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Winston Churchill’s words still resonate with many people, but when we view them through a more internal lens, we see that their deepest meaning comes to light when they are connected to the upper governance.
When Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat,” he spoke from the logic of this world, where people believe progress comes through sacrifice. But there is really no sacrifice here at all. What exists is a rational and wise distribution of one’s strength and destiny, when a person gives everything over to the upper governance and flows with it at every moment. By acting in such a way, we adhere to the upper force. What other option is there? To rely on earthly logic, philosophy, or personal calculations? Sacrifice is actually when we act for our ego’s sake, i.e., for our inborn desire to enjoy for self-benefit alone. But when we act from the principle that there is only one guiding force acting in reality, we discover that this path is a gift, not a loss. In this sense, we have no need to struggle and toil, and we can actually relax and enjoy life: no matter what happens, we understand that everything is arranged precisely for our good, but on condition that we accept this governance.
When Churchill said, “Difficulties mastered are opportunities won,” he was closer to the truth than he perhaps knew. In reality, there are absolutely no unfavorable circumstances. Some are harsh, some gentle, some frightening, some calming, but all are necessary. Every state stems from the root of our soul and corresponds exactly to what we must correct in the next moment. Therefore, every moment is right. We receive precisely what we are meant to receive, because we walk together with the upper force, like partners in a tango.
This is why Churchill’s words, “One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it… But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half,” point inward. We must look directly at difficulties and reveal within them the hidden help and love of the Creator, i.e., the very upper governance that created and sustains us. Even if a sharp sword rests upon our neck, we must believe that it comes from a benevolent intention. I cannot say I have tested this in its absolute form, but I know from moments close to life and death that even there, one can feel love acting. Those moments carry an extraordinary intensity.
Churchill said, “All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope.” While these words have become so overused that we might hear them as mere slogans, they are actually profound inner qualities. We would be wise to cling to them, develop them, and constantly re-examine them. For me, the most essential value is to realize myself exactly as I am written in the Creator’s book of fate, i.e., to transmit through myself, in the most complete way possible, the Creator’s influence upon the world. The revelation of the Creator’s pure loving and bestowing attitude to people is where the method of Kabbalah leads us.
When Churchill declared, “There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right,” he touched on the idea that to act correctly, we must first rise to the level of bestowal, to love for all. Only from there can we act without fear.
And when he said, “Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential,” the inner meaning becomes clear: the challenge is never with others. There are no “others.” Besides you, there is only the Creator. Every situation before you is a challenge sent from Him. The entire world is a perfectly staged play, and through all the actors you must turn to the Director Himself. Everything addresses you for one purpose only—to bring you into direct contact with Him.
This is why “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” Difficulties are chances for us to rise to a higher level of correction, i.e., to a level where the inborn egoistic intention upon our desire to enjoy changes to an altruistic one. Therefore, “We cannot afford—we have no right—to look back. We must look forward.” Advancement is possible only in this direction.
Perspective, in the inner sense, is the complete revelation of the Creator to a person. Priorities mean turning the entire world into the link between you and Him. The Creator, you, and the whole world standing between you as a means of connection.
Churchill’s uncompromising call, “Never, never, never give in, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy,” becomes, in spiritual language, a call to be unyielding toward your egoism. You must build within yourself what Kabbalah calls a restriction, a screen, and reflected light, i.e., inner tools that let us rise above our animal nature and acquire the nature of the Creator, one of absolute love, bestowal, and harmonious connection.
And when he warned, “There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them,” he touched a vital law. A person needs to be part of a reliable society. It is not because he can rely on himself, as he cannot, but because through positive connection with others, he gains stability when the Creator deliberately throws him off balance.
Finally, Churchill’s declaration, “You ask, What is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival,” reaches its fullest meaning only here. Victory is not against others. Victory is the conquest of oneself. Kabbalah is the science of this victory: to conquer egoism, and through that conquest, to compel the Creator to reveal Himself within reality.
That, and only that, is victory.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on January 1, 2025. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.