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A Request from the Common Heart

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:59 am

Question: We all have a common desire to achieve bestowal and a common opinion that we need to ask the Creator for bestowal. What are we still missing?

Answer: There is a lack of a real desire, a real aspiration, a real connection between us so that there is one desire with one aspiration. But this develops gradually.

Question: Is it possible, by means of the power of our desire, to raise a prayer so that the Creator will give us the property of bestowal?

Answer: Yes, of course. This is the only way it works: we ask, and the Creator gives; we ask and the Creator gives.

Question: If a friend in the ten suggests doing such exercises, should everyone agree?

Answer: Of course, the Kabbalist sages clearly speak about this. At the same time, our intentions are very important so that everyone delves completely into this request and is internalized as much as possible so that you all unite together and your desire is united as if coming from one heart, and so that you ask for only one thing: for your friend or for the Creator.

Question: If our friend is sick and cannot come to the lesson, can we ask for him as well?

Answer: Yes. If we really ask for a friend and pray for him, then we will add our strength, our prayers, and our requests to his request to be with us in good health. And then everything will work out.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Rabash “The Agenda of the Assembly“

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Prayer Not for Oneself

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:51 am

Question: How can I ask for the cancellation of suffering so that this request will not be for my own sake?

Answer: It depends on what you are asking for. If you are connected to the world and ask that the people on earth feel that they are suffering, since they are that way by nature, then turn to the Creator and ask Him to change you, because suffering comes for your sake as well.

You cause the suffering by your behavior, by your inner state. In accordance with this, you should ask the Creator to remove all egoism from you, and then you will be able to treat others correctly like the Creator.

In this way, you will get closer to the Creator, help Him in His work, and add your strength to His strength.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/19/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Eighteen Prayer“

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The Basis of All Problems

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:47 am

Question: Are physical illnesses related to spiritual illnesses, and if so, how?

Answer: On the part of the Creator, there is no difference between illnesses. Only in accordance with how far and in what form we are distant from each other, do we feel the illness.

It all follows from the distance or closeness between us, which is the root of all illnesses and cures.

Question: How can a person understand what exactly needs to be corrected with the help of the illness?

Answer: He needs to fix the connection between him and his friends; this is the basis of all problems.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/23, “Reinforcing Ourselves with There Is None Else Besides Him”

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Think about the Upper Source

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:43 am

Question: What does it mean that during Torah it is not customary to think about corrections? It would seem that this is exactly the time to think about them.

Answer: No. The Torah is the upper light, in which there is no flaw whatsoever; that is why we think only about it, about the upper light. If it affects us to some extent or entirely, then we are corrected by it.

In other words, first of all, we think about the upper source, the source of light, which is intended to fill us and correct us to the extent of our readiness.

We need to think that the upper source wants to give us reforming light, and everything depends only on our readiness to receive it. However, to receive it is not just to ask with words, but to unite, to get closer to each other, and to approach the Creator together. To that extent, we are rewarded with the light that returns to the source, and we feel that more and more qualities corresponding to the Creator’s light are manifested in us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Rabash “The Agenda of the Assembly“

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Revision of Mutual Guarantee

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:31 am

Question: Should I be responsible for a friend in the ten who is not yet ready for mutual guarantee?

Answer: No. In the ten, we reach mutual guarantee only with those who in turn can be in mutual guarantee. Therefore, it is called Arvut Hadadit, mutual guarantee.

Question: Let us say I guarantee for a friend, but the Creator shows me that he devalues it.

Answer: It means that your guarantee is worthless.

Question: Should we conduct a periodic revision of the mutual guarantee and verify what exactly we are responsible for?

Answer: Every time, in the morning, afternoon, and evening, you should check your state of aiming toward the fulfillment of the mutual guarantee; start and end a day with this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Everything Comes from the Creator

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:29 am

Question: How can we determine if we have a true desire for spirituality?

Answer: We can determine this only by our attitude to the group; as soon as I begin to understand that I depend on the group, then I have the correct desire.

Question: You say that we cultivate this desire (Hisaron). But isn’t it the Creator who cultivates it in us by coming closer to us and then distancing Himself from us?

Answer: Of course, everything comes from the Creator; there is none else besides Him. But we divide it into what comes from us and what comes from Him. Although in general, everything comes from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Acknowledging the Desire“

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Prayer Is an Address to the Creator

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:23 am

Question: What kind of joy comes after prayer?

Answer: Usually after prayer we feel joy because we have told the Creator about our problems, our requests, and what we want from Him, and we are waiting and confident that we will receive it. Therefore, we end our prayer in joy and depart from the Creator.

Question: Can we say that we should rejoice because there is a prayer in which we can feel each other more, connect with each other?

Answer: We must feel each other and connect with each other before the prayer. Before the prayer!

Prayer is a great power; in principle, it is the only way to address the Creator. Everything else is all kinds of praises, but prayer is a real address to the Creator. It is what you want to say to Him, what you desire from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Rabash “The Agenda of the Assembly“

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The Ego Is a Deadly Poison

Posted on November 7th, 2023 at 7:14 am

Question: In Baal HaSulam’s article “What Is the Measure of Faith in the Rav” it is written that a person cannot determine the ascents and descents. Can’t I be sure whether I am in ascent or in descent?

Answer: In general, of course, you can. But we are often not able to determine this. If we take offense at something or condemn something, that is, sometimes our egoism pushes us out of the correct assessment, then we have no choice but to start all over again.

Question: What does a deadly poison mean and how do we prevent it in the ten?

Answer: The deadly poison is the egoism of each of us, the most terrible thing there is, and we need to run away from it anywhere we can. That is, it is as if I am standing on a balcony and jumping from the hundredth floor.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/21/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati 10 “What Is the Measure of Faith in the Rav?“