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    Gil
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    • #374821
      AspiringAltruist
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      In the three line model: Descent, Evolution of Desire, Ascent, Final Correction; are we being pushed or pulled by The Creator towards final correction? And is that significant at all?

      • #374838

        From all directions the Creator is moving us forward. The only question is if we’re asking to go even faster to the goal.

    • #374670
      Brian Sachs
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      Can I come to the environment every day and only want to absorb as much as possible because of its greatness? Is this somehow harmful? Is it lacking an effort to bestow? For example reading the sages I want the text to work on me I want to connect with the heart of the Kabbalist. Can I apply this more broadly?

      • #374769

        If you can make our environment great, you can make the Creator great, and will reach the goal quickly. It all depends on the greatness of the friends.

    • #374480
      AspiringAltruist
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      In addition to our corporeal names, such as Salvatore or Todd, do we also have a unique spiritual name? Does our soul possess a unique name, or are we nameless or akin to Adam in the spiritual realm? Alternatively, could we be like a 600,000-sided die, a single entity with numerous unique facets?

      • #374594

        You turn out to be Adam HaRishon. First, you need to collect and become one with all the parts of you.

    • #374376
      Joseph
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      I am unsure of the appropriateness of this question but led to ask. I heard the Rav say that his students help lift him higher. I am not sure if I have a correct understanding of this statement with what I am going to ask. Currently, it is difficult for Rav to do some of the afternoon lessons. I have heard Rav say in the lessons which students he feels could lead these lessons. If a student were to actually lead an afternoon lesson that the Rav could not, would this help lift the Rav higher?

      • #374419

        It’s not realistic for us to go into these calculations. The Rav could do what he does to provide his students opportunities to be independent, or it could be for health reasons. It could also be that one can have special forces to work even though he is not in the best physical health. We can’t know with certainty about the state of one who is on a higher degree than us.

    • #374280
      Paul
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      Thank you Gianni for last sunday’s lesson: The power of Mantras.

      Question: Prayers are not mantras? What is the power of prayer then? Amidah, 18 prayers ,19 blessings. Can you eleborate on this, please,  to make me understand more about redemption, the blessings we need ? To adress our prayers more truthfully?

       

      • #374320

        There aren’t really mantras in Kabbalah. As I said, something I just repeat can have a psychological effect, and that’s it. A prayer really needs to be one that is close to the heart, something I really feel that I’m missing and only the Creator can grant. Also, the blessings you should bless should be real for you, and not what is written somewhere. The Eighteen Prayer – half of it refers to Direct Light and half Reflected Light – it’s not realistic for us yet.

    • #373743
      AspiringAltruist
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      Good day Sir!

      I saw a post from Dr. Laitman today which stated that everything in reality consists of 613 desires. I have also heard that everything consists of 10 sefirot, the basic building block of reality. In the Operating System of reality, how do those two elements interact? If I was to form a diagrammatic structure in my mind, what would that look like?

      • #373880

        We won’t be able to line these up in a diagram. In fact, we won’t be able to discern what those 613 desires are. These things you have to go through to understand.

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