There are two forces in nature: receiving and bestowing, plus and minus. In order to master the spiritual world, both forces must coexist in us.

How can we do this? If we constantly develop the desire for the property of bestowal in ourselves, then we gain the opportunity to realize, understand, and get closer to it to some extent.

At the same time, the opposite property of receiving grows in us. We build ourselves on the correct combination of both forces. This is called receiving for the sake of bestowal or the middle line.

That is, we cannot give up our desire, but we still give up our egoism because it is directed “for one’s own sake.” Under the influence of the upper light, we gradually give up “for one’s own sake” because we are not able to do this by ourselves and we receive the property of bestowal from above.

But in order to receive it, we must technically become similar to it, that is, make something out of ourselves so that the property of bestowal can manifest itself in us and begin to act.
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From Preparation to the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/19

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