The Group Is The Place Where We Meet

Dr. Michael LaitmanQuestion: If we advance only by virtue of the environment, then when will our choice come from our own altruistic intention, Lishma?

Answer: We have to attain perfection, and it contains two parameters:

1. On one hand, I am independent and equal to the Creator in every way,
2. On the other hand, I am similar to Him in every way.
In that case, I am independent and perfect.

It turns out that independence and perfection have to unite and bring me to the final state. But how can independence and equivalence exist together? How can I reach perfection by elevating both of these qualities, which are opposite to each other?

To enable this, the Creator had to add a third factor to the two already existing ones (Him and me). This third factor will be the place of our meeting, the place of revelation. It is where I will reveal my independent self and the Creator opposite from me.

It is necessary to create a “territory” where we will be able to be partners, opposite but equal and united. This territory is called the sum of the souls, the Shechina, Malchut. After the breaking, we as well as the Creator are outside of the boundaries of the sum of the souls, and now we must meet there. We do this to the degree we are able to participate in this process and reveal one another.

That is why creation was broken. It broke into many disparate parts, which are the degree of creation’s independence, meaning its separation and detachment from the Creator.

We have to use this situation, which is why Baal HaSulam writes that we have to keep every person’s uniqueness. After all, it will never be duplicated in anyone else. Every person must be independent and special.

But on the other hand, we must give every person the opportunity and help him reach equivalence of form with the Creator. By means of one’s uniqueness, by having an inimitable combination of qualities and desires, a person develops them in order to direct them toward bestowal. That is how he reaches equivalence with the Creator.

This similarity is actualized by way of uniting with others. Why isn’t it done through uniting with the Creator? It is in order to preserve independence. When working before the Creator, a person nullifies himself, whereas in relation to the group, he can play the decisive role, similar to the Creator.

The place of our meeting is the territory of the group, which was artificially created and divided into parts. We come there in the middle line and unite. There we actualize the Zivug of HaVaYaH and Elokim, the unity of judgment and mercy.

However, if a person does not think about these three elements: him and the Creator, uniting in the group, then he incorrectly imagines the realization of the goal of creation which awaits him.
From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/12/11, Writings of Rabash

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3 Comments

  1. TIME OF GATHERING IS THE TIME WE DO LIVE IN AT THIS POINT OF TIME,WE DID DIVIDE AND DIVIDE AND THIS TIME IS REACHING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUR EGOISM,WHICH IS OUR PATH OF CREATION AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE AND START TO FEEL THAT WE HAVE NO OTHER PATH TO TAKE THAN THE PATH OF UNITY TO EACH OTHER,YES KABBALISTS KNOW THIS IN ADVANCE THEY DID KNOW THIS PATH FOR MANY GENERATIONS AGO AND THEY DO KNOW NOW AND THAT IS WAY THEY ARE TRYING TO TEACH AND HELP OTHERS TO DO THE SAME THING,WE HAVE NO OTHER PATH TO TAKE AT THIS POINT OF TIME,WE START TO BE AWARE MORE AND MORE THAT THIS HIGH EGOISM WILL DESTROY US IN THE END AND THIS FEAR IS A REASON FOR US ALL TO START SEEKING THE SOLUTION FOR THIS SITUATION…UNITY AND CHANGING OUR INNER QUALITY IS THE KEY TOWARDS OUR GOAL…YES UNITY AND THE GROUP IS THE KEY,,,BUT WE SHOULD NOT WORRY THAT MUCH BECAUSE CREATOR DOES NOT DEPEND ON NOTHING AND NEEDS NO HELP FROM NO ONE,,,THERE IS NONE ELSE BESIDE HIM,AND NOTHING EXISTS APART OF HIM…THE ONLY THING THAT SEPARATES US FROM THE EQUIVALENCE OF QUALITY AND FORM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR MAKER IS OUR AWARENESS…IT WILL COME AND THEY ALL WILL SEE THAT THERE IS NO OTHER PATH TO TAKE,,,THERE IS NON ELSE BESIDE HIM…

  2. The bridge is again aleph, the same as alpha and omega, yin and yang. It is a triad of sorts, left and right with the upper one in the middle. This idea has been defined a million times in this world and appears everywhere. It is our duty to clarify this definition in a scientific way that does not give bias to any culture, but only to humanity. This is our challenge, if this is done it will be felt by all, very quickly leading to the revelation of ein sof and the unlimited endless light that guides and reforms.

  3. I have finally found this awareness :0) glad to find others!!!

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