Question: What should we do if someone wants to exit the ten, and says that this does not suit them? How should we treat this?

Answer: Leave him and continue your movement without him. In Kabbalah, we should not force anyone. As it is said, there is no coercion in spirituality.

But this person will not move forward without being in the ten. This is the law. Some people have been in the group for ten years and it is as if they are not in it.

When a person wants to disconnect from holiness, it is holiness that precedes him and throws him out of the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “Hurry, My Beloved,” in the Work?”

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Question: In order to bring contentment to the Creator, should my efforts at the beginning of the action be felt as my own or as the Creator’s desires? That is, should I feel that He is acting and I am with Him?

Answer: No, you should feel them as, your efforts.

The required amount of effort depends on the level of a person’s soul, on how he attracts the Creator, on the way he comes closer to Him, on previous and future states, and on many reasons that we do not have the opportunity to explore.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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Question: What is the difference between restricting and annulling yourself?

Answer: Restricting egoistic desires or annulling oneself is the same thing.

Question: How can you work in the group with the Sitra Achra (egoism)? Is it possible to scrutinize my states in the ten if I do not have this perception and have doubts?

Answer: You will not scrutinize it anywhere except in the ten, only in the ten.

Question: What does it mean to accept all the degrees that exist in the world?

Answer: Everything that comes to me I must return to the Creator.

Question: At our root in the Creator’s plan to delight His creations, there are degrees of creating the desire to receive, active and actuated, shattering and correction, work and reward. If we are to be like our root, is it necessary to be aware of these degrees and realize every desire according to them?

Answer: As far as we understand them, we are realizing them. The main thing is that we should be like those influences of the Creator we will receive.

Question: What are we missing in developing hatred of egoism?

Answer: Seeing how much egoism prevents you from achieving the best possible degrees.

Question: Is business possible within a group of friends, and what can it lead to?

Answer: No, by no means. Business within the group is prohibited. The connection should be only spiritual.

Question: It says: “Anyone who is proud, the Creator says, ‘He and I cannot dwell in the same abode.” What does it mean to be proud? We are so small, we are learning to annul.

Answer: Precisely because we are so small, we like to be higher than others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/30/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Does It Mean that the Sitra Achra Is Called ‘Malchut without a Crown’?”

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Are Torah and Work in the Way of the Creator?”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Foreword to The Book of Zohar“

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 2, Part 7, Item 40

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Question: What does it mean that we connect with individual souls? My friends in the ten are like separate souls. Where is the part of the soul that I connect with in them?

Answer: The desire of friends for spirituality, the point in the heart is his private soul. You should try to connect with each of them so that you can be together in one common soul.

Gradually you will become closer and closer, at different levels, and from this connection forms a common soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/6/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “One’s Soul Shall Teach Him”

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Question: How can I distinguish that a desire that comes to me is from the Creator or something else?

Answer: Everything is from the Creator. It cannot be that it is not from the Creator. There is none else besides Him.

After you have checked your desire and made sure that it does not lead you to a descent, but, on the contrary, directs you to a spiritual ascent, then you can fulfill it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Freedom”

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Question: In his articles, Rabash gives an example that parents see only positive qualities in their children and only negative qualities in their neighbors’ children. He is talking about natural love.

How does this happen in a group with strangers?

Answer: In the group, by working on myself, I gradually begin appreciating my friends because they agree to follow the path to spiritual attainment with me and participate in our common spiritual ascent. Therefore, I respect them, love them, and want to help them in everything. And they, in turn, treat me the same way.

Question: Based on your experience, do you continue to see the faults of your friends and only rise above them, or do you not see them at all?

Answer: I perfectly see all their faults since they are revealed in my egoistic desire. But in my corrected desire, I begin to see the opposite—the successes of my friends, their spiritual differences, and how high they are above me. It turns out that I have opinions about my friends, and I rise with them.

In addition, we are integrated in each other. That is, each member of the ten works to raise his or her friends above themself, and in this way we, as it were, raise ourselves.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 1/16/24

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Question: Rabash writes that everyone should see their friends‘ greatness because that is the only way you can receive some value from them. He introduces a new concept called faith above reason. Even if you do not see your friend’s greatness, you must go by this faith. How is this possible? After all, a person has no control over his feelings.

Answer: The fact is that each of us is hidden from the other. We cannot see the other in a state of complete revelation. Therefore, there is only one advice. You must respect and appreciate your friends for being on the spiritual path with you and raise them as much as possible.

That is how we should treat our friends in the group. A group is preferably ten people who study together and share their feelings.

To the extent that a person can elevate a friend in this way, can raise and hold him above himself, he also rises above himself. He receives forces that he takes from others, and at the same time, he gives his force to this cooking pot. Then, he is rising spiritually together with everyone.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 1/16/24

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Question: What should I do if I want to engage in Kabbalah, but do not have the strength to work in a group? There is a feeling that the group is more interested in material things than spiritual ones. I do not know how to change this perception; therefore, I feel I am distancing myself from Kabbalah and the group.

Answer: That is incorrect. You should talk to someone in the group about it. They will tell you whether they agree with your assessment or not.

Question: What if there are friends who also feel the same way?

Answer: You need to talk to everyone together in the ten and stop the descent.

Question: Is this the group’s downfall or just mine?

Answer: No, it could be a descent of the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Hurry, My Beloved,’ in the Work?”

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