All of a person’s work at the beginning of the spiritual path lies in seeking the upper. The entire universe is structured such that there is only the upper and the lower, and nothing else. The vast world that seems to surround us, both the upper worlds and this world, is in fact nothing but our own inner desires, which only appear as external to us.

In reality only the upper and the lower exist, which  are a sequence of spiritual degrees that extend from above downward. These degrees or worlds do not exist independently; they are within us. As we develop, ever greater parts of our desire are revealed to us, which are filled with the perception of existence, and this is what we call our next degree.

That is, the entire spiritual ladder is inside a person who ascends it and thus increasingly feels, understands, and chooses.

So who are these two, the upper and the lower, the only ones that exist in all of reality? The upper is me in my next state to come. And the lower is me in my current state.

The upper, my future state, is where I am more similar to the Creator. All my states, from now onward until absolute perfection, are comprised of increasing similarity to the Creator, to the levels of a human being that resemble the higher.

Everything is always structured in ten Sefirot, a complete portion, a full transformation of my desires from one “complete” state to another (from Yechida to Yechida). This is the minimal full change within me called a degree.

The degree of the upper relative to the lower is like the Creator relative to creation. When I rise to that upper degree, meaning I become similar in qualities to the Creator, I become like Him, and that upper degree that is revealed to me at that moment is the Creator (Boreh), which means “come and see.” For I have risen there and now “see,” that is, I receive the light of Hochma into my spiritual vessels.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/27/2012, Writings of Rabash, Article 195

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