The only gift we expect from the Creator is the ability to reach bestowal Lishma. Maybe I don’t even know what this truly is because I have never experienced such qualities within myself. But I expect to receive this gift that I currently have no real understanding of.

Lishma is a gift that comes to me from the Creator, a gift that grants me the ability to bestow upon a friend or the Creator without expecting any compensation in return.

While I have not yet received this gift, I want to strengthen my connection with the Creator, i.e., to draw Him closer to me or conversely push myself closer to Him through prayer. I seek to establish a strong bond with Him, one that cannot be broken.

We were born to unite with the Creator, to receive delight from Him through this connection, to be filled by it, and ultimately to achieve similarity of qualities with the Creator.

First  I should try to connect with Him on the same wavelength that came to me as a result of His response. Once I feel that I have established this feedback loop with the Creator, I want to convey my most pressing desire to Him and embed my prayer within the thread that links us. I hope that in response the Creator will establish an unbreakable connection between us.

Thus, I continuously exchange messages with Him. I reach out to the Creator, and the Creator responds to me, and I am getting closer and closer to Him. I am constantly trying to understand what the Creator wants from me, how He wants us to unite with our friends so that through this unity we can turn to Him together.

Through this process we will discern what kind of relationship or wavelength evokes a response from Him, and in doing so, we will build our connection with the Creator.

I must exert effort to extend a thread from myself to the Creator and in turn to draw a thread from the Creator back to myself. When this reciprocal connection is established, I can be certain of a two-way bond.

The essence of the science of Kabbalah is precisely in establishing this mutual connection between a person and the Creator. This connection, known as Lishma, is a gift from the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/13/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Matan Torah [The Giving of the Torah]”

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