Question: The driving force before the Machsom is the intention “for oneself.” Beyond the Machsom, in the sensation of the Creator, does my driving force remain the question: “What will I gain from the next level?”

Answer: Always! My fuel is always: “What will I gain from this? But before the Machsom, this question sounds like “What will happen to me?” It is the fear of not receiving benefit, the fear of dying and not having time to receive everything, the fear of suffering, etc.

Beyond the Machsom, there is the same question, only in a different form: “What will happen to me so that I can give to Him?” The question is the same, the meaning is the opposite.

This is called “Lishma.” Everything we feel, we sense and evaluate through our desire to receive; we have no other measuring system.

Otherwise, how can we act? If I do not get pleasure, I have nothing to give Him! My pleasure, in fact, is what I give to Him, He enjoys that I am enjoying.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/9/26, Rabash, “What Does It Mean That Before the Egyptian Minister Fell, Their Outcry Was Not Answered, in the Work?”

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