeking the Creator in the connection between us?

Answer: We aim to tune ourselves to connection with the Creator where we can identify what goes from us to the Creator and what returns to us from Him.

This involves just two signals: the signal we send to the Creator and the signal we receive from Him. Our task is to clearly distinguish between what pertains to reception and what pertains to bestowal.

All of this happens within the connection between us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Relationships Will Be Corrected by Themselves

261Question: When I receive from the Creator, I do not feel shame. Instead I feel a demand for Him to give me more, and I come up with excuses like, “He created me this way.” How can I get out of this state?

Answer: This will gradually pass as it will be balanced through your relationships.

There Is no need to invent anything to artificially correct the inner meaning of these relationships. They will be corrected by themselves over time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/13/25, Writings of Baal HaSulamMatan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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