Question: What does the “right line” mean for us who are studying Kabbalah? We do not have a sense of the Creator or a sense of bestowal, and very often we find ourselves in a dead-end situation where what we think is bestowal turns out to be strong reception.

Answer: That is true. In fact, it will always be like this because progress goes step by step. What was previously your right step turns into the left, and with the help of the left, you attain the right again.

If before you thought that connecting with a friend through some specific action was an act of bestowal, now you realize that, in fact, it stemmed from your egoism. But at that time, you did not see it that way.

In spirituality, we grow just like children do. A child also believes they are playing at being an adult. There is nothing humiliating about this; on the contrary, it is something to consider. This is how everyone grows.

You see it in newcomers, how they get confused, do not know what is what, and do not even understand where they are. This is natural. But when the field of forces that govern our world is revealed to you, you will be amazed at how blind you were before!
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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: What does it mean to believe that all states come from the Creator, and how do we come to such faith?

Answer: How do we come to the belief that all states come from the Creator? It is only in the gradual realization that there is none else besides Him.

This happens under the influence of the upper light on us. After all, besides the fact that this light controls everything—inanimate, vegetative, animate nature, and humans—it also wants the element it controls, meaning a person, to feel it.

This is already a new, very special attitude of the Creator toward man. That is, the Creator begins to draw him toward Himself, which arouses in him a sense of Himself. Such attraction can be two-sided.

On one hand the Creator draws a person to Himself; on the other hand He begins to arouse in him all sorts of thoughts, disturbances, and interferences. It is like we are hearing a normal speech broadcast while experiencing some interference on the line. The Creator does the same. He is a master at these things, and we need to work with that.

As a rule the Creator awakens a connection with us and at the same time something negative, that is, all kinds of confusion. Let us say you are looking at me now, listening, trying to grasp my words, and at the same time you are imagining your pillow, which you are falling on. But these disruptions are necessary because that is how you strengthen the connection.

What to do? Ask the Creator. Do not try to cheer yourself up: “Now I am going to do something, drink a cup of coffee, somehow warm up, make myself angry!”. There is no need to wake up your donkey; you need to ask the Creator, “The fact that You give me thoughts about You—thank You! The fact that You give me the desire to sleep instead of listening to the lesson—thank You! And I also want to thank You for  awakening me now and making me even more directed to You.” This is the very best!

You have all the conditions for you to start working on feedback. That is how it is done—very simply.
That is, it is preferable not to make any of your own efforts. There should be only one effort—to turn to the Creator in all situations in life until it becomes clear that there is none else besides Him, that only He is before you.

And your own efforts? There are no efforts. Who are you to perform any spiritual actions, to make any decisions? There can be nothing like that in a person—only an appeal to the Creator!

That is why, it is said: “God grant that you pray from morning to evening.” I prayed, that is, I turned to the Creator, I was in an internal dialogue with Him all the time.
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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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A person receives a complete need and desire for the Creator to help him since he sees that otherwise he is lost; not only is he not progressing in the work, he even sees that he regresses. That is, he lacks the strength (Baal HaSulam, Shamati, 1, “There Is None Else Beside Him“).

When I begin to understand that the whole picture of the world comes from the Creator, and that He gave me only a tiny micro-desire to reveal Him, I realize that I am unable to act. That is, the small desire itself is me, but I cannot control my thoughts or strength with this desire and thus explore it.

Therefore to properly direct a person to the Creator, a person keeps losing Him. Although he finds the Creator as the source of his worldview, in the end, the Creator is concealed. Attempts fail, and the person seemingly falls.

Here, the group that can help me is especially important. Since I am in a state of connection with my own kind, I can rely on them. I fell, they rose, one of them fell, I pull him along, and so on. Everyone pulls a friend out of the river of selfishness, which takes him somewhere to the side.

That is why it is said, “Those who trust in the Creator renew their strength.” That is, those who see that there is nothing else in the world besides the Creator, and that they can only grasp the Creator through the group, otherwise He will not be revealed, they renew their strength at every moment. It turns out that the fall itself, especially if it occurs in a group, is the reason for the rise.

If it is not me, then it is my friend; if it is not my friend, then it is me. In this way, we can constantly rise.
If a person is alone and in descent, this state can last for many months, until the Creator sends him the force of ascension. We know this for ourselves. This condition sometimes stretches for several weeks, and I cannot do anything about it; I cannot pull myself out of this swamp.

That is how I can determine if I am in the right group. If I am in the right environment, I should not feel like falling because our correct interactions in the group always revive us.
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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: Is it normal to feel pride in studying Kabbalah?

Answer: Pride is inherent in everyone. Each of us, in a sense, is proud, because each of us is unique.

Initially there was one common vessel (Kli) that shattered into billions of fragments, and each of us is an individual piece of it. This means that each person is unique in their attributes. There is no one else like them, and they cannot be replaced.

This fragment, this spark, is the foundation of your soul. Everything else you acquire (whether by melting within others or by bringing others closer to yourself) is merely an addition to this foundation, which consists of a single point. But this point is your egoism, your self-love, your sense of importance and greatness. And it is necessary!

Kabbalah is the science of correctly realizing the desire to receive. Therefore under no circumstances should you erase, diminish, or destroy it. You must only learn to use it properly.

It is said that “the pride of a person will be exalted on the path to the Creator.” If I am engaged in spiritual work, I should take pride in it, rise above myself, and feel my uniqueness. But this pride must be positive, not in opposition to others, but as a means to help them, not from a place of superiority, but by supporting them from below.

Thus everything must be guided by love, like that of a mother for her young child. She considers the child as more important than herself. She does not take pride in being able to do what the child cannot; she does not feel that way. On the contrary she is entirely devoted to him or her. This is how we should take pride in the work the Creator has given us.

So there is no need to fight pride. Instead, all of the feelings inherent in egoism should be mirrored in altruism. Then everything will turn out beautifully. You will feel pride—pride in the fact that you have such a magnificent Creator. You will sense this through your resemblance to Him.

And no one will perceive this as arrogance. On the contrary you will appear as a very humble person to everyone. After all, what would there be to boast about? Ultimately, everything is done by the Creator. You have simply revealed it, while others have not—yet. That is the only difference.
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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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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “Arvut,” On the Way to Lishma

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, Article 897, “What Is Hanukkah”

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Question: How can one come to the correct action without intention?

Answer: Without intention there are no correct actions.

Question: Then how can I come out of the state where the evil inclination says that there is no sense in doing something, that it is all useless and may seemingly harm?

Answer: In this case you should leave your efforts, join the ten and participate with them in their actions.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/8/24, Writings of Rabash “Jacob Sent”

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Question: What does it mean that we acquire a screen?

Answer: It means that together we are capable of working for the sake of bestowal, helping one another, and thinking about the Creator.

Question: But we are already trying to work for the sake of bestowal, helping one another.

Answer: Yes, we are trying. But to what extent we succeed is unknown to us.

Question: And what does it mean that we have a screen?

Answer: It means that we can bestow.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/6/24, Writings of Rabash “Delight Them with a Complete Building – 2”

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Question: You said we should have a serious, working, spiritual connection with each other. Can you explain every word: what does serious mean, what does working mean, and what does spiritual connection mean?

Answer: One should have a serious, spiritual, and working connection with the friends in his ten.

Serious—because he puts all his desires into it and believes this is the most critical and vital thing.
Working—because he is willing to work with these desires, deficiencies, and aspirations. And spiritual—because it is all about reaching the next level, the quality of bestowal.
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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: The realization that “There is none else besides Him” has brought me to the state where I analyze any event in my life from this point of view and try to find out for what purpose it is happening to me. As a result, I exist in such analysis all the time. Is this normal?

Answer: The best analysis of our states is one where I recall that “There is none else besides Him” and I position myself only in relation to this state. This way, I chose my next step.

With regard to “There is none else besides Him” I have to constantly be in analysis. In addition, in all my thoughts, desires, in any state, I have to understand that the Creator inputs everything that I have in me. Now that I have established that the Creator has instilled everything in me, my reaction to what is happening—this will be me.

Of course, in the beginning, it triggers an automatic, animalistic reaction within me even if I have understood that all this comes from the Creator.

But then later on comes a spiritual reaction, but only in the case if I am connected with the group and together with them I work out my reaction for any states. This is already a conscious reaction at the level of human (Adam).
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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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In every beginning a person must start over the acceptance of the kingdom of heaven (Rabash, Article 6, 1991, What Is, “The Herdsmen of Abram’s Cattle and the Herdsmen of Lot’s Cattle,” in the Work?).

At every moment in time, even if we are connected to the Creator and feel that everything is directed by Him and originates from Him, whether it be inanimate, vegetative, animate, or human nature, I must remember that all four types of nature are perceived within my four-layered desire, known as HaVaYaH or Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey.

Ultimately, everything I perceive, I perceive as coming from the Creator.

In everything that happens to me, I must accept the “kingdom of heaven,” meaning that it comes directly from the Creator—how I perceive it, how it fills me and shapes my perception of the world into a specific image, and how I relate to it.

For this reason, every acceptance of the kingdom of heaven is considered a new discernment. That is, now he receives a part of the vacant space that was devoid of the kingdom of heaven, and admits that empty place and fills it with the kingdom of heaven, i.e., with his feelings, knowledge, strength, desires, and intentions. In doing so, he adds the source to his perception of the world.

It follows that now he sorted out a new thing, which did not exist before he took that empty place and filled it with the kingdom of heaven. He fills his world with His authority, as he realizes that the Creator is within the picture of this world and desires for him to perceive it and feel it this way. There is nothing that cannot be attributed to the Creator.

This is regarded as elevating a new spark into the Kedusha, meaning he took yet another aspect of his experience in the world and attributed it to the Creator. The essence of our work is to continually relate everything we feel, perceive, think, and understand to the Creator. From there, all progress continues within this framework.
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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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