Question: Is it right to feel that no matter what efforts we make, it is still not due to our merit because the Creator gave it all: the efforts, the result, and all the resources?

Answer: So what? We are getting closer to the Creator, merging with Him, and He is spreading into us.

Question: If prayer to the Creator builds a connection with Him, are our actions the Creator’s response?

Answer: No, you cannot say that. Our actions are our actions. The Creator’s answer can be if you feel that He is responding to you. Do not mix one with the other.

Question: Is it possible to imagine that the Creator is the whole group, the whole Bnei Baruch?

Answer: No. The Creator is the upper force that is outside of us.

Question: You say that yet we have no connection with the Creator. And what is it when we feel a reaction or an answer to our prayer or some action? Is this not a connection with the Creator?

Answer: It is small, but it is already there.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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