Question: A person often has a state where he tries to avoid transitioning into the spiritual. That is, his egoism pushes him away, and makes him take some steps of retreat. How can one avoid making a mistake here and still go against his ego?

Answer: This must be done in advance. The moment you miss it, nothing will help. Egoism will still trick you, drag you in, distract you, and you will not be able to escape it. Therefore you must always protect yourself in advance, like a climber who is in a rope team with others. Without this you cannot do anything; such a connection is essential.

Moreover, it must be constant, every second. In Kabbalah, you fall every second, and without this connection, you fall into the abyss, and then you have to climb back up. This takes a lifetime. That is why a person does not manage to achieve spirituality, let alone advance through 125 steps.

Everything is created very clearly and logically when you act correctly. It is the law of nature. There are no concessions from the Creator here: “You are so small my beloved; I will make everything okay.” No! Here the force of bestowal and the force of reception are opposed to each other. And you must find the right connection between them and act clearly. This is the law!

It is not like in our world where from our weakness we constantly create anti-natural conditions for ourselves. Nature has no mercy as we imagine it. To receive what I do not deserve is what we call mercy, but this is wrong. Why should it be like this? “Because I am so beautiful.”

If we understood the essence of nature and how we should behave with it, we would truly succeed, justify the Creator’s actions, and not wait for some favors. It is exactly like in the saying, “We should not wait for favors from nature.” We should not wait for it to show mercy toward us, but we should study its laws and clearly reproduce them within ourselves. And then there will be no problems. We will see how perfect and eternal it is and become similar to it.

Question: What could be the solution for a person to prepare himself in advance?

Answer: It is only in connection with others, only in a state of mutual guarantee. And this is given.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. How to Deceive Egoism” 5/18/10

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