Question: What is the mechanism of making the switch from the love of friends to the love [1] of the Creator [2]?
Answer: You have to undergo a series of states in advancing along this path. The previous state doesn’t disappear in the transition from one state to another. Each time the new state is built on the basis of intensifying the previous state. This is how it is in spirituality; it is as if we build a pyramid: the higher we ascend, the more we have to enlarge its basis below.
If the pyramid is low, a narrow base is enough, but if we want to reach great heights, we have to build a very large base for the pyramid.
This is the reason that first we adhere to the Kabbalistic books [3] and their authors, which is called being in adhesion with the study and the teacher. This gives a person the right direction.
Once there is a direction, its fulfillment begins: through the connection and adhesion with the teacher we reach a connection and adhesion with the friends and we build a society [4], an environment. When we fulfill the building of the society, we begin to discover the need for the Creator’s bestowal in this circle. All this is described in great detail in Rabash’s articles, but a person doesn’t always see that. A person can see what the books say only according to his need for it.
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From the Preparation for the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/10/14 [5]
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A Warm Attitude Toward The Friend Brings Us To The Creator [6]
From Love Of Created Beings To Love Of The Creator [7]
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