Question: How can we work correctly with negative examples in the environment, which sometimes affect us more than the positive ones and distance us from the source?

Answer: We try not to see them, according to the rule all crimes will be covered by love.

Question: What is the difference between the big and small commandments?

Answer: There is no difference between them, all the commandments are the same. There are commandments concerning all people, and they are the main ones. And there are commandments concerning the person himself or something else, and they are secondary.

Question: We can avoid the state of forgetfulness only by working for bestowal and multiplying good deeds in the ten. So why do they still arise despite the fact that you try to work for bestowal?

Answer: Since we cannot stay in a good state, egoism rises in us, and we fall into it again.

Question: Is it taken into account above how a person evaluates himself or how the group evaluates him?

Answer: The group’s assessment is taken into account.

Question: In order to feel the giver in the ten, we must awaken a point in the heart so that it connects us, and we, constantly receiving pleasure, feel Him?

Answer: No, you will not be able to constantly feel pleasure and the giver. You will be able to achieve these states to the extent that you become givers yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Round About Him It Storms Mightily”

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Question: We all unite and ask the Creator for peace in the world so the nations do not suffer disasters but prosper. It is said that if you constantly pray about it, the answer will come immediately.

But people have always asked for that. Why do some nations suffer more than others? Does this mean they are on the path of hastening time (Achishena) more than others? How does this work, what can be done about it?

Answer: The best thing is to unite with each other and turn to the Creator with all problems, and then you will hear from Him where you were wrong in the ten, how to correct yourselves, and how to get closer to the Creator. That is basically our whole work.

If you are united, you can turn to the Creator with anything you want.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/14/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Two States“

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Question: If from our connections in the group and in the community, we feel increasing pressure from the upper, then how do we accept this correctly in order to move to a new degree?

Answer: It depends only on how connected a person is with his friends.

Question: If we make efforts to unite, can we say that everything else will pass and catch up by itself?

Answer: Nothing passes by itself; you have to ask and pay for everything. The price is the amount of egoism you have to overcome in order to connect with others.
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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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Comment: I was given the feeling that there is no love in my heart, and what used to seem like love turned out to be something contrived by egoism.

My Response: This is right; this is in fact so. How can we have love for others? It is only for ourselves.

Therefore you need to work on yourself, connect with your friends, and ask the Creator to give you the force of bestowal, then you will have the attraction to others.

Question: What is a sure sign of pure love for friends?

Answer: The fact that you think only about them.
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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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Comment: When I want to ask a question, I immediately get an answer to it through my friends and through you. I experience such joy within. I want to thank you and the friends for the questions, and the Creator for this dialogue with Him.

My Response: Well done! Basically, everyone who asks questions should dig into themselves and find answers.

The fact is that I give an answer to all the questions that arise in my students. Not on those that we discuss on the Internet, but on those that are already spinning in our common Kli.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate”

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Question: What is the intention to bring contentment to the Creator?

Answer: It is to make the Creator feel good. It can be a prayer, a request, or a spiritual action.

Question: What are the conditions of correction in order to feel not shame, but the light that you want to pass to us?

Answer: Only connection between us. Nothing else. Talk to each other about the ways to come even closer to each other.

Question: What prayer should be the main one in the last generation according to the place and action?

Answer: Connect with the friends and then together adhere to the Creator. Nothing else.

Question: It is said that there is a big difference between prayer today and prayer tomorrow. What does it mean?

Answer: Every day we have to think about new connections and new aspirations to the Creator.
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From the 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: How can I help a friend if I am not sure I have the correct intention?

Answer: You can help a friend by example. And if this does not help, then talk to the ten so that the whole ten begins to influence him.

Question: What do we have other than personal example?

Answer: You have everything in your head and heart to make the unification absolute.

Question: I often think about what you would say when I perform an action. Is this true or do you still need to feel your heart more?

Answer: The heart, the teacher, the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Round About Him It Storms Mightily“

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Question: I would like to find out the spiritual action of the “thief and robber.” The ten has a diary in which everyone should take notes. Some friends keep records and some do not. Is there a concept of “thief and robber” in this action?

Answer: Yes, if you have agreed to keep a group diary every day and disclose your inner goals, then someone who ignores this cannot be considered a member of the ten. That is very important.

We are already approaching the point where we can make records like this. You do not have to show them to anyone except your friends from the ten. They are intended for internal use, and only need to record what is new that has opened up to your hearts.

That will help you better understand yourself, get closer to your friends, and advance quickly. After all, we take a step forward only after our step toward each other.

Question: How do I write so as not to offend a friend?

Answer: There can be no hard feelings here. You have to be very honest with each other. If you are not yet ready to write openly, do not take it up or each write for yourself. After a few weeks, you may want to keep records in a general diary. But everything needs to be stated very clearly and concisely.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/30/23, Writings of Rabash “Should One Sin and Be Guilty“

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Question: When a person feels emptiness and internally and almost unconsciously screams to the Creator, how does his request turn into a conscious, clear, vivid appeal?

Answer: A person must constantly seek connection with the Creator. Even in a state in which there is no Creator, he must try to find Him, ask Him to reveal Himself to him, and fill this emptiness. The Creator specifically creates such sensations in us so that we demand His revelation.

Question: Do we need to work out some kind of intolerance to emptiness within ourselves?

Answer: Yes. Every minute of our lives, we must check ourselves on what we spent it: is it getting closer to our friends, getting closer to the Creator? We must asses what we have achieved or what we are trying to achieve.

If we follow this direction, we will always have a clear idea of how the Creator works in us, especially when He creates an emptiness that He offers to fill with Himself.

That is a place to accelerate and a place to make an effort. There can be no neutral states here.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Pomegranate“

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Question: Is it necessary to cause a spiritual craving for adhesion with the Creator?

Answer: Absolutely! But you can only receive it from the friends by looking at them, hearing them, and envying them.

Question: We are supposed to work in joy and gratitude. So why do the sources say: “As is the sorrow, so is the reward”? Why do we have to go through states of suffering again and again?

Answer: It depends on what we consider suffering. If moving away from the Creator even for one minute is perceived by us as suffering, then this quickly brings our thoughts back to the Creator.

Question: How can I not enjoy for my own sake while eating a meal, but bring contentment to the Host?

Answer: Show the host how much you enjoy His food, appreciate the meal, and feel the tastes in each dish so He really receives pleasure from your joy.

Question: We work so much in the ten. Why do we always lose what the Creator gives us?

Answer: We cannot establish the correct connection between us and keep what we receive from the Creator. Therefore, it disappears.

Question: You tell us not to think about the bad. What if these thoughts have become very intrusive, like an annoying fly, to the point of exiting the ten? What can be done in this state?

Answer: Work on yourself. Consider yourself your own enemy.

Question: You say we need to be close but without opening our hearts. What does being close to each other mean?

Answer: Do not open your hearts so as not to interfere with each other. Think about how you can be close without interfering with each other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Labored and Did Not Find? Do Not Believe“

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