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Question: It is said that Abraham received an instruction from the Creator to perform a commandment. But he was not certain of himself and went to consult with others. Doesn’t he trust the Creator? After all, Abraham already senses Him.

Answer: We are speaking about how a person assesses their own forces. A person lives like an animal for thousands of years, from one incarnation to the next, just like the rest of the world.

We have lived through many cycles of reincarnation, in all kinds of forms and in various places. Throughout these cycles of the soul, we have developed in terms of our desires and demands. We see the nature of this development: the soul evolves and demands more and more.

Why the soul? Because the animalistic part within us does not develop. Our body remains the same body. Were it not for the spiritual part in a person, we would be just like an animal. Do animals evolve and suddenly demand television, automobiles, rockets, or music? Nothing of the sort. An animal remains an animal. As it is born, so it remains. An animal has only one law: to care for its existence.

Therefore, what develops within us is the spiritual aspect, which evolves in two stages. The first stage is material, animalistic, or a kind of animal-spiritual phase. We pursue sex, honor, money, and knowledge. The soul develops in this way, but this development takes place through the pursuit of pleasures found in this world.

After it has developed in this manner over many incarnations, a Hisaron, a lack or yearning for spiritual pleasures, is revealed within it. A person begins to sense the “point in the heart”; they desire something that is beyond this world, beyond the pleasures they can receive in their corporeal senses.

The spiritual pleasure one lacks is called Ohr (light), and the medium through which one can receive and perceive it, is called Neshama (soul)—a spiritual vessel, or Kli.

When a person begins to develop this Kli, even if gradually, through being granted this lack (Hisaron) that emerges within them after all the animalistic development spanning many incarnations, they become similar to Abraham.

They begin to feel an aspiration, a yearning for spirituality. This is akin to the Creator telling them: “Develop yourself, come to a new, special, better state.” And then a person begins to sense various forces, thoughts, and impulses that are either for that state or against it.

Rabash explains that this is like a theatrical play, where each actor portrays a certain quality within the person. Thus, Mamre is one quality within the person, Sarah is another, the whole household of Abraham with all his cattle, his field (in short, all the trappings of a Bedouins lifestyle) represent the forces of their soul that are either for their development or against it.

Why must it be this way? After all, the Creator says: “Lech Lecha!” “Go forth!” The road is laid out, go forward! So why should there be doubts? Why should you oppose it?

Because the intention is for you to become a human being, to develop into a human being, and not remain an animal. A person could be left as a puppet and improved, made into anything desired, without their own awareness or participation.

But in that case the created being would remain on the animate level, whereas the purpose is to delight the created beings by bringing a person up to the Creator’s degree, since delighting them on a lower degree is not considered delight from the Creator’s perspective. If there is something good, it can only exist in its fullest form. That is, to give anything less than the “greatest good” is not truly “to delight.”
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/6/26, Rabash, “When Should One Use Pride in the Work?”

Question (from Facebook): What is the most important question you ask yourself that you have not yet found an answer to?

Answer: The most important question I have not yet found an answer is this: How can I personally bring you to the state where you reveal the Creator and then explain it to everyone else?

I am not joking. In fact, my greatest concern is how to bring the method of correcting the world, the method of attaining happiness, to everyone.
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From KabTV’s “Answers to questions from Facebook”

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Comment: At different times you have emphasized the importance of different topics. First it was children’s education, then working through crises, then the writings of Baal HaSulam or the articles of Rabash, then The Book of Zohar, then The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES). Each time, people tend to think that this is now the final and most important subject they should focus on.

My Response: Yes, in this way, we gradually study the material until eventually everything comes together into one unified whole.

In Kabbalah, there is essentially no separation at all. The difficulty is that we are unable to grasp everything simultaneously, so we study it one topic at a time. Later, all of these separate topics merge into one unified science, one comprehensive method.

The same thing happens in our world. We study reality by dividing it into physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history, into thousands of different subjects and specialties.

But where does all this division come from? The world is one single reality! Why have I divided it into so many separate parts? Inanimate matter is one field, plant life another, animal life another, human beings yet another.

Why do I need these divisions? Because I am incapable of integrating everything into my mind all at once. I cannot contain all of these sciences within me simultaneously. That is why there are different professions and why people become specialists.

In Kabbalah, however, such separation does not truly exist. Yet, in order to embrace the entire science of the upper world, we must study it piece by piece. Over time, it becomes integrated within us because we will merge and unite into one common soul, and there will no longer be any separation between us.

For me, everything will become one. Moreover, it will continue to simplify until it is reduced to a single vessel containing the simple light. In that lies the whole of creation—including our own tiny world.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Laitman’s Bullying” 10/13/10

Question: Are my desires predetermined by the Creator? Right now, I am acting on my intentions. Are these intentions mine, or do they also come from the Creator?

Answer: There is nothing of “you” within you. This applies to all of us; everything comes from the Creator.

Sometimes the Creator places very unpleasant situations in our path so that later we will realize they were actually good and in this way learn from them.

But when we judge our past actions and suffer greatly because of them, these too are the actions of the Creator passing through our desire, through our egoism. We merely feel what the Creator is doing to us and accumulate these impressions.

Question: When a person turns directly to the Creator, does that mean he is actually turning to his own egoism?

Answer: Of course. But even that is good. In reality, a person is talking to himself while projecting some image before him.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian on 1/21/18

Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 167

In Spirituality, “Female” Refers to the Will to Receive That Requires Correction, a Deficiency, a Vessel Ready to Be Corrected and Filled With Light. So Why, Traditionally, Do Men Study Kabbalah and Not Women?

The distinction is not about biological superiority, but about different inner structures and roles in correction.

A woman, by nature, is generally more connected to concrete reality and to the natural order of this world. Her desires are more grounded in life itself, that is, to the home, family, and stability. Due to this deep connection to nature, it is more difficult for her to detach from it.

A man, on the other hand, is naturally more detached from the immediate reality. This detachment causes him to make more mistakes in worldly matters, but it also enables a greater capacity to abstract, to disconnect from nature, and to yearn for something beyond it. In general, women tend to function in this world more stably and realistically than men.

Therefore, the deficiency for spirituality does not depend on physical gender, but on the extent to which we can rise above our nature and long for adhesion with the Creator.

According to this traditional view, men are obligated in spiritual work because their nature allows (and requires) that upward striving. Women are not obligated in the same way, unless a genuine spiritual deficiency awakens in them.

There is a kind of “test” described:

A woman is first given what corresponds to her natural framework, that is, a husband, home, and children (what is called “a woman of the home”). If, after having these, she still yearns for Godliness, then the spark is considered authentic. If she seeks spirituality while lacking basic natural fulfillment, it might be that she is trying to compensate spiritually for unmet natural needs.

Why is a different test applied to men?

It is because a man does not naturally experience attachment to home and family in the same way. Therefore, he must also be grounded (married, responsible, and working) before engaging seriously in spiritual work. He too cannot escape worldly responsibility. A man without burden and responsibility is also considered unready. Therefore, both are tested according to their different inner structures.

Even when women study, traditionally the method is different because male and female souls represent different modes of spiritual structure. For that reason, serious study was not historically conducted in mixed settings.

An illustrative story is told about RABASH’s eldest daughter, who intensely desired to study. Baal HaSulam even taught her before her marriage. Yet once she became pregnant, her desire to study disappeared completely. Her thoughts became fully directed toward her child. RABASH reportedly observed this with amazement. This is presented as an example of how strongly nature operates.

Today, however, the situation is different. Many women who have stable lives, with a family, home, and fulfillment in this world, still feel a strong pull toward Kabbalah. This is considered a relatively new phenomenon. Sometimes the awakening could be influenced by environment or social context, but even that can accelerate the development of the point in the heart until it ignites independently.

In any case, if a genuine spiritual desire exists, a woman may certainly pursue spirituality. However, the traditional view maintains that the form of study and inner work differs, because the spiritual roots of male and female souls are different.

Ultimately, in spirituality, “male” and “female” are inner qualities present in every person. The female aspect is the deficiency, the will to receive. The male aspect is the intention to bestow. Both are required for complete correction.

From a Talk on the Article “What Is, ‘There Is None as Holy as the Lord, for There Is None Besides You,’ in the Work?” 6/11/2002

Comment: The neurons that make up our brain function as logic gates. They are adapted to reflect the logic that exists in nature and reproduce it in the brain and nervous system. Therefore, they can sense when the information reaching them does not correspond to that logic.

It seems to me that if a person is presented with false information, he begins to sense it at the level of the neurons. And if a person is continually fed falsehoods, it may even lead to illness. History provides examples of how years of feeding people false information have resulted in social consequences and widespread negative phenomena.

In other words, there is an objective truth in nature that is reflected in the neurons themselves, enabling them to detect falsehood.

My Response: The fact is that within human consciousness there are two levels of nature. The higher level represents the perfect connection among all parts of nature, while the lower level is an absolutely fragmented, egoistic connection.

Today we function on the egoistic level, in mutual alienation from one another. Yet, nature is arranged in such a way that, through all the positive and negative feelings that arise within us and through the comparison of reason and emotion, it gradually leads us to examine what truth really is.

We will inevitably have to accept the system of complete interconnectedness, and we will begin to perceive this entire system existing for the sake of its all-encompassing nature and integrality. It exists within every person.

Therefore, it is quite possible that our neurons sense that the perception of truth is inherent in our nature. Essentially, we are structured correctly; it is only that all of this is covered over by an immense egoism that conceals from us the complete, closed system that is entirely good.
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From KabTV’s “Together about the main thing. Alexander Zhdanov,” 12/8/17

Question (from Facebook): How can God be placed within a system? God created this world, yet you believe that He can be comprehended by the human mind?

Answer: No, I do not think so. You are absolutely right. God cannot be placed within a system. He cannot be revealed through the human intellect or human senses.

To do this we must create such conditions within ourselves to acquire properties, sensations, and discernments that correspond to the Creator, correspond to God. Then, within these, we will begin to perceive Him.

It is like everything else in our world: If I perceive a certain phenomenon, then it exists within me, and I can thus perceive it outside of myself. This is how all of our instruments work. If one of my instruments is not tuned to the frequency or the phenomenon that I wish to investigate, then I will not perceive it. For example, without a radio receiver I cannot receive radio waves, because I do not possess such sensory apparatus.

Therefore, an ordinary person in our world cannot perceive God, the Creator, unless he correctly tunes himself to Him. What does it mean to tune oneself? There is a method for this called the wisdom of Kabbalah. It is the method for revealing the Creator to a person in this world.

It is based on gradually enabling a person to acquire properties that correspond to the Creator. Then within those properties, a person can discover the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 3/23/25

Question: When I look for the Creator in the media, the evening news, in everything that surrounds me, I go down to the level of cause, where the origins of my state are traced. But due to a lack of experience or understanding, I misinterpret the cause of what is happening. Does it matter?

Answer: Day after day, you listen to the news and observe events, all the while remembering that these situations are orchestrated by the Creator, and you ask yourself why and for what purpose. You make calculations, and various thoughts come to you, leading you to realize that the Creator is sending you these states.

But you should not descend below the level of the cause, as this will make you focus on yourself rather than on the Creator. We, on the contrary, must connect everything only to the Creator, so that we may eventually compel Him to reveal Himself. When the Creator reveals Himself to us, we will see what is really happening.

Question: This means that only the search for the Creator matters. Is understanding not so important?

Answer: In any case, we will not be able to understand the situation. Understanding can be achieved from the level above the current state, where all the forces that shape the next state originate.

If you want to understand what is happening to you right now, you must rise at least one level above. Once you are on the higher level, you will gain insight into what is happening on the lower level. In other words, you cannot understand a state from the same level; you must rise to a higher level.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/23/26, Rabash, “What Is the Importance of the Groom, that His Iniquities Are Forgiven?”

Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 166

What Must One Do So That the Appeal to the Creator Will Be Detached from Oneself?

In order for an appeal to the Creator to be detached from oneself, we must examine our attitude to Him.

It is relatively easy for a person to imagine “I exist.” It is also not so difficult to imagine “my desire toward Him.” However, we cannot hold on to that sensation for long. We somehow grasp an inner image that tells us this is the Creator, but that image constantly changes, because we do not know what the Creator is in His ultimate form or inner sensation.

We can, in some way, position these two points of “I” and “He” in every state we are in. However, once these two points are present, the challenge is to examine the extent to which our attitude is directed at ourselves, and to what extent we imagine that it is directed at the Creator.

When we complete this scrutiny, we are given the next state, and the process continues accordingly.

Question: How do we connect our hearts?

Answer: Through aspiration. When you feel that you are reaching out to others and you receive some response from them as well: “Oh!” Then you feel that one heart has truly opened, and then another, a common space begins to appear and between them.

Within that common space, love is already felt along with understanding, mutuality, and connection. There is a lack of life force, but not an animalistic one; rather, spiritual life force. I can feel it only if I connect with another person in this way.

Question: So, when a person says, “I have no strength.” Even though he has food and money, he says, “I have no strength, I simply have no strength to live.” Does this mean that he is searching for another heart?

Answer: Yes! Unconsciously, he feels that he has no one to live for. After all, life is built on giving birth, raising children, bestowing to others, and receiving the same from them. This mutual fulfillment of one another—that is life. It is impossible to give to someone without receiving in return. And so it continues.

Question: Are those times approaching?

Answer: I hope so.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 6/22/26

A created being is something that exists in the spiritual world, because our corporeal world exists only in our imagination.

The created being is born from the middle line, from the point where two opposite forces are present: reception and bestowal.

It knows how to combine these two forces in such a way as to use the force of reception, which is opposite to the Creator. It was deliberately created this way in order to give the created being independence and the ability to stand freely opposite the Creator. In this way, we can build our own independent identity that incorporates both of these forces together.

At every step, the created being must combine these two forces correctly, and verify the process stage by stage for each new portion of egoistic desire that is revealed within it. Thus, the created being grows itself, builds itself from its own material with the help of the force of bestowal, which it draws from the right line.

In essence, all the work is performed by the force of bestowal, the force of the light, the Creator. But the created being must prepare everything necessary for this. Just as in our world we use all the means available to us on the still, vegetative, animate, and human levels, together with all the powers of our feelings and mind. Yet we still say that we ourselves did the work, because it is we who perform these actions using the materials of this world and our own abilities.

Corporeal and spiritual construction proceeds in the same way: first there is a plan, and then, using the materials available to us, we begin to build different forms. So it is in the spiritual world. Through our desire and understanding, we ourselves build the “forms of the Creator,” our attitude toward Him, which resembles His attitude toward us.

On the one hand, this is our own work, as it is written: “I labored and found.” But on the other hand, it is the Creator’s work, because we learn from Him, from His examples, and ask Him to carry it out. We are true partners with Him, because we ourselves know exactly what we want and must prepare everything necessary!

In other words, we pursue the middle line in our intention, by uniting desire and intention, and by deciding for ourselves how to correctly unite the forces of holiness and impurity, the left and right lines.

We also build the middle line by connecting with the group through the light. We want to become included in the group and find our desire to bestow within it, yet that desire can be created only by the light, by the Creator, who is concealed within it. Thus, we incorporate these two forces: the force of the group and the force of the Creator within ourselves, while we remain in the middle line.

In many other examples as well, we see that we operate in the middle line, because we must combine these two forces—reception and bestowal—in order to acquire freedom of choice and independently build ourselves from them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/28/11, “Preparing for the New Jersey Convention”

The root of the screen is my attitude toward the Creator; it is what we call the greatness of the goal, the greatness of the Creator. Although it is still for the sake of reception, it constitutes the root of the screen.

When can I say that I have it? When I am in darkness, precisely when the surrounding light does not shine upon me. The surrounding light is not the light that will correct me. It is the light that will later clothe within me as the inner light.

It is specifically during darkness that a person sees that he is in an animalistic state, and the human within him is not being awakened that from above. Everything depends on how he himself is able to make a Human of himself, to awaken a desire toward the Creator within himself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/29/26, Rabash, “One’s Greatness Depends on the Measure of One’s Faith in the Future”

Our perception of descents and ascents does not align with the true state of affairs but rather with what the will to receive feels. When the light influences me, I experience an ascent, and if it does not, then a descent, and I fall into depression.

That is, I check according to how full or empty my stomach is, or how full my pocket is, based on my vessels (Kelim) of reception. But from a spiritual point of view, this constitutes neither a descent nor an ascent.

How can I truly measure my ascents and descents? Only when the light does not shine upon me. Do I exalt the Creator on my own and not only when I receive from Him? Do I praise Him because He is great in my eyes? I can exalt the Creator by 10%, by 10 or 20 grams, or perhaps I am completely unable to do this. That is the measure.

It is impossible to determine this while receiving pleasure because the light cancels the Kli (vessel). Such measurement is possible only in a state of darkness when I make a restriction on myself and say that what is happening does not matter. The main thing is that I do not want the presence or absence of light to influence me. I want to relate to the Creator as He is, without this having any relation to me.

If I am able to cope with states of darkness, then it can be said that I am, as if, in a state where I maintain the restriction, not wanting the light to shine on me. I do not want to go toward the purpose of creation by means of the fuel that the Creator gives me, since when He gives me light, I go, and when He does not give, I do not go. I want to advance by means of my own light, in a state of darkness, the goal is important to me and this serves as my fuel.

Only I myself can develop the sensation of the importance of the goal within me, and precisely when I am in darkness.

This is what is called faith. And whether I feel good or not depends on whether I can go forward with the light of faith. If the light of faith serves me instead of the illumination coming from above, then I will feel good. And if the light of faith does not serve me, or it is weak, or there is not enough of it, this means that I have not yet reached the above-described state.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/29/26, Rabash, “One’s Greatness Depends on the Measure of One’s Faith in the Future”

Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 165

What Must One Do So That the Appeal to the Creator Will Be Detached from Oneself?

In order for an appeal to the Creator to be detached from oneself, we must examine our attitude to Him.

When we complete this scrutiny, we are given the next state, and the process continues accordingly.

Comment: Humanity is plagued by illnesses and many are incurable. Everyone searches for advice that might suddenly help them navigate life.

My Response: Relax and do not try to change anything. Drift calmly with the flow of life. Accept what is. Everything that happens is done by the Creator. So, do not contradict Him, but feel connected to Him at every moment.

Question: What can we do with the fears that constantly spur a person?

Answer: There will be no fears! Because fear stems from wanting to secure a specific future for yourself. But that doesn’t exist here.

Question: So fear arises when you do not agree with Him?

Answer: Yes. But here that isn’t the case. The future vanishes; it simply isn’t there. In other words, every moment is like passing away and leaving nothing behind. There is peace. What has been, will be. You know, like the inscription on Solomon’s ring?

Question: Yes. So you think that if a person gets used to this formula, if he lives it, exists with it, then it will free him from fears and even from pain?

Answer: It is not just about being free from fear and pain, but also about being properly connected with nature, with the Creator.

Question: What is the result of it?

Answer: This will give you a connection with the Creator, peace, closeness, and simply connection.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 6/23/26

They say that the light of faith must be like the light that has departed. If it is so, and a person receives light from within themself (meaning that he does not become the source of strength and light, but possesses a sense of the importance of the goal in relation to the Creator), then they receive the light of faith from above, the light of Hassadim, that fills them.

With this light they can live. This is already the second phase, the quality of Binah. If he is capable of this, then what remains for him further is only complete, perfect faith.

These are the states we go through in one way or another. We still do not understand how we are doing this. And although all these states are also within the will to receive, this is a real preparation for the true degrees.

It is necessary to value that we are given the sensation of darkness. This is a sign that we have already received the possibility to develop our Kelim (vessels) from above. Therefore, the time of the departure of the light is a blessed time, the time of building the Kelim.

The fact that we get frightened, fall, fear these states, and sometimes feel that they are worse than death for us is the feeling of our animate part. But in the spiritual Kli this state must lead to the possibility of ascent.

A person must distinguish two parts within oneself: their animal part suffers, but it is precisely at this moment that their soul must rise. It receives the possibility to awaken toward faith and to receive the light of faith. To rise means to feel how great the Creator is.

At what moment can I feel that He is great in my eyes? If I receive much from Him. But can I say that the Creator is great when I do not receive from Him, and moreover, when I receive darkness? Then I will not depend on my will to receive. To be great in the soul or great in the body (in the will to receive) are two different things.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/29/26, Rabash, “One’s Greatness Depends on the Measure of One’s Faith in the Future”

Question: How can I protect myself from a sense of hopelessness when I think that everything comes from above and nothing depends on me?

Answer: No, if I think that everything comes from above, such an approach will not solve my problems or free me from my work.

All states are sent to us by the Creator; I must relate to this as a cause. But afterward, the Creator requires me to work both internally and externally. Just as I relate to my inner enemies and those who hate me, so too should be my attitude toward them in the external world.

The external must correspond completely to the internal. If you were to deal with the enemies within your soul, you would immediately see changes in the external world.

Gradually, people discover that there is no external solution to this problem. If you are unable to descend to a lower degree, to dig deeper, and see the true cause, then only crazy ideas come to your head and nothing more. There is no solution.

A person who does not descend to the level where the causes are revealed simply burns through life; he remains an animal. And no matter how much suffering he experiences, he will not achieve anything. He will live or be killed, but he truly lives only when he begins to connect all his states with the Creator, but only in a purposeful way. This is what all our work consists of.

Through these states, we gradually come to understand the necessity of revealing the divine. This is already a lower degree, when you do not want the Creator to reveal Himself as the one who brings evil, and then you establish connection with Him. A demand develops to perceive the Creator as a good cause rather than an evil one, and not because you feel bad. You simply do not want to relate to the upper force in such a way.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/23/26, Rabash, “What Is the Importance of the Groom, that His Iniquities Are Forgiven?”

Question: How can I work with joy when such terrible things are happening around me? And things aren’t well inside either. In short, there is chaos both inside and out.

Answer: Joy is the result of the revelation of the Creator. The fact that He reveals Himself in such an obvious and clear form is a sign that the Creator is giving us the opportunity to correct this state.

If you do not connect this situation with the Creator, then of course you cannot be happy. You have no reason for it. But as soon as you connect this state with Him, two kinds of happiness arise.

You can be happy knowing that you are being cared for, you are not forgotten: “That means it is not happening by chance, and I can relax a little and rest. It is as if I have applied something life-giving to my wounds, and I feel better. The Creator exists, and I am not working in vain.”

But this is a false joy. By rejoicing in this way, you have simply sweetened (bribed) your desire to receive. By doing so, you have not done any useful work, and you have not advanced spiritually.

The second kind of joy is when you can reveal the Creator, establish contact with Him, and make corrections through these states. I will explain this in greater detail: The state that we receive, whether it is external or internal, descends from above. In fact, it is not the state that descends from above, but the light that shines into my Kli.

My Kli, my desire to receive, is completely covered with sores and festering wounds, and the light shines on them. But I see these sores only in their external form, only their external manifestation: the hostility of the Arabs, wars, diseases, injustice. I do not feel these wounds within my own soul. But the upper light that shines upon it reveals to me that I am completely rotten from within.

You can associate all these external manifestations (diseases, suffering, enemies) with the Creator, but you must see that all of this is a reflection of your soul. All of this is happening inside you, within your soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/23/26, Rabash, “What Is the Importance of the Groom, that His Iniquities Are Forgiven?”

Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 164

What Does It Mean to Prepare the Sensation?

According to the correction of the vessels, the Creator fills a person, dresses within them, and that is what the person feels. The preparation for this is the preparation of the sensations, the vessels.

A person who is hard of hearing buys a hearing aid. A nearsighted person buys glasses. Someone whose sense of taste is dull eats strongly flavored foods. A tired person drinks a cup of coffee to wake up a bit. If someone wants to heighten their sensitivity or stir their emotions, they might listen to special music. Various preparations are made in order to sharpen the senses.

Sometimes we see someone crying and it makes us laugh. At other times, someone tells us something ordinary and it brings us to tears. Everything depends on the person’s preparation.

We are in the most exalted state, that of final correction. However, due to our dull senses, we feel only a tiny fraction of it, and even in that tiny portion, we feel everything as the opposite of the final correction and curse our lives. The entire work of correction is the correction of our senses. This is “recognition of evil.” However, again the question arises: How can we know this if “the good” is concealed?

Baal HaSulam gives a parable about a wealthy man who locked his son in a dark basement with nothing but the food that was lowered down to him. The son cursed his father and saw him as a cruel torturer.. When he was finally taken outside and shown that there is another life beyond, his mental state worsened. He did not understand what was happening. He felt like the most miserable person in the world. These are exactly the kinds of states we go through.

Over time, we gradually learn from our state. What does “learn” mean? After his heart has been broken for twenty years, they bring light into the basement, and then he discovers all the treasures his father left there for him. He begins to understand that everything was done for his sake. And why was he in sorrow for twenty years? It was because he could not have digested all his wealth, in less time than that. Now he can. The vessel must be suited to the light, to the revelation.

Comment: I have heard about a certain kind of enlightenment in a person’s development, but I do not understand what it is or how to attain it. Please help me understand.

My Response: I can only direct you to the path that leads to enlightenment.

Enlightenment is a ray of the upper light that comes to you, illuminates all your inner desires and thoughts, gathers them together, and enables you to evaluate and feel the world you exist in, to see it and enter into it. Then you truly begin to perceive the world, the universe, and its perfection.

Question: Does a person that they are not actually in this world?

Answer: Each of us exists in our own world. Since at present our perceptions are more or less similar, we call them “our world.” But one must go beyond its boundaries and discover that there are other states as well.

Question: What will a person see?

Answer: Governance. The governance over him. And the world that is depicted within him, he will see as an illusion. That is enlightenment.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 6/28/25

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PublicazioniArticles on current events, culture, popular science, relationships and more, presented from the unique perspective of the wisdom of Kabbalah

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Articles on current events, culture, popular science, relationships and more, presented from the unique perspective of the wisdom of Kabbalah

Kabbalah Media
Copyright © 2003-2026 Bnei Baruch – Kabbalah L’Am Association, Tutti i diritti riservati