Comment: When I connect with a friend there is an awareness of evil. I understand that I am causing harm and I want to correct it. Therefore, I ask to be given the force of bestowal so that I can help my friend.

My Response: You are asking for yourself anyway. It does not matter that you are hiding behind some good words. You are asking for yourself!

You must ask for the ten; this is the most important thing. Because in spirituality anything less than ten does not exist. There is a filter there where only ten can pass. Ten means even two if they are correctly connected with each other. Ten is a Partzuf.

Question: So the Creator gives me the recognition of evil, and I abstract myself from this feeling and still ask for my friends even if I feel bad myself or if I feel like I am a bad element?

Answer: Without a doubt. How can you think and ask for yourself if you feel bad? Why does the Creator make you feel bad?

Comment: Yes, I feel that I am harming the group by doing this.

My Response: This should be expressed differently: are you asking for yourself, for the group, or for the Creator?

Baal HaSulam writes: “One must not exclude oneself from the public and ask for oneself, not even to bring contentment to one’s maker.” That is, one must think about the soul! After all, all actions on the part of the Creator are needed only to show us how shattered our soul is. Therefore, all requests should only be about connecting the ten in order to influence the Creator through it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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