Hence, when one has accustomed oneself to walk in ways of bestowal, one has no vessels of reception anyhow. When one walks in ways of reception, he has no vessels of bestowal (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 15 “What Is Other Gods in the Work?”).

Question: What are the stones to weigh with? Are they just our internal thoughts, scrutinies, or actions in the group?

Answer: It is both thoughts and feelings, as well as the relationships between us and between us and the Creator—all together.

Question: It is unclear how both the Kelim of bestowal and the Kelim of reception are acquired with the help of weighing stones?

Answer: It depends solely on the intention. It does not matter whether I am receiving or giving. What matters most is my intention: for the sake of the Creator or for my own sake.

Question: And how are the stones to weigh with helping here? For example, I want to be in the quality of bestowal, in connection with friends, but then some disturbances arise, and this is what pushes me away.

Answer: It is good that there are disturbances. If you resist them and go against them, you will definitely come to the quality of bestowal. By resisting disturbances, you are already acquiring Kelim of bestowal.

To resist disturbances means to justify the Creator. When external thoughts come to you, the questions “who” and “what,” the Creator observes how you respond to them.

Question: But these thoughts are about friends. Does that mean that I have to justify my friends first?

Answer: It does not matter. Even if there are several actions, ultimately, one specific thought is being pursued.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/26/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is Other Gods in the Work?“

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