To the Glory of the Creator
Question: What kind of honors can one use to pull oneself toward the goal?
Answer: We are talking about honors directed not at us but at the greatness of the Creator in order to raise the importance of the goal, the greatness of the Creator above one’s own ambition and vanity, which constantly strive to fulfill one’s innate desire to receive. They can be satisfied by a group honoring me, and I can also satisfy my own vanity.
If, instead of filling myself with various forms of honors in this world or the next, instead of fears for myself or my children or worries for the present or the future, I have a fear whether I have filled the Creator with the intention to bestow and I begin to pay homage to the greatness of the Creator, to the glory of heaven, then the greatness of the Creator will become more important than my self-love.
It is not that the Creator needs such adoration from me, but it gives me the opportunity to step out of my Kelim (vessels) and start thinking about giving. When I think about bestowal, the whole spiritual world passes through me, and I become one with it.
On the part of the Creator, His intention to please His creatures can only be realized in such a way that if I want to fill myself, I must first fill Him. If I fill myself first, then both pleasure and desires immediately disappear, as a result of which I find myself empty again.
In order to give the creation the opportunity to be infinitely and eternally filled, that is, to give us a sense of the eternity of our existence, the Creator has prepared His Kli, His need, for us as if He needs our attention and enjoys what we give Him.
Thus, working in the mode of bestowal, I begin to enjoy giving pleasure to the Creator, and the more I give to Him, the more I enjoy. This process can be continuous and last forever; this is called eternal life.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/17/26, Rabash, “What Is the Difference between Law and Judgment in the Work?”
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