Question: What does it mean that a person creates a thought? After all, everything is from the Creator.

Answer: Thoughts come from the Creator. But do we accept them or not? How do we treat them? Do we want to actualize them? That is the question.

Question: Can we or should we teach our evil inclination to love?

Answer: This is very high. That is a real correction.

Question: If I get a thought from the Creator that scares me, what does the Creator expect from me, to agree with everything or replace it with a kind thought?

Answer: I do not know. Ask the Creator.

Question: Can we consider thought as a gift from the Creator?

Answer: Yes.

Question: How does evil originate and manifest itself at the level of thought?

Answer: Evil thoughts, feelings, and relationships are born from evil inclinations. That is all a manifestation of ego.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Letter 19”

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Question: It is said that we are a part of creation and must receive from other created beings. What do we receive from other created beings?

Answer: We are all completely interconnected as a single whole. Therefore, we need to imagine and feel that we are sending only positive influences to others and wish to receive the same from them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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Question: What does it mean that regardless of my state, faith will compel me to action?

Answer: When you see that if you remain inactive, you will fall and drag others down with you, then this compels you to act and support others.

Question: How do you rise and fall to the degrees of friends to feel them while remaining on your degree?

Answer: For this, you must perform all actions and strive for your friends to rise with you, and you will unite on a common upper degree.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/24, Writings of Rabash “Faith Is Called Action”

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Question: The Creator gives us the opportunity to think. Is thought our free choice or does the Creator dictate them?

Answer: All our thoughts come from the Creator. He wants us to examine them, choose the ones we want to implement, and thus turn to Him with this request.

Question: Should we realize what the Creator desires or what we desire in these thoughts?

Answer: We must realize what the Creator desires and what we desire as one united whole.

Think about this all the time, for it is said: make your desire like His.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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Question: What can be considered the greatest punishment in spirituality?

Answer: It is when a person loses the desire for spirituality.

Question: All corporeal punishments come from the Creator. What can be considered the greatest corporeal punishment?

Answer: The one that prevents a person from engaging in spiritual advancement.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/24, Writings of Rabash “Knowledge and Faith”

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Question: If I became entangled in evil, how can I get out of this state and what should I ask my friends for?

Answer: The best thing is to approach a friend or, if you do not have direct contact, write to him honestly, expressing that you regret your behavior, embrace him, and await his response.

Question: What if he responds that everything is from the Creator?

Answer: Then you need to work within yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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Question: Is my desire for more activity in the ten, more meetings, or some joint action egoistic?

Answer: It does not matter what kind of desire you have, this desire was given to you by the Creator to start with it.

Question: Can I bring this to the ten or should I restrain myself and not distract them?

Answer: You should bring only desires of bestowal, connection, and love to the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Those of Little Faith”

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Question: A person feels longing for the Creator in a private sensation and most often this happens through descents and blows. What is the right form of longing for the Creator?

Answer: The right form of longing for the Creator is what a person lacks. He lacks a sense of the Creator. This is a very good state. From it, a person comes to a rapprochement with the Creator.

Question: Should one strive to feel longing for the Creator in one’s friends?

Answer: No, it is none of his business.
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From International Kabbalah Convention 5/18/24, “Working In Faith Above Reason”

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