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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 3
What Is Prayer?
Prayer is an attitude to the Creator. It is what we feel in our present moment toward the upper force that governs us. Whether we want to or not, we relate to the Creator out of our innermost point in our heart. Even if we do not feel it, the heart of every created being receives its feelings from the source, which means that we always feel the Creator.
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Question: How can the principle of “make yourself a Rav” be implemented through the principle of “buy yourself a friend”?
Answer: If I make a friend a Rav (teacher), I thereby learn how to make him someone who is greater than myself.
I keep going until I feel that everyone above me.
The correct way to annul before my friends is when I bow my head to them, when I consider them above me, and therefore I can learn from them, and accept what they say as something higher.
That is what it says: make yourself a Rav, and in this way you will advance.
This is the most correct state. If each person makes himself lower than the others, he learns from everyone.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/6/24, The Conditions for Studying with Friends
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Question: What is the correct perception of the ten?
Answer: The correct perception of the ten is when I begin to imagine it as uniting into a single, unified whole within which the Creator resides. That is, the attribute of bestowal and love connects them together and is revealed within them. This structure is the connection of the soul with the Creator.
If I imagine it this way and desire to be included in it, this becomes like a compass for me, like a true direction in my development.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”
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Question: When friends have very different opinions, it creates problems in the tens. What is the correct approach to resolving problems in the tens?
Answer: Each person can keep their own opinion. This does not bother anyone. But at the same time, one should focus on the connection within the ten and the revelation of the Creator within it.
You will never be able to align your opinions. Even if it seems that you think alike, you will not be able to check your thoughts. It may sound the same for a moment, but no more than that.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”
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Question: We all get our knowledge from the right sources, from lectures and workshops. What can we add or take away to elevate a friend, to support them without belittling them?
Answer: Perhaps there is nothing we need to add or take away. If we put in the effort to come closer, then we genuinely form a unified Kli.
As we draw closer to each other, we draw closer to the Creator and can understand what exactly He wants from our ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/6/24, The Conditions for Studying with Friends
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Question: How do we break hearts of stone?
Answer: You need to attract all your friends into one common connection. When you are in it, you should work on making this connection like a boiling bath in which stones melt.
The stones are all the friends’ hearts. By boiling together, they melt and become one big stone. We must go through this.
To accelerate our spiritual growth, we need to be as close to each other as possible. It is best to compress into one heart and ask the Creator from it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/24, “We have gathered here”
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Question: Should I voice internal contradictions in the ten to improve our work?
Answer: No, you should not. But you can discuss this topic when you read the relevant excerpts from the articles. Then you can speak for yourself, not about your personal states, but rather about what is written about it in the articles.
Question: And if there are no contradictions, is this an indicator that the work has come to a stall?
Answer: If there are no contradictions, it is very bad. If you do not fight with the Creator several times a day, you have problems with Him. A person should feel that he is dissatisfied with the Creator, that he disagrees with His governance, and that everything is wrong and should be different.
All this is sent to him by the Creator so that a person begs Him to help him justify all these feelings. Then he becomes righteous and justifies the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”
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Question: I often find myself in a state of descent where I do not want to go to the group, nor do I want to disseminate. But I feel that the ten is my only salvation since it constantly brings me back.
Answer: That is very good. Both of these feelings are given by the Creator. He will push you out of the ten even more, and the ten will help you stay connected, as if pulling you out of a prison or a turbulent river of everyday life in which you are drowning.
So everything is fine; you just need to put in more effort.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”
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