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Posted on June 30th, 2025
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Question: Should we take the idea contained in what we are studying and pass it on to everyone?
Answer: You cannot convey this idea to the people because these are completely abstract things. The people may perceive it as something even somewhat rational because they themselves are in an irrational state.
What does he have in his hands that would allow him to say that he is relying on something in life?
Humanity has yet to discover how suspended in the air it is; it lacks support. It has nothing; its entire basis, its illusory confidence in what to do and how to do it—all of this is in the material, and even that will soon slip out of people’s hands, will literally leak through their fingers. They will be like a lost child who stands and cries, who is afraid to take a step, who does not know where his mother is and what to do.
We must approach this in a “rational” way—rational for them, that is why it is in quotes—and every time, at every stage, we need to give them a logical explanation of what we recommend for them to do, to perform, to advance to.
If today I go to the people and say, “You do not understand how much your thoughts affect the world. And there is no need to change anything except our attitude, our intention, and our thoughts about the world, about the universe, and about the upper force”—everyone will think that I am, to put it mildly, detached from reality.
“Alright, I have changed my attitude. And what happened, where is it? What can we do? We are dealing with life and death issues; people have to eat something, to fill themselves with something, and you are talking about some thoughts, some attitude to reality that changes it? And this is what you came to the world with?! What are you telling us here! What did you come to advise us?”
But you might be right. Even scientists are already discovering that a person can influence with thought. And besides, there are such refined, elevated people who also say that we need to treat each other differently, and then we will change the world, and it will become more beautiful. That is, if we treat each other better, our world, our general perception will change. That is true. But where is the proof that if we change our attitude to the world just because this is the general law of the universe, we will gain something from it?
That means you are bringing the Creator here. You are telling them this not from a social point of view, like the well-meaning socialists who say: “Let us create a wonderful society, let us care for one another…” and everyone understands that it would be great if we could achieve this.
But you tell them, “No, that is not why we should be kind. We should be kind because in this we become like the upper force, which will then change everything and affect us in a completely different, astonishing way, from which all the foundations will change! Not only will the relationships between us change, even nature will change—everything will change!” In this case, you are applying a parameter that they neither understand nor feel. You are introducing the Creator into the picture!
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From the 1st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”
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These are the words of our sages in clarifying the ending, “These are the words which you will say to the children of Israel.” They made the precision, “These are the words,” no more and no less. This is perplexing: How can you say that Moses would add or take away from the words of the Creator to the point that the Creator had to warn him about it? (Baal HaSulam “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).
Question: What is the meaning of the warning given to Moses: “No less and no more…”?
Answer: “No less and no more” means that the correction must continue until all the vessels are corrected.
In other words, Galgalta veEynaim (GE) have no right to exist if it is not for the sake of the common correction.
That is, GE are obligated to awaken, correct themselves, and correct others; this is the reason for their elevation before the rest. They are not permitted to be under AHP, because their role is to correct AHP due to their own purity and degree of Aviut (coarseness).
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”
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Question: What are the “commandments between a person and the Creator”?
Answer: In spiritual work, there are only two actions you must perform: the correction of the vessels (Kelim) and their fulfillment.
The correction of the Kelim is carried out through love for one’s neighbor because this love represents the unification of all parts of Adam HaRishon. So what does the Creator have to do with this?
The point is that you need the Creator, the upper force, so that He gives you the force to “glue” the souls together, to unite them into a single Kli. You use Him to properly and evenly form the relationships between the friends, and thereby fulfill the rule “Love your neighbor as yourself,” which must encompass the entire world. This is precisely why you need the upper force—the Creator.
If correction is most important to you, then you relate to the Creator as an assistant. From the very beginning of the spiritual path to its end, you need both the friends and the Creator. You cannot connect only with the Creator without your friends, without the group. And further along, you cannot exist only with the group, without a connection to the Creator.
However, the important thing is what you actually do, and where your work takes place. In the first stage, it is among your friends, where the only choice for correcting the Kelim lies. Then, once you have attained a unified Kli and reached the state of “as one man with one heart,” you should no longer think about that. Then the second stage begins: a powerful connection with the upper force (Zivug de Haka’a), which fills the Kli.
Question: Then what is Avodat Hashem (the work of the Creator)?
Answer: Both of these actions are called the work of the Creator because in both you initially intend to become similar to Him. Maybe you are asking something else. If this is a person’s work, why do we call it the Creator’s work? It is because you ultimately reveal that it is Him who does it all with His force. However, the desire, the challenge, the raising of MAN (the prayer)—that comes from you.
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From the 1st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”
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Question: Is the only way to prove the general law of the universe (without yet feeling it) to see that without it, I feel bad?
Answer: Of course. Nothing more is needed! Humanity is not at all required to suddenly engage in spiritual searches. All of this is very practical, real-life stuff. You can see for yourself, nobody comes in any other way.
The question is, how much suffering can we save ourselves by coming to it earlier? Is there any doubt that with blows, you can make a person do anything? There is no problem! Maybe we are incapable of that, but from above, it is absolutely possible.
That is why there is just one small opportunity by asking, “What is the meaning of my life?” and to immediately find the answer through the group. If we do not find the answer, an even greater, more painful question arises, and then another, and another.
Now the question is different. How are those who already know the answer obligated to help those who do not yet know, but are suffering? Here is where mutual obligation comes into play. If you know all this, you are obligated to spread this knowledge and ensure that others come to understand more quickly that there is a system behind the “blows,” that they have a source and a purpose, that all of them lead a person to such a state in which he would rise above his life, transition from action to intention, and enter a different dimension of existence.
And when he truly enters that dimension where the souls reside, that will be an entirely different existence. He will identify himself with that field called the Creator, the upper force, or the general law, and there, there is no life and death, completely different values exist there, and everything is different.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”
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Question: Should the correct intention be attached before every action or is it enough to set it once in advance?
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Each time it must be “revived” anew, or you must remain continuously connected to that intention and pay attention to it alone. Then you will discover that it is through intention and not through actions that you change reality. You will reveal that you are in a world of intentions.
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Therefore, the Creator gave him the above warning, “no less,” but offered them the true nature of the work, in all its sublimity, expressed in the words, “a kingdom of priests.”
Regarding the reward that is defined in the words “a holy nation,” he was warned, “no more” (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).
The words “no more” and “no less” essentially speak about one’s attitude toward the system.
What does “a kingdom of priests” mean? It means not for one’s own sake. It refers to a correction that is not intended for me; I cut myself off from personal interest. In everything I do and carry out, in everything that will happen, there is no “I.” My “I” is, so to speak, completely absent from reality. My concern is that reality should exist and not that I should exist in it. This is called “a kingdom of priests.” And we must reach “no less” than this correction.
The words “no more” imply the form of work with AHP. One may engage with the AHP only in such measure and with such Aviut, that it is always “no more” than in order to reach adhesion for the sake of bestowal.
In this way, the distinction between the work according to the principle of “no less” with vessels of bestowal, and the principle of “no more” with vessels of reception is expressed. Baal HaSulam formulates it in this way.
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If someone is disturbing me, I have to accept it as “help against me,” which shows me where I have not yet adhered to the Creator.
It is through this disturbance that I am getting closer to the Creator, and therefore I wish this person all the best, and bless for the bad as for the good. After all, it is due to these disturbances that I have the opportunity each time to ascend toward the Creator. Without them, I would not be able to advance.
Therefore, on one hand, in material life I must defend myself and fight against such disturbances. But in essence, in my inner work, I fully accept them and give thanks for all the bad as for the good.
It is precisely such disturbances that bring us correction, even though they cost us much effort, money, and time. The main thing is to relate to them correctly, that is, to wage war against them in order, above them, to ask for adhesion with the Creator.
I understand that the Creator has sent me these disturbances, and I want to adhere to Him along with them. After all, my devotion to the Creator is tested by the strength with which I adhere to Him.
Let’s say there is a five kg load that I want to attach to the ceiling. For this, I need glue that can hold at least five kg and some more for security. Therefore I evaluate the strength of the glue by the weight of the load. If I attach the load and it falls, it means that the glue is weaker than the weight of the load. That is, my devotion to the Creator is less than the disturbance He sent.
But if I ask the Creator to help me adhere to Him with a force greater than the disturbance, and I stick to the ceiling along with this whole problem, it means that I acquire faith above reason, the force of adhesion, which is more powerful than the disturbance felt within reason.
The glue that I receive from the Creator is the light that comes to me at my request, the power of bestowal, Bina, with which I adhere to the Creator in bestowal to Him. I want to adhere to Him over this disturbance that He pushes me away from Himself with so that all transgressions will be covered with love for the Creator.
There is no righteous who has not sinned. We always fall by focusing on the disturbance itself, on the person causing us problems, or on the situation. We are never prepared for the disturbance because each time it is new, a new Reshimo from the breaking is revealed. And we are forced to fall and succumb to deception, as if the problem did not come from the Creator.
But the very next moment, it is necessary to return to the correct perception. This is called the “devil’s pinch”; a light pinch is enough to bring one to their senses.
At first, I cry “ouch” from the feeling of the disturbance, and the second “ouch” is from the realization that this is not a disturbance, but the Creator is pulling me to Himself. All of this happens in a single breath. The only response to every disturbance is to adhere even more strongly to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/24/19, “There Is None Else Besides Him”
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