Question: Everything is arranged in such a way that opposite holiness there is a Klipa, and therefore one has to constantly enter the Klipa and be under its control. Does this mean that a person must constantly remain in a state of tension? And if he is tense, where is the pleasure?

Answer: I do not understand your question, because a person can experience both tension and pleasure at the same time. There are people who go skydiving or engage in numerous activities to raise their adrenaline levels, and they pay considerable amounts of money to enter a state of tension just so they do not feel lifeless. They derive pleasure precisely from being in an excited state, in a state of struggle, combat, and tension.

Perhaps you mean that the Creator is in a state of constant rest, and apparently this is the greatest pleasure, so you want that too.

But the Creator’s state of rest means that all the Kelim, all the desires are corrected. Within all the Kelim, desires, and thoughts, one can perform the work with 100% efficiency, at the highest possible speed, when nothing else interferes. It is precisely the absence of anything that interferes that is called rest—rest from disturbances, interfering thoughts, and uncorrected Kelim.

This is not the kind of rest in which nothing is done. Inactivity is called death, not rest.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/26, Rabash, “What Is the Work of Man, in the Work that Is Attributed to the Creator?”

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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 282

How Should We Relate to a Situation Where Friends Are Celebrating and Enjoying Themselves and Someone Gets Up and Says That There Is a Purpose of Creation?

Why should one say during the meal, “You know, there is a purpose of creation”? There is no need to say it. It should be clear to everyone. Each and every person, before putting something into their mouth or turning to a friend or making a toast and so on, should make this unification that we call “making a blessing,” and accordingly continue with what they began.

There is no point in talking about the purpose of creation. We should simply internalize it and talk about whatever else. It is better to tell jokes outwardly and be serious inwardly. However, if the mouth and the heart are unequal, there is a concern that people will begin telling jokes and the heart will follow them as well. In such a case, only when there is no other choice, it is better to speak about serious matters, and then perhaps the heart will also hear a little.

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