Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 39

How Can We Acquire the Creator’s Qualities Emotion-Free?

We cannot rely solely on emotions. How can we compare one feeling to another and discern which is genuine? Reason must guide this process.

There are concepts of good and evil, sweet and bitter, truth and falsehood. Sweet and bitter are emotional judgments, while truth and falsehood are intellectual evaluations. To distinguish correctly, we must use the measures of truth and falsehood rather than sweet and bitter, which can lead us away from Kedusha.

It is beneficial to understand the opposite of Kedusha, but even such understanding requires intellect rather than relying on emotional measures like sweet and bitter.

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