Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Is the Blessing, ‘Who Made a Miracle for Me in This Place,’ in the Work?”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 2, Part 7, Item 30

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Foreword to The Book of Zohar“

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Question: What does it mean that I have to annul myself before my friend and my friend becomes a zero before me, and everyone does the same? Is it something that I see or are they doing it in reality?

Answer: Everyone tries to annul himself with regard to others: you annul before friends, and the friends annul before you, and everyone becomes annulled before everyone until the complete dilution of “me” in the space between you.

In order to see the annulment of friends, you have to annul yourself. In order to see that they are uniting between them, you have to connect with them. Only in the degree of these two states will you be able to see them correctly and will they see you correctly. Thus you will unite.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/25/24, ”Preparation to “Life in the Ten” Convention”

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Question: Do I understand correctly that the more we connect, the brighter egoism is? Or is egoism annulled by true connection?

Answer: Egoism is annulled only at the end of the path, and now we need it in order for us to ascend.

What will we rise above if we do not have egoism? We rise above it step-by-step all the time: higher, higher, and higher. And it is gradually growing. It turns out that the bigger a person is, the greater is his egoism. Otherwise, we will not grow spiritually.
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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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Question: At the beginning of the journey, the desire was strong and pronounced, but over time it seemed to decrease and fade away. What is the problem?

Answer: The problem is that you do not feel the support of your friends, and therefore, your desire remains alone and weakens.

Question: What practical advice can you give to strengthen the consistency of the desire to see the greatness and perfection of the Creator?

Answer: Pray, ask that you have only this aspiration.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Thought Is a Result of the Desires”

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Question: How can we work correctly with the desires that distract us from spirituality when even the force of overcoming and coming closer to the group does not help?

Answer: Pray to the Creator so that He will give you the ability to protect yourself from this desire that you consider harmful.

All our desires are from the Creator. Everything that is in us is from the Creator.

So let us find out from Him what is good and what is not good and what we need and what we do not need.

If some thought not directed at the purpose of creation distracts you, leave it, do not try to correct it somehow, and try to distract yourself from it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Thought Is a Result of the Desires”

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Question: What is the impetus for thought? What is this force that sets a thought into action?

Answer: It is the force of desire. Our desires control our thoughts.

And it may be the opposite, that thoughts control our desires.

Question: How do we convey the idea to the Creator that we only want to merge with Him?

Answer: We need to think more about this. The more you think about something, the more important that object becomes in your eyes. You turn to the Creator with it, and the Creator helps you. The most important thing is to be in constant desire for something.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Thought Is a Result of the Desires”

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Question: The Creator gives both the desire and the thought. How can you agree with Him to go in the same direction along the path of hastening (Achishena) ahead of the blows and bring Him contentment?

Answer: You should ask the Creator. You do not need anything else, just ask and thank, thank and ask.

We must constantly make these two movements toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Thought Is a Result of the Desires”

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Question: What kind of exercise can we perform in the ten for the correct work in connecting our individual and common desires?

Answer: By combining individual and common desires, we must aim to create a place for the Creator, which is called Shechina, so that He can be revealed there.

Desire is called a place. But Shechina is not just a desire. Shechina is a collection of all our desires in which we want to connect in order to give place to the Creator. Otherwise, He has no place.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/19/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Thought Is a Result of the Desires”

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