Question: How can one remain a part of society, work, serve in the army, have a family, and on the other hand, be in a group of people developing altruistic values?

How can you be connected with everyone but isolated in your thoughts? Is there any methodology or advice?

Answer: Perhaps nothing special is needed here. You have to study, work, have a family, try to provide for yourself and your children like everyone else in this world. Kabbalists also work and do the same things as others: they serve in the army, take care of their family, and so on.

But at the same time, they are engaged in Kabbalah and begin to understand why everything is arranged around us in this way, what the forces of nature want from us, where we are headed, and what we are developing toward. The science of Kabbalah is given so one can understand our world better.

Therefore, the main job of a person studying Kabbalah is work in thoughts. After all, how long can he be in a group of like-minded people? An hour or two a day. At best, attend the lesson. The rest of the time he is alone with himself.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 1/16/24

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Question: It is said that one must have desires elevated above all the desires of the world. And at the same time, we are taught to put aside our desires and follow the aspirations of our friends. What should I do? Should I pay more attention to my desire or my friend’s?

Answer: First of all, you need to pay attention to your desires, check how different they are from the desires of the ten in order to get closer to them. And if your desires coincide with the desires of the ten, you raise them together to the Creator. And then you check how much they coincide with the desires of the Creator.

Question: How do I check if they coincide?

Answer: You will feel it inside you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/22/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Cannot Be an Empty Space in the World”

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And there should be fear with this Torah, meaning he should see that he does not receive any support or assistance from the Torah, but from faith (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 215 “Concerning Faith”).

The point is that it is necessary to receive support from faith and not reason. Reason is Daat, and faith is Emuna. Therefore, we must go in such a way as to be above reason all the time.

To receive support from faith means to rely on the fact that with my reason I will not be able to get above what I get in faith.

Question: Why should one accept good as a warning and fear receiving help from the Torah?

Answer: Move away from egoistic desire and strive only for the similarity of form with the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning Faith”

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Question: We tune into the light all the time. How can we feel the Creator and His attitude toward us through it?

Answer: Penetrate this light, try to absorb it into all of you together, and thus you will find a connection with the Creator.

Cling to what the Creator reveals, absorb it into yourself, and advance further.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Matter of Preventions and Delays”

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Every time he feels that distance to a greater extent than he thought, it causes him no contention (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 172 “The Matter of Preventions and Delays“).

Question: Should we calculate the distance from the Creator in our work?

Answer: There is no need to calculate anything. In any state you should always work toward coming closer to the Creator.

If you all work together and support each other, you will always have the right aspiration to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Matter of Preventions and Delays”

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Question: How do we ensure we are not deceiving ourselves in the ten?

Answer: It is not easy. Gather together and be open with each other. Check how much you can be transparent with one another. Unite so that nothing remains outside your connections, and attack your egoism.

Question: Does this mean we completely annul ourselves?

Answer: In general, yes. The ten should reach a state where everyone feels each other and starts helping each other rise higher and higher, and even higher. This is how you work on yourselves. You need to learn this. But learning this is possible only through practice.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/18/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Sing unto the Lord, for He Has Done Pride”

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Question: To work in spirituality, we must make efforts. Some friends say: “But everything comes from the Creator. I will sit from morning until evening and do nothing.” What is the difference between our efforts together and the condition of there is none else besides Him?

Answer: Everything that the Creator did, He did so that people, His creations, would continue what He had planned. Moreover, He has prepared all the problems in the world in advance, and they all appear in accordance with our development to push our further growth.

Therefore, you must try to understand the sources correctly, and then you will understand everything.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/17/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Field that the Lord Has Blessed”

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Question: What does it mean to enter the palace, and what are the changes in a person regarding his work?

Answer: To enter the palace of the Creator means to be with Him in conjunction with your and His external form as one whole. It is not a merger with the Creator, but a convergence with Him.

Question: How do you overcome all obstacles that the Creator gives? How can you avoid thinking that the door may be closed and open it?

Answer: It is possible only if several people move in the same direction and press the door together. The rejecting forces are not stronger than you. It all depends on how much you are in it together.

Your task is to merge with the Creator, that is, to cling to the property of bestowal, to the property of giving, to the property through which you can connect with all creations.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/15/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Sage Comes to Town”

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