To avoid stagnation in spiritual work we need nothing but to ask the Creator to come closer to Him. Then the upper light will shine on us more intensely, and we will be able to feel our states and learn how to approach the Creator correctly.

We need to focus only on the connection between the friends. There is a constant renewal of feelings and Kelim in the ten, and we will constantly be in internal spiritual movement. If not us, then our friends will perform such actions on us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Every Act Leaves an Imprint”

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The basic principles of working in a group are mutual inclusion and the abolition of egoism toward each other. You can reach this state through rapprochement with your friends in the ten and through the joint study of the Kabbalistic materials of Baal HaSulam and Rabash. This is a lot of work when friends get together, read articles, discuss them, and thus become closer.

Question: But our nature is egoism. Is a person capable of canceling it?

Answer: Yes. A person can gradually abolish egoism by studying according to the Kabbalistic method.

Question: Let’s say we are reading an article. What should I cancel?

Answer: While reading the article, you strive toward the spiritual state it describes, and therefore gradually get closer to the state. That is how we move forward.

Question: The point is that this is an example of mutual inclusion. I can understand it. We read together, I get involved in the text, and I join the author’s thoughts. What example can you give of self-cancellation?

Answer: Cancellation occurs as a result of the fact that we act against our nature for the sake of getting closer to our friends and to the Creator. Through the efforts, we gradually approach those spiritual properties that designate the Creator: connection, mutual assistance, love, and so on.

Question: Let us say that now we have decided to gather in a group to read an article, and I have other more important things to do with egoistic fillings, but I cancel them and do spiritual things. Can you say that in this way, I cancel myself?

Answer: Yes, this can also be considered an anullment.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/5/23

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Question: In the article “Purpose of Society – 2,” Rabash writes that man is created as an egoist who cannot find the energy to perform any actions for the sake of others.

Where can one get the strength for this unnatural work?

Answer: In your environment.

Question: I would like to know what kind of environment are we talking about because a person’s life is in the family, work, and among friends.

Answer: No, he must create additional environment for himself, preferably ten friends, including himself. In this community, they must treat each other as Rabash, Baal HaSulam, and other Kabbalists recommend so that the connection between them will gradually lead them to a connection with the Creator.

That has nothing to do with work colleagues or family. There must be a connection between people who, in order to become one with the Creator, are ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others.

Question: Why can’t this be achieved in the family? After all, there is already a connection based on economic relations and instinctive love.

Answer: The fact is that for spiritual work it is desirable to gather ten men or ten women according to an ideological principle, who would create special conditions for the revelation of the Creator between them.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/5/23

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Question: Can I feel that there is none else besides Him and at the same time not feel that He is good and does good?

Answer: Of course you may not feel the Creator, but He is always with you. He on purpose conceals Himself from us so that we will ask Him to help us ascend. Therefore, you should turn to Him.

It is very important. The fact that you are asking Him to raise you up in His arms is a very serious component of our common ascent to the center of creation.

Comment: I want to constantly yearn for Him and not depend on any other desires because there is a trap here.

My Response: I understand you perfectly, but you should turn only to the Creator. He will do everything. You just still do not feel the degrees you are climbing.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/21/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is the Exaltedness of the Creator?”

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Question: What verifies a ten’s complete annulment before the teacher and the Creator?

Answer: The verification is that you close your eyes and want to join the ten and adhere to the Creator through the ten, and you do not want anything else in life.

Question: In difficult moments, we must fall into the hands of the friends and reach out to the Creator together. How do you correctly include a connection with the teacher in this effort?

Answer: When you aim with the group to the Creator, I am also with you.

Do not try to find contact with me, I am always in the connection between you and the Creator. This is my place of work.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/25/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Choosing Labor”

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Comment: In one of Rabash’s articles about the group, he writes that when friends gather together, they raise the importance of each other and the Creator, raise a prayer, and then they feel that now they have earned great wealth.

I think that this is the way we create the screen.

My Response: Yes, this is how a screen is created; it is when people unite with each other and want to help each other. In this unity, the screen is formed between them.

Question: Is there any other way to build a screen?

Answer: No. Only in the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 12/20/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And They Sewed Fig Leaves“

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Question: You said that the main thing is to forgive your friends. Is the act of forgiveness the result of working with egoism when I can set myself up like this, or will I be able to perform this action only if the quality of bestowal comes?

Answer: Of course it is better if the quality of bestowal comes. From it, you will forgive everyone, love everyone, and get closer to everyone.

Question: And if I do not respond to evil, is that forgiveness?

Answer: Not responding to evil is good. Although this may not always be true, but in general, it should be so.

Question: Let’s say I do not respond to evil, but it remains inside. How should I work with it? Perhaps we should still ask for the quality of bestowal? After all, no matter how I twist my egoism, I still feel that there is no quality of forgiveness in egoism.

Answer: That is right, there is not. Egoism accompanies us almost to the final correction. Only at the last stop does it jump off and disappear. Then we see that, in principle, it helped us achieve our goal.

You are just starting to work on yourself, so there is still time; all this will come, both the quality of forgiveness and the quality of all-forgiveness. In the meantime, try to be as friendly as possible to each other. The main thing is to get closer in hearts in the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/20/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And They Sewed Fig Leaves“

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Question: Why, instead of the greatness of the Creator, do you feel more the greatness of your friends, as if they had swapped places?

Answer: Because they are closer to you, you understand them better and react more strongly to them. So this is a good sign that you are getting closer to each other. The Creator is not jealous of you.

Question: Is it necessary to cultivate the greatness of the Creator in my eyes and reduce the greatness of the friends?

Answer: No way. Both the greatness of the friends and the greatness of the Creator must be on the same level.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/15/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “In the Place Where You Find His Greatness“

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Question: Rabash writes that there must be equality in the group; otherwise, you will not receive the importance of the goal.

Why is equality one of the principles of spiritual work?

Answer: We must very precisely ensure that in the group everyone respects and loves each other, yearns for connection with each other, and no one is more or less than the rest. This is the work with your egoism.

Question: In this case, how can we learn from others?

Answer: You can learn from the other when you consider him important. The condition you set for yourself is to imagine each friend as your teacher. In this case, being in a group where everyone is bigger than you, you will have the opportunity to learn from everyone.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/5/23

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Question: The reason the creations do not receive pleasure lies in the difference of form between the Creator and the creations. The Creator is giving and the creations are receiving.

This causes shame in creations and as a result the Creator must conceal Himself. But why does a person have to be ashamed if the Creator made him this way?

Answer: The Creator created the property of shame with the purpose that through our own efforts and with His method we would gradually rise from the animate level to the level of the Creator, the highest level in the spiritual world. We must come to this state.

Typically the force from above brings a person to a group. There he sees people similar to him and he wonders: “How can I be connected with them? How can I get closer to them according to the principle “love your neighbor as yourself?’”

This helps him feel what the property of the Creator means and gradually rise to His level.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 12/5/23

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