Comment: Please give me a real-life example to clearly explain the work in two lines.

My Response: Start working, and you will see. What other example do you need?

For instance, if I am in a certain state and I suddenly stop myself and ask, “Where am I?” I have stopped myself: What is here? There is the Creator, the goal, importance, adhesion, the desire to please creation, rewards and punishments. All this speaks to what I know and understand about Him.

I thought about it, got an impression, and now I move to the left line. At the same time, I understand all His advantages in comparison to what I see, imagine, and feel about myself. I start comparing one thing to the other, aligning them, and in any comparison I make, I try to keep the balance between us so the prayer can arise from this state.

With all my bad qualities, I want to stand, as if, facing the Creator, facing His positive qualities. Start by connecting these things within yourself in just such a simple way. This way, In this manner, you can, as it were, hold yourself in the middle between the right and left lines.

Just as children build a sand castle on the seashore, so we begin to imagine that we are actually building a real house. Try to see how you can keep yourself in a constant state when all this is present together: me, my goal to be like the Creator, and the parameters He gave me on the right and left, so that it all comes together, one not prevailing over another, keeping the situation under control every time.

Later, you will get used to maintaining this inner state you are building. It will change every minute, and you will rebuild it every minute. It will change again, and you will build it again, direct it like a rocket flying toward a chosen target.

Then you will learn how to maintain this balance in a variety of life states: at the store, at work, at school—no matter where or how. Try it; you asked for a real–life example; there it is.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/13/26, Rabash, “What Is Do Not Add and Do Not Take Away in the Work?”

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The Unity of the Two Lines
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