“Because the will to receive is not in our root, we feel shame and intolerance in it. Our sages wrote that in order to correct this, He has “prepared” for us labor in Torah and Mitzvot in this world, to invert the will to receive into a desire to bestow” (Baal HaSulam, The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 1, “Inner Observation,” Chapter 4, Item 20).

Everything that is not included in the desire to enjoy causes us impatience and difficulties. All this does not exist in the Creator; therefore, it is perceived by us as undesirable. And we suffer from this.

Question: Does it mean that we feel shame and intolerance because this does not exist in our root?

Answer: Yes. By feeling our dissimilarity to the Creator, we, accordingly, experience negative feelings.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 12/4/22

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