What Is the Difference Between Corporeal Shame and Spiritual Shame?

Both types of shame correspond to the desire to receive that surfaces within us.

Spiritual shame is when we begin to feel the opposition in our desire, i.e., the opposition to the spiritual desire.

We build spiritual shame in the same vessels. That is, in our desire to receive, we perceive the extent to which we possess an intention to bestow (the spiritual intention) or an intention to receive (the corporeal intention).

Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson on August 28, 2025

What Does It Mean That the Word Was God?

The world stands on the quality of goodness and love. That is the “word” of the Creator, the law of bestowal, the upper intention that sustains everything.

All of this comes from the upper force, not from us. If the existence of the world depended on human beings, it would not last even a second. Our nature is egoistic, negative, self-serving. Left to ourselves, we would destroy everything in an instant. In this sense, we are like a negative energy within creation, like parasites living at the expense of a system we do not understand.

It is the Creator, the upper force of love and bestowal, that holds the world in existence. If this upper force were to withdraw for a moment, everything would collapse into nothingness. The fact that the world continues to exist is only because the Creator maintains it.

What does the Creator rely on? On nothing. He is the source. He does not need support. Instead, He governs us in such a way that we gradually develop, mature, and come to understand how reality is governed. His purpose in holding us and sustaining the world is so that a human being will eventually grow to comprehend this system of governance, to acquire the same qualities of love and bestowal, and thereby take the Creator’s place, not in ruling over others, but in becoming similar to Him.

In other words, the goal is that we will consciously assume this governance within ourselves, that we will learn to sustain the world through the same quality of goodness and love as that of the Creator.

Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on January 16, 2026

Can You Explain How Society Functions as an Organism?

For a society to truly function as an organism, it needs to start feeling itself as a single whole. In such a state, a collective mind, sensation, needs, and a mutual perception of reality emerge. Society ceases to be a collection of separate individuals and becomes a unified organism that senses all levels of nature as interconnected and interdependent.

When we include this vast system of nature within ourselves, when we begins to feel it internally, we start to absorb its program. We no longer perceives reality in fragments, but as a single integral process. It is as if we feel ourselves originating billions of years ago and continuing billions of years into the future, because we become included in the immense organism of integral nature. Then, we begin to feel the myriad forces acting within it and understand how they influence us and how we, consciously and in a goal-oriented manner, can influence ourselves, our destiny, and our future. We become the only active element in nature, acting consciously above our instincts.

Such attainment is possible when we are integrally included in every level of nature. Then we rise to the highest level of nature, to what we call “the level of the Creator.” In truth, there is no separate Creator as an external entity. Nature itself is the Creator. Reaching such a level means attaining equivalence with nature’s integral law.

The reason society and an organism seem like different concepts today is because our society is broken, fragmented, and internally disconnected. It is like a severely ill body in which its systems are out of balance and no longer support one another. This is precisely the condition of modern society, which we are desperately trying to prevent from a complete collapse. However, when all systems exist in mutual support and balance, each for the sake of the whole and the whole for the sake of each, then society functions as an organism, just like the human body. In such a state, the distinction between “society” and “organism” completely disappears.

Interestingly, what we call primitive communities were, in many ways, integral societies. Their integration existed on an instinctive level, similar to the animal world. Nature held them together automatically through its general law. The difference between humans and animals is that egoism—the desire to enjoy ourselves at the expense of others—has developed in us. Above our animal nature, egoism grows and separates us. Today, precisely because of this egoism, we are required to unite on a higher level, consciously, above it, and together with it.

Animals hold an instinctive connection. Humans need to unite consciously. Egoism does not cancel integration; it elevates it to an entirely new level. When corrected, egoism becomes the means through which we achieve the highest and most complete form of unity.

Is It Important to Follow Physical Commandments for Spiritual Growth?

All the commandments or Mitzvot are nothing more than expressions of spiritual laws dressed in actions of our world. In and of themselves, the physical acts have no independent power. When a person performs them only externally, mechanically, without inner correction, they produce no spiritual result. We see this clearly in how over generations, people have observed commandments in their external form, all the while intensifying their internal division, hatred, and egoism. This shows that something essential is missing.

Take the Shulchan Aruch. Alongside detailed ritual instructions, it speaks extensively about love of others, about correct and kind relationships between people. But these parts we treat as secondary, almost childish, as though they are not meant for serious adults. Instead, we elevate the external ritual above everything else. For example, the ritual of washing the hands. In its inner meaning it speaks about cleansing oneself from egoism, from the desire to grasp everything for one’s own benefit. It is not about water in the physical sense, but about purification of intention. The same is true of all commandments. Each one points to an inner correction of the heart, i.e., of the intention that we place upon our desires.

It is written that “a commandment without intention is dead.” Intention means the aim to correct our egoistic nature and direct ourselves at the quality of love, bestowal, and connection. Without this inner work, the external observance remains empty. Worse still, it can even strengthen egoism, because a person begins to feel righteous simply by performing actions, while their inner attitude toward others remains unchanged. This only deepens separation and division, even among those who consider themselves religious.

Today we have reached a critical state. The return to connection between us has become a necessity. Without restoring mutual responsibility, love of others, and unity above our differences, humanity will drive itself toward destruction. If we open the books of our sages, such as The Zohar, the writings of the ARI, and those of Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), then we will see that they speak primarily about unity, the heart’s correction, and the revelation of the Creator in the connection between us.

The commandments were given as a means to transform egoism into love. If we return to their inner meaning, they will become alive again. If not, their outer shell will not save us.

Sometimes the harshest criticism comes from within. We set unrealistic standards, invent imaginary deadlines, and try to force ourselves into molds we were never shaped to fit. But spirituality is not standardized – there is no universal timeline for transformation. Real change is deeply personal and purposeful. Unique journeys are not flaws in the system – they are the design of the system. Different path. Different pace. Same worth.

Never measure your progress with someone else’s ruler. You are not behind. You are not late. Silence the inner scoreboard. Compare yourself only to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today. Trust your journey, stay in your lane, and run your own race.

Growth flourishes in self-respect, not in self-contempt. Stop beating yourself for everything you think you aren’t and start appreciating yourself for everything you already are. You don’t become better by bullying yourself – you become better by believing you’re worth the effort. Be patient with yourself, and move forward with faith. Celebrate the progress, and trust the process.

Inspired by the teachings of Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe (1914-2005)

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It’s Not “Just the Way Things Go”

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When can we truly hear Hashem’s voice in our lives? Chazal teaches: only when we shake off the dust of confusion and false beliefs. As long as we chalk life up to “nature” or “coincidence,” Hashem’s voice remains muffled. That misbelief actually exiles the Shechinah itself—because it disconnects us from the truth.

The Chovot HaLevavot reminds us that our job is to invest minimal effort in parnassah and put maximum trust in Hashem. True inner peace flows from knowing our effort is a mitzvah—not a strategy. We’re emulating Hashem by engaging in creation, but we must remember: the outcome is never our doing. It’s all His orchestration.

If we treat life as a series of lucky breaks or random hardships, we’re warned: “I too will behave with you as if by chance.” (Vayikra 26:27–28) That’s not punishment—it’s consequence. It means Hashem will withhold the clarity of His hand until we’re ready to see Him again.

No matter how natural things may appear, they are always Divinely tailored. There’s no such thing as coincidence. Every twist and turn is a sacred rerouting, lovingly leading us back home to Hashem.

Don’t Hand Over the Reins

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We are asked to make an effort in life—not because Hashem needs our effort, but because it’s part of our rectification since Adam HaRishon. Yet, the danger begins when we start believing the success is ours. The Midrash in Parshat Pinchas warns that the yetzer hara feeds off our effort, making us think we earned the outcome by our “might and wisdom.”

But true emuna isn’t about sitting back—it’s about stepping forward without attachment to our power. The Maggid of Mezritch teaches that when we put our trust in anything but Hashem, we sever the flow of Divine intervention. We become entangled in false dependencies and outcomes shaped by concealment, not clarity.

Rav Dessler ztk”l brings clarity to this: the real purpose of human effort is to reveal Hashem in this world. Even what looks like nature is just Hashem in costume. There is no such thing as “natural causes”—only the illusion of them.

The highest level of trust is when we see no difference between a miracle and an ordinary event. All of it is Hashem’s doing. But most of us still react differently to a “miracle” than to a “coincidence.” The more our emuna deepens, the less we feel the need to hustle. The lighter our hand in this world, the heavier Hashem’s presence becomes.

Let your emuna do the heavy lifting. Results were never your job to begin with.

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