Question: How is it possible to learn to differentiate between a state in which I have truly risen above the ego and the usual happy feeling of fulfillment within the ego? How do I not deceive myself?
Answer: It is possible to distinguish this only within the group [1], not in any other place.
You need to nullify yourself in relation toward others, seeing yourself higher or lower than them, communicating with each other on specific channels. You should do the groundwork within the group of Ten [2] in such a way that everyone will be equal and interconnected so the network that we weave among us will become like the characteristics of the Creator [3], with mutual bestowal and love between us. Then to the degree that there is equivalence of form with Him, the Light will be revealed in it.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 5/8/16
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How To Work With Egoism [4]
We Leave Our Ego Somewhere Behind [5]
Who Will Help Us Rise Above The Ego? [6]