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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 25
What Layer of the Heart Is the “Self” of a Person In?
The “self” does not reside on the external level, as on this level we only guess what we want to become. By looking inward, deep into our heart, we see what we genuinely want to become. Therefore, the external desire stems from engaging with books and authors. The books tell us that we have a very deep inner desire, a desire that we do not feel. In this inner desire is the “stony heart” or “there is none else besides Him”—the front and back of the same hidden aspect that is beyond our reach. In this inner desire lies the true “self,” which is present at both the beginning and end of correction. However, we cannot access it, neither in feeling nor knowledge. We can only reach the middle and outer desires.
Thus, what determines our level is our approach to the gap between the middle desire, which is the real desire at the level we are on, and the outer desire, the level we aspire to reach. The outer desire constantly changes as we imagine a different level to which we aspire each time. Eventually, however, the outer desire should yearn to be a copy of the Creator, so that we wish to resemble Him. This desire comes from books and authors.
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There is no blessing greater than if one’s deficiencies are taken from him (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 820, “The Discernment of ‘In Everything’”).
Question: Why is it a blessing when there is no Hisaron?
Answer: The absence of Hisaron may not be because it does not manifest, but simply because the Creator does not require anything from a person.
“Requires nothing” can be a positive property and can be a negative one. Therefore we are always faced with the need to find out what condition a person is in.
To make the presence of Hisaron a blessing, you need to combine the desire to receive with the ability to give.
Then you can direct yourself as you like, and your actions will always be similar to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/24, Writings of Rabash “The Discernment of ‘In Everything’”
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Question: If the main thing is to attract the light, why do we analyze the structure of the worlds described in TES in such detail in the lesson?
Answer: We do not aim to analyze the detailed structure of the worlds; we only try to gather some details to participate in what Kabbalists tell us.
But when studying TES, like all else, we first have to think about the soul, where all the elements I read about exist and all phenomena occur.
Kabbalists, who have discovered the quality of bestowal within themselves, analyze what actions can be performed in it and write about it. Apart from this, there is nothing, either we are in an imaginary reality of this world, which does not exist and then disappears, that we live in as in a dream, or we reach the genuine reality of bestowal, the reality of the Creator.
After all, there is “None else besides Him,” and if something exists, it is only there. TES tells us how this true reality is revealed to us within our desires.
To the extent I enter into this reality and discover it acting in me, to the extent I join and identify myself with it, I can write about it as a Kabbalist. And other Kabbalists do the same. That is, we all write about the same connection with the eternal upper light and what we reveal in it from our black point of creation, a point out of nothing.
When I reach contact with the light, similarity with it, I feel different phenomena beginning to occur in me, manifesting in me from top to bottom (the light of Hochma) or in width (the light of Hasadim). These phenomena give rise to all sorts of feelings in me; I describe them since I have the opportunity to express them in words and sounds.
But all our impressions come from that black point that encounters the light and becomes like the light. This is the whole science of Kabbalah—the revelation of light inside the black point of creation.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/12/11, TES, Vol. 6, Part 15, p.40
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What does the proper incorporation of each individual in the ten mean?
If we connect with one another and feel the Creator at the center of our unity, it means we are in proper connection with each other. When everyone removes their individual egoistic desires and strives only to uplift one another, then everything will work out correctly.
Question: What speeds up of correction of the desires of the ten, and how can we achieve it?
Answer: Speeding up the correction of the desires in the ten is possible only if we constantly think about it and act for the sake of it at all times.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/24, Writings of Rabash “And Isaac Was Forty Years Old”
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Question: How should one properly handle situations where there is a shared understanding of the importance of connection and a desire for love of others, yet in specific aspects, emotions flare and make it impossible to achieve correction and grasp what the Creator wants from us?
Answer: Proper work in such situations involves never straying from the thought that this very work is what lies before you.
In all life situations, no matter who you interact or work with, no matter what stirs within you, your sole desire is connection with one another, so that you may gain greater strength to receive for the sake of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/24, Writings of Rabash “Generations”
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Question: How can I break away from my egoism that constantly grows?
Answer: Egoism does not grow beyond the measure it was initially created. It simply reveals itself more over time. You should rejoice in this revelation and attribute it to the Creator. This is how the Creator gives you the opportunity to correct it.
Question: There is a great fear of losing the ten because of my growing egoism. After all, I love them very much and I feel that I can harm them. What should I do?
Answer: You must convince yourself that using the desire to get closer to the Creator and receive from Him is the state of your entire ten. Therefore, do not be afraid to receive, to ask and receive again.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/24, Writings of Rabash “The Discernment of “In Everything”
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Question: You said that we connect intentions with the friends, and in this united intention we will be able to feel the influence of the Creator.
What does it mean to connect intentions with friends?
Answer: Connecting intentions with a friend means that you take the friend as an example and do everything possible to draw closer to them. It does not matter how much you force yourself.
In essence, there is no need to force anything. We just need to be together, in an embrace, trying to get closer with ever greater common desire.
Question: Should I take examples of bestowal that I observe in a friend and try to integrate with them?
Answer: Yes, you could say so.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar”
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Question: What is this good inclination that eventually will win, as it is said: “The elder will serve the younger”? What does it mean?
Answer: It means that a person must choose from the one who shows up last, as it was with our forefathers. After all, the power of good appears to us last.
Question: How can we serve it and choose it every time?
Answer: This is what our union is for, it is so we have the strength to always choose the power of benevolence.
Question: But a person cannot stay in the power of good; we constantly fall into evil. Is there freedom of choice here?
Answer: There is. A person makes a promise to move toward the Creator all the time and constantly strive for connection with his friends and upward to the Creator, against his egoism. By acting this way, one confirms and keeps the promise given to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/24, Writings of Rabash “And Isaac Was Forty Years Old”
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Question: The Creator addresses us each time through different states: depression, corporeal problems, lack of attainment, emptiness, through anything, and it is as if we refuse to connect with Him immediately. How can we shorten the time it takes to turn to Him?
Answer: I believe the best approach is to agree in advance to everything the Creator asks or demands of us. This is the most important thing.
Question: What is the place for blessing the Creator?
Answer: The place for blessing the Creator is our heart.
Question: What is this spiritual action—the covenant?
Answer: A covenant in the ten means that all ten participants agree to set everything else aside and work solely on uniting with one another. This covenant must be maintained by them at all times.
Question: We constantly pray in the ten; we ask the Creator for all the friends, for the world Kli, for Bnei Baruch, for you. But recently, we lack strength. Are there any means other than prayer?
Answer: No, there are no other means.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/26/24, Writings of Rabash “Isaac Sowed in That Land”
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