A System of Many Desires

938.05All creations in the world are many organs standing one atop the other, and when they are all corrected, they will truly become one body (Zohar for All, Toldot [Generations], “These Are the Generations of Isaac”).

Question: Is each ten an organ of the common Partzuf?

Answer: You could say that it is part of some organ.

Question: How can we become spiritual organs?

Answer: That is not your task. Your task is to strive for connection within your ten, then in your hundred, your thousand, and so on. In other words, keep ascending in your connection.

Question: What is a created being in the world?

Answer: A created being in the world is an individual desire to enjoy, to feel that you are alive, egoism.

The Creator created man, meaning a system consisting of many desires and subsystems, all of which are directed toward correcting themselves.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/10/24, “Growing Stronger in the Ten”

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Don’t Steal from Each Other

224Question: How can we develop sensitivity to the recognition of evil within ourselves?

Answer: See that there is so much of it in you that you can’t do anything about it.

Comment: Sometimes I see that there is too much of it.

My Response: That is good. Suffer from it, hate it, and try to understand why the Creator made you the most egoistic one.

Question: Should we help our friends in the ten come to the recognition of evil?

Answer: You can, but very carefully; otherwise, you will be stealing from them.

Question: How do we avoid stealing from them?

Answer: Do not tell them what is bad or good about them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/11/24, “Growing Stronger in the Ten”

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Become Similar to the Creator

608.02Question: What does bestowal mean?

Answer: Bestowal is when a person thinks about how to accomplish the task that the Creator has set for him: to become similar to Him, to become a human.

The fact is that our world consists of four levels: inanimate, vegetative, and animate nature, and man.

Man is called “Adam,” which is translated as “similar to the Creator”(Edomeh). This is the state we must achieve. Kabbalah tells you how to do it. It is a method of attaining the Creator on the basis of similarity to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Questions about Spiritual Work—179

234Question: How can one stay focused on the source while suppressing one’s ego to achieve at least minimal contact?

Answer: It is by turning to the Creator and asking for the force of bestowal rather than the force of reception.

Question: I understand a prayer directed outside of me. We say, “Give me this, give me that.” But what should a  prayer “inside me” be? What is it?

Answer: Inside me is egoistic and outside me is altruistic, for the sake of others.

Question: Against the background of strength gained from the convention, I did not feel small; on the contrary, I felt like I was as great as our friends. Is it good to remain in such a state or should I humble myself a bit?

Answer: It is good to stay in that state. Do not be afraid to feel great. Just as a hen covers its eggs with its body to hatch them, you can act similarly toward others.
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From  the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/16/24, “Continuing the Congress With an Ascent”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 10/9/24

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The Land of Israel Will Be Ours

933As the holiday season and the start of the new year approach, a question arises: “How should we best prepare for it?”

I believe that all the people of Israel living in this land understand the unique situation we are going through. It demands unity and solidarity from us as well as the strength to withstand our enemies who surround us from all sides. We must be prepared for this and confident that if we act in this way, we will succeed.

Everything depends on us. If we desire it, the land of Israel will be ours. These two states—our breakthrough into the spiritual world and our physical resistance to the enemies of the people of Israel are interconnected and are drawing closer together.

The more prepared we are for spiritual revelation, the more likely we are to secure the physical land of Israel. One influences the other. This connection is very positive and clear and is becoming more evident with each passing day as we can see in the recent series of successful military operations.

Baal HaSulam explains in detail in the “Introduction to The Book of Zohar” the connection between internality and externality. Therefore, the more unity and solidarity we have, the more success we will achieve in the corporeal realm. This is a very favorable situation, and the most important thing is not to miss this opportunity, not to show weakness toward our enemies, or hostility toward one another.

If we establish open, heartfelt relationships filled with love and unity among us, we can conquer the entire world through the force of good. Forces of kindness, unity, and togetherness will emanate from us, and the world will gladly accept and use them. This is a very favorable time for such a transformation.

The correction that we have been unable to achieve for thousands of years is now possible. Let’s hope, with God’s help, that we succeed.

What is this opportunity that is opening now that was not available before? Previously we did not have such a dedicated and tangible form of connection that determines both our current existence and our future. But now we can rise, and with our unique force we can compel nature, the Creator, to bring us to the pinnacle of existence.

We just need to desire for this to happen and bring order to our relationships as they should be: between individuals, between tens, between men’s and women’s groups, and between children as much as possible. The strengthening of the unity we achieve between us will inevitably change reality. The entire people of Israel united around our group will implement this connection in practice.

We must become the center of unity, not for the sake of being central, but for the sake of the connection itself. Everyone will be ready to give all their light for this. To break through into spirituality, each person must have only one thought—how to fill their friend’s heart. Entering a friend’s heart means conquering the land of Israel. In this way, we will achieve complete correction. After all, a friend’s heart for me is the land of Israel.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/1/24, “Questions and Answers about the Spiritual Path”

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Unification Is a Spiritual Action

938.07Question: What is the connection of the ten? Is it a process or an achievable result?

Answer: Connection is the only spiritual action. We can unite in tens, hundreds, or thousands, depending on the scale we are satisfied with.

It is a process of ascending the degrees of the spiritual ladder where we feel a constant elevation and revelation at each step of our connection with the Creator.

Question: Is our task before the congress is to reach some minimal degree of connection?

Answer: How it turns out depends on you.

Question: When will this happen? What do we need to go through and feel? How many hearts must be opened to achieve even a minimal result?

Answer: You can open your collective heart today; there are no limitations. As much as you desire, that much you will ascend in the qualities of bestowal, love, and connection.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/9/24, Writings of Rabash “The Point in the Heart”

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Descent in Spiritual Work

549.01Question: How do you distinguish a descent from an ordinary bad mood?

Answer: An ordinary bad mood can happen, for example, if your child broke your favorite cup or you are having trouble at work. These also have their causes, but they are not directly related to your spiritual state.

In spiritual work, an descent is when the significance of spirituality diminishes in your eyes.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/28/20, “Questions from World Kli

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A Sip of Coffee for the Sake of a Friend

549.02Question: How can we drink coffee for the sake of bestowal when we are sitting in a lesson?

Answer: As you take a sip of coffee think that by doing so, you are passing on all the enjoyment you receive from that sip to your friend.

If you connect to your friend with your Kli (vessel), then everything you receive in that Kli is also received by your friend. Therefore, you direct your intention toward your friend.

In this process, the Creator serves as the source that fills both of you. By receiving from Him, you bring Him contentment.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot

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