A person always exists between two states: the previous one and the future one. The future state pulls one toward itself, while the previous state pushes the person forward, away from suffering.

In other words, there are two levels: the higher one that I have not yet attained that draws me toward itself by showing me that I will find fulfillment once I reach it, and the previous one that pushes me forward through suffering, so I discover that in my current state there is nothing good whatsoever and everything is darkness. This is how a person advances.

Our choice is to move faster and more efficiently by sensing the darkness of the lower stage and the light of the higher one, and in this way we can shorten the time required to transition from one stage to another.

How does a person perceive these two stages within themself? They are felt in him not only as a stage that pulls from the front and pushes from behind, but also as the left line and the right line, two opposing forces where the left is the human nature and the right is the embryo of the qualities of the higher stage within a person: the incorporation of the qualities of the Creator.

From the lowest to the highest state, we ascend the rungs of a ladder that each consists of a lower and  higher part, the left and the right. A person passing these rungs is like an empty vessel, and the specific rung upon which one stands gives one fulfillment (light).

Therefore, the soul of a person who is on a certain stage is referred to by the name of that stage. And in this way, a person changes names, changes destiny, and changes their place.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/26, Rabash, “What Is a Flood of Water in the Work?”

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