Question: We talk a lot about descents and ascents. Does a descent mean that it is me and the outside world, while an ascent means I am in the Creator and the Creator is in me? Are these states supposed to be uniform, or should they be the way they are given? Is it possible to soften this path, and does it depend on us?

Answer: We have to aspire to exist constantly in a state where we sense the Creator both inside of me and outside.

The sensation of the Creator that fills the entire world, including me, is the most perfect state. All the rest of the states are given by the Creator so we would have a greater aspiration to sense Him both inside of us and outside.

“There is none besides Him” means precisely such a sensation of the Creator where besides Him, indeed there is no one. Then who am I? I am the one who states the fact: “Yes, indeed, I feel that there is none besides Him!”

This is the only point that remains. It is the center of our soul. Everything else is the Creator.

Question: Does it depend on us to exist in the ascent as much as possible, all the time with the Creator, and the Creator inside, and Him in us?

Answer: No problem. Organize your group the way so it would always be engaged in this. Then it will be holding you.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian, 11/24/2019

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