Final Correction for All Descents

232.05The spiritual path lies through ascents and descents. Through descents, the Creator reveals the will to receive (evil inclination) in us so that we feel how far we are from the Creator. Then, with the help of a good inclination, we come closer to the Creator and through the feeling of states of distancing and coming closer, we move more and more toward the purpose of creation.

The purpose of creation is to come closer to the Creator and to complete adhesion with Him without any limitations. Relatively to this state, we should feel how far we are from the Creator now.

Therefore, first there is always a descent and distancing, then an ascent and getting closer. In this form and with such steps, we eventually come to complete adhesion with the Creator. That is, an ascent is impossible without a prior descent. We need to get used to it, know how to go through such states, and appreciate the descents because through them we learn and acquire the next state and the ascent that comes after them.

The ascent cannot be greater than the descent. In each descent, you need to already understand, feel, and imagine the future ascent. The entire path consists of descents and subsequent ascents. At first, we feel how we are moving away, how bad we feel, and every taste even for corporeal life is lost. Then, by overcoming the descent, we feel that we are getting closer to spirituality and going deeper into it in a more and more tangible way.

Thus, through descents and ascents, we are treading toward a state that will only be an ascent—the final correction for all descents.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/5/23, “Pesach (Passover)”

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