Question: If I understand correctly, the reduction of desire occurred due to the fact that the creation felt itself opposite to the Creator precisely in its intention and not in the fact that it has a desire to receive (Aviut).

Is the shame of creation not that it is opposite to the Creator (He is the desire to give and it is the desire to receive), but rather in how it uses this desire?

Answer: Naturally because creation cannot command what it can be, but it can choose a reaction to what it is. Therefore its reaction was: “I want to be similar to and as close as possible to the Creator.”

Question: Can this be applied to our lives? Should I not be ashamed that the Creator created me like this? It is clear that I have a desire to receive and I want to use everyone. But is the problem not that, but rather in how I use my desire?

Answer: Yes. It’s what is in your will, what your choice is.

Comment: That is, the fact that I will always want to enjoy is understandable.

My Response: This is not a vice.

Question: And the fact that I want to enjoy at the expense of others, can this in principle be considered a vice?

Answer: It is your choice.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 10/2/22

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