Faith above reason is the topic we must constantly return to. In relation to it, we will experience ascents and descents, all of our work is focused around this point.

Faith above reason means that bestowal becomes higher than reception, that is, a person enters a state in which they live by the force of bestowal. Naturally, one rises and falls again, but gradually one begins to conquer this territory, “the field blessed by the Creator,” where one remains in understanding, awareness, and the aspiration to hold on to faith.

If I don’t check what I have received, it is called faith below reason. Because I have no reason, I haven’t verified what I received, I just believed it blindly. That kind of faith is actually lower than reason; there is no knowledge, only blind belief. In spirituality, this is not considered faith, it is only in religion.

For faith above reason, I must first have my own opinion and know, according to it, what is happening. I know that there are not $1,000 in the envelope, but $999, or even only $1, and yet I accept it as a $1,000. This difference determines my spiritual degree. I must have these two clear points: reason and faith, Malchut and Bina.

Faith above reason means that I accept those $999 as $1,000, wholeheartedly. Of course, you should not behave this way in a store; we are not talking about this world, but only about the spiritual one. In the spiritual realm, one must advance by faith above reason, for there we build our relationship with the Creator above our own understanding, more and more so each time. Spirituality is based not on the force of reason, but on the force of faith.

I advance based on what the Kabbalist says, because I do not wish to rely on the opinion of my own egoism. To the extent that I can nullify myself in relation to the upper, I acquire the force of faith with which I can progress together with the upper’s mind and heart.

In the corporeal world, this doesn’t work because there is only one dimension. But in the spiritual world, there are two degrees: me and the upper (AHP of the upper). I follow the opinion of the upper’s AHP. I include myself in the upper’s opinion, and since I adhere to it, I can ascend with it. This is possible only because I have accepted its opinion, which has become my faith.

This is the difference between the lower and the upper degrees. In the perception (Kelim) of the upper there are $1,000; in my perception, $999. I know, feel, and understand that I lack $1, that in my pocket there are $999 and not $1,000. But in the Kelim of the upper there are $1,000, and I fill that empty space within me with the force of the upper, I feel myself whole thanks to Him.

About faith above reason, it is said: “They have eyes but do not see; they have ears but do not hear.” I have eyes, ears, a heart, and a mind; I am an intelligent person; I understand and feel everything at my level, “judging only by what my eyes see,” standing firmly on the ground.

But the question is: How can I rise to a degree higher than myself? By what kind of elevator? Where is that lift, that means, by which I can exchange my feelings and intellect for those of an upper degree, to rise from the state of “I” to “I + 1”?

For that, I must go by faith above reason.

From above, they constantly reveal an empty space to me and I must fill it with faith. When I fill it with faith, I feel that it becomes filled with reason. Then again, darkness opens, an empty space that must be filled with faith.

And with this force of faith, I ascend to the next degree, which again becomes reason.

Thus, we grow: Ibur–Yenika–Mochin (embryo–nursing–maturity), each time ascending and perceiving the darkness and emptiness revealed to us as a part of the upper, next degree above us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/5/19, “Work with Faith Above Reason”

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