Question: If we act through the group, can we come to the point that we will no longer feel the attraction to the desire to receive but will feel only the pull in the direction of bestowal?

Answer: Of course! Just as now you feel natural egoistic urges, the desire to receive and to rise above the rest, under the influence of the upper light you will feel the opposite properties: the desire to humble yourself before the rest and to be connected with others, and through them with the Creator.

All altruistic qualities will gradually begin to manifest in you and you will have to act in accordance with them.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Asking the Creator to Fill the Place Between Us” Lesson 7

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Preparation to the Lesson

Lesson on the Topic: “Faith Above Reason” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam “You Have Made Me in Behind and Before“

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 120

Selected Highlights 

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Question: Is envy toward friends a correct indicator of annulment?

Answer: Envy toward friends is not an indicator of annulment, but it is a good start.

I envy them. This means that I already see something in them that is not in me, and therefore I envy them. So I already put them above me in some way.

And then perhaps I will make a decision to get closer to them. If they are smarter and above me spiritually, then why shouldn’t I be with them, together with them. It’s a good feeling.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Deriving the Greatness of the Goal from the Friends” Lesson 4

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We must realize that without achieving mutual guarantee, we cannot be bound together. And the connection between us is necessary in order to create a spiritual Kli in which we will feel the light, the Creator.

Therefore, once we have set ourselves up as if we live in faith above reason, we must think about how we can act in order to really be in bestowal above receiving, as if we are already in the spiritual world, in spiritual relationships, in the properties of bestowal, in support of each other.

This is not possible without achieving mutual support between us. This is Arvut, the property of mutual guarantee.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Working in Mutual Responsibility” Lesson 6

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Question: How do we come to the point where everyone in the group is drawn to connection and unity? And how do we strengthen this aspiration for all mankind?

Answer: First you need to unite at least within your group, then in the world group, and then in the whole of humanity, gradually, step by step.

At least within the group you should constantly talk about this and realize that without achieving connection, you will not have a tool for attaining the Creator. Where will He reveal Himself?

You have to be in front of Him as one person with one heart. And if you do not achieve this, then the Creator will not reveal Himself. This is a physical law.

The Creator created one common Kli (vessel), which then broke. And now you want to reveal what was in it, and you have to assemble it on a minimal scale. Meaning you need to assemble one whole from your group, a small vessel, a small cup. And to the extent of your connection, you will reveal the Creator. The more you then enlarge this vessel, you will be able to reveal the Creator as  greater with all kinds of great properties.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Asking the Creator to Fill the Place Between Us” Lesson 7

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Question: The Creator created something new from the world of infinity, and now He tells us: “You have made Me”? Isn’t there a contradiction here?

Answer: No. The Creator created an egoistic desire that grew to egoistic similarity to Him where on one hand we want to absorb absolutely everything into ourselves, and on the other hand, we begin to correct ourselves and become completely similar to the Creator.

That is, from what I can do with myself, I become completely similar to the Creator. And this will bring absolute unification and equalization of properties.

On the foundation of the black point that separates me from Him, and precisely because of it, I and He will never become one, but we will be in complete unity in all our properties above this point. We will feel the merging with each other because of the point that separates us.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/6/22, “Approaching the Creator Through the Network of Connections Between Us” Lesson 1

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Question: Faith above reason and loving your neighbor, are they the same thing or are there differences?

Answer: Faith above reason is the Kli (vessel) we must create and reveal in it the property of bestowal, love, and connection between us and the Creator.

Question: Are we supposed to imagine that between us in the ten there is only love?

Answer: Yes, that is what you should imagine. And it doesn’t matter what you feel. It means nothing! This is the only way. And then you will see that it is only egoism that twists and lies all the time.

Question: Sometimes during a workshop it feels like we are in great love. Could it be that in the beginning faith above reason comes as in moments?

Answer: It is quite possible that this is how it happens to you. And it is also true.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Going with Faith above Reason” Lesson 5

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Preparation to the Lesson

Lesson on the Topic: “Faith Above Reason” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 117

Selected Highlights 

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Question: In what situation can we ask for the power of faith?

Answer: We can ask for the force of faith in any situation and generate it between us at every moment.

To do this, we must imagine that the Creator fills the entire universe and we will act in the same way between us in the group. But only in the group, others will not understand you. If we work in this way in our relations between us, we can start feeling how the Creator really fills all the space, the whole world.

But then we will have to work in faith above reason; i.e., restrict our egoism and turn to the Creator only with the property of bestowal. This is the only thing we have to do—switch ourselves, or our attitude toward the Creator, into faith above reason.

And we will begin to feel what these words mean. They sound like a mantra: “Faith above reason.” What is it? It is not clear now. But we will gradually start feeling the inner meaning of these words.

Question: How can we receive faith above reason?

Answer: Imagine that you want to live in this fairy tale. That in fact there is no faith above reason, but you want to imagine it. Try. Make an effort as if you feel that the Creator fills the whole world and governs it as good that does good. And act that way in the group.

The group is the platform where you can work it all out and implement it.

Question: Does every friend have to imagine it or do we share it with each other?

Answer: You can talk among yourselves on this subject. But the most important thing is that everyone should care that such an attitude toward other friends appears in him. As the Creator is the good that does good, so each of the friends should treat others as good that does good.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Going with Faith above Reason” Lesson 5

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How can we change our egoistic intention, which was given to us by nature and always exists within us, without any doubts or clarifications? It is called the evil inclination, which was born first. And now we need to give birth to a good inclination.

And that is why we are working together on our evil inclination in order to build a good inclination within each of us through mutual guarantee. We turn to the Creator. as if to a bank, and say that we want to build a building of bestowal.

Each of us has not a penny to his name, but we sign the mutual guarantee. There are nine friends backing me up, ready to sign a guarantee that I will be in bestowal because they will support me. Since I am in their complete power, whether I want it or not, I will certainly be in bestowal.

This is how we come to the Creator, and everyone signs a guarantee for their friends. No one can be a guarantor for himself because he does not have such powers; where will they come from? But he can be a guarantor for a friend, and in this way we come to mutual guarantee. Then the Creator begins to invest His upper force in this mutual guarantee that we have signed.

What have we invested in this mutual guarantee? After all, no one has anything, so no one can pay anything for the other. But since we want to help each other, this very guarantee helps us start building a common building.

None of us can be the foundation of this common building, nor is anyone its owner. Only due to the fact that each supports the other, due to our mutual support, does this entire building stay upright.

This is how we build the spiritual building. There is nothing in it; it is maintained only by our mutual guarantee and by our appeal to the upper force. That is why this building is spiritual.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/30/22, “Faith Above Reason”

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