In all of reality there is nothing but the Creator and the created being. Why did the Creator arrange it so that creation, man, is not alone, but is surrounded by many others like him, surrounded by an entire world, in which, entangled, and not directed toward the Creator?

If the Creator were standing before me, I would somehow get along with Him. In any case, I would not avoid contact with Him, and even if I did try to avoid it, I would still know that I had no choice, that only He exists, and I must establish contact with Him. He would not disappear from my field of vision.

However, the world is arranged in such a way that instead of the Creator I am forced to deal with all kinds of things: friends, society, the teacher, and books. I need to organize the entire world, my family, my children, so many details in my environment that I only move farther away from the Creator and forget about Him. And even if I remember Him, the environment immediately confuses me, and once again I drift away from the goal.

This is done intentionally so that through my own efforts I will raise the importance of the Creator. If only the Creator stood before me, I would automatically be directed toward Him: There would be no way out, whether I wanted it or not, I would be obliged to establish this connection, and there would be nowhere to run.

If, besides the Creator, there are many other attractions, factors, and causes, and it seems that they are the ones shaping my life, confusing me, appearing more important, as though they give me more pleasure than the Creator, and determining my life instead of Him, then I have a serious problem. In that case, I must organize my relationship with the Creator while being connected with all these things.

This is how the Creator “plays” with me. Wishing to be important in my eyes, He surrounds me with various things, and they confuse me, draw me in, determine my life, as though I depend on them and not on Him. This continues until I clarify that in truth all of this is false, and it is not my wife, society, the world, fate, nations, or the country that governs me.

I come to the conclusion that I must constantly build my relationship with the Creator against the background of these disturbances.

If I constantly place His importance in my eyes above every disturbance that He erects before me, then I undoubtedly become more and more attached to the Creator and gradually draw closer to Him. He already knows which disturbances He can use to strengthen the bond between us.

This process is called working on recognizing the importance of the Creator. In all the obstacles, I constantly see that behind them stands the same one and only Creator. In this way, I build myself and gather strength in order to reach Him. All these disturbances turn into organs and forces for me that become incorporated into my soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/26, Rabash, “Make for Yourself a Rav and Buy Yourself a Friend – 1”

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