Question: You gave an example about a teacher in an external group who seems to exist in a state of perfection and speak from the height of attainment. As a result, his group became inspired by him. If we start to behave this way, does that mean that each of us should portray ourselves as a Kabbalist who has essentially reached the end of correction? How do we do this?

Answer: That’s wonderful. You are saying that if we behave this way, then we will appear to one another as the greatest sages of the generation, as though we are at the end of correction. Then I will suddenly see what great people have gathered here. This is precisely what you should see.

Question: But how do we achieve this?

Answer: Artificially. Artificially, do you understand? You act as though you are expressing a desire to be in such a state. If this is what is required, you are ready to do it.

But what does it mean to “do it”? I can “do” something based on my feeling, my intellect, on everything I have. But I have neither feeling nor intellect; I have nothing. So how do we do it? That is why I say: let’s play. How can we oblige a person to do something? Let’s turn for a second to psychology. How can someone force me to do something? After all, a person is forced to do something against his desire, against his inner impulse.

Question: How do we advance toward this state? Because if everyone steps into their roles, then it might simply be something pleasant.

Answer: I do not know. You are that wise man who already “sees the newborn.” But I am not a wise man because in such a situation I simply do not know how to advance. They told me: “Do this.” And that is it. Perhaps I will do it, and nothing will come of it. I will become confused, disappointed, hate the group, and so on. And perhaps that will be the desired result. How should I know?

I merely humble my own intellect and do what the sages tell me. That is all. I am not going to look ahead to the next degree to see what I will become. The next degree lies above my intellect, and I do not understand what is happening there.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/16/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘Return, O Israel, Unto the Lord Your God,’ in the Work?”

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