A person on the spiritual path goes through various states. I remember how my teacher, Rabash, sometimes could not see or hear anything around him, as if he were unconscious. It seemed like these were moments of disconnection from reality.

This does not happen to us. But we are talking about a very practical, very realistic person who worked his whole life: at times as a shoemaker, at times in a tax office, and at times in construction.

He was not some kind of mystic or philosopher, or even a programmer. He stood firmly on the ground with both feet. And you could see how he would literally lose himself. In every state, you must break through into reality; a clouded, hazy state is the worst. Don’t settle to hovering neither here nor there and simply dragging out an existence; that is the worst.

I often get angry at myself, which is not surprising given my character, and thanks to this, I come out of it. It is said: “In man, the good inclination will always be angry with the evil one.”

You provoke yourself to anger, you induce a certain state within yourself, and then you begin to reflect on it: maybe it is this way, maybe that, is it worth it or not? This is such-and-such state, this is such-and-such stage. This process occurs on all levels; the main thing is not to allow the next moment to be the same as the previous one.

If you see friends around you who can agree to waste moment after moment in this way, then run away from them. They will infect you with laziness, and this is a very big problem.

In one of his letters, Rabash writes about bad tailors and bad shoemakers who say: “Let the shoe or dress remain as it is, it is no big deal.”

This fellow says much the same thing, “Where are you rushing to? Why are you jumping? Look at yourself. Here I am, living calmly, and you, it is simply not serious.” You should simply run away from people like that, cut off contact, don’t look at them, and be influenced by them as little as possible.

For me, what matters is precisely what I see, not what he sees. Such a friend weakens me. I want to win something in life; it is vitally important. Everyone can demand this of another; we must build a society, and that means we must demand this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/28/26, Rabash, “What Is, If He Swallows the Bitter Herb, He Will Not Come Out, in the Work?”

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