A person is not capable of making the transition from sensation to intention through their own efforts.  It is beyond  their power. An external auxiliary factor must be present. To the extent that a person has prepared their connection with the group, with the books, and with the teacher, and in proportion to the effort invested in them, they can receive help.

As the saying goes: “A prisoner cannot free himself from prison.” He is incapable, as he is immersed in his own sensation and there is nothing he can do on his own. In such a state, either time passes, meaning, the upper force provides assistance from above, or helps arrives through the books and authors.

The most effective means is the group, where various processes are constantly unfolding, connections are being transformed, and tasks and activities are changing. Through this, members pay attention to each other and are drawn toward one another through cooperation on a physical level. In doing so, they help convey a sense of the importance of bestowal to the individual, and remind them of the goal so that they do not remain trapped within their own, often negative, sensation. And then everything falls in place.

However, this entails a great deal of work. Until a person firmly establishes this state above the Machsom, they remain in what is known as concealment. The Creator conceals Himself behind the negative sensation that He gives a person, but this sensation is caused by the fact that He shows the person a measure of bestowal instead of pleasure.

In this way, He helps us prepare ourselves to be dependent upon and connected with His property of bestowal and not with the pleasures that come from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/13/26, Rabash, Letter No. 23, 1956

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