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Does studying Kabbalah require retiring from daily life?

“There is no requirement to fast or to mortify yourself. One does not have to leave everyday life or abandon family duties. Nor does one float in the air or practice breathing exercises in order to attain tranquility.

“Quite the contrary, students build their egos and turn them into vessels to help them attain the sublime goal. To study Kabbalah and understand how the Upper World operates, one must be at the center of that world and act from within it.

“Therefore, one must perform all one’s mundane duties. The attainment of the spiritual reality must be in one’s corporeal senses, closely connected with one’s normal life.”

--Michael Laitman, The Kabbalah Experience