Question: Does the ego continue to grow after the ascent to the upper level?

Answer: Of course! The difference is that now we have an ego on the corporeal level, and in the transition to the first spiritual level, we acquire a spiritual ego. As it says: “He who is greater than his friend, his ego is also greater.”

How can a person ascend otherwise? We don’t have a spiritual ego now. We are carried by our simple, small, corporeal animal ego. It’s actually nonsense. If the Creator wants to give us the world of Ein Sof (Infinity), we should have a huge infinite ego.

Very serious desires are waiting ahead, such that will simply tear us to pieces. But they will be revealed in us if we can control them in “faith above reason.” This is why the ascent along the spiritual path is through the Light and it’s a smooth ascent. We advance only if we do everything properly, and if we don’t, we remain on the same level or fall. We can only move forward when we are equipped in advance and have ensured that we have the Light.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/21/13, “Faith Above Reason”

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