Question: If I see negative qualities in my friend and detest them, can I redirect this hatred toward my own recognition of evil?

Answer: We have two ways to look at our states: ourselves in relation to the Creator and ourselves in relation to others. These “others” are none other than the Creator, the group, or the friend. I have no other object against which I can examine myself.

Instead of the Creator, we have been given the group. Through it, we can subsequently transition to a relationship with the Creator. Ultimately, we must come to a state where both the Creator and the group exist within a single dimension for us.

In short, it does not matter who is outside of my egoistic vessels. If this distinction matters to me, it means that I am approaching my state with an intention for myself and making various calculations about whom I should treat better and whom worse. By doing this, I am simply deceiving myself.

If I truly want to examine my status as a Kli—to what extent it is corrected or corrupted—then first of all I must regard both the group and the Creator as one and the same in relation to myself. Then I completely nullify my desire to receive, and from that level I can begin measurement. In this way, I can avoid distortion in my inner measurement.

My instrument is an instrument correctly directed from within me outward. Then I will be able to see how to continue developing, and where my true attitude actually lies. And from this point, I begin to work.

It is self-deception to think that something outside differs in relation to my desire to receive. Such deception must not blind me because then I will be unable to remain in the correct position at all.

Of course, this does not mean that I should run around serving everyone now or forcing myself to be good to all. People usually think that this is what should happen and expect a Kabbalist to solve their problems.

I must relate to everyone outside of me in such a way as to nullify my Kelim. I am not supposed to serve the whole world, nor to cater to the egoistic qualities of my friend.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/4/26, Rabash, “What Is Heaviness of the Head in the Work?”

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