Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 162

Does Separation from the Creator Also Come from Him?

Certainly separation also comes from the Creator. Everything comes from Him. However, separation is punishment.

How should we respond to this state? We need to bless the good as we bless the bad and the bad as we bless the good. Yet separation from Godliness, or more precisely, the cessation of the ability to advance, meaning the ability to equalize our form with the Creator, is indeed the only punishment in reality.

In the corporeal world, this separation manifests as troubles that befall us, as negative events in our lives, and even as effects on the physical body. All the good comes from Him, and all the bad comes from the posterior (Achoraim) of the Creator, from concealment. The issue is not the concealment itself, but how we receive it and relate to it.

Punishment is punishment. Nothing can be done against it. The more we feel the concealment, the more we resist it. Concealment can be corrected through Hassadim (mercies). To the extent that we detach from our personal sensation and rise above it, we become those who delight in mercy (Hafetz Hesed), and then we perform corrections. In any case, anything less than final correction is considered punishment. However, we who are in this process view everything that happens to us as reward.

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