Question: A person is included in the ten as in his or her soul. What does it mean that honor destroy a person’s soul?

Answer: A person starts to imagine himself as unique and superior, and in doing so, destroys and harms himself.

Balancing the egoism that manifests itself in the group is a big problem. We must treat everyone and the group as a whole as a Creator, and we should strive to put ourselves at the complete disposal of the ten.

Spiritual work should create a connection between us so that we value each other and discover that everyone is appreciated. Everyone in the ten should stand equally. That is how we begin to respect and value each other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Question: In Rabash’s article “Moses Went,” it is written that when a person does not have a right hand, which is called the property of Hafetz Hesed, and he enjoys work, then the Sitra Achra (egoism) has no connection with this work. Does it mean that it is forbidden to enjoy effort at work?

Answer: In general, yes. We should enjoy not the efforts themselves, but how much these efforts influence the Creator and His attitude toward creation.

Question: How can I check whether my effort brings pleasure to the Creator?

Answer: When you turn to the Creator with a request, then your work already includes a certain raising of MAN on your part (what payment you want to receive for your action). You want your friends to get an ascent from it.

Question: If I make some effort and I feel good about it, then is this prohibited? Should I only wait for my friends to receive an ascent because of my action?

Answer: On one hand, yes. But on the other hand, it is not forbidden for you to feel bad.

Question: So it is good when I feel bad from an effort?

Answer: No, no, your attitude to your efforts should be in the same direction, the way you think to advance yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Rabash “Moses Went”

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Question: How can you avoid diverting your attention from the opportunity to attract the light that leads to faith above reason?

Answer: Just think about it.

Question: Does sensitivity to light depend only on one’s effort??

Answer: From the effort and how close you are to your ten.

Question: Before spiritual work begins, a person’s mind is mixed with his heart. And then he is rewarded with a new structure in the heart where he can no longer think and act differently than what is required spiritually. What changes in a person’s mind?

Answer: One begins to feel the power of light that descends on him and the power of the ten. So, a person teams up with it.

Question: What will help us in the ten to penetrate the depths of the articles so as not to get confused, to come up with something apparent, and to go through a state of ascent?

Answer: Only connection between you and reading articles.

Question: Do our desires change as we move through the worlds?

Answer: The desires are the same, only the level of bestowal changes more and more.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/31/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Man’s Connection to the Sefirot”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “What Are Torah and Work in the Way of the Creator?”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Foreword to The Book of Zohar

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Question: Are “righteous” and “clean” two degrees in our work?

Answer: Yes, these are two states. In the Shamati article 135, it is said: “The clean and righteous do not kill,” which means do not kill within yourself your correct sensations.

Question: If I cannot understand the article, but feel that there is something special in it, can I ask the Creator to reveal it to me?

Answer: You can always ask the Creator. As a rule, He has to answer, not exactly as you want, but He will answer. So ask as much as possible.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Clean and Righteous Do Not Kill”

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Question: If someone leaves the ten and justifies his departure by the fact that the Creator decided so, what should be done in this case?

Answer: The Creator does not decide anything for a person. He only moves him away a little to give him the opportunity to get closer.

It is like flirting. The Creator kind of pushes us away by giving us the desire to distance ourselves, but in any case it is flirting. It is just to draw us closer.

We need to be very sensitive to the fact that holiness is running away, and immediately ask the Creator to bring us closer.

Keep making efforts and pray all the time that the Creator will show you His true attitude.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Hurry, My Beloved,’ in the Work?”

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Question: Do we all go through the same states or can we connect with friends who have experienced certain unpleasant states and go through them easily and quickly?

Answer: You can learn this relatively, but in general it still will not save a person. One must decide how such states will pass. Of course, if a person is associated with a group, then he or she passes through them quickly.

In principle, you should help your friends in everything and at the same time check how much you can help yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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Question: Can a sense of shame help you escape from honor?

Answer: Sometimes by running away from honor, we can get the opposite effect. A person can begin to think that he is entitled to even greater honors: “Look, I ran away from them; now I should have more!”

And here we have to make the right calculation. The main thing is to annul yourself before the ten and ask the Creator for a self-account.

Question: We understand that for egoism, the most important indicator is honor. And what is the most important criterion for a Kabbalist to advance toward bestowal, which is akin to honor?

Answer: There are several aspects to this. The question is how much we can unite in order to provide a place for the Creator to be revealed between us. This is important.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Question: What should we do if someone wants to exit the ten, and says that this does not suit them? How should we treat this?

Answer: Leave him and continue your movement without him. In Kabbalah, we should not force anyone. As it is said, there is no coercion in spirituality.

But this person will not move forward without being in the ten. This is the law. Some people have been in the group for ten years and it is as if they are not in it.

When a person wants to disconnect from holiness, it is holiness that precedes him and throws him out of the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “Hurry, My Beloved,” in the Work?”

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Question: In order to bring contentment to the Creator, should my efforts at the beginning of the action be felt as my own or as the Creator’s desires? That is, should I feel that He is acting and I am with Him?

Answer: No, you should feel them as, your efforts.

The required amount of effort depends on the level of a person’s soul, on how he attracts the Creator, on the way he comes closer to Him, on previous and future states, and on many reasons that we do not have the opportunity to explore.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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