Preparation for the Lesson

Writings of Rabash “Rungs of the Ladder,” Article 13

The Book of Zohar — Selected Excerpts, “Divinity,” “The Wings of Divinity”

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 6, Part 16, Item 76

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar“

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Shamati #3 “The Matter of Spiritual Attainment

Writings of Rabash “Rungs of the Ladder,” “The Agenda of the Assembly – 2”

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 6, Part 16, Item 76

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A Theater of One Actor

Question: If the Creator created everything, in what way is our work summed up?

Answer: Right, if everything comes from the Creator and He does everything, if He arranged this small theater, does it mean that we don’t exist as independent people but only seems that way to us?

I feel that I exist according to the degree of my detachment from the Creator and His concealment; or the opposite, to the degree of His concealment, I disappear. I become “transparent.” I feel how everything passes through me, and I myself don’t exist at all.

In this manner, I exist only because the Creator is concealed. So, how can He be revealed? The creation would simply disappear. There would not be anything that really exists besides Him, and, in spite of it all, according to the plan of creation, I can acquire independence and discover the Creator on condition that, before this revelation, I act like Him. In other words, I acquire particular characteristics of the Creator thanks to which He can be revealed without erasing me from the picture of the world, and then I and He become one.

I Am Independent; We Are United

Now, I must say thank you very much for the concealment, for only by means of that can I acquire the characteristics, thoughts, desires, and actions of the Creator. Within the concealment, I want them to be revealed in me, to be born in me.

To this degree, the Creator can be revealed. This will happen according to the law of equivalence of form. In this case, I don’t erase Him from the picture. Rather, He is revealed this way, and I am not erased. I exist independently, and at the same time, He and I are mutually connected, similar, adhered. It may even be with a singular characteristic, but we adhere together.

This action is to be implemented with each one of our desires so that resembling the Creator is entirely a great, internal selection by the person in mind and heart, in thought and desire. This is what is still to come for us.

Behind the Friend, the Creator

We achieve this with the help of Kabbalah when we implement the study, the theoretical basis, within a group, in a group of ten. We gather and try to be together. We complete each other. We agree with each other. Another way of saying this is that I need to build a mutual relationship with a friend that is identical to that with the Creator.

Through this exercise, we develop the right approach within us, and our efforts in work with the friends attract the Light that reforms.

I try to behave with the friends as I do with the Creator, as if He is standing behind each one of them, as if it only seems to me that it is a friend, but in fact, “There is none else besides Him,” and through the friends, I demonstrate and show different forms of behavior all of the time. However, I remove these coverings and say that everything is for the best. I must overcome them, rise above them. I need to relate to the Creator as loving and beloved.

If I make this effort and try, then I awaken the Light that Reforms, and it corrects me, corrects my characteristics so that they truly will be like His, and within them, I will be like the Creator.

Theory Lacks Power

We need to think about this and try to implement it after that. The main thing is specifically the realization and implementation. Believe me; it is possible to read and talk about it for years without understanding anything because of the lack of implementation.

The wisdom of Kabbalah is a practical wisdom, and so it is written, “… we shall do and we shall hear” (Exodus 24:7). We will do this actively, and then we will understand. In other words, we will acquire the characteristic of Bina (Intelligence) and feel what it is talking about.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/22/15, Shamati #241

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Shamati #3 “The Matter of Spiritual Attainment

Writings of Rabash “Rungs of the Ladder,” “According to What Is Explained About Love Thy Friend as Thyself”

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 6, Part 16, Item 75 

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Preparation for the Lesson

Questions and Answers 

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah”

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Inheritance of the Land”

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Question: You say that, when a person feels bad, he can connect his sensation with the Creator. But in that case, am I simply accusing the Creator for not giving me enough Light for me to feel good?

Answer: First of all, it is not that important whether I am blessing or cursing the Creator, whether I treat Him well or badly. The most important thing is not to interrupt the connection with Him.

Even if the connection is back to back—when I am unhappy with the Creator and constantly contradicting Him, struggling, and in conflict with Him—that is not important. The main thing is not to forget that I have a connection with the Creator.

We must always maintain this connection in all cases and circumstances. I should not be afraid to discover that I am not happy with Him.

Always hold Him before you as the only partner. All others are just images, shadows, not people—everyone, without exception, and they are given to you so that by revealing your attitude to the Creator through them, you will reveal Him.

Question: But how can I come to the quality of bestowal from constant anger toward and accusations against Him?

Answer: You will see how useful this is when you are cursing Him constantly.

The key here is the constancy, the continuity of your contact: from morning to night, without stopping. You present your demands and accusations to Him, you blame and curse Him, but through that you do not attribute any of your actions, thoughts, or desires to any other factor except Him.

If this is the case, then you will reveal the Creator that same day. Reveal Him in practice, without long years of delay. We need a strong concentration, focus, whereby you begin to understand how He governs you, and then you will make out His game, what is called “the dance of the groom with his bride.” From there, we begin to manifest intentions.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/22/15, Shamati #241

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Lesson on the Topic: “Questions About Working in the Ten”

The Book of Zohar — Selected Excerpts, “Prayer,” “Prayer for the Poor”

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 6, Part 16, Item 67

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Love for the Creator and Love for the Created Beings,” “Why Was the Torah Given to Israel?”

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Writings of Rabash, “Rungs of the Ladder,” Item 31

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 6, Part 16, Item 63

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Love for the Creator and Love for the Created Beings,” “All of Israel Are Responsible for One Another”

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Preparation for the Lesson

Writings of Rabash, “Rungs of the Ladder,” Item 31

The Book of Zohar — Selected Excerpts, “Prayer,” “The Prayer Is for the Whole of Israel”

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol. 6, Part 16, Item 54

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Love for the Creator and Love for the Created Beings,” “Two Parts to the Torah: Between Man and God and Man and Man”

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Shamati #241 “Call Upon Him While He Is Near”

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