Question: Sometimes negative thoughts come to me about this or that person. They capture my senses and cause irritation. Is it necessary to immediately stop the thought or should I somehow digest it in myself, scroll through it, close it, and try to cover it with love? If it does not work out, then pray accordingly? What is the right thing to do?

Answer: In any case, when you do not understand anything, you should gather the whole ten in your thoughts and feelings, connect with them, and then turn to the Creator. Then, He will answer any of your questions.

Meaning don’t stop the thought, but immediately change the vector to the ten, and then all negative thoughts will dissipate.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Question: If a person does not have a descent and he does not feel that it is difficult for him to come to lessons and to meetings with friends, and if friends do not seem great to him, then this is the place for our work.

And if he sees his friends as great and it seems to him that he has the Torah and the commandments, what is the work here?

Answer: A person should be more focused on the quality of connection with friends. He needs to strive more and more to get closer to them, until he feels that there is a quality of bestowal to each other between them, meaning, the Creator is between them.

Remark: But it must be revealed, we must somehow reach this work.

My Comment: It is in front of you, it is between all the friends. Together, you must pounce on the void that opens up between you and fill it with your qualities and feelings.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Question: How do we reveal the Kli to hear the prayer in the ten?

Answer: The more connected you are between yourselves, the more you reveal your connection with the Creator. The work itself is very simple. You just need to strive for unification between you and through that to connection with the Creator every second.

Question: When you lose connection with your friends, your mind tells you that you need to pray for them, but your heart is not ready yet. You want to bestow to them, but you have no strength. At this time should a person ask for the strength to bestow or still to unite with his friends?

Answer: You should still unite with your friends. There is no escape from this. There should be a ten from which we turn to the Creator, ask Him for connection with Him, and He answers us in the same ten.

The ten is our “telephone” through which we talk with the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/20/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “He Will Save Them from the Hand of the Wicked“

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Question: I ask the Creator to fill the void, to answer, and He gives the answer. And I understand that I got it, but my ego says, “No, I don’t agree.” What should be done in this situation?

Answer: You have to put some pressure on your ego to agree with the group.

Question: How can I ask the Creator to give me internal agreement with Him, the opportunity to crush myself?

Answer: Write down the answer that you don’t like or don’t understand, turn to the group, and turn to the Creator until you solve this problem. Only when you agree with the answer will you get a clear idea of what the Creator is giving you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate“

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Question: In a ten that is studying Kabbalah, it is important to bestow, cancel oneself, elevate the Creator and the group, and not expect praise from others. Because if people around you praise you, it is not so much out of respect, but for the sake of encouraging your ego.

Why do we need the praise of others? On the contrary, we need to learn how to bestow to the Creator and to the friends.

Answer: That is right. Therefore you are given a state that you must reject and push away from yourself, and do what is dear to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Question: When we praise a friend for some contribution on our path, it seems as if we create an obstacle to his modesty. But if we do not praise him, it is as if we humiliate him and ignore him. How can we work correctly with praise in our community?

Answer: You have to appreciate every friend, even if you are 100% right and he is not. You walk together and help each other in any possible way. Sometimes you help him, sometimes it is the other way around. Therefore, it is necessary to respect, love, and appreciate all the friends.

Question: Can we praise them?

Answer: You need to praise everyone all the time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Question: How can we not feel humble in the ten while practicing humility so that it does not become a cause of pride?

Answer: I should check myself whether I am humble enough to be proud of it already.

Question: But these are mutually opposite things: humbleness and pride. How will they coexist together?

Answer: Everything coexists in a person. This is a creature that combines everything.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Question: Recently, during our meeting we felt like we were entering some kind of space through the superimposition of our reality. It happened through the perception of the ten, through integrating with everything, through you, your voice, and your speech.

But after that, there was some confusion as to whether we were making the right progress. After all, we did not enter there to visit. There was a feeling that we did not have enough knowledge.

If sensations precede knowledge, should we restrain them and wait until we gain knowledge?

Answer: Feeling and knowledge are not the same thing, one can be ahead of the other.

But we should not be afraid, we should just go toward the goal and break forward as far as possible. It does not matter whether feeling is above knowledge or knowledge is above feelings. Just keep moving forward.

The main thing is to be together. When we are together, we cover everything with it.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘An Ox Knows Its Owner, etc., Israel Does Not Know,’ in the Work?“

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Question: How do we feel the state of a meal in the ten during a virtual connection?

Answer: This is a problem. Put everyone in front of you with a meal or at least a sandwich, and eat it together with everyone. At the same time, you should feel that you are sitting at the same table with your friends and have a pleasant feeling from eating together.

Question: According to the great Ari, during the meal, new qualities from the shattering are revealed, although not everyone feels it. How do these scrutinies happen?

Answer: The shattering of the vessels (Kelim) continues until the final correction. Therefore, do not pay attention to it, but think only about the correction. The correction will slow down and stop the shattering of the vessels.
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Fromthe 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘Every Day They Will Be as New in Your Eyes,’ in the Work?“

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Question: We say that a person should nullify himself before the ten. What exactly should he nullify?

Answer: He must nullify his egoism, not his opinion, but his egoism. Therefore, he must have a desire to diminish himself before his friends and place himself under the control of the ten.

Then he, as the lowest, will be able to connect with his friends and rise with them.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘Every Day They Will Be as New in Your Eyes,’ in the Work?“

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