Question: You write in your blog that in Kabbalah the path to the Creator lies through a broken heart when we discover how opposite we are to Him. It is from this abyss of falling, when we call on the Creator, that we discover that we have points of contact with Him.

But the Creator is the quality of bestowal and love. How exactly from the point of falling, from a broken heart, do I suddenly have contact with Him?

Answer: A person begins to understand that in his state he cannot do anything, but only to bring himself to complete subjugation to the Creator. After all, he has no other possibilities to act. Then he turns with a request, with a prayer to the Creator, so that He would bring him closer to Him.

Comment: Yes, if I consider the Creator as some kind of upper force that helps me, then this is understandable. But if we consider Him as the quality of bestowal, which is manifested in me…

My Response: This is one of the qualities of the Creator, which is partially manifested in a person.

Comment: It is interesting that at the same time both joy and despair are manifested in me.

My Response: Of course, it can be both joy and despair: despair from your own strength, but joy from the fact that at the same time you are getting closer to the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 11/27/22

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