Comment: On one side the Creator provokes us, but on the other side I have to trust Him. There is a contradiction here.

My Response: The entire system of spiritual advancement is built on nothing but contradictions. Otherwise we would be unable to sense our real state.

In our world we exist only in one state, in egoism. We perceive everything only in relation to this state. We do not have any other scale except for greater egoism – smaller egoism, more pleasure – less pleasure.

We still do not understand what it means to be in the property of bestowal and to create a new system of scale within myself.

This is why we have such a hard time with this method called “hidden.” No one hides it; we just do not have the matching senses for it, and we do not have any ability to grasp it or to comprehend it.

Therefore Kabbalah is called “hidden wisdom,” or “secret wisdom.” But this is not a secret where someone conceals something from you. You are the one who conceals it from yourself by your one-sided properties.
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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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