Importance of Dissemination in the Last Generation
Welcome everyone - today we have a special lesson about dissemination for our students from the campus. We'll start with a quote from the sources.
There is an allegory about friends who were lost in the desert, hungry and thirsty. One of them had found a settlement filled abundantly with every delight. He remembered his poor brothers, but he had already drawn far off from them and did not know their whereabouts. What did he do? He began to shout out loud and blow the horn, perhaps his poor, hungry friends would hear his voice, approach him, and come to that settlement that is filled with every delight.
So is the matter before us: We have been lost in the terrible desert along with all of humanity, and now we have found a great, abundant treasure, namely the books of Kabbalah in the treasure. They satisfy our yearning souls and fill us abundantly with lushness and contentment; we are satiated and there is more.
Yet, we remember our friends, who were left hopeless in the terrible desert. There is a great distance between us, and words cannot bridge it. For this reason, we have set up this horn to blow out loud so that our brothers might hear and draw near and be as happy as we are. (Baal HaSulam, Writings of the Last Generation, Introduction)
Rabash is saying we're the lucky ones. Our connection to this amazing path and the ability to open these books and attract the light. But what about the rest of humanity that's groping in the dark? We must invite those that are capable of hearing that we have a method.
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I did not choose the topic, but it's a topic that I agree with wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly. What is more, we will enter the lesson and see how many questions we have about it, I would be happy to hear, because this topic is truly the first and greatest.
None of us were created alone, we are parts of the first Adam and only all of us, to the extent that we connect together, can we influence us, our destiny, our world, everyone, and ultimately the Creator, who expects us to awaken him and ask him for corrections, connections, and thus we will advance towards the purpose of our lives.
We also live, as we have spoken many times before, in a special generation, at a special time and in a special role, with everything ahead of us, all that remains for us is to close the circle, which previous generations have already done. We remain in the last stage, the most important, the most significant stage, and it is true that our work is very difficult, but we will try and complete the general correction for everyone.
As Baal HaSulam says, I am happy that I was created in this generation where it is possible to discover the wisdom of Kabbalah and participate in all the corrections that are opening before us. And this is truly a special generation and we need to understand the magnitude of its importance, how important we are. That it is true that there have been greater generations, but we exist in a generation that is about to complete the entire circle of souls, and this is truly a great privilege and I very much hope that we will live up to it. According to how I feel about this audience in front of me, we will truly be happy to complete the corrections.
You are great, you are important, you have all the correct data that you received from the Creator, from nature, and we exist in this way in this special time, so let's make an effort and complete the circle, close it. Michael Laitman at a convention in Turkey in 2022.
We learn that the Creator fills our world with good, and when the will to receive comes into contact with it - it feels that this is such a lofty thing, that they want to be similar to the Creator. A Kabbalist's first reaction to revealing the Creator is to pass it forward. It's not that he found some treasure for himself. He feels that the most important thing to do it pass it on.
Abraham was the first. There were Kabbalists before him but Abraham was the first to pass it on - not to individuals, but rather everyone. He wanted to connect all of humanity to the Creator - but not many were interested. But those that did connect to the method - became a nation. And today we're once again in the same situation. Rav has come to give us all this good, and those of us receiving it, must also pass it on. You have so much power to do this and help bring Israel to a state of peace.