Question: What does it mean to believe that all states come from the Creator, and how do we come to such faith?

Answer: How do we come to the belief that all states come from the Creator? It is only in the gradual realization that there is none else besides Him.

This happens under the influence of the upper light on us. After all, besides the fact that this light controls everything—inanimate, vegetative, animate nature, and humans—it also wants the element it controls, meaning a person, to feel it.

This is already a new, very special attitude of the Creator toward man. That is, the Creator begins to draw him toward Himself, which arouses in him a sense of Himself. Such attraction can be two-sided.

On one hand the Creator draws a person to Himself; on the other hand He begins to arouse in him all sorts of thoughts, disturbances, and interferences. It is like we are hearing a normal speech broadcast while experiencing some interference on the line. The Creator does the same. He is a master at these things, and we need to work with that.

As a rule the Creator awakens a connection with us and at the same time something negative, that is, all kinds of confusion. Let us say you are looking at me now, listening, trying to grasp my words, and at the same time you are imagining your pillow, which you are falling on. But these disruptions are necessary because that is how you strengthen the connection.

What to do? Ask the Creator. Do not try to cheer yourself up: “Now I am going to do something, drink a cup of coffee, somehow warm up, make myself angry!”. There is no need to wake up your donkey; you need to ask the Creator, “The fact that You give me thoughts about You—thank You! The fact that You give me the desire to sleep instead of listening to the lesson—thank You! And I also want to thank You for  awakening me now and making me even more directed to You.” This is the very best!

You have all the conditions for you to start working on feedback. That is how it is done—very simply.
That is, it is preferable not to make any of your own efforts. There should be only one effort—to turn to the Creator in all situations in life until it becomes clear that there is none else besides Him, that only He is before you.

And your own efforts? There are no efforts. Who are you to perform any spiritual actions, to make any decisions? There can be nothing like that in a person—only an appeal to the Creator!

That is why, it is said: “God grant that you pray from morning to evening.” I prayed, that is, I turned to the Creator, I was in an internal dialogue with Him all the time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/19, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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