It is said that a person is judged according to the degree, the internal state, in which they finds themselves. That is, sometimes I want one thing, but the opposite happens.

We are dealt with not according to what we would like, but according to who we really are. We always imagine ourselves to be different from what we actually are.

Therefore, the law operates with absolute precision: The clock is constantly ticking, every second, the Reshimot (spiritual records) renew themselves within us. If we fail to systematically realize them the moment they manifest, we fall behind. And then the time of delay immediately turns against us as a compelling force, so that we bring ourselves into alignment.

In reality, there is an absolutely perfect state in which we exist: final correction (Gmar Tikkun). From this state, the upper light emerges and passes through all the degrees to our world, to our present state, to the place where we feel ourselves today and where we truly reside. This light gradually acts upon us. It itself does not change, but manifests and transforms everything within us, constantly acting upon us and awakening ever-new Reshimot within us.

This spiritual gene is constantly developing within us, and we constantly sense changes in ourselves. Or rather, the changes seem to occur not within us, but in the surrounding world, as though everything here is shifting. In truth, nothing changes externally; what changes is within me as new Reshimot manifest.

The spiral of my spiritual gene unwinds and will continue to unwind until it brings me to the end of correction, to the very last Reshimo. Each Reshimo exposes itself to the influence of the constant light sequentially along the spiral: first this Reshimo, then the next, the next, and so on.

If I do not correctly realize a given Reshimo, that is, if I do not immediately form a screen for it and align it fully with the upper light, it effectively slips past and the next Reshimo appears.

But I cannot realize the next one either, because I lack the previous screen. It turns out that all these delayed Reshimot that have passed me act as a drag that slows me down and cause me suffering.

What does suffering mean? It means the sensation that this entire chain is stalling or being impeded. The only cause of suffering is our failure to immediately realize the Reshimo in relation to the light that descends from above.

No one asks us about our intentions. The law is the law. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking and measuring whether we have left the “domain of holiness” or not. If we were in the domain of holiness and remained there, then another sensor operates, measuring the effort and strength of breakthrough we have exerted within the domain.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/24/26, Sitrin Convention, Sukkot 2003

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