In corporeal life, we have no freedom whatsoever. But in the spiritual development, we can choose our environment, the desire that this environment will pass on to us, and our attitude toward society.

Although I still act within the boundaries established by this system, I can nevertheless choose the form in which I will advance between the two points of the spiritual path—the starting and ending points.

I cannot change these points themselves because the final goal lies in the root of my soul, the place from which I once descended and to which I must now return. It is clear that I cannot take a different path.

However, I can choose the nature of my advancement, seek means and opportunities for development, and in doing so, I attain the mind of the Creator and become similar to Him. In this, I gain a certain measure of freewill regarding my present and future states.

Within me today exists a part of my future state called the AHP of the upper one; it is my next level, “I+1.” It already exists in the spiritual realm, and its lower part (AHP) is in me now.

I can reveal it and desire this next state; meaning, I am free to realize it or not. I already have a choice between “today” and “tomorrow.”

But if I live only in this world, I know nothing about tomorrow, that is, about the next moment. So what can I truly choose if the choice exists only with regard to the future?
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/8/10, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Thought Is a Result of the Desire”

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