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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