Question: You said we should either work on our own flaws or the flaws of our friends. Which is more beneficial?

Answer: When a person works on his or herself.

Question: How is a heart of stone different from a heart of flesh?

Answer: The heart of flesh is actually the heart of stone.

Question: If I try to feel my friends as myself, how should I deal with their egoistic desires?

Answer: You should not take on the egoistic desires of your friends. You should distance yourself from them and allow them the opportunity to understand and correct their own qualities. A person cannot correct someone else’s desires.

Question: Is a pure heart the heart of the group and a heart of flesh a personal heart? Or are they the same?

Answer: No, a pure heart is a heart completely corrected of egoism, even in one person, while an egoistic heart is filled with egoistic desires. These are two opposite states.

Question: There is always a contradiction between body and spirit. How can one strengthen the spirit?

Answer: By being connected with good friends.

Question: If I constantly, many times a day, reveal my own evil, where in this endless prayer for my own correction should I include a prayer for my friends, and what should it be like?

Answer: It should be one united prayer where you care both for the correction of your own heart and the correction of your friend’s heart.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/8/24, Writings of Rabash “One Learns Only Where One’s Heart Desires”

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