Question: If from our connections in the group and in the community, we feel increasing pressure from the upper, then how do we accept this correctly in order to move to a new degree?

Answer: It depends only on how connected a person is with his friends.

Question: If we make efforts to unite, can we say that everything else will pass and catch up by itself?

Answer: Nothing passes by itself; you have to ask and pay for everything. The price is the amount of egoism you have to overcome in order to connect with others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Comment: I was given the feeling that there is no love in my heart, and what used to seem like love turned out to be something contrived by egoism.

My Response: This is right; this is in fact so. How can we have love for others? It is only for ourselves.

Therefore you need to work on yourself, connect with your friends, and ask the Creator to give you the force of bestowal, then you will have the attraction to others.

Question: What is a sure sign of pure love for friends?

Answer: The fact that you think only about them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Question: What does it mean that the Creator fills the emptiness in me?

Answer: He gives you answers to what you ask for and fills the emptiness through that.

Question: What is the right way to turn to Him so that He does it?

Answer: Ask Him to reveal Himself in the emptiness that He created in advance. You feel it and ask Him to be revealed in it.

Question: Is He sort of at my beck and call like someone serving my desires?

Answer: And so what? You are asking Him to be revealed in this emptiness in order to bring Him contentment.

Question: How do I feel this request?

Answer: This question is not for me. As much as you go deeper into spiritual work, you will reveal your feelings.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate“

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Comment: When I want to ask a question, I immediately get an answer to it through my friends and through you. I experience such joy within. I want to thank you and the friends for the questions, and the Creator for this dialogue with Him.

My Response: Well done! Basically, everyone who asks questions should dig into themselves and find answers.

The fact is that I give an answer to all the questions that arise in my students. Not on those that we discuss on the Internet, but on those that are already spinning in our common Kli.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate”

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However, in between, before one can prevail and justify His guidance, the Shechina [Divinity] is in the dust. This means that the work by way of faith, called the Shechina, is in exile, canceled in the dust. And he said about that, “Neither they nor their reward.” This means that he cannot stand the period in between. And this is the meaning of his reply to him, “I am crying for this and for that” (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 129, The Shechina in the Dust).

Question: It is written that he cannot stand the period in between, and is crying for this and for that. What does it mean?

Answer: A person cannot feel a state that feels like distancing from the Creator. Since he does not agree with this, he corrects these states, and gradually they are filled with light.

Question: What are the bestowing Kelim of the ten?

Answer: This is a state when a ten gathers together and wants to do something for the sake of bestowing to the Creator. Then these Kelim (vessels), which they try to connect together in order to bestow to the Creator, are filled with the Shechina.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/27/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Shechina in the Dust”

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Question: What is the intention to bring contentment to the Creator?

Answer: It is to make the Creator feel good. It can be a prayer, a request, or a spiritual action.

Question: What are the conditions of correction in order to feel not shame, but the light that you want to pass to us?

Answer: Only connection between us. Nothing else. Talk to each other about the ways to come even closer to each other.

Question: What prayer should be the main one in the last generation according to the place and action?

Answer: Connect with the friends and then together adhere to the Creator. Nothing else.

Question: It is said that there is a big difference between prayer today and prayer tomorrow. What does it mean?

Answer: Every day we have to think about new connections and new aspirations to the Creator.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, “Every Day They Will Be as New in Your Eyes,” in the Work?”

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Question: How can I help a friend if I am not sure I have the correct intention?

Answer: You can help a friend by example. And if this does not help, then talk to the ten so that the whole ten begins to influence him.

Question: What do we have other than personal example?

Answer: You have everything in your head and heart to make the unification absolute.

Question: I often think about what you would say when I perform an action. Is this true or do you still need to feel your heart more?

Answer: The heart, the teacher, the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Round About Him It Storms Mightily“

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Why Is the Torah Called ‘Middle Line’ in the Work? – 1″

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 2, Part 6, Item 45

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3rd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Philosophy”

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Question: I would like to find out the spiritual action of the “thief and robber.” The ten has a diary in which everyone should take notes. Some friends keep records and some do not. Is there a concept of “thief and robber” in this action?

Answer: Yes, if you have agreed to keep a group diary every day and disclose your inner goals, then someone who ignores this cannot be considered a member of the ten. That is very important.

We are already approaching the point where we can make records like this. You do not have to show them to anyone except your friends from the ten. They are intended for internal use, and only need to record what is new that has opened up to your hearts.

That will help you better understand yourself, get closer to your friends, and advance quickly. After all, we take a step forward only after our step toward each other.

Question: How do I write so as not to offend a friend?

Answer: There can be no hard feelings here. You have to be very honest with each other. If you are not yet ready to write openly, do not take it up or each write for yourself. After a few weeks, you may want to keep records in a general diary. But everything needs to be stated very clearly and concisely.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/30/23, Writings of Rabash “Should One Sin and Be Guilty“

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Question: When a person feels emptiness and internally and almost unconsciously screams to the Creator, how does his request turn into a conscious, clear, vivid appeal?

Answer: A person must constantly seek connection with the Creator. Even in a state in which there is no Creator, he must try to find Him, ask Him to reveal Himself to him, and fill this emptiness. The Creator specifically creates such sensations in us so that we demand His revelation.

Question: Do we need to work out some kind of intolerance to emptiness within ourselves?

Answer: Yes. Every minute of our lives, we must check ourselves on what we spent it: is it getting closer to our friends, getting closer to the Creator? We must asses what we have achieved or what we are trying to achieve.

If we follow this direction, we will always have a clear idea of how the Creator works in us, especially when He creates an emptiness that He offers to fill with Himself.

That is a place to accelerate and a place to make an effort. There can be no neutral states here.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate“

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