Question: We are talking about our state for tomorrow. Where does this depiction come from? Does the Creator give us some light or does my ego fantasize this?

Answer: When we imagine our future, we say that we desire it. Where do the knowledge, sensation, and necessity for this future state appear in us? Where does this ultimately come from?

We study that originally, we existed in a good state when we were united and the Creator manifested within us. The only thing He manifested was in the small state (Katnut). This is the state of the system Adam that was created by the Creator before its breaking. Then the upper light, meaning the entire influence of the Creator, focused on this system and destroyed it.

What does “destroyed” mean? It became connected between all parts of the system as pure egoism that separates all the parts so that a feeling appears that is the opposite of the Creator. It is similar to what we do with our kids when we want to teach them to be more independent, to feel life better, and begin to understand it. We gradually distance them from us and they do the same according to their nature.

Thus the Creator entered into us and filled the distance between us with the property opposite to Him, the property of receiving, not bestowal. Now we have to turn this property into His property, but by our request.

Therefore, each time we want to be closer to one another we will sense that we hate one another even more and repel one another. This sensation will only get stronger.

On the other hand we will be asking to unite because in unity between the broken parts we include ourselves in each other and the Creator together into one system. Then instead of tearing us apart, the Creator will connect us.

In the state of the breaking, He is called “Pharaoh,” but in the state of unity “Creator,” “Upper Force.” This is how it works.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/5/19, Preparation for convention in Moldova “Turning to the Creator”

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Question: How can you not make mistakes and know you are addressing the Creator? Is there some kind of verification?

Answer: No, address Him however you wish, make any mistakes; the main thing is to be in touch with Him all the time.

Do whatever you want, just don’t break the connection with Him. The most important thing is to maintain uninterrupted dialogue all the time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/21/18, “Let’s talk about the Creator”

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Question: You said that from our collective feeling we become worthy of the Creator’s response to our request. At what point will this happen?

Answer: We become worthy of the Creator’s response the moment our desires and requests to receive and to bestow align with the Creator’s will toward us. Then we become interconnected.

I receive from the Creator what He sends to me, or I send to the Creator and He receives it. A two-way connection is formed between us. Many Kabbalistic sources speak about this. So we will quickly understand how this connection is established and experienced.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Question: How can one speak with the Creator so that this conversation becomes constant like communication between people?

Answer: That depends on you. The Creator is always open. He has no schedule divided into morning or evening, night or day. He is always open and in an active state.

The more often you engage in exercises aimed at uniting with one another and within that unity direct yourselves toward the Creator with a desire to feel His state and how He perceives you, the faster you will establish a close and direct connection with Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/11/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 55

What Is the First Action Required of a Person?

We cannot be compelled to act because every action must be voluntary and arise from internal effort. This effort, or required action, is born out of our innate nature and the extent of light received from above.

This does not mean the vessel suddenly desires change of its own accord. Instead, the vessel possesses Aviut (“thickness” or “coarseness”) and Reshimo (“record” or “spiritual data”), which guide its direction and choices, seemingly working in harmony with the light to bring about change.

However, in truth, we cannot dictate what we will want to do. Every moment is preordained. The only choice granted is to engage in learning. Through study in a supportive environment, we absorb additional desires from the group—desires that are not originally ours.

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah),” Item 18

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2nd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Question: Baal HaSulam writes that only knowledge is added to a worker of the Creator who merits contact with Him. What kind of knowledge is this?

Answer: A person who is worthy of contact with the Creator comprehends that everything is revealed in one Kli, in one desire, through connection and love. Therefore, our understanding of the Creator comes down to feeling Him as the only source of everything that exists. Then we will have no questions.

Genuine contact with the Creator occurs when a person realizes his inner connection with Him through all his friends. This is the goal of the development of our world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/10/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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Question: You said that true contact with the Creator occurs when a person attains one’s inner connection with the Creator through one’s friends.

What exercise can we do in the ten to build such an attainment among us?

Answer: To achieve this, you must strive to attain connection between yourselves and connection between each of you through the Creator. Divide one by the other and you will discover the specific strength that acts within you from the Creator. This will already be a significant accomplishment.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/10/25, “Obtaining Contact with the Creator”

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The only gift we expect from the Creator is the ability to reach bestowal Lishma. Maybe I don’t even know what this truly is because I have never experienced such qualities within myself. But I expect to receive this gift that I currently have no real understanding of.

Lishma is a gift that comes to me from the Creator, a gift that grants me the ability to bestow upon a friend or the Creator without expecting any compensation in return.

While I have not yet received this gift, I want to strengthen my connection with the Creator, i.e., to draw Him closer to me or conversely push myself closer to Him through prayer. I seek to establish a strong bond with Him, one that cannot be broken.

We were born to unite with the Creator, to receive delight from Him through this connection, to be filled by it, and ultimately to achieve similarity of qualities with the Creator.

First  I should try to connect with Him on the same wavelength that came to me as a result of His response. Once I feel that I have established this feedback loop with the Creator, I want to convey my most pressing desire to Him and embed my prayer within the thread that links us. I hope that in response the Creator will establish an unbreakable connection between us.

Thus, I continuously exchange messages with Him. I reach out to the Creator, and the Creator responds to me, and I am getting closer and closer to Him. I am constantly trying to understand what the Creator wants from me, how He wants us to unite with our friends so that through this unity we can turn to Him together.

Through this process we will discern what kind of relationship or wavelength evokes a response from Him, and in doing so, we will build our connection with the Creator.

I must exert effort to extend a thread from myself to the Creator and in turn to draw a thread from the Creator back to myself. When this reciprocal connection is established, I can be certain of a two-way bond.

The essence of the science of Kabbalah is precisely in establishing this mutual connection between a person and the Creator. This connection, known as Lishma, is a gift from the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/13/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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