Preparation to the Lesson [2026-04-30] #lesson

1:30Hello friends, it's it's so good to be here with you in the lesson this evening. USA Northeast has the privilege of being able to be your host for this lesson prep and we're honored to be here to be able to serve in that capacity. And then the subject that we chose for this prep was what was mutual guarantee. And when I started to think about mutual guarantee, I started to think about a mother or a father that has to get up in the wee hours in the morning to go out and take care of their children. And when as they do that, they're acting in two roles actually. They're acting as the heel because they feel that responsibility of taking care of their children. And they're also acting as the head at the same time because if not for me, then who? So what is the feeling that we're actually talking about? We're talking about love. We're talking about being compelled by the force of the upper because it's nothing that we could

2:30actually do on our own. The parents are operating off of instinct given by the creator, but we ourselves are choosing mutual guarantee. And that's the path of a coblist. And so we should be very thankful that the creators open the space up between us, has given us this opportunity to serve and to be above the end of the degree so that we can find adhesion with him, but not only that at the same time be that beacon that leads others to feel his greatness between us. Really, there's no words to say how thankful we should be towards our friends and also too, what we want to keep in mind for mutual responsibilities are upcoming Congress because it will require things that we've never done before. And so let's be in that space together, always operating from a place of love to inspire our friends. And I give them everything that we can in order to help them to reach their goal of adhesion with the creator. And now Nick, we'll read our first excerpt.

3:33I'll have Salam building the future society. We see that we're like any other animal in our consumption. Also, every contemptible act in the world stems from consumption. On the other hand, we see that all the good and joyful deeds in the world come from the property of bestow upon one's fellow person. Hence, we must reject parsimonious thoughts of consumption for self and fill our minds with thoughts of bestow upon our fellow person. And now our dear brother I'll give you our active workshop. How do we replace thoughts of self-reception with thoughts of bestowal? Once again, how do we replace thoughts of self-reception with thoughts of bestowal? Just like the friends talked about our vote, this status where we're guaranteeing for one another

4:47responsible for another, not caring for each for his own benefit, this will obligate us to think of the benefit outside of our body. Only there would between us will succeed in saving us. In truth, Nessie and I had the discussion about this question, Nessie said, the person doesn't replace thoughts of self-reception with bestowal, the creator does that. That's true, but it's still written for us and we learned that we have to exercise this. As it's written, we have to exert in making efforts to and also love and we have to think about the friends and when we do this, probably the creator will help. By receiving the confidence out of the incorporation in the society, in the group, it gives us more and more forces and desire and need to engage as little as possible in ourselves and care for the friends, care for the

5:51connection between us, make an effort as much as possible so that we will create one key that can reveal the abundance the creator wants to provide us with. I think it starts with a certain understanding at first that this is the correct path because only we can find the reason for our life and then when we find ourselves powerless, comes the time for prayer. When you're in such a society, it's kind of like you have a certain additional help here, a help as an addition. And this additional help comes from the books. We're about to open our books. There's light there. This light operates always, all the time. You can constantly draw light for the friends,

6:53for the path, for the method, for the quality of the soul. There's an endless abundance. How do we replace the thoughts? Just like we read right now in the preparation, coercively at first, we raise importance. We talk about this, each tries to make these efforts artificially. Why? Because this leads to the light. We should try now on the lesson that we have come to, not to think about myself, but to think about the light that does have an impact, will bestow through me to all the friends, to resist thoughts of myself. Only thoughts for the friends and for their success. Exert two, Rabash, article number two 1984, concerning level of friends, we must remember that the society was established on the basis of level of others. So each member would receive

7:57from the group the love of others and hatred of himself. And seeing that his friend is straining to annull his self and to love others would cause everyone to be integrated in their friends' intentions. Thus, if the society is made of ten numbers, for example, each will have ten forces practicing self-enulment, hatred of self, and love of others. And our great friend Nathan. Yes, friends, question for a silent workshop. Let's take the love of others with us into the lesson. Again, let's take the love of others with us into the lesson.