“And then pray” means that everyone should examine himself and see how much effort he is giving to the society. Then, when he sees that he is powerless to do anything for society, there is room for prayer to the Creator to help him and give him strength and desire to engage in love of others (Rabash, Article 17, Part Two, “The Agenda of the Assembly”).

Question: In the article “The Agenda of the Assembly,” Rabash writes that after a person has checked himself, realizes he has no strength, and turns to the Creator, he must think that his prayer has been accepted.

What does it mean? Is it that you don’t receive an obvious answer, but must think your prayer is accepted?

Answer: Nobody receives an explicit answer from above. It is just that when we put a lot of effort into getting closer to each other and clinging to each other, all together in this circle of friends trying to achieve some kind of joint effort, we begin to understand how important it is for us, how necessary it is, and, in general, how real it is.

Question: It seems to you that you turn to the Creator but do not receive an answer. That is, the friends do not become important in your eyes. Is it different from how it works when what you ask is what you get?

Answer: No, they become important. There is no such thing as “asked and received.” Gradually, the friends become closer and begin to feel that there is truly a connection between them. And then they can test it in their sensations.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 4/4/24

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Question: Did Kabbalists like Baal HaSulam and Rabash seek to spread Kabbalah to the world to reduce the pressure on it?

Answer: No, not for that reason. Kabbalists seek to present Kabbalah to the world so that it quickly comes to adhesion with the Creator in a good way because that is the best state for the world. But most importantly, because it is desirable to the Creator.

And although you feel very sorry for the world, this is not out of love for it, but primarily out of love for the Creator, because you must work more from the desire to give Him pleasure.

The same self-centered struggle is happening here: for what? Certainly not for oneself anymore. For the sake of the world or the sake of the Creator? And here arises such duality. After all, it is impossible to build a coherent action without all the components—me, world, Creator—being put together in the right packaging, since only then will they yield results. Therefore, it is necessary to work on their correct combination.

It is like aiming; you must align all axes so that your eye, the front sight, and the object are all on the same line. Then you hit the target. It is the same here.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How to Change the World for the Better?” 1/23/12

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To achieve Dvekut, they must achieve equivalence of form, meaning “As He is merciful, you, too, are merciful (Rabash, Article No. 16, 1984, “Concerning Bestowal”).

Question: What does it mean, “as He is merciful”? It is not like I have the Creator before my eyes, and I understand what He does and take His example.

Answer: This is not necessary. The Creator’s actions do not matter to you. You must do them yourself rather than study what the Creator does. If you want to do something good for Him that pleases in feeling and action, then you must do it.

The essence of actions for the sake of the Creator is that if the Creator is great in your eyes, doing something for Him will bring you enjoyment because this is the purpose of creation.

Therefore, man’s task is to make the Creator great in his eyes. Since he does not know who the Creator is but knows His main property is bestowal, he must magnify this property.

It turns out that if the property of bestowal is essential in a person’s life, he can perform actions for the sake of bestowal and even enjoy them.

Question: Does the desire to become like the Creator lead me to pleasure?

Answer: If you desire it, then of course it leads to pleasure. You are happy, you enjoy it, you are proud of it.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 3/28/24

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Question: What does it mean to seek the truth? After all, we know that a person always receives a desire from the Creator and through this desire seeks the path to the Creator.

Answer: When a person actively engages in the work of correction, it accelerates their correction process and indicates that the person has matured.

Question: But does it matter that the desire itself is not yet corrected?

Answer: It will be corrected.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Scrutiny of Bitter and Sweet, True and False”

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Question: Should a person necessarily learn through mistakes?

Answer: There is no other way since comprehension is possible only when you understand two opposites in combination.

You must simultaneously perform analysis, separation, synthesis, and combination. It is only when you do all that you get an understanding of what is going on.

Otherwise, there are no feelings. The fact is that I want to feel something I do not have. It is not in me, and I have a negative attitude toward it. When I receive it, then I feel it in me.

But, it is in me. There is me with my desire and something that fills this desire. Then, two opposite objects know what one without the other and one with the other mean. It is what comprehension consists of.

It is the same in our world, everywhere, in everything. That is why we always give children a variety of exercises and present them with all sorts of difficulties so that they collect, build, and develop.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Mistakes Develop” 2/7/12

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Question: How can you explain what the upper world is to a person?

Answer: It is impossible to explain. I can only say one thing: what you are feeling right now, you are feeling in your desires. Your current desires are very, very small.

You can feel the upper world only by expanding your desires through connecting them with others. That is, you unite all the hearts and all the minds of the world next to the desires within yourself to realize these desires. And so does everyone.

Then every one, having gathered the whole world within, connects with others. And then, representing the union squared, each one connects with everyone once again. That is already the third spiritual degree. And there are 125 such degrees. In other words, it is the multiple incorporation of souls embedded into each other.

Imagine what a powerful feeling one achieves when you simply absorb everything that the world can absorb, all hearts and all minds. And then it all increases by the square power, fourth power, and so on.
Thus, a collective consciousness forms—the common soul, Adam. And its power has no quantitative expression.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Feeling of the Creator” 2/2/12

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“He who comes to purify is aided.” This means that one should always be in a state of “coming”  (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 131 “Who Comes to Purify”).

A person should always check whether he has something to turn to the Creator with.

The Creator is only waiting for a request for correction. This is a pleasure for Him, this is the best state for Him.

Therefore, as soon as we find out what needs to be corrected, we need to check ourselves and turn to the Creator.

Question: What does it mean: I have been aided to get purified?

Answer: You are helped from above by being pulled up.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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Question: How can you verify the authenticity of bestowal when habit becoming second nature brings it to automatism?

Answer: Bestowal cannot be brought to automatism because to perform the act of bestowal one must halt the automatic act of receiving and reorient oneself.

Question: If bestowal seems very sweet to me while the egoism in which I exist seems bitter, what is my work in the heart?

Answer: The work is in making egoism appear so bitter to you that you no longer wish to be in it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Scrutiny of Bitter and Sweet, True and False”

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Question: How can you open up to the Creator if shame for your imperfection does not allow you to do this?

Answer: These are your corrections. The Creator already knows everything. You cannot hide anything from Him, only from yourself.

Therefore, relax and imagine yourself naked in front of the Creator. You do not have to be ashamed of him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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