Question: You say that the correct result of studying The Book of Zohar is a desire for unity. Does this desire arise from the person himself, or is it something he must force himself to achieve?

Answer: There is a rule that there is no coercion in spirituality as spirituality is revealed only in the desire for it. Therefore, it is impossible to force oneself into spirituality without truly desiring it.

You approach spirituality indirectly by engaging in seemingly unrelated or alternative actions not strictly aimed at bestowal and love, which nonetheless draw the light. This light corrects you and moves you toward the quality of bestowal. That is how it works.

Although a person exists in a state opposite to spirituality—the quality of egoism, the desire to subordinate everything to oneself, to be filled, and to dominate others—when they begin studying Kabbalah, an interesting symbiosis arises. There is a connection between their efforts, which appear to be aimed at bestowal, love, unity, and bringing all of creation into a single system, which in fact already is although it is concealed from us, and we must reveal it in our unity with everyone

It seems that a person both desires and does not desire, wants and does not want, understands, realizes, yet cannot achieve anything through his inner qualities. However, in the end, the force of the upper light influences him and changes him.

This means that we are not required to artificially or falsely strive for something we do not truly want.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Signs of Advancement 2” 3/11/10

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