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Posted on August 7th, 2024
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Question: Is the perception of all the Creator’s actions as rewards one of the spiritual goals?
Answer: In general, yes. The Creator does only good and treats us as His children.
Just as we punish children when we want them to be better and remember some things cannot be done, so does He.
Question: I really don’t want to get punished. What main corrections should I make so as not to suffer?
Answer: Treat everyone around you kindly and pray to the Creator that you want to be closer to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/16/24, Writings of Rabash “Concealed and Revealed in His Providence”
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Entering any world, the period of adaptation to it, the accumulation of initial knowledge with which we further develop, is the same in our and in the spiritual world. It is the same nature.
There is nothing unnatural about it. On the contrary, it is as natural as the development of infants to the level of little people. We are just the same. We have no other way but to learn from them.
Here he lies, just born: people start cooing to him, and he responds; they try to stir him up somehow, and he gradually responds; the adult smiles, he smiles.
He learns literally everything. And in this way, he programs himself from the adult, because in fact he is an empty desire in which there is nothing yet. He needs to be filled with knowledge, skills, impressions, and to create some connections inside. You can make anything out of him.
Similarly, with our desire for spirituality, we free up a certain area for ourselves and say: “This is the area I want to program now and fill with spiritual impressions, not of our world.” And if you want this, you have to act like a newborn baby who hasn’t become a little human being yet.
This is precisely what Kabbalah offers us. And we can do this because you don’t need to be smart here! You just need to understand that in this way you will enter the upper world.
Therefore, it is necessary to consciously go through the stage again that you went through in this world unconsciously when you were born. Nature pushed you there. And now nature demands that you consciously do so, consciously place yourself as a newborn relative to the upper world, and want to adopt all the impressions and properties from it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. We Are Thinking About Our Friend!” 3/11/10
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Question: What does it mean to inform the Creator about an action I do for bestowal?
Answer: You can inform Him about any action you did for His sake. It does not matter that the Creator knows, understands, and accepts your thoughts; when you also inform Him, it stays with you for a long time.
Question: How should I inform Him about my actions?
Answer: Like a friend.
Question: What does a good deed mean in general?
Answer: If you want to bring contentment to the Creator as a result of your action, that action is good.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/18/24, Writings of Rabash “Action and Thought”
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Question: Why are Reshimot called “the past”? In my perception, Reshimot are what is being revealed to me now. For me, it is kind of the future.
Answer: Reshimot are impressions and records of my past states. They may currently determine my tastes, actions, and choices, but they originate from the past.
Question: I am unaware of the many Reshimot I have yet to discover. So does it mean that I always return and encounter the past?
Answer: Reshimot are the light that was in us and disappeared. Its impressions are called informational, spiritual records.
Question: These are Kelim (vessels) for me. But right now, I cannot use, for example, the Kelim that I do not feel. Am I, as if, expanding my perception to enjoy these Kelim? Is this what I still need to do?
Answer: You still have much to do.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/10/24, Writings of Rabash “Receiving Pleasure from Three Kelim [Vessels]”
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Question: We learn that when my Kelim (Vessels) are corrected, I will see my friends as corrected, right?
Answer: Yes. Everything negative you perceive in the world—people, the group, yourself, or anything else—is yours. These are all your negative qualities.
Question: When my Kelim are corrected, will the light pass through these corrections further, and will something outside also change? Should I see that this is happening?
Answer: Not necessarily, not immediately, and not according to what you want to be corrected. Otherwise, you will be working for a reward.
Question: There is another point; it is said that one who prays for the collective receives correction first. Is there a catch here? Every time I encounter this, it does not sit well with me. I want the correction to be outside.
Answer: Then pray for that.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Reward for Work in Spirituality”
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Question: What do the future world and this world mean?
Answer: The future world is the one you do not feel right now, but it will soon reveal itself within you. This world is what you experience at the moment.
Question: It says that the masses can only receive rewards in the world to come, while those who work individually can receive rewards even in this world. What does it mean to work individually, and how can one receive in this world?
Answer: By studying the wisdom of Kabbalah in a group and trying to address the Creator, you do individual work.
With the help of the group, you elevate yourself and address Him. Then, in this world, you receive the reward—the revelation of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Reward for Work in Spirituality”
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Question: We know that approximately 10% of the world’s population are altruists. Among them, there are effective altruists who aim to track the results of each donation, every dollar spent, and make it as effective as possible.
How do you feel about this approach to altruism and donations?
Answer: It is good. Naturally, I welcome it. Humanity, at the very least, will know that it is investing in its future, and this future is real. The result is what matters here.
Question: Unlike other types of philanthropic activities, how important is connection to the result when giving? Let’s say I donated money to charity and do not know what happens to it. But my ego is at peace, I have no moral dilemmas about whether what I did is right or wrong.
In this case, however, I constantly have to think: was it effective, was it not effective, did it bring benefits, or did it not? Is this attachment to the result normal?
Answer: Yes, it is necessary. To achieve some more or less positive result, we need to calculate its possibility.
Question: If we talk, not about achieving a result, but about the act of giving, about charity from the point of view of human egoism, is it still normal?
Are additional formulas or calculations needed? Or is it like a regular business?
Answer: I think it is enough to use the principles of regular business. Although, many additional tools will appear to determine the effectiveness of the contribution.
It is still unknown how much investing in science and culture gives a positive result. Here it is necessary to clearly think through how the right answer will come.
Question: In what direction should we at least direct our thoughts?
Answer: In the direction of what we desire from our investment, what the gain should be: in resources, in money, in increasing connections, and so on. We need to clearly define what we consider a positive result.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 6/30/24
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Question: In his articles, Baal HaSulam writes about narrow egoism. He says that there is a difference between the fact that a person just wants to enjoy, which is really our nature, and narrow egoism in which a person wants to enjoy at the expense of others, using them. What is the problem here?
Answer: The problem is in enjoying at the expense of someone else. Generally I feel good when I enjoy myself and maybe even better when I compare myself to others and see that I am better off, luckier, and so on.
This is growing egoism, which depends on the ego of society and the people.
Comment: So this is different from animal egoism, because animals do not have this.
My Response: No, in animals, everything is only focused on themselves.
Question: But in relation to the goal of creation, the development of humanity, what is the problem with narrow egoism? Suppose a person uses another, that is natural?
Answer: The problem is that he does not want to let the other grow and reach certain heights in profession, society, family, but wants to be above him.
Comment: So what is the problem here? We have been developing this way for tens of thousands of years. And what have we achieved? In principle, a normal society—look at the progress. We live tens, hundreds, of times better than a hundred years ago.
My Response: Undoubtedly. But this happens not by decreasing egoism, but by increasing it. There is nothing good about it. Because if I look to the future, it turns out that by being more egoistic, I win compared to the others. I want them to be less egoistic so that I have the opportunity to dominate them.
This discrepancy practically makes people unhappy.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 6/27/24
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