Question: Does a person who has crossed the Machsom cease to perceive themselves?

Answer: What does it mean to perceive or not perceive oneself, one’s “self”?

The “self” is the measure of my adhesion with the Creator. But does my “I” get lost there, or on the contrary, does another “I” appear within me? And does the egoistic “I,” which now asserts that “I exist” in relation to others, disappear?

The egoistic “I,” which separates me from others gradually disappears throughout all the degrees up to Gmar Tikkun (final correction). But the very first degrees beyond the Machsom really do suppress my “I.” That is why these states are called Ubar (embryo).

Just as an embryo develops inside its mother without acting independently at all, and everything it receives, everything that develops it, is not at its own expense but at the expense of the higher organism, so we too, upon entering the upper world, are initially in the state of Ubar (embryo).

Our “I” is lost, we become included in the common light and simply wish to remain in this state. The “I” is not actually lost, although my former egoistic “I” gradually dissolves, it is only at the zero degree of egoism.

Naturally, it begins to disappear, but the person does not become annulled. On the contrary, a spiritual body appears within him; that is, above the Machsom, a soul (Kli) begins to form from the point.

A person feels himself to be in a sea of upper light, in a sea of thought, of the plan of goodness and love called the Creator. He sees how everything else in our world exists in a corrected state, how all creations unconsciously, automatically carry out everything that exists within this field—the entire plan of the Creator.

Moreover, to the extent that a person adapts and enters this field, he sees that everyone begins to carry out those thoughts and desires of his that coincide with the Creator. And to the extent that they do not yet coincide with the Creator, he sees that no one carries out his desires, but everyone carries out the desires of the Creator.

In general, this is an interesting discovery, and I hope that we will enter this state. At least, all the prerequisites for that exist.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson for the holiday of Sukkot 9/24/26

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