Matter and anti‑matter exist; things that are completely opposite to each other. But who can discover and evaluate this oppositeness? There must be some reference point, something intermediate, something opposite.

When a person receives a point in the heart, that is, a quality of the Creator, looks at all their other qualities from within it, at their overall form, and sees to what extent they are opposite to the Creator, then a feeling truly arises within them that is called “seriousness.” But this is not yet quite the seriousness that is necessary, because a person sees only his own oppositeness. So what? This is still not enough.

Well, fine, I am opposite to the Creator. Then one might say: “Go to the Master who made me!” From this we see that it is possible to exist even such a state without doing anything simply by treating the matter frivolously and continuing to exist in the same spirit.

True seriousness arises in a person after one sees through the point in the heart, and to the extent that one is allowed to see (even if only to a small measure for now), that everything they are composed of now is opposite to the Creator. This is not yet even “Ibur,” the state of an embryo.

After sensing one’s oppositeness, a person must come to humility; a state where one lowers oneself. What does this mean? Humility does not consist of my bowing my qualities before the qualities of the Creator, but in my accepting the advice to go “by faith above reason” with all my qualities.

The acceptance of work “above reason” is called work in seriousness. That is, it is not enough only to see one’s qualities; one must also relate to them correctly. And then, from this it naturally follows that the next state will be only one: prayer.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/4/26, Rabash, “What Is Heaviness of the Head in the Work?”

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