Kabbalah For Women

What’s Happening to Our Youth?

By Riggan Shilstone

More and more youngsters are succumbing to drugs, depression and horrendous acts of violence. What has brought about the crisis our young generation is facing? Kabbalah explains that it’s their desire that’s in crisis, as they can no longer fulfill it with what we try to give them

As I sit down to read the newspaper, the headlines hit me once again. A teenager stepped into a crowded holiday shopping mall and opened fire, killing eight people. What could lead a young person with a bright future ahead of him to commit such a desperate act? Meanwhile, a dear friend’s niece clings to life in a hospital after swallowing a bottle of pills in a suicide attempt. Depression among teenagers has reached epidemic proportions.

What is happening to our youth? Shouldn’t teens be too young to be overwhelmed by feelings of despair and hopelessness? There are many countries in the world where despair would be understandable—countries where unbelievable hardship, poverty, starvation and violence are the daily reality. But this is the United States—many of these kids come from affluent, loving homes where they have every advantage that money can buy.

At the other end of the spectrum, we see a growing number of people who are stuck in childhood—even into their twenties, thirties and beyond. They might trade in their Hot Wheels toy cars for the real thing and get involved in more expensive “games,” but they are still children who rebel against assuming any type of responsibility in the adult world. We see the impact in areas as diverse as the breakdown of American families, the record number of bankruptcy filings, and the trouble businesses are having hiring responsible, mature workers.

Although it’s hard to admit, both youth and adults are facing a social crisis, and no one seems to quite know why. Talk show hosts have become millionaires by expounding on these problems and interviewing “experts.” Politicians push their proposed social reform programs, and communities pass more and more laws in an effort to control behavior, but these are all knee-jerk reactions to the problem. In order to affect real change, we must find the source of the problem.

The wisdom of Kabbalah presents an intriguing perspective on the roots of societal discord, revealing a common thread behind all the unpleasant phenomena that we are witnessing.

Education: The Boy Crisis

There is nothing wrong with these kids - their advanced souls are simply yearning for something that they aren't getting from the current education system - try teaching them about how the universe works and how they can speed up their progress here in this world.  All the "problems" will disappear. 

For a sample of what the kids need to hear nowadays, here's the rest of Rav Laitman's speech that he will be giving at the World Spirit Forum in Arosa today:

Nature’s Purpose - Program of Control

While researching the surrounding world, we discover the connection among all of its parts, their cause-and-effect development and purpose of actions.

The development of human society and globalization compelled us to see the world as a single entity consisting of opposites. The world’s perfection lies in the unity of its elements. This is achieved only by the co-existence of all of nature’s parts, when every part works for the sake of the entire system’s life. Since except for man, all of nature strictly fulfills its predestination, the obvious goal of nature is to lead man to perfection, to the property of bestowal. This is what the program of nature’s governance is all about.

Natural Development of Desires

Since man’s development occurs in accordance with the program of nature’s governance, more and more people feel unhappy, empty, and depressed. They aspire to do away with this sensation with the help of drugs and terror. Crisis of the family, education, sciences, arts, and the threat of destruction as a result of an ecological or nuclear catastrophe are also the consequences of this state.

As long as man egoistically develops and uses his desires, Nature itself creates a threatening atmosphere around him. As a result, man is obliged to realize his place in nature’s system and perceive his egoism as the only evil. By subjecting us to suffering, egoism pushes us to search for the method of its correction and the correct unity with Nature.

The Long Path and the Short Path

How does humanity realize the need to become similar to nature? How can egoists arrive at the realization of evil? They will come to it from hopelessness and from the realization of egoism as evil!

One can advance towards the realization of evil by choosing the path of suffering or the short path of correction. However, the path of suffering is not a path; this is just an amount of time that is needed for the realization of all the horrible consequences of one’s stubbornness and egoism. Yet, as soon as a sufficient amount of suffering has been accumulated, a person makes a calculation and decides that there is a greater profit in correction than in suffering, and makes an effort to become similar to nature.

Nevertheless, one can choose a short and easy path of correction: if a person receives knowledge about the world’s structure, causality, and purpose, he accelerates his realization of evil (his opposition to the world) and does not need to realize egoism as evil under the influence of sufferings.

Therefore, we have to accelerate the process of realization of egoism as evil in the whole world by disseminating knowledge about the crisis and its cause – our opposition to nature.

Cause and Purpose

Thus, the reason for man’s greater opposition to nature lies in the fact that he should understand nature’s plan and program. Through this understanding, man acquires a mind of a level that is higher than that with which he originally came to this world – the Mind of Absolute Altruism, like Nature itself. It is exactly from the opposite, egoistical property that man attains nature’s entire plan.

Conclusion

·               Man’s mission is to independently and freely become equal to nature’s law of Absolute Altruism. Hence, his egoism is continuously growing, and man cannot control its development;

·               Nature’s program creates circumstances in man and in his environment that help him to gradually realize egoism as Evil;

·               To the extent of this realization, a person starts looking for ways to get rid of egoism and reveals the ultimate law of nature, the law of Absolute Altruism. He consciously, willingly and completely submits himself to it, while receiving nature’s help in the correction of egoism. 

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Kids Today Need Real Answers (Teen Shot)

Kids today are frustrated because they are simply not getting answers - this situation will erupt to a genuine and visible crisis in some kids - and in others it will erupt in less obvious ways. 

Regardless of how these things manifest themselves, know that we are all equally to blame for this state of affairs.  Why hasn't any global organization come up with satisfying answers that we can instill in the future generation so that they will live happily ever after? 

If every child was taught about the meaning of their life, how the universe operates, and what their role in it is - all this unpleasantness could be avoided.

My condolences to the parents - burying a child - especially in such suicidal circumstances - is something no one should have to do in this lifetime.  Try not to blame yourselves.  We are all to blame.

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Men Are Waiting For Something Better

Interesting how everyone is finally noticing that men/boys are totally unfulfilled with the current types of education we have to offer.  This issue is very much evident in Israel where my extremely bright nephews keep being moved from school to school ...

Based on what I've learned so far here are a few facts that will hopefully shed some light on this issue:

1) The souls coming into the world today are way more advanced than we are - and therefore require a much more sophisticated education than we received.  These souls that have  accumulated all the necessary life experience and preparation through all their reincarnations are now ready to receive the real thing: finding out why we're here - what the meaning of life is. They're totally ready but are receiving all the same traditional religious/social/scientific answers that society has to give.

2) Women/girls are here for a different reason than men - while the men are here to undergo a long process of correction - the women are simply here to help with the process in any way possible.  If you look around you - the core problems society faces - and is facing in an escalating manner - mainly have to do with men.

For these reasons men and women study kabbalah separately and with different guidelines because our souls are designed in a completely different manner.  A woman and man's souls together form the perfect vessel for receiving the light.

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Newsweek's Evolution of a Scientist (Darwin)

I would like to very respectfully comment on Jerry Adler's extremely insightful article about Darwin: 

Where is God you ask? According to the article this issue has been driving scientists crazy for the last 500 years.  Well, even though I'm a woman and of average intelligence, I'm going to attempt to answer that, but you should know that there are people that can do a much better of that job than me. 

You're not going to bump into Him accidentally on your journey through life if that's what you're thinking.  God is actually a very tangible level, that humans can reach by systematically rising above what nature provided us with to reach an entirely new plane of existence. God, or whatever you want to call the Force that created us, is simply the highest level of our development. We can accelerate our development by learning what makes Him different to us, and acquiring His 'infinite desire to bestow' trait using a very logical and proven system called kabbalah.

Despite leaving out a few sub-phases, Darwin pretty much figured out the process of our development. But he didn't find God because he wasn't aware of the system.  It wasn't readily available in his time like it is in ours.  It looks like mankind is right on the verge of discovering that.

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Our Evolution is Really Just Beginning

C'mon, let's be honest - have we really evolved that much from the caveman days? OK granted we've moved beyond the shelter, food and sex stage to wanting more 'superior' things like money, honor, and power.  But as you can see from everything going on around you today, we've really reached a crucial point in our progress, and there is no place to get away from it.  So this commotion over what is taught to students about our development is very timely, since mankind is on the verge of discovering the only source that can explain that in a factual and logical manner (see 125 steps below) - and that is the science of kabbalah. 

The science of Kabbalah describes the successive changes we have to go through in our world, which is governed by the general law of the universe. This law pursues one single objective – to make us equal to God. The influence of this law on us depends on the level of our development, meaning according to the development of our desires and aspirations, and is called “the world”. Since there are 5 levels in a desire, the influence of this general law on us from the level of Infinity is divided into 5 levels. The study and attainment of the worlds represents the research of correspondence between different levels of a desire, its transformations and the influence of the general law on it. In all there are 125 steps: 5 worlds with 5 levels, each consisting of 5 sub-levels. The description of our interactions with the law (God) on each level is what Kabbalah teaches us how to attain.

Mankind is constantly moving towards the goal pre-determined by this all-embracing law. The goal is to lead each of us to the highest level (the 125th step) by allowing us to consciously and independently develop, in contrast to the way we evolve historically – unconsciously and uncontrollably. This is because we have no freedom in our earthly development; hence the general law affects us without asking for our consent. And we, presumably the most highly evolved creatures in the entire universe, are obliged to take its successive forms. Our spiritual attainment is so much different – fully conscious, independent, determined by us in each stage of our development. We essentially create ourselves. Each man on earth must achieve this degree of participation in his own evolution in one of his lives.

Despite our sensation of having full control over our lives, our life experience proves that we essentially leave this world unchanged. Kabbalists on the other hand are people that fully attain that there is someone else running the show. They grasp God’s rule of the universe, justify all His actions, and adjust themselves to be included in these actions. By merging with Him, Kabbalists go from being involuntary participants in the process of evolution to become God’s active and intelligent partners. Such absolute accord between man and God is what our correction process is all about.

Aspiration for the Creator is a fundamental law of nature. We have no freedom in this. Nature will compel us with sufferings to aspire for the Creator. Freedom consists in the decision to voluntarily choose the only existing path without waiting for sufferings. Until we willingly accept this path, nature will force us to wake up and take notice through the daily occurrences in our lives.

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North American Kabbalah Congress 2005: Kids Program

These lucky American kids are really going to be equipped for dealing with the future.  I know they're doing all the same things other kids do in these pictures, but they are lucky because their parents have all the answers to any question they could ever come up with.

Here they are at the Catskills event this past weekend:

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Why Not Ask An Evolution Expert?

We're talking about the education of our children here - could anything be more important than what we're putting into these young minds?  Mixing them up about such a basic issue like evolution - the foundation of all issues actually since it deals with where we came from and where we are headed - is really going to be difficult to fix later on.  Kids nowadays are much more advanced souls than we are and we need to supply them with much more sophisticated explanations about how things work.

I'm beginning to wonder just how intelligent this intelligent design business is - I mean aren't the following statements from the Washington Post a bit of a shaky foundation for such an important court case?

"Intelligent design admits that it is not science unless science is redefined to include the supernatural."

The foremost advocates of intelligent design are silent on whether that intelligent hand belongs to God or some other intelligent force, even including a space alien.

Well if you're not sure - ask someone who knows for sure.  1000%. Someone who can give you a direct answer to any question you have on the spot.  By the way Darwin's theory was solid, he just didn't take into account that there are sub-phases in human development - it's all in the Zohar.

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Reporter Lead: Teaching Kids About Life

As posted on PR Newswire's ProfNet:

RAV MICHAEL LAITMAN, PH.D. Israel-based Kabbalist and scientist, suggests supplementing current curriculums with a secular Meaning of Life course based on the wisdom of kabbalah: "Education is currently the biggest issue facing mankind because, 20 years from now, these youngsters will be all grown up and then we will understand exactly what we put into them. A person of any age who is exposed to kabbalah very quickly understands the structure of the universe and nature beyond the world we grasp with our five senses. From my experience, children are more receptive to this material and automatically apply it to their everyday behavior." News Contact: Uri Laitman Phone: +1-877-524-8626

Education is the most powerful weapon

My husband helped out in the kiddies lesson today for the first time - that reminded me to post about a very important subject - the Kabbalist Michael Laitman PhD is surprised that all the world organizations don't get together and decide on what would be the most efficient format for improving the next generations. He sees education as the most powerful weapon mankind has - "Education is currently the biggest issue facing mankind because 20 years from now these youngsters will be all grown up and then we will understand exactly what we put into them. The core issue is finding a system for fixing our escalating egoism, which is becoming more evident with each passing generation. Such a system would explain why a person is born into the world with such obvious faults, since nature does not create anything without a very specific purpose in mind. Everything about nature is perfectly harmonious except for man's ego, which is the only real problem in the universe. Our lack of understanding about how to fix this situation can eventually bring about the destruction of the world. We have much to gain from embarking on a path that leads us to attaining the ultimate fulfillment." His solution? Laitman suggests supplementing current curriculums with a completely secular Meaning of Life course based on the wisdom of Kabbalah. He guarantees that after just one year, results will show children of any age being noticeably different from their peers after completing such a course. They will have a correct attitude to life in general, which will provide them with better focus for succeeding in other subjects.

J.