Question: Sometimes the thought comes to mind that we want to “receive” the Creator. But we know we belong to the Creator and He can do what is good for us. Then it turns out that the place for efforts disappears, and He does everything for us, as it were. How can this be correlated?

Answer: Everything is much simpler. By turning to the Creator, I know that only He can change my state, save me from any bad state, and raise me to a good one.

I should not doubt that the Creator will provide all this for me. I am in such an environment, a group, a ten, which is sure that the Creator has the possibility to change our states from negative to positive.

In principle, everything depends on Him, but I have to do everything that depends on me.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson1/23/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Three Conditions in Prayer”

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