Question: Why is it that our group, which exerts tremendous effort in study and in everything possible, is still not at the level that, seemingly, corresponds to its efforts?

Answer: I look at it completely differently.

We exist within a system called the soul of Adam HaRishon. We are a part of this soul, united across all countries by one goal, which is to lead many people, if not everyone, forward. We have no right to focus solely on ourselves.

If what is currently placed upon me is to lead several million people, then until I have the strength to do so, I, because I am connected with them, will not be able to advance even a millimeter. Therefore, one should not check whether I have advanced. That millimeter of progress will come only when I have the strength to lead all those millions of people, down to the very last person. Then I will advance.

For now, one should measure progress by how much strength I have gained to lead yet more people, and then even more. And although I have still not advanced forward even a millimeter, I am constantly accumulating strength. Those millions are beginning to awaken; they are becoming capable of moving.

If you say, “Where is the progress? Look how much effort I have invested!” you are approaching this with the wrong measure. Indeed, I have not advanced, but what has been invested has remained within me. I have already acquired these forces; they are within me.

There is a vast number of souls ready to join me, and they are joining. This is all the result. You simply do not want to see it; you are looking at the fact that there is still no visible progress. Correct, I would not say that there is.

There is, but it is extremely subtle, and of course, it does not correspond to the level we would be entitled to reach were we acting alone. But what can be done? I do not calculate how I would advance if I were alone. It does not depend on me, and it is not my function.

Should I simply retreat to commune with the Creator, and that’s it? A person does not choose the time or the state in which they exist or the actions they must perform.

Indeed, we see that this is precisely what is happening: every day dozens, if not hundreds, of people around the world join us. The world is moving toward a state where we will soon see the collective stance people adopt and the attitude to life they embrace; they will all become clear. Within a few years, you will see how everyone already understands you, even if you have done nothing for it. Of course, it’s not that you have done nothing; you are investing your efforts today, and somehow it reaches them. This is the tangible result of our efforts.

So, I do not attempt to evaluate our progress by examining some isolated minute sector, it is impossible to measure this that way. On the other hand, we must be sensitive to it; we must not fall into despair from the fact that we are, seemingly, treading water. We are not treading water. The fact that you continue to publish books, produce films, deliver lessons and lectures, and organize more groups—all of this is having an effect.

Nevertheless, we cannot measure the spiritual level that is destined for us, because until we have guided a specific number of people from the global community, until we have gathered a certain critical mass, we will not be able to rise to that higher plane.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/9/26, Rabash, “It is Forbidden to Hear a Good Thing from a Bad Person”

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