Question: You said we must agree to the conditions for ascending to the first degree. What are these conditions?

Answer: The conditions for ascending to any degree are that a person is ready to do anything to merge with the Creator.

At the same time, one must thank the Creator for paying attention to him or her, for giving him such conditions, and for being ready to be lifted because all acts we perform stem from the Creator.

Question: What if a person is in a neutral state or does not feel gratitude in his heart? Can one rise to this gratitude?

Answer: Of course he can. After all, he is with his friends and can receive their assessment of the situation, their importance of the goal, and their importance of the state. Therefore, it all depends on how connected he is with them. If he is among friends, he can constantly feed on their achievements and thus ascend.

Question: How can I convey gratitude to my friends in order to give them power?

Answer: By example and the willingness to help them with whatever they ask for.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/5/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is ‘Do Not Slight the Blessing of a Layperson’ in the Work?”

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Question: When you work hard and receive praise, egoism clings to it. How can you lower your head and work in such a state?

Answer: When you hear praise, keep quiet and do not interrupt those who sing your praises and say only good about you. Let them talk.

Later, you must display a measure of modesty, lower yourself, continue your spiritual work, and annul yourself before the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Question: You said we constantly need to check whether we are getting closer to the Creator or not. Is there even a test of desire? How can we come to a state for the sake of heaven?

Answer: When we reach the revelation of the Creator, we will see by the magnitude of the revelation whether we are approaching Him or moving away. No one has such feelings yet.

Question: Is it necessary to go straight to the ten when you are in a descent or do you need to try to cope with the descents yourself and turn to the ten if you cannot do it alone?

Answer: The fastest way to establish a connection with the Creator is through the ten.

Question: How does my escape from holiness affect the spiritual advancement of the whole group? Am I harming the group with this?

Answer: Of course you are harming the group. But if you improve, then the whole group will rise with you.

Question: What can this mean if the states of separation become frequent and intense sensations?

Answer: You are getting closer.
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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: How does Kabbalah define the quality of humility?

Answer: Humility lies in that a person does not ask for anything for oneself, but only for the sake of everyone else and the Creator.

Question: If I ask to love my friends, isn’t it contrary to humility? I am not asking for myself. I do not get any benefit from it.

Answer: It is good. You can ask this way.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Wrtings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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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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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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