Spiritual work is carried out gradually. Therefore, there are rungs on the ladder along which a person advances toward merging with the Creator. It begins when a person receives the first drop of unity expressed by the principle: “There is none else besides Him.”

Thus, all our work in the group, both individual and collective, both the inner work that each person carries out separately as an individual and the work we do together, is intended solely for our inclusion in the single authority of the Creator.

But this does not mean that we dissolve into it, disappear, or consumed within it. We join it through our own efforts and abilities, consciously. Therefore, each time we reveal the greatness of the Creator, the greatness of the goal, and our readiness to unite, it gives us joy, an uplifted mood, and elevation.

And if periods subsequently come when things become more difficult for us, we must understand that additional desires are being added, desires that have not yet been included in this unity, that we have not yet incorporated into our connection, into the idea of “There is none else besides Him.”

When such disturbances arise, we must immediately, without interruption, begin working on them in order to reach the same state we had before, but now with new desires. We must not erase them, but we must understand that we need to continue ascending together with them. Then this will already be the next degree.

In other words, we must continually strive for unity despite the disturbances. This work is called work above reason, where the disturbances represent our present reason, while faith is connection in the quality of bestowal despite all the disturbances.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/26/26, Rabash, “The Importance of Recognition of Evil”

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