New Life #1154 – Experiences In Life

New Life #1154 – Experiences in Life
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Yael Leshed-Harel

The ultimate experience is to discover the Creator, the upper force, which is the source of all reality. It is worthwhile to prepare and educate children before they go through experiences and summarize afterward so they can learn how to protect themselves. They need special treatment as they go through traumatic events like domestic violence. These days, people are constantly seeking out new thrills; however, the wisdom of Kabbalah raises us to a higher degree so that worldly experiences become like a grain of sand. In the process of spiritual development, our soul becomes our guide to attaining the truth and perfection of the upper world.
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From KabTV’s “New Life #1154 – Experiences in Life,” 8/13/19

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“How To Rise Above Time, Space And Motion And Communicate With The Dead” (Thrive Global)

Thrive Global published my new article: “How to Rise Above Time, Space and Motion and Communicate With the Dead”

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, if we were to develop like nature and its laws, and aspire to a more advanced human state, we would need no such technological means. We would experience a more perfect reality than any technological development that a narrow human brain can ever imagine.

AI technology is taking a turn to help us communicate with the dead. The HereAfter startup offers AI learning so that you can continue holding conversations with your loved ones after they pass away. Instead of settling for stories based on memories of your loved ones, HereAfter offers to learn their speech and behaviors with AI technology, so that you can stay in touch with them after they pass away.

This is yet another example of how we keep advancing technologically, but fail to advance internally, in our attitudes toward people, the world and nature. If we would be more mentally and emotionally advanced, then we would see the need to communicate with our dead loved ones as simply childish and stemming from a lack of purpose in life.

It is understandable that people seek feelings of warmth, support and protection, and that this technology can help provide those sensations, but such engagement contributes nothing to any positive human development. It’s no different to the tendency today to have psychoactive drugs readily available: to hold us within bubbles of calmness.

Society in general lacks purpose in life. What once would illuminate in front of us as a lofty goal worth working toward, has disappeared. In its absence, such developments together with the legalized drug tendency, which I see in the same line, emerge as temporary replacements.

You Don’t Need Technology to Communicate With the Dead

According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, if we were to develop like nature and its laws, and aspire to a more advanced human state, we would need no such technological means. We would experience a more perfect reality than any technological development that a narrow human brain can ever imagine.

Who are Kabbalists? They are people who have attained a perception and sensation of reality as interconnected, above time, space and motion. Since they rise above time, space and motion, they can communicate with each other and with people from the near or distant past, regardless of whether they have made physical contact.

It is neither an imaginary, illusory, mystic nor prophetic ability. It is, instead, a very real ability attainable with the Kabbalah methodology.

By rising above time, space and motion in our perception and sensation, we gain access to the beginning and end of nature. We can then dress into any person who has ever lived, knowing what and how they thought and feeling what they felt, and by doing so, learn directly from them and use their advice.

It is as Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag wrote in his article, “Spirituality Is Called That Which Will Never Be Lost”:

“From that extends what our sages say, who interpret the verses of the Torah. They say that this is what Abraham said to Isaac, and other similar sayings of our sages. They would say what is said, what is explained in the verses.

“The question arises, ‘How did they know what one said to another?’ But, because those who reached the degree where Abraham (or anyone) stood, they see and know what Abraham saw and knew.

“For this reason they know what Abraham said. And likewise in all the sayings of our sages when they interpreted the verses of the Torah. All that was because they, too, attained the degree, and each degree in spirituality is a reality. Everyone sees the reality, as all those who come to the city of London in England see what is in the city and what is said in the city.”

How to Rise Above Time, Space and Motion Using Kabbalah

We each feel time, space and motion within the narrow framework of our subjective individual perception based on our inborn egoistic qualities. The wisdom of Kabbalah is a method for how to rise above our egoistic perception of reality through developing love toward others. By doing so, we reveal an eternal and perfect reality where everything and everyone are connected as one.

Attaining reality in such a way means attaining a perception of nature that is unfiltered and undistorted. We come to feel how nature is a force of love and bestowal, which constantly acts to connect all parts of reality together as a single whole, and we align our approach to life with nature’s laws and functionality.

From this interconnected attainment of reality, we can then access the desires and thoughts of any individual who ever lived. It can be compared to how we currently use a search engine to pull information that we need from a virtual cloud. However, it’s much more intensive than a mere search query, since we literally dress into the states of all kinds of people, from King Solomon to Hitler to people we never knew existed.

Of course, this elated ability can only be granted to those who would use it completely altruistically, for the benefit of others and nature, without a shred of egoistic self-aimed benefit attached. That is nature’s condition. It is why we need the wisdom of Kabbalah to rise above the ego in order to reach such an attitude to reality.

Absolute connection to others and nature requires no sophisticated technologies. We need only work on our thoughts, desires and intentions, called “inner work,” according to the method of Kabbalah, and we then develop a whole new expansive perception and sensation of reality.

Greta On Climate

From My Facebook Page Michael Laitman 9/27/19

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. Yet I am one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!” Greta Thunberg

In straightforward, direct-style, stubborn, stutter-free tone, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist, spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the global protest of young people against the neglect of the climate crisis. This girl, who suffered from depression at the age of 11 and stopped speaking; who was diagnosed as having Asperger syndrome, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), and selective mutism, is now a 16-year-old leading a global movement of youth against the neglect of the climate crisis.

Greta’s voice has become the voice of environmental activists around the world, and she has been able to drive more than four million people around the world to go out to the streets. But behind the moving naivety, many are using this opportunity to promote their own agendas. This is how things work in the egoistic world we live in. Everything is calculated, interest-based, and pays off to someone at the end of the day. And even the colorful plaque Greta held in the empty squares of world capitals is also part of the campaign.

I have no claim against her or those behind her. Personally, I would have given her the Nobel Peace Prize, of which she is a candidate. After all, due to the positive messages generated from her green protest with a quarter of humanity, the world is beginning to agree that there is a serious problem here, that we can’t escape the forces of nature, that global warming is a result of mankind’s weakness, and that a great deal of the climate crisis is a direct and indirect consequence of humans.

Thus, two types of nature become clear: the globally interconnected nature and the egotistically disconnected nature, with zero interaction between the two. Also, human connections affect the relationship between all parts of nature, which is why we must first and foremost align ourselves with the laws of nature.

The entire ecosystem is integral, and the climate crisis plaguing humanity stems from human activity alone, from our attitude to the world. This is not the result of what things we do with our hands and legs, or what kind of food we put in our mouths. As long as our egoistic nature remains unrestrained and out of control, and no one in the UN really cares for the global ecological balance, except for the sake of appearance, we can say goodbye to planet Earth.

The fundamental solution that will bring us to balance with nature is strengthening positive human connections over the increasingly growing ego. The negative influence of separation between us permeates all the still, vegetative and animate levels of nature. As written by Kabbalists, “Man is a small world, the world is a great man.”

Therefore, dear Greta, the cure for treating the global phenomena begins our relationship with each other as human beings. If we genuinely cry together for social correction to happen, we will succeed. And in that, I am with you all the way.

New Life #1153 – A Puzzle Of Experiences

New Life #1153 – A Puzzle of Experiences
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Yael Leshed-Harel

Every experience leaves an impression on a person and these accumulate to build his overall outlook on life. Each one goes through his own, egoistic experiences to complete his unique place in the total human mosaic. We were created differently so that we will reach the experience of divinity connected with the upper force of bestowal and love. The experience of divinity is not mystical but the general attachment of all parts of the puzzle into one. That is how we ascend above this world in which everything is felt separately, to eternal unity.
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From KabTV’s “New Life #1153 – A Puzzle of Experiences,” 8/13/19

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“Israel Remains United in Its Divisions” (Newsmax)

My article in Newsmax: “Israel Remains United in Its Divisions”

We have no nation. Division stands in our midst.

Those are the results of an X-ray scan of Israel following its 22nd election.

How can a nation constantly in conflict and under threat let its every sector care only about its own backyard and personal interests?

The dead heat between the two main political parties and round-the-clock deal-making expected in the coming weeks to form a governing-capable coalition further highlights the great divide in Israeli society.

However, discovering the wretched state we are in opens up the perfect opportunity to realize that we have no alternative but to cast a vote for unity and elect the force that connects us as a nation.

How could our nation unite above its divisions?

Could politicians put their egos aside and strive instead to rise above their personal benefit for the sake of a common goal?

Clearly, no one is interested in doing so, but the fact is, we have no choice.

We have entered an era where the nation is up against grave threats, the most vivid being Iran. Wealthy and powerful Iran is gaining support from Russia and China, and it is convenient for Iran to tag Israel as its enemy.

As Iran holds a strategic position in the heart of the Mideast, its beef with Israel lets it flex its muscles in the global sphere, as well as show its readiness to escalate pressure toward that goal.

After 71 years of statehood, instead of becoming stronger, we suddenly see that Israel is in an unfounded state. Our legs are stuck in quicksand, and we cannot pull ourselves out. We are a stubborn, powerful, enduring and unequivocally creative people, but in 2019’s second national election, we are left again with polarization and partisan manipulation instead of choosing our good future together.

Why does Israel’s political spectrum look like a rough patchwork, where loose threads fray in detachment from one another?

It’s because we have failed “to elect” the one and only force governing all aspects of nature: the upper force. Once again, we have neglected the only Jewish element that justifies our existence as a people: the value of our connection.

In order to come to terms with the urgent call for unity and put it into practice, Israel needs competent leadership that prioritizes rebuilding the social fabric.

It will require a gradual educational process that should be led by a national-unity government made up of Benjamin Netanyahu, ex-military chief Benny Gantz, and Avigdor Liberman, with Netanyahu acting as prime minister until the rest acquire the necessary skills to govern.

The job of heading a nation requires learning experience just like any other profession, but we have no academy for governing the nation, and the volatile internal and external pressures we face leave no room for trial and error.

Ruling the country demands a completely different mindset than ruling the army.

Although organizing our political leadership is important, we will not return to sanity until we realize that our main goal as a nation should be to eliminate our biggest enemy: our war with each other.

The principle of unity that we inherited from Abraham, the father of the nation, has completely escaped us. It is a principle by which we became a nation in ancient Babylon.

In its absence, we have dismantled into a loose collection of peoples and “tribes.”

The principle of brotherly love built the Temple — the connection between us — and its absence, unfounded hatred, kicked us into exile and persecution.

Therefore, regardless of who will form the next government, we should certainly not depend on the guidance of a flesh-and-blood leader that will be replaced in four years or less. We need to depend on the power of society, the strength of our connection. This is and always has been the root of our salvation as a nation.

In other words, it is important to cast our votes and choose our leaders as in any democracy, but our real free choice should be made on a daily basis, renewed regularly and not subject to the considerations of any government in office.

At any given moment, it is worth stopping for a moment to ask: “What are we living for?” “Why do we exist?” “Who runs our lives?” “Who runs the society we live in?” “Who governs us?” “Who is really in control?”

The upper force in nature drives humanity. It emerges from its hidden state when society functions harmoniously in mutual guarantee (Arvut), showing us how we live in a unified system where all parts are interconnected as a singular and integral unit.

Disagreement is part and parcel of our Jewishness.

There is no need to eliminate or obscure our differences and divisions. Nor do we have to flatter and agree with the views of others. But we do have to bridge the abyss between opinions, to spread an umbrella of love over our differences, because “love will cover all transgressions.”

As our ship sails forth into unknown waters, it is time to persistently emphasize the positive qualities of others and create a more harmonious society where mutual care, consideration, understanding and support prevail.

By doing so, we will be able to realize how our disunity drills a hole in our ship’s keel, whereas our cohesion strengthens our ability to navigate to a safe port of a bountiful land.

That is the election vote we need to cast regularly for the ultimate positive outcome.
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“Israel At A Crossroads: Time For A Government For Everyone” (Newsmax)

My article in Newsmax: “Israel at a Crossroads: Time for a Government for Everyone”

If other people’s failures can make us feel a bit better in our loss, Israel is not alone in the world in its political limbo after the second elections this year again left no clear winner.

Similarly, Spain is headed for its fourth election in four years in the wake of inconclusive results from last April’s polls; and in the UK, the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament — an apparent move to avoid opposition to Brexit — was unlawful, causing political turmoil.

It seems humanity has advanced technologically but has regressed in terms of stability and certainty about the future. The good news is that reaching a solution does not require rocket science. The leaders just need to take the example of a family and govern accordingly.

Family life is based on interdependence and built on mutual concessions. If it weren’t, then any crisis could easily lead to divorce.

A delicate balance is kept where, on one hand, the couple endeavors to stay close and appreciate the comfort and security that the closeness provides, while on the other hand, they maintain healthy individuality and room for personal growth. Successful couples move in a sort of mutual dance where each partner refrains from seeing the negative aspects of the other and covers disagreements with love.

From Independence to Interdependence

In Israel, the leaders who aspire to run the country feel no interdependence. They appear to be complete separated, bearing no resemblance to a warm family. Each pursues his own justice, barricades himself in his position, and thinks of his own self-interest.

Unlike family management, where negotiations are relatively easy and the damages are small in scale, at the state level, slight movements can quickly result in complicated political squabbles that risk deterioration into social crises or re-elections. Therefore, any party that barricades itself within its own position deserves no governance until it can muster the strength to relent a little in its position and pride.

It is abundantly clear to everyone that the success of the State of Israel will depend on its ability to form a national-unity government. This government should be like a family incorporating countless opposing views and political rivalries, yet working together, mutually compromising for the benefit of the people. It can only work this way because no unity can exist except above diverse opinions. The sages expressed it as follows: “Just as their faces are different, so are their opinions,” in other words, just like the differences that exist between members of a family.

The political approaches of the two major parties, Likud and Blue-White, are similar in character. Therefore, the current prize to be won for Israel can be taken by compromise and nothing else. Even if there is a significant conflict in the future between the two leaders, Netanyahu and Gantz — disagreements over the peace process that could deteriorate into real struggles, for instance — the national-unity government’s magic will work.

Unity Out of Diversity

Unity accepts and contains the other, agrees to work with the different, and gives room to everyone.

Unity balances the various worldviews and draws a continuous line between diverse perspectives in order to weave a single, complete vision. Unity produces a reflective and rich discourse from a smorgasbord of opinions.

Israel’s divided people are thirsty for solidarity and cross-sectional social cohesion, wishing beyond hope that our chosen leaders would set an example and sit together at a round table, just like in a classic family. We long for leadership strong enough to demonstrate mutual trust, one that can give up on ego and pride for the people’s benefit.

Good for All, Good for Me

Leadership that works toward such unity would inspire people with a positive spirit of becoming an example of willingness to yield self-benefit for the collective good.

Why would someone be willing to give up their own particular position for everyone’s benefit?

Such visionary leadership is possible when one comes to realize that each of us is an integral part of a collective whole, so when everyone benefits, I am also a recipient of that goodness.

This has been the hallmark governing resilience the people of Israel since time immemorial: a powerful government made up of leaders with differing views who are strong enough to transcend their private egos for our common property: the people of Israel. With such leadership, the people too will come out stronger and more united, able to rise above the prevailing divisions in society. This is the beginning of the road to heralding Israel’s unity as an example for the world.

Enter The Sensation Of The Common Soul

This means that every person from Israel is guaranteed to finally attain all the wonderful attainments that the Creator had contemplated in the Thought of Creation to delight every creature. And one who has not been awarded in this life will be granted in the next life, etc., until one is awarded completing His Thought, which He had planned for him.

And while one has not attained perfection, the Lights that are destined to reach him are considered Surrounding Lights. That means that they stand ready for him, but are waiting for him to purify his vessels of reception, at which time these Lights will clothe the able vessels. (Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot”).

A person should try to develop the quality of bestowal, the quality of connection between the shattered parts of the common creation, of the common soul, to connect them together, and to participate in this as much as possible. This is the implementation of the condition of “love your neighbor as yourself.”

To the extent that he approaches or even implements the condition of “love your neighbor,” the inner energy shines upon him, the so-called love, the connection between the broken parts.

It attracts these parts to each other and helps them form one single whole, one soul, already on a new level because egoism has entered between them with its minus and the plus became higher than the minus; that is, it grew due to minus.

Therefore, a person receives a huge new soul, the quality of bestowal, the quality of attainment called the upper world.

Question: While in the biological body, a person, as if, enters the sensation of this common soul. Will one continue to live in it once the body dies?

Answer: One has nothing to do with the other. Our animal body is necessary in order to begin to enter this soul, to feel it and to begin building it.

Question: Does it mean that through our bodies, we, as if, establish the first contact with other people, and then this all happens on the sensory level?

Answer: Yes, and completely outside of the bodies.
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From KabTV’s “Basics of Kabbalah,” 12/11/18

New Life #1152 – Perceiving The Reverse World

New Life #1152 – Perceiving the Reverse World
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Tal Mandelbaum ben Moshe

It is possible to get out of the body, replace my limited, egoistic perception, and feel a different reality based on giving. All of reality consists of me—my qualities and what I feel—and it changes when my desires change. We can transcend our egoistic perception by rising above it and developing senses for absorbing reality in a new way. When we exit from the perception of self-benefit to the perception of the benefit-of-others, we reveal an opposite world. Giving becomes precious and the upper world becomes tangible when we develop our mind and feelings according to the law of equivalence of form.
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From KabTV’s “New Life #1152 – Perceiving the Reverse World,” 8/8/19

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