Question: It is said that everything depends on the observer: either I suffer and see the righteous suffering as well or I enjoy and see those working for the Creator also enjoying.

So what exactly is my work? Is it to ensure these states change quickly, or do these states exist simultaneously and I need to perceive both?

Answer: Your work is to reach a state where the Creator changes your worldview, and you simultaneously move forward at the same pace.

Question: Can I create this pace myself, or is it impossible to achieve this through a request?

Answer: That depends on you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concealment and Disclosure of the Face of the Creator – 2”

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Question: On what basis is the Creator revealed?

Answer: The Creator is revealed in the opposition between darkness and light, when there is a certain condition of rejection of friends in the group and a certain condition of their rapprochement in the group.

In the difference between the dark and light forces, reception and bestowal, when we make a restriction, screen, and so on, the Creator begins to be revealed.

Attaining the Creator presupposes two qualities that are opposite to each other and coexist with each other, since they are necessary only for becoming like the Creator, only for His revelation.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/19, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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We incorrectly imagine infinity as some kind of infinite space. But infinity in the spiritual world means unlimited fulfillment. This is a state when all our desires, which are limited in themselves, are corrected for bestowal.

Ten Sefirot are infinity; 125 spiritual degrees are infinity. In the spiritual world everything is infinite. This is just for us so we can establish our attitude that the spiritual is divided into ten Sefirot, 125 degrees in each world, etc.

All this division exists only relative to us, but in fact, every spiritual quality is infinite. No matter what quality I touch, infinity is revealed behind it.

In essence, the entire creation is HaVaYaH, five phases. But when this HaVaYaH wants to become like the Creator, it begins to divide again, and again, and again… And therefore, it becomes infinite.

If Malchut of the world of infinity had accepted the light in the form in which it was created, it would have been simply HaVaYaH. But since it cannot accept the light in one go and must work in a manner opposite to its initial nature, all of creation is divided infinitely.

Infinity is not a numerical measure, but a qualitative one. In our world, the concept of infinity does not exist, which is why we cannot truly understand it. It is something we can only “come and see.” Even within our world, if we try to delve deeper into a particular idea or explore something, an infinite number of layers and flavors begin to reveal themselves.

Creation is entirely unrestricted by the boundaries of this world, which we impose through our sensory organs. We perceive everything through our will to receive, which projects an imagined, finite reality, a deliberately simplified framework that allows us to exist with our primitive, egoistic understanding.

But when we break through this shell, we begin to understand what infinity is. Infinity reveals itself in our perception, and we ourselves become infinite. It becomes clear to us that everything is infinite because we are infinite, and our perception becomes infinite, and there is nothing complex about it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/27/18, Writings of Baal Sulam “The Study of the Ten Sefirot” (TES)

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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 35

Does Constant Control Destroy Joy?

Joy arises when, in every moment, we see, through deliberate and purposeful self-criticism, where we stand. Whether or not we can correct the situation is less important than feeling and perceiving our current state. These impressions serve as markers showing that we go through states and progress.

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A miracle is an incomprehensible connection between an action and a result where my action suddenly causes an incredible but great result. That is why it is said, “I labored and found!”

We must exert efforts in our studies and try to find everything that is said within ourselves, but what we find is entirely unpredictable, even though we talk about it and expect it.

But once we find it, we are amazed at how far we were from imagining it correctly! So we call it a miracle.

What is this oil vessel I need to light? I have to find these inner forms inside myself. Oil is my desire to enjoy, and I have to understand how to light it, that is, create a wick in it that comes out through my efforts.

The wick is my resistance to using my desire in a direct form to receive for myself. I want to use it in the likeness of light!

And so I bring a wick out from it into which a little of my desire to enjoy is included. As much as I can liken it to the light and annul my egoism, I am ready to use it for the benefit of others.

But how much am I willing to give? It is just a thin wick. I constantly check to make sure I am not doing this for myself. Every time it seems that I have achieved this, but it turns out that I have not, and so it goes on and on.

I discover more new egoistic interests in myself. This is how I ascertain all of them until finally a wick is created in me, a thin line (Kav Dak) of my desires, emanating from me to the Creator.

This wick resembles the light at its upper end its quality; therefore it lights up. Darkness flares up like light.

If I can imagine such a state inside myself, in my desires and my properties, then I am already in it!
It means that Hanukkah, the festival of light, has come to me! A small candle lit up in me, inside my huge egoistic desire; a tiny part of it began to glow with bestowal.

My soul is the part of the desire to enjoy with the light in it that can shine there. For now it is very small.

Then we continue to correct our vast desire until it all turns into light. To find all these properties in ourselves is our work.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/13/9, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 43 (1958)

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A person must understand whether descents even exist. The fact that the Creator raises and lowers us is His work.

Our task is to correctly perceive the Creator’s work and strive for maximum connection with Him at every moment in every state we experience.

Then, we will begin to feel the purpose behind His actions. After all, this is His work, and why it is called “Avodat Hashem” (the work of the Creator). Thus, my role is solely to maintain the awareness that everything comes from the Creator and that within this lies a profound purpose that I must attain.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/4/19, Preparation for convention in Moldova “The Work in Concealment”

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Question: In which group is it easier to work, a physical or virtual one? I have both a virtual ten and a physical one. In my virtual ten, I do not know people personally, and their personal qualities do not bother me. It is easier for me to communicate with them spiritually than in a physical ten because a person’s physical qualities distract me from spiritual work.

Answer: A physical and virtual group are different things.

In a physical group, I perceive my friends as physical beings. This often creates a sense of rejection or regulates our relationships based on the perception of their physical traits. In a virtual group, I perceive my friends less as physical entities, which makes it easier to establish what can be called supra-material connections. Which is better for spiritual development?

First of all, it is excellent that you are analyzing how your perception of a physical group differs from a virtual one. You are correct that a virtual ten is more abstract and does not hinder your efforts to connect. However, this approach is flawed; it is an escape from egoism. Instead of challenging your ego, you are lulling it to sleep.

What you like seeing in others from a distance, you see; what you do not like, you avoid. But this will change. Over time, you will realize that if there is an opportunity to move from a virtual ten to a physical one, you should take it for more intense and conscious spiritual advancement.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/19, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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Question: Can the article “Concealment and Disclosure of the Face of the Creator” be used for dissemination? After all, it says that with the revelation of the Creator’s face, a person will have income and a peaceful life.

Answer: Yes, it can be used.

Question: There is an evil inclination, which is the concealment of the Creator’s face, and a good inclination, which is the disclosure of the Creator’s face. This is inherent in the human system. These two qualities can be conscious or unconscious: a person lives, and depending on their actions and thoughts, everything can change either for better or worse.

If a Kabbalist’s life is clothed with such difficulties, is that a tool in the Creator’s hands, where the struggle is underway to transform a person from wicked to righteous?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Why, even with the disclosure of the Creator’s face, does a person still see flaws in others such as dishonesty and suffering? Will it be like this until the final correction (Gmar Tikkun)?

Answer: This does not depend on the person but on the Creator in the way He organizes the person’s perception of the world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concealment and Disclosure of the Face of the Creator – 2”

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