A question I received: In this world, we receive egoistic pleasure from giving. What is the advantage of being in the Upper World if we receive pleasure from bestowal [1] there as well?
My Answer: If we were allowed to enjoy bestowal in this world, then we would be giving all the time. The question is why do we give in this world? It is in order to receive pleasure. This is the difference [2] between this material world and the spiritual world.
In this world people are willing to give up everything just for a moment of pleasure. Enjoyment is everything and the action itself does not matter to us. When we love somebody else, we are ready to give him or her everything including our life. This is because there is a mechanism inside of us that secretes a love and pleasure “drug” inside us. But if we don’t feel love, then we are not willing to give because we won’t feel any pleasure from it.
Now, here is the question: Do we need love [3] to give or to feel enjoyment? This is the difference between the two worlds.
From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/4/10 [4], Article “Matan Torah”
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