Question: Can a person identify his spiritual problem if the Creator sends him an illness in some specific organs? For example, if his throat, hip, arm, and so on start to hurt?

Answer: He can. What difference does it make what hurts? If the Creator simultaneously gives him the opportunity and strength to turn to Him, it does mean suffering but suffering of love.

Question: How can one move from corporeal suffering to suffering of love?

Answer: You must constantly think about this: in what way are you distant from the Creator, why do you not feel Him near you or inside you, or yourself inside Him?
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/30/24, Writings of Rabash “A Request for Help”

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Question: If a friend reveals his desire, does that give me something to work on to fulfill it?

Answer: That is incorrect. That is not how it works. The fulfillment of a friend’s desire is the work of the Creator.

Question: Then how should we work? For example, we have a great friend. We met with him before the gathering of friends, exchanged opinions, and united. He somehow drew me closer to himself, and I felt his desire. During the gathering of friends, I felt him as I did not feel myself; I was like him.

Answer: This is not a good action, because in this way he attaches you to himself and deprives you of freewill.

Question: Then I am sure that this problem exists for everyone. It exists in families and couples. In families, usually the stronger one kind of attaches the other to themselves. Should it be the same with a friend?

Answer: No, family is a completely different matter. Leave earthly sensations aside. This is incorrect.

There are people who can give another person a sense of a small upper illumination and thus attach him to themselves. This is wrong. By doing this, they deprive the person of freedom, the realization of action. This should not be done.

For a while, I had a teacher who liked to play with this. But when I moved to Rabash, this completely stopped. Rabash never used this.

Showing a person upper actions, the quality of bestowal, the spiritual world, before he can perceive and exist in it himself is not allowed because you deprive a person of the freedom of development. It is like giving a child the solutions to the tasks set before him, which harms him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: How can the Creator help me see my friends more connected?

Answer: It is very simple! Ask for it and that is all.

With everything you have, turn only to the Creator. Not to me, not to your friends—only to Him. This is the most reliable way. You will see that the answers, salvation, everything comes to you from there.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: What is concealed in the action in which we relate any thought in any pleasure to the Creator? Why do we need to perform such an action?

Answer: It is in order to attract the influence of the Creator upon us. It heals us physically and spiritually, elevates us to the next level of closeness with the Creator, and helps us correctly perceive our world in our feelings and our mind.

Question: If we already truly feel that there is no taste in the pleasures of the past and the present day, what method should we choose to add taste to life?

Answer: The simplest method. When you enjoy life, think of the Creator. Whatever you enjoy—color, music, children, women, food, or smells—you should relate it to the Creator and thank Him for influencing you in this way.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/11/24, Writings of Rabash “This World and the Future”

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Question: When the greatness of the goal disappears in the group, does it mean that we are not doing enough?

Answer: Yes, you need to fight against this. The most dangerous thing is when the greatness disappears, and then everything else follows.

Question: What will protect us from losing the greatness of the goal?

Answer: Nothing will protect you if you do not protect yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/11/24, Writings of Rabash “This World and the Future”

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Question: When we begin to feel shame and disgust for false pleasures, is this a gift from the Creator or is it the result of our efforts, a sign of some progress?

Answer: In general, this is the result of our bad actions. Therefore, we need to be filled with such pleasure that we can address to the Creator.

Question: But if we see that these are false pleasures; for example enjoying praise; if we feel shame and disgust at the same time, how should we relate to it?

Answer: Maybe this is not true. I must check my feelings in connection with the Creator: I receive pleasure and at the same time I feel distanced from the Creator, or I receive pleasure and feel closer to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/9/24, Writings of Rabash “Man and His Role”

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Question: The income strategy for effective altruists involves a high-paying job.

Modern philosophers have developed the idea that there is no need to consider the possible unethical actions of a person while earning money since the benefits of what a person earns and donates will be much greater than the unethical actions while working. What do you think about this approach?

Answer: I do not think that is an excuse. No way! We must act as it is said: “A wise man has only what his eyes see.” What he sees, he can take into account, evaluate, and make a decision about; this is the most important thing.

Question: What should people do in border areas when they need to know whether it is ethical or not to take a step left or right?

Answer: We must act as ethically as possible and, in no case, succumb to the general flight into fantasy. A person must have a system of values that cannot be crossed.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 6/30/24

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Question: Suppose a friend is “drilling a hole in the boat.” Everyone woke and perked up. And then, when he was gone, everyone fell asleep again and formed a sleepy swamp. How can we determine when it is necessary to intervene in the work of a ten and when not?

Answer: It is good that a friend awakens you with negative antics at some particular stage, but this is not how you should be awakened. It is not a method of promotion.

We must awaken from the fact that we are looking for and not finding, or looking for and finding means for an even greater rapprochement between us.

We need to identify more missing Kelim among us. They will manifest themselves from our desire for even greater rapprochement. Start getting closer, and you will see how discord, bad relationships, and similar issues appear between you.

These things must be aroused gradually, intelligently. By trying to get closer, we see that we again encounter problems. We start off, it seems to be easier. But as we are getting closer it gets worse. This is what happens in everyday life. We see how we live with our neighbors, near and far.

Therefore, in a group, we must constantly awaken ourselves to a greater rapprochement with each other and clarify how negative qualities, properties, and rejections arise in us. Then we have something to move forward with.

That is not what is called “drilling the boat.” On the contrary, we check the boat, strengthen it, and see where it might leak.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 2/18/20, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”

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