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Hi everybody and welcome again to the worldwide classroom
Power of Kabbalah 2, class number 5.
Today, class will be about
the power of prosperity.
Financial prosperity.
All Tikkun and issues that
we have around money, how to
free ourself from the chaos
that is attached to money.
You know, if you really look at it, most people
spend so much of their day to make a living
to be financially secure,
so much of the day is
spent worrying about finance,
worrying about money,
worrying about prosperity,
so much chaos attached to
it and as we know there
is probably so much Tikkun,
issues, corrections attached to it as well.
So the purpose of today's
session, today's classes
to understand what's the
real, spiritual Kabbalistic
significance of true prosperity,
to learn about personally
where's our Tikkun around
prosperity and money,
and actual tools how to get rid of
the chaos attached to prosperity.
First, I would like to define
what is financial success?
or true prosperity, as we say it, you
know, success without the side effects.
Because there are many people that may be on the paper
in the account number, they have great amounts of money
but have so much chaos as a result of the endeavor
and dealing with the money caused in their life
in many other areas, we do not call it true
prosperity, we do not call it true success.
Because kabbalistically when we talk about success
in one area in our life, it's supposed to add
and not diminish the success and the
blessing in other areas in our life.
So our financial prosperity
and success can bring
blessings and add dimensions
of goodness in every
aspect of my life instead of taking away from it.
Like the person that
will be a workaholic and
all his sense of identity
will be his success
as a result, he will ignore his family, he will
ignore relationships, he will ignore his health.
And sooner or later the chaos will appear in so
many other areas and he'll still think but I'm
financially successful, without seeing and looking
even, that Satan actually played a game with this guy.
He gave him the illusion of
success in one area because
he didn't use the real
universal laws of prosperity.
It causes chaos in other
areas of his life.
So what we would like to learn, how do I
accomplish true financial success and prosperity?
True blessing, a win-win in every area of my life, in one
end, to open the gates of prosperity and to manifest my
unlimited potential to attract
it, to maintain it without
the insecurity the fears, the
anxieties attached to it
And in the same way, without taking away
from every aspect of blessings in my life.
Because the kabbalistic
understanding of true fulfillment
is not just, let's fulfill
the prosperity side,
let's fulfill the relationship side, let's fulfill the health
side, somehow they're all one and they they're all connected.
Same universal laws manifest themselves in different areas
and we just need to be aware of the same universal laws.
How do we manifest them and channel
them in the area of prosperity?
Are you ready?!
Great.
So, where do we start?
Let's start from understanding money.
What is money?
What is money? Is money really physical?
You know, in today's banks, I would say, I would
not exaggerate to say they probably have only 10%
if that, of the money that are supposed actually to have the bank.
So is money just a number?
Is money an energy?
It's a power? It's a means to buy things?
What is really money? Where does money come from?
What is the source of money?
We know kabbalistically
that the source of all
blessings of anything that
can be used as a channel
to enhance our life, the source of all energies is the Light of God.
If he's the energy of health, what strength
our immune system comes
from the Light of God.
If it's the energy within any type of
food, comes from the Light of God.
If it's the energy from the sun, comes from the light of God.
So when we're talking about power that manifests itself
as money that can help me to buy, to manifest, to help,
or to destroy, it is coming from the Light of God.
Money is a physical manifestation
of the energy of the
Creator that manifests itself
around financial abundance.
The Light of the Creator is the infinite force of
sharing, manifests itself in many, many different ways
in this world. One of the ways
it manifests itself is as money
but the money itself, the check itself, the number
itself, the account itself, the bill itself,
the coin itself, it is only 1%
channel to carry the Light of God.
The fact that with money, I can save somebodies life
by feeding them and I didn't have money before.
Or the fact that with money I can buy
a gun that can destroy somebody's life
or drugs that can destroy somebody's life, it means, theirs energy in it
and there's only one source of energy in our life.
The Light of the Creator. Of course it is in my power
to channel it as a negative force or
to channel it as a positive force.
And of course, in order
to be able to channel it
in a positive force, I need
to know what's its source,
what was the intention of the Creator
of bringing this money into our life.
So the fact that money is power of course can be
used positive or negative. We know the source of
all power comes from the Light of God
and like all the other things in life, one of the indications
that can help you and me to understand that actually money
is energy, that it's not really in our direct control,
if you look at all things that we have in our life,
that in a second can go away
and we can lose them, like
health, God forbid, like all
the talents that we have
all the brain capacity
that we have and...
including money we can
lose it in any second.
The fact we can lose it in any second means
it is not energy that we can say we own.
That's the first clue of tapping
the power of prosperity.
We are not the owner of money.
We may be the channels of money
the Rav Berg would say so many
times, "we are just the managers,
we are not the owners".
The owner, has total control over it.
A manager, if
he doesn't do a good job,
he might not be a manager
anymore. So kabbalistically that's
the first principal of prosperity.
Money is energy that comes
from the Creator, that can
channel itself through me
into this power called money.
That hopefully we will learn how to channel in a proper way
and the first rule of prosperity I'm
not the owner, I'm just the manager.
Understanding that money is energy from the
Creator that needs to be channelled right.
Yes but we might get this client that got me
the money because I did a great job for him
and I worked so hard for it, always remind
yourself, there's people who are smarter than you
and work even harder than you that
have less money than you have
that accomplish less, so it's not just
about your effort and your talent.
There's something else coming, there's another
equation which is maybe not seen to the senses.
There's no question we have to make an
effort but actual power to manifest money
it is the energy of the Creator that somehow
we would like to learn how to tap into it
and how to maintain it.
So it is energy.
It is power.
Any successful
person knows that sometimes
whatever he does goes
right and he's tapping
into that wave of success
and sometimes whatever you touch turns bad.
Nothing works. With all this
smartness, with all the ideas,
with all the expertise, with all
the research, nothing works
Why? Because somehow, I was not able to
tap into that energy called prosperity.
That energy called true abundance. Or if I tapped into
it, I still feel empty and insecure and something is
missing in my life. It's also indication maybe I
connected to the 1% aspect of money. Which is just the
number and the physical money but the
blessing and the fulfillment and the freedom
it's supposed to bring me is not there.
So, it's another indication I'm not connected.
Something is missing.
So first thing is, I'm
not the owner, I'm the manager.
I just came to
channel it in a proper way. Even though it seemed
to be in my pocket and for sure I'll keep it.
Am I in control of it? We see left and right after
decisions that we thought would be so secure
nothing can happen. In a second
a person can lose it all.
So first realisation.
Which is not easy,
and we might have tikkun and ego attached to it
because the ego doesn't want us to feel I'm just
the manager because of so many times money
becomes our identity. If I'm good in it,
that's what I'll brag about because what else
will I brag about? That's what Kabbalah is saying.
We truly want to be secure, security doesn't
come with bragging about success that I got.
Security comes with understanding, feeling,
and acting as a channel in this world,
and knowing that the Light will provide and
I'll be a channel. That's the confidence that
security I need to have.
The issue of waste.
The issue, the tikkun around wasting money.
What is the whole concept about wasting money and why is it
such an essential Tikkun and another tool and ingredient
in the laws of prosperity?
You know, if a person is a
very wealthy individual,
the penny or the quarter
doesn't mean much
because it's just a quarter comparing to me.
If a person is a beggar,
that every quarter makes a
difference in his life,
that quarter means a lot.
So when one person, the
quarter doesn't mean
much because relative
to me, it's nothing
and for another person, the quarter means a lot.
Is it the right perception?
Is that how we should think?
Imagine a person doing well, ah,
it doesn't matter wasting a little
bit of money here, money there,
don't treat it too seriously.
I'm not talking about being generous.
That's another whole issue. I'm talking about being wasteful.
Wasting and spending about this about things that I don't need
and I'm not saying there is a problem even to have
luxury in my life as long as it's not a waste.
I'm really appreciating what I'm getting, I'm appreciating the
Light of God in it, I'm appreciating the blessing, why not?
But I'm talking about wasting. When I don't have just to
spend extra, when I'm just being very careless about it.
When I'm allowing it to go away without any calculation
because I can afford, what's the big deal?
The idea is that if I'm
a billionaire or if I'm
penniless, if I truly understand
the concept that money
is a gift from the Creator,
that I'm just a manager,
that 25 cents has the
Light of God in it
and the same Light of God in it if I'm
a billionaire, or if I'm a beggar
and that's the problem. When we're looking
at money, it's all relative to me.
If I have a lot it means nothing, if I have a little
bit, it means a lot. It means money is all around me.
That's called the desire to receive for one's self alone, it's all relative to me.
But, if I'm looking at myself as a channel,
it doesn't matter how much money I have.
So every penny means something and every penny
needs to be treated right without wastefullness
because that's consciousness that's
stopping me from being a channel.
So one of the essential ingredients that will
help each one of us to be the XXX channel,
and to have the consciousness
of prosperity, do not waste.
Treat the penny, treat the
quarter, treat the dollar
treat the hundred dollar as important energy from
the Creator that I came to channel in this world.
And I'm a manager, if I have a lot or if I have
a little bit. It doesn't mean to be stingy.
Appreciation, respect, is
it the right thing to buy?
As I'm saying again. God
doesn't want us to be poor.
God doesn't want us to be stingy. God doesn't
want us to suffer, to live in a shack
there is nothing wrong if a person
lives very comfortable, big life.
But he's using it for good purposes. That's one of
the ways to appreciate God's gifts in this world.
But is it different when it
comes to waste and being
careless about the spending when
I don't need or the wasting
when I don't need.
Because when a person doesn't appreciate a
penny, how can it be a channel, it's about him
and not about the Light of God and the money
of the Creator that was given to him.
So the second concept is the concept,
the tikkun around waste. Not stinginess
because when we'll talk about generosity and
giving, of course we need to be generous
and of course we need to look at what
he gave me as a channel to help others.
There's no question
about it but here I'm
talking simply about the
concept of appreciating
that its one of the Light
of God. In the same way I
will appreciate every day
that I wake up in the morning.
The fact that the same way I'll appreciate every morning that I'm healthy.
The same way I'll appreciate my kids every morning. The
same way I'll appreciate every fruit and every vegetable
and every food was given to me which is clear it came from the Creator.
The next concept is guilt attached to money,
it's another tikkun. Guilt attached to money.
What is the concept there? What is the guilt attached to money?
Unfortunately, a lot of
people are blocked prosperity
wise because they feel
guilty of having a lot.
They feel guilty of thinking bigger about money.
Isn't money dirty?
Isn't money corrupted?
Why should I, in the world of God,
why should I think big about money?
Why should I try to have bigger goals about money?
Why should I?
And again, if you look at money
as physical things, that
just separate people
and create destruction, you should be guilty about it!
But, if you look at money
as abundance from the creator that came to
enhance our life and to bring stability
and to bring win-win blessings in every aspect of
our life and for other people because the nature
of Light, Light doesn't
stay in one person's life.
If I know how to translate
money and prosperity into that
energy of Light, if I'm truly igniting the
99% of money which is Light and positivity,
of course I want more! The more I have, the more
light I'm sharing and revealing and connecting
and more blessings I'm bringing into the world.
There's nothing wrong about having more.
The guilt, oh I'm not entitled.
I'm not deserving.
That's part of the ego
that's playing games with us
that wants to block us from
allowing the blessings
of the Creator to be
manifested in our life.
That's the purpose that
the guilt exists there.
It doesn't have a real source
and essence from the soul.
It doesn't.
And of course, if I'm all day long
just receiving from people.
If I'm all day long
just receiving and doing
no effort and using it
for myself alone and not
contributing to anybody
the money and I just got it as a gift and as a
result I'm just lazy, sitting at home, doing nothing,
of course I should be guilty
because something is wrong.
Because I'm not connecting to the law
of receiving for the sake of sharing.
So there's nothing wrong about feeling guilty here
but I'm talking the general sense of true prosperity.
Why not? If in my channel, I can be
potential for billions, why not?
Feel guilty about it?
Why am I deserving it?
Again, especially if part of your
goal in life is to reveal as much
Light as you can in your life and positivity as much
as you can, so you have a chance to let in more Light.
And more blessings, to you, and for the world!
As I'm talking, I would like to ask, look inside, reach inside
and say, wow! I do have some
guilt attached to it. I'm
not going full force. I'm
not truly opening myself.
I'm not really, really believing it's the desire
of the Creator to give us unlimited amounts
and unlimited benefits in this way.
It is the desire of the Creator! The Creator has no intention
that money will be ruled by corrupted consciousness
of people and especially if there's managers that the
Creator has that can channel it in a right way, he would love it
and I can tell you that each one of us
can be bigger channeled than we are to prosperity.
Not everybody meant to be a billionaire
but everybody meant to have financial
security and abundance without worries.
We are all meant to. We're all supposed go through some tests around
it sometimes. There's no question about it
some chaos around it, in order to test us and
to expend our vessel. No question about it
but we can be much bigger channels
and should not be guilty about it. When I understand
it's not about me winning and the world losing.
When I understand, when I have more, the world has more.
When I more every aspect of my life being enhanced
and I can share more.
So, when I can reach a place
of freedom around the
insecurities around money
of course, right away and automatically, everybody else would
benefit from it because the reason we've become takers
because we don't feel free, we feel insecurities,
that's the reason we hurt other people.
But, if it really would bring true freedom, of
course everybody else will benefit from it.
And, the fact that there are many people looking at
money in a corrupted way and it separates people
and accentuates the egos of people, it
doesn't mean I need to think this way.
That was not the original intention of the Creator
for bringing money. He gave us the free will.
Money is energy. I can use it for myself alone
or I can use it for the sake of sharing.
So, that's the other consciousness attached to
money, the other tikkuns around money. Which is
the whole issue
around thinking
big and not feeling guilty.
We need to reach inside to
see what is the missing link
around too much guilt to it.
Another thing,
you know, around money,
there are fears.
You know, beside the guilt. There's tikkun that I think everybody has
around fears of not having enough. And that's a test
that everybody has to go through in this world.
And the fears of not having enough, is again
not just because I don't have enough job,
it's not because, I'm trying my best and
nothing is coming, I don't see it coming
because this is one of the
tikkuns that we need and have
the opportunity to inject
this concept of certainty
around money.
Means in many areas in our life, certainty
is a principal we need to apply.
But, money is a big one.
And in order to be really
prosperous, in order to
really earn to become a channel.
And, of course we can always become bigger and bigger
and bigger, that's a constant process of growth,
I need to identify my fear
around not having enough
money. Around not being
secured financially,
and being able to overcome it and we all have to go
through moments that it seems that we don't have enough.
We all go through these moments. It seems that we
don't have enough, that it's not going to come,
there's no source it will come and that's the time
to practice what we're learning intellectually.
And to say, if I'm doing my maximum effort, if I
understand money is a force from the creator,
not from a client, not from the job, not
because I make enough phone calls, of course!
I need to make maximum effort in a 1%!
To do the best that I can and not be lazy sitting at home.
But, in spite of it, we are all going to go
through moments in our life that the fear comes
and the fears give us a chance to earn to be true children of
prosperity because it gives us a chance to put away the fear.
Inject certainty!
Money is not a physical thing, it comes
from the Light of the Creator,
there's no shortage of it.
And the fact that I have the fears and physically it
seems to be very dangerous, I'm not going to have enough.
It gives me a chance to inject that certainty.
So the fears around not having enough,
the fears of the insecurity around
money, it is an essential thing
to help us to overcome the Tikkun
around fear around not having enough
by injecting certainty.
Because, the only way I truly acknowledge
I'm connecting to the Light of Prosperity,
when physically, I don't see anything coming, but the
only way I can turn, I am surrendered to the Light
by continuing doing the
maximum effort, it will come!
By saying, yeah I know I have a lot of money
coming in, I know it's for the light.
That's not indication I truly know it's from the Light.
When I don't have, when things are so tough,
there's no evidence of money coming in,
that's the time I have real opportunity to
acknowledge that money comes from the Light.
If it's just intellectual concept, doesn't mean much.
And that's to overcome that
fear and the lack of trust.
And to inject that certainty
and trust, and later
on, we're going to use one
of the 72 names of God
that will help us to connect to the power of prosperity
which we're going to speak about towards the end.
So, that's the other tikkun connected to
the power of money, the tikkun of fear.
Fear and uncertainty, that in order to become true
channels and in order to have true prosperity,
I need to overcome around money. The next one
I'll speak about is the whole concept of tithing.
The whole concept we call receiving for the
sake of sharing, the whole concept of charity.
So, the general concept of
giving away money is the basic
concept of the Creator gave me
this money as a channel
What does it mean as a channel? To receive for the sake of sharing.
That's what a channel means.
So, the more I have, the more I can give.
So, the idea of giving away
money is not obligation
because I have, I feel guilty
because people are needy
because I need to help. That's great idea but the idea
simply is the opportunity to reveal the true potential of the money
as Light as a blessing in the world.
because money has two aspects to it.
The 1% which is only chaos, which causes separation
chaos wars, fights around the inheritance.
Or, the 99% which is the
energy of the Creator.
All our purpose is to learn how to do I
ignite the 99% consciousness of money?
How do I do it? What do I need to do in order to
ignite the true power of the Creator in this money? So all the things that we said
leads to the last thing, is the power of sharing.
By me giving away money,
beyond my immediate
responsibilities of my family
of the things that I have obligation, that I have
to, that's great, we always need to try to help.
I'm talking about outside my
immediate responsibility,
to a cause that I believe in.
To a cause that will make
use of the money as a positive energy to help others.
That I personally believe in. That can work for me.
That I see that it makes a difference.
By doing it, I am
becoming a channel to receive
for the sake of sharing
and I'm allowing myself to maintain
that energy of prosperity.
What is the concept of tithing. Which appear in many
spiritual teachings in the bible, in the old testament,
new testament. Tithing
represents a tenth of a portion.
What is the whole concept
of it kabbalistically?
Because, Kabbalah does
teach that in a,
for the sake of allowing
myself to be the best channel
and to hold true power of prosperity, it would be the
most recommended, there's no such thing as, "have to"
or "must", most recommended
to give not less
than 10% and in most
cases, not more than 20%
that's what tithing really
means, between 10% and 20%.
Why suddenly 10%?
Why not 5%? Why not 50%?
What's the whole concept of tithing?
Why 10%?
How is God suddenly
connected to numbers?
To percentage? A lot of people are asking
this question and what's the connection?
So here, we're getting a little deeper into kabbalistic technology.
We know kabbalistically
that there are 10 sefirot.
10 levels of consciousness.
10 energy levels
that exist in everything.
It's between the Creator, the endless Light of the Creator until
we're receiving any aspect of blessing in our life
there are 10 dimensions. There's 10 dimensions
in our own head, in our own consciousness.
That kabbalah teaches us we would like to grow from
the lowest dimension to the bigger, to the bigger,
to the next one, to the next one.
There's dimensions between
a seed of a tree until it
manifests itself into an apple.
There are 10 dimensions.
10 dimensions is 10 levels of
enlightenment, that every blessing
starts from the potential
to the manifestation.
Now, every abundance of energy
divided into 10 levels.
For example, our health, our body
we know is a micro cosmos, the same way the Light
of the Creator reveals itself in 10 levels.
Our body is the head, it's the upper three levels
and from the neck down is the lower seven levels.
And, basically each organ of the body channels another level.
And, the difference between the highest and the lowest level?
The lowest level we call the 1% realm,
or the code name for it is the Malchut,
or kingdom. Which the nature
of the lowest level is the 99%
consciousness is the desire to
receive for one's self alone.
There is a little bit of Light
but the ruling consciousness,
1%, limitation, "me, me, me" and
that's where Satan is resting,
that's his camp, that's
his playing field.
The 1% realm, the 10th
level, the last level.
The other 9 levels, Satan really does not exist there.
Now, the difference between the other 9 levels and the 10 level
is the other 9 levels, each one of them is just passing and
channeling the light, maybe the highest level is pure channel
and others are less pure but
all the other 9 is part of
the 99% realm and the last
level is part of the 1% realm,
the Malchut, the physicality, the me, me, me
consciousness. Now, all our purpose in life
is in the one hand to live in the physical reality
called Malchut, or 1%, but to overcome its nature
as many moments as we can and every time we're doing
so we're freeing ourselves from the force of chaos
and connect to the 99%. We're not avoiding
the 1%, we're not running away from it.
So, back to the concept of tithing.
What is the concept of tithing? Money, any portion of money
a person has got a $1,000 now.
He just got a check of $1,000.
And this $1,000, it's energy that reveals
itself like any abundance in 10 levels.
Which is a hundred dollars per level.
Malchut, the level of the 1%,
where Satan's kingdom exists,
owns a $100 out
of the $1,000 because it's
the last level in its 10%,
because that 10 sefirot
abundance is 100% so 10% per sefirot, per level.
So, the world of Malchut, the world of the 1%,
the world of the territory
of Satan owns 10% of the
money, of the abundance.
Now, it's not that he owns 10%
since the Malchut is the lowest level, it actually
either controls in a negative way or in a positive way
the other 90%. So, the whole
concept of tithing is giving away
the part of my money that as
long is attached to me, me, me,
it's ruled by Satan, giving it away and freeing myself
from this 10% that's ruled by the force of chaos
the force of Satan. And, basically by
doing it, I'm empowering my money and I'm
igniting the 99% consciousness of the money.
Because the 99% consciousness of the money
the blessing consciousness of the money, the prosperity aspect, the win-win aspect of the money,
exists in the money potentially.
I need to free the chaos
that is attached to it.
Beside all the other Tikkun's
that we spoke about, one of the
major ones it giving at least
the 10% that's holding me back
that makes me attached to
the force of chaos and
the reason why sometimes
people will have enormous
abundance and still they're
very insecure and fearful
because they did not let
go of at least the 10%
and the force of Satan is still in their money, and
the force of Satan will make them insecure and
fearful and even though I have $200 million in the
bank, they still will wake up with tremendous fears
and anxiety around it, because it's not about the amount.
It's about freeing the negative energy that's attached to money.
So, the concept of tithing, even before the, how to I give it?
And, where do I give it?, the intention that I give it
to a really good cause, did I do the right thing?
Step number one for me I need to understand.
We came to this world to remove the forces of
chaos and to ignite the force of the Creator.
So, giving the tithing, it is a
powerful tool to free myself
from that force of chaos that
exists in the territory of Malchut
of the 1% which is 10% of everything. That's the reason
kabbalistcally, we don't just say does, tithing need to be
around money. It needs to be around time
if not more important even than this.
Because time is also energy. And the time that
we have in this world and awake or even asleep,
if it's 24 hours, somehow, I
need to reach a goal that 10%
of this I'll give towards
something outside of myself alone
and my immediate responsibility.
Because it's also something that belongs to Satan.
It is not just around the power of money.
It's about any abundance, in order to free the forces of
chaos and anxiety negativity attached to it, or bad luck, which there
is no such thing, but bad luck is when I allow Satan to take over.
You will manifest bad luck or something that appears
to be good luck, but then insecurity negativity,
fears and chaos in other areas of my life will manifest itself.
So, the concept of tithing that
so many spiritual teachings and
religion speaks about.
Kabbalah teaches the essence behind it.
Eliminating the force of
Satan that owns my money,
the force within me, what
is the force of Satan?
It is the power within me which is only into itself alone, which
I'm not a channel. I want just to fill my hole more and more
and I want to use it for myself. Eliminating it and freeing
myself from it. That's the first aspect of tithing.
So, I should look forward to the opportunity besides the fact
those of you know the concept know that when you start to
practice it and that's what I recommend to people.
If you do not do tithing yet, don't believe what I'm saying.
Try it for yourself and see actually
by freeing the force of chaos how
actually more will come physically and
more blessings will come with it.
And it will bring true joy.
That's the first aspect, now, of
course, to tithe or to give away
is much more than this of course
I would love to have the best intention that I can.
If I'm taking even money that I'm tithing
but I'm using it to give for my own ego.
That's not tithing, really. It still stays with me.
I'm not giving. If I'm giving
away to somebody just to brag and
just to make sure that they
will know that I'm a good guy.
Or, just to make sure that my name is known and
I'm recognized, I'm receiving honor and respect,
Even though we will always have some
ego attached to it, don't worry about
it but if that's my sole purpose,
of course I'm not really tithing.
I would like to have the real intention
to give, to share something I believe
in. Something that I believe can make
a difference in other people's life.
Absolutely yes.
I want to give away and let go of the
power of Satan that attaches by tithing.
But, at the same time,
since I'm already giving,
I would love to have the
intention of giving for
the sake of revealing
goodness and positivity
in the entire world.
Now, another concept
that is a major tikkun
attached to money
is dependence around money.
It means I'll be so
dependent on it, I'll
be so attracted to it,
attached to it in a way that
I have such a
need to attach to it, that
it's my only identity.
Without it, I'm nobody.
When I am dependent on such a
strong level, it is indication
I need to give away
even more. Because, the
attachment and the fear of loss
and the bragging and feeling
empty if I don't have enough
It's indication I'm not a true
channel and I'm too attached and I'm
too controlled by it because real
connection to the Light of God
is, the Light of God
is not controlling me.
I'm looking at this as a blessing
in my life that goes through me.
It's indication I need to do
something to free myself from
it and one of the powerful
ways to do it is by giving.
We need to understand an important thing.
Even though intellectually it's great tithing, giving
away, removing the fears removing the waste consciousness
to it, removing the guilt attached to it, removing dependence.
All the type of Tikkuns that we spoke about
but when it comes to truly
giving away for some
people it's easier than
others but the only way it
will be easier for people is if you're doing it again and again
and again and you test the laws of the universe for yourself.
Of course sometimes you'll see immediate results,
other times you will not see immediate results
but I can guarantee, if you truly understand, we talk
about universal laws and not just be lucky, let's try
"God will bless me. " God wants to bless me every second!
If I'm plugged into the laws of the universe,
I will ignite the true power for
prosperity that exists for me.
And the fact that I'm fearful and I cannot
and it's too much and how can I afford it?
So try smaller and make the giving
bigger and bigger and bigger.
Treat it like everything else in life.
I need to overcome
fears by facing the fear
and trying it for myself.
I'm not doing favors to anybody.
I need to understand that I'm connecting
to universal laws to bring true
prosperity and harmony in my life.
Because, the rule about giving, when I'm giving and I
think I'm doing favour to somebody, I did it for them.
Giving is limited. When I'm giving, of course I make
a difference in other people's lives in the world.
But, I'm simply igniting the Light of the Creator in my life.
And, as I cause blessings there, I cause at least as big blessings
for myself, that's true circuitry of giving.
It's a win-win.
It is a win-win.
Especially around money that we have issue
and some people say but why do I
need to give money? Why not time?
the answer is, do you want just one
aspect of blessing in your life?
I would suggest, give money,
give time, give heart, give
energy, give compassion, give
in every area that you can
if your goal is to get as much light as possible.
Now, as far as just the general
levels of giving and you
heard the concept already that
there are two general areas.
To give somebody a fish, to feed somebody
with a fish or to teach them how to fish.
I can give somebody just to feed them and they need it and it is
important, sometime you do need to give money towards just feeding people,
give them their needs. But, something that can reveal
even more light and positivity, if I can empower people
to earn their ways of getting blessings
in their life. So, in every type of
giving, I'm either giving them directly
something that they desperately need,
which, sometimes I do need to do it.
But of course, higher
level is empowering people in
being able to, independently
to bring their own joy, prosperity,
food, work, or any level.
You know, I think it's an
opportunity for me to speak
about some of the projects
that the center is involved.
And I'm sure that through your student support
coach, you heard about some of the projects but I
think it is essential that you know some
of it and to know the intention behind it.
I would just like you to know
that the intention of the
Kabbalah Center through all the
projects that we're involved with
is one intention. Is to empower
people through spreading
light and tools, how to remove
chaos from their own life
and as a result from the entire world. That is the purpose.
So whenever we speak about the concept spreading light.
Spreading Light means empowering an individual
or group of people, or the world
with tools that will remove chaos from their own personal
life and from the world but nobody can do it for us.
So spreading light means, the light is the wisdom, is the energy,
is the strength to give me a chance to overcome my illusion
my ego, my desire for oneself alone, my chaos and will make a
difference in other
people's life as well.
And, as you know, the Kabbalah
Center is a non-profit organization.
And I would like to share, because
sometimes there is a lack
of awareness about it, some of
the projects, you will know
that even the money some of you pay for the worldwide
classroom, where does it go? Even though it's not directly
a donation. So, one of them is called the
Kabbalah Charitable Fund. You need to
know there's some people who are donating
directly to the Kabbalah Charitable Fund
there are some people who just by every
product that people buy, or every
course that people sign, a portion of it
goes to the Kabbalah Charitable Fund.
And, thank God, we reached a
level today that anybody,
all over the world that would
like to study Kabbalah
or would like to read books
of Kabbalah and would like
to listen to a CD or to watch
a DVD, or to get Zohar,
and he cannot afford, if it's verified
that he cannot afford, the Center will allow them,
through the Kabbalah Charity Fund
to have the benefits of this fund
and to be able to study and to be empowered to connect
in spite of the fact that he doesn't pay for it.
Maybe you know it, I need to let you
know as well all of you and some
people are with us today, even are
basically part of that scholarship
They got the scholarship.
So, that's for example some big things that are
growing and as the Center of course
growing we can help more and more people
because our goal is to allow everybody in every corner
of the world to study Kabbalah without the limitation
of the funds and money. That's one exciting
thing that I'm personally excited about.
Another exciting project is, you
know, the Spirituality For Kids
which is another non-profit
organization connected to Kabbalah
Center, the Kabbalah Center
Support, OK, is basically
there to help kids from the age of
3 years old and up to be empowered
with the tools and skills for life,
universal, spiritual tools for life
and a big part of the Spirituality for Kids Foundation
Organization deal with the less fortunate, the inner city,
where a lot of dangers and crime and negativity
actually manifested from there even though the goal
is to open the doors to everybody.
And, we're doing it through classes
in the inner cities. We're doing it
in countries all over the world.
We're doing it through developing
a website that will allow kids
basically from all over the world
through games, to be able to
connect to the basic laws of the
Light and the opponent within us.
Imagine if each one of us would be
exposed to the teachings of Kabbalah
in the basic spiritual essence when we were kids.
How much more secure, more powerful, more effective we would be?
And that's a huge vision and we're
working with Nova University in Florida.
They actually adopted the
Spirituality for Kids and we have
offices there to help us with
research and examination
and scientific proof of the effect of the
Spirituality for Kids program to kids.
So, this is huge effort that
the future is helping millions
of kids all over the world and last
year, we helped five thousand kids.
This coming year, our goal, 2006,
is to help 30,000 kids directly
besides other tools of
books and websites.
Of course, there are many
foundations but other exciting thing
is what we call the Zohar project.
Which is the ability, since the Zohar is one of the most
powerful tools of kabbalah, to spread light in the world.
So, the Zohar project is geared towards
spreading the the Zohars in countries,
individuals, free of charge all over
the world as a satellite as a channel
to bring Light. Because, the presence of
the Zohar alone, changing the frequency
and opening the gates of the 99% because
what is the goal in the big picture?
That in the blink of an eye,
we'll reach that place that
the curtains of Satan and
negativity will remove and
our natural tendency will
become positive and oneness.
So, Zohar is one of the dedications of the Center, to spread the Light.
As many Zohars as we can out there.
And of course also the
program in jails,
many many other little programs, but I
just wanted to share some of the programs
because I think it is essential that people that study in the Center, we know what you're a part of and maybe you'll get more
maybe brochures and explanations, because I do understand that
some people, that don't know the Center sometimes will question
and will doubt, it is important that at least
our people will be proud of what's happening.
So, the last thing I would like
to speak about is about the
actual metaphysical tool to
access the energy of prosperity.
So, in the power
of the 72 names
of God, the book of Yehuda Berg,
we have in page 138, we have the name
of God which is Samech Aleph Lamed.
You don't need to remember, just the shape of it, which is
specifically to be able to channel the energy of prosperity
So, each one of us I'm
sure found areas that we
have blocked around
prosperity, we have Tikkuns
Our own guilt and thinking I'm not deserving,
around fear, around dependence, around waste
around being cheap, around not being able to channel,
around all those areas that we spoke about.
Each one of those issues can
block me to be a channel.
So, with the help of the 72 names of
God, that particular name in page 138,
in the book Power of the 72 names of God,
I can visualize this book and then
place it above my head in my mind's eye
and see white lights filling me up
and goes through my body and as I'm seeing
it, I'm closing my eyes, I'm meditating on
that area in my life that I'm blocked about.
That specific tikkun I am blocked about.
I'm truly seeing myself breaking that
blockage and opening that block.
So, this is something that I would recommend
very much to use in a daily basis.
Since I believe that most people have some
level of tikkun around prosperity.
Another book I would
recommend very much to read
tapes and books of Yehuda Berg called True Prosperity.
Very inspiring and very empowering and very uplifting.
So, what about all debts that you
have, can this be a blockage?
Of course that making the
maximum effort and taking the
responsibility to clear all
debts is needed and necessary
because it can be a blockage
of prosperity in my life.
Nevertheless, attach guilt to it, it's not what's going to help.
So, I'm making the maximum effort to clear the debt
while without guilt I'm trying to
still continue to channel prosperity.
If I cannot clear the debt at all, I can only do it
slowly, slowly - the guilt is not going to help me.
I need to make maximum
effort around it because of
course I would love to clear
negative Karma around it
but at the same time, open myself to be channel of prosperity,
and by doing it I'll be even faster clearing a debt.
So, just thinking, ah, it's probably my blockage and
I'm guilty about it, and nothing works, it won't help.
But, of course I would recommend to make all
the effort in the world to clear that past.
What does the Kabbalah
Center feel about people who
study Kabbalah giving to other
spiritual organisations?
So, first I would like to share
that, number one that we do have
actually, partnerships especially
in the Spirituality For Kids part
with other charities, catholic charities for example and
others to be able to be the most effective in kids.
But, when it comes to regards to students
who are studying in the Center and wish to
give to other spiritual teachings, that they
see the benefits and they got the benefits
themselves, we will recommend it.
Actually, that is the goal and
the intention. I don't think that
we have the right to say no.
We have to give just for the
Center because you study in the
Center. Somebody asked me where
should they give spiritually?
My recommendation, ask yourself where do you get
the most spiritually and thus create a circuitry
So, if you feel 20% or 50% or 80% in other places,
give to where you believe can make a difference
and it's true on spiritual tools.
So, that would be my answer, I don't
think there should be any obligation,
maybe a person can recommend
and share, but I don't think there can be any obligation.
How should one handle a large amount of money that
comes from inheritance or from winning the lotto?
Number one, whenever there is so much
fight and negativity attached to it, of
course it's negative energy that you would
like to try to stay away or at least
try not to get involved in the dirty fight that's
attached to it. But, as far as giving, as I
said, again by looking at this, the Creator gave
to me, even though I didn't work for it directly
the Creator gave it to me, so I shouldn't feel guilty about it.
Nevertheless, I would like to clean the aspect of the inheritance.
Or, that's attached to Satan by giving between 10 and 20%.
And, to do it with happiness and joy and not
to feel guilty about the rest of the money that stayed
in my life because that's a wish of the Creator.
So, it's a total blessing and you need to look at it as a blessing
and thank you, God, and of course one of the important
things, not to believe that now I'm a happier
person because I have more. Because, that's the biggest problem.
A lot of people who win the lotto
actually 95% of them, statistics say, actually
become bankrupt, insecure, or empty, or major chaos.
Because, they thought, wow, now I got such an amount
now I got so much, I don't have to
worry about nothing, I can be lazy.
And that's the whole trick.
In life, in order to excel,
in happiness, I always need to take more responsibility
and more effort. The fact that I have more money
doesn't mean less effort and laziness. Maybe in the area
of working hard and making as far as making a living
I need to be a little bit easier on myself.
But, as far as doing things for others I need to do even more.
How far should we go? As far as we consider our family when
we're saying tithing, it should be outside of our family.
And, again it's individual and one should be honest with himself
and say, you know what, helping that person I feel like
a responsibility, it's not that I'm truly giving away.
I have to, how can I say no here in that situation?
And, it's people that I feel obligation
and of course, a person needs
to make a decision himself, I don't
think there is a really clear line
about it. But, the main thing about giving is
truly giving away without strings attached.
Without any other agendas, that's
opportunity around tithing.
That there's no immediate gain, the family said
I'm helpful and we have a social connection here
as a result? No.
So, Thank you very much everybody