Question: How do we connect material (animalistic) actions to the goal?

Answer: It is very simple! Which of my animalistic actions can I not connect to the goal? I examine that there are some things I must do: work, sleep, eat, wash, and care for my body. I need a family, a wife, and children. I have to provide them with everything because that is how the Creator arranged it.

So if He arranged everything this way and I am executing it, then on one hand, it is a necessity. On the other hand, I must perceive all this as coming from Him, He obliges me to do this; therefore, all these actions are linked to holiness.

It turns out that I spend 20 hours a day doing what the Creator forces me to do. So how much do I devote to spirituality? Two and a half hours in the morning here in class, another half hour to get here, and another half hour back. This amounts to three and a half hours. In addition, maybe half an hour during the day in the evening or at lunchtime. That is it! Meaning, I spend 20 hours a day doing things that are not directly related to spirituality.

But if I know I do this because it is the will of the Creator so that in these actions I feel that everything comes from Him, that He obliges me to draw closer to Him with their help, then all these 20 hours turn into a means of moving toward the goal.

That is how I go to sleep, and through it I advance. I eat, and advance through it. In this way, any action turns into something that brings me closer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/11/26, Rabash, “The Meaning of the Strict Prohibition to Teach Idol Worshippers the Torah”

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