Comment: Most often, a person wants to feel good. Let us say that if he is sick or has some problems, he subconsciously says, “Yes, I want to receive support from the upper force in order to overcome this obstacle,” although deep inside, within his soul, he thinks about how to make himself feel better.

My Response: Only at first, it means that it is still an unformed desire.

Then gradually, from the depths of suffering he begins to realize their depth and their causality, that they are not meant for him to suffer, and their satisfaction is not an end in itself. After all, then what is the point of this life? To suffer and to relieve suffering? Is that really the meaning of existence?!

The meaning of existence is to rise above this life and use it as a means to reach a higher level.
Otherwise what? I am being beaten, I run away. I am beaten, I am getting treatment. And that is what life is all about?! This is a completely wrong way of looking at the world.

That is why Kabbalah says that we must reveal the source of our sufferings and why He sends them to us so that we can connect to Him. Otherwise, we will not be awakened to this connection with Him. And later we will be grateful for this.

Is it possible without it? No, it is impossible.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How to Ask the Creator Correctly” 8/27/10

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