Question: Is the intention of Lo Lishma a necessary stage of spiritual development?

Answer: Of course. Each time it is revealed to us that we are acting with the intention of Lo Lishma, meaning for personal gain. Then we demand the reforming light so that it corrects Lo Lishma for the altruistic intention of Lishma.

I have 613 desires and if in any of them I act for my own benefit, this is called Lo Lishma. If, proceeding from this desire, I act for the sake of bestowal, this is already Lishma. We are talking about two necessary states, one of which results from the other. First the evil inclination is revealed, then the Torah, the spice, corrects it for a good one, and the egoistic intention becomes an altruistic one.

It is written, “There is not a righteous man on earth who does good and will not sin.” We must come from Lo Lishma to Lishma while correcting each of our 613 desires.

Well, if a person does not correct his evil inclination and does not use the reforming light according to the Kabbalistic method, then even his own evil is not revealed to him. The bad that you do in our world is not the evil we are talking about. It is when you do not discover in yourself the intention for the sake of receiving, and you have no connection with the matter of the desire that needs to be corrected. Well, stay an “angel” for now.
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From the 5^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/6/11, “Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah)”

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