We need to understand that we are governed from above, and it is like a game. Right now, I feel that I am the most important element in reality. But this sensation is nothing more than a predetermined program.

There is actually nothing special and significant about me. I was created this way so that I naturally take care of what feels “inside me” as something very important, even though this inner perception is actually more alien to me than what appears externally.

There is a built-in program inside me that keeps me focused on myself all the time. I operate automatically worrying only about myself, almost like a robot. Therefore the task is to discern this inner program, to see how opposite it is to the truth, and then to try to switch to an external program that we build consciously through effort.

This means that we return to the act of creation and, instead of the Creator, with the power of His light, we begin to reprogram ourselves in relation to our external desires (Kelim), just as the Creator programmed us in relation to our own present desires.

In this way, we perform the same action as the Creator. We study the Creator’s work, attain control over reality, acquire wisdom, and begin to perceive reality as the Creator perceives it.

Although this work is called “above reason,” it does not negate reason. On the contrary, I am constantly checking what the Creator has formed inside me, and then I apply this same form outward. But first I must carefully study my ego step-by-step because it is precisely from within reason that I can rise above reason.

The Creator programmed me to think about myself all the time. But now I check and reveal how artificial and unfounded it is, how it brings no benefit, and even causes harm.

From here I learn how to invert the direction of the program, from inward reception to outward bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/1/10, Baal HaSulam, Shamati 86, “And They Built Arei Miskenot“

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