And the essence of the bribe is in the will to receive. Hence, one has no other choice but to first accept the work with all its terms, without any knowledge, but only in the form of faith above reason ( Baal HaSulam, Shamati 152 “For Bribe Blinds the Eyes of the Wise“).

Question: Should I try not to receive a bribe at all, or should I receive and give it away?

Answer: You should try to determine what this bribe is.

Question: Anyway, the Creator communicates with me through pleasure. Should I refuse to receive, or try to receive for His sake?

Answer: You should try any of these directions. The main thing is to move forward.

Question: If what we receive from the Creator is invested in the connection of the group and in dissemination, will it not be a bribe?

Answer: No. On the contrary, it will all benefit you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/23/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “For Bribe Blinds the Eyes of the Wise“

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Question: When a person decides to work for the Creator, the mercy of the Creator can come to him in the light of Hassadim. How do we distinguish pleasure from the mercy of the Creator from egoistic pleasures?

Answer: It depends on what Kelim you want to receive from the Creator.

If you want to receive the light of Hassadim, the light that will raise you to the desire to bestow, then you can count on very good advancement.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/23/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “For Bribe Blinds the Eyes of the Wise“

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Question: When do we turn on the mind in spiritual work, and when, on the contrary, do we turn it off so that it does not interfere with us?

Answer: It depends only on the connection with the friends. The orienting point for turning egoism on and off is your common connection.

As much as you are more connected with each other, you will be more successful in turning your desire on or off.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/23/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “For Bribe Blinds the Eyes of the Wise“

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Question: Baal HaSulam in his articles warns us about being under the control of external influences. But, on the other hand, we need to disseminate to convey our knowledge to the world.

What is the necessary proportion in order to be connected with external people and bestow to them on one hand, and on the other hand, not to be under their power?

Answer: We are not under anyone’s power except our uncorrected will to receive. Only our corrupted egoism is above us.

We are trying to spread our values in society, not to receive their values for ourselves. Therefore, we are engaged in disseminating Kabbalistic knowledge among all nations of the world.

Question: How can we maintain this proportion correctly?

Answer: Only by continuing to practice our methodology together will we begin to feel how to do this.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/23/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar”

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Question: What state should we strive for so that the flame itself flares up in the heart?

Answer: We must strive to ensure that all our little sparks gather into one big flame.

Question: What if instead of hating the desire to receive hatred for the Creator manifests itself: “You did all this. You lowered me into this deep hole”?

Answer: It does not matter. The main thing is that we must find out the truth. If our internal properties are such that we begin to hate the Creator, then we fix this, and from this point, we begin to develop further.

Question: What drives the efforts in the ten?

Answer: Only the joint efforts of the ten are this drive.

Question: It is said that working in coercion is rewarded with faith. What can we force our friends to do to help them achieve faith?

Answer: Commit yourself to actions of bestowal, show their example and consequences so your friends learn as a result of your actions. That is called “Let man help his neighbor.”
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/22/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is ‘The Concealed Things Belong to the Lord, and the Revealed Things Belong to Us,’ in the Work?“

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Rabash, “Mighty Rock of My Salvation”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Philosophy,” Item 18

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Question: How can we free our hearts from other desires in practice in the ten before studying the Torah?

Answer: Throw all your problems and worries out of your heart, except for one: you want to connect with your friends and the Creator into one whole. That is all.

Just as little children in kindergarten are attached to their teacher, you want to be in close contact with your friends and the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah 11/22/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “When One Feels Oneself in a State of Ascent“

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Question: My husband and I both study using our method. How can we reach concessions if we are both very hot-tempered?

Answer: Start competing with each other to see who will concede more to the other.

Question: If I get married, I am afraid that the Creator will lose His importance to me and fade into the background. Can love for another person interfere with the spiritual path?

Answer: No. True love for the Creator never interferes with the love for a person.

Question: I have been studying for 12 years, but my husband does not study Kabbalah. However I see how, during this period, his approach to Kabbalah changed from absolute hatred to a high reverent attitude toward you and the methodology. At first, I felt only one-sided fulfillment, not in a mutual connection, but from the moment he began to be imbued with the ideas of Kabbalah, a new mutual connection appeared between us. What is this transition from one-way fulfillment to mutual connection?

Answer: A new Kli has appeared from the two of you, and you feel it. But this is just the beginning, then you will feel much more.

Question: How can I be sure that my chosen one is the woman with whom I will serve the Creator together?

Answer: You must feel this, according to the goal you must reach. First, your chosen one should aim toward the same spiritual goal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/23, Writings of Rabash “Discernments in States“

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Question: It is said that if a person reveals the measure of hatred in himself, then he is not led from transgression to transgression, and thus he enters into love for the Creator. Is it possible by revealing the evil in ourselves to avoid descents on our path?

Answer: No, it is impossible. In any case, there will be descents, and a person should be ready for them. He must understand that it is the descents that lead him to an ascent.

Question: In order to reveal love and good, we must reveal all the hatred and evil. What helps us to balance this correctly so that evil does not come out but remains exclusively in our inner work?

Answer: The main thing is to be in connection between us and try to reveal the influence of the Creator on us. Then we will understand what He wants from us.

Question: What is there in the stony heart that is corrected only in the last place and requires breaking?

Answer: It is stony, after all, therefore it needs to be broken.

Question: To the extent that we nullify our egoism, we gain more strength from the Creator and go deeper into self-knowledge. Is this a renewal of the connection?

Answer: It is in this way that we receive new properties from the Creator instead of those egoistic properties that we had and that we want to get rid of.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/21/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Transgression Does Not Extinguish a Mitzva“

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Question: What conditions of spiritual work should we accept?

Answer: We must understand that the connection between us and the Creator is our path.

Any path consists of two points connected by a straight line. Our first point is the connection between us and the last is the connection with the Creator. That is the line we are following.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/23/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “For Bribe Blinds the Eyes of the Wise“

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