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So the Torah Does Not Become the Elixir of Death

283.01Question: What actions that distance us from love of the Creator and are called the elixir of death?

Answer: Selfish intentions for one’s own sake, not for the sake of others.

Any action in spirituality is measured and weighed only by its intention: Why am I doing it, for whom, or for what? Therefore, we must be in constant intention to do everything in our power for the sake of connecting all creatures in a good relationship with the Creator.

Question: What goal should constantly be before our eyes so that the Torah does not become the elixir of death?

Answer: Uniting, correction, and mutual assistance in a group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 11/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Giving of the Torah – 2“

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The Danger of the “Evil Eye”

599.02Question: What is the danger of the “evil eye” from other people?

Answer: Each of us has egoism, we have not yet been corrected, and so each of us can harm another with our ego. And then it will be difficult for a person to come out of his ego and become like the Creator. This is called Ayin Ra (harmful eye, evil eye).

It is better if a person does not reveal his intentions to others. His friends understand it anyway, because they learn the same things and live the same way. But this is not revealed to others.
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Fromthe 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah lesson 11/8/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘Warn the Great about the Small,’ in the Work?“

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In Continuous Merging

527.03One must know in one’s heart that the Creator chases him just as much as he chases the Creator. One must never forget that, even during the greatest longing. When remembering that the Creator misses and chases him to cling to him as intensely as one wishes for it himself, he then always goes from strength to strength, with yearning and longing, in a never-ending Zivug [coupling], the complete perfection of the soul, until he is rewarded with repentance from love (Baal HaSulam, Letter No. 19).

Question: It is so poetically written here that he then always goes from strength to strength, with yearning and longing, in a never-ending Zivug. How can one reach such a high state?

Answer: If a person constantly directs himself toward greater connection with the Creator, by striving to feel it, he gradually begins to sense it. Continuous merging (Zivug) is when you constantly desire to be connected with the Creator and direct your sensations toward knowing Him. And thus, you move toward Him.

Question: Do true Kabbalists direct all their sensations, everything that happens to them throughout the day, toward the Creator and connect with Him through this?

Answer: Certainly. Is there anyone else besides the Creator? He is the root of everything, and a person directs himself toward Him.

Question: How do they not lose this focus on the Creator?

Answer: Through their own effort and personal prayer.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/31/23, “Conduct War Like King David”

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Focus on the Creator

231.04The covenant of the eyes, which is caution from looking at women. And the prohibition on looking is not necessarily because it might lead to a thought. Rather, the real reason is that it extends from a very high root: This caution is because if one is not careful, he might come to look at the Shechina [Divinity] (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 67, Depart from Evil).

To look at the Shechina means that a person will want to receive all the pleasures of the world for himself, not in order to bestow, but for himself.

But if we aim for the goal, that is, to connect with the Creator, then we must always imagine Him before us and direct our gaze only to this most desirable goal for us and focus only on it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson on the article 11/1/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Depart from Evil“

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The Need for the Creator

276.02Question: What does the state of “I always imagine the Creator in front of me” mean?

Answer: You must imagine that the Creator is always ready to communicate with you. Always!

Question: How can I maintain this connection constantly?

Answer: This is possible only if you have a reason for it: that you need the Creator and that He may need you.

Question: Is it impossible to turn to Him without a reason? Do you need to have a good reason?

Answer: Of course. You must feel that you need the Creator and what for. Thus, express it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Acknowledging the Desire“

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May the Creator Gather Us into One Nation

944Question: I want to understand what I should wish for during the day, what Creator will people discover for themselves?

Answer: A Creator who can unite all people into one group, into one nation—the nation of the Creator. That is when we will be in the right state.

May the Creator gather us into one group, one nation, and teach us how to behave relative to each other and what to think and feel about each other. Otherwise, this whole picture will not end today or tomorrow and perhaps in many, many years.

We must demand from the Creator to show us the right direction in development and the proper position of any nation, all nations of the world, and how they should treat each other.
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From the 1st part the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/30/23, Writings of Rabash “It Is Forbidden to Hear a Good Thing from a Bad Person“

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Prayer Is an Address to the Creator

239Question: What kind of joy comes after prayer?

Answer: Usually after prayer we feel joy because we have told the Creator about our problems, our requests, and what we want from Him, and we are waiting and confident that we will receive it. Therefore, we end our prayer in joy and depart from the Creator.

Question: Can we say that we should rejoice because there is a prayer in which we can feel each other more, connect with each other?

Answer: We must feel each other and connect with each other before the prayer. Before the prayer!

Prayer is a great power; in principle, it is the only way to address the Creator. Everything else is all kinds of praises, but prayer is a real address to the Creator. It is what you want to say to Him, what you desire from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Rabash “The Agenda of the Assembly“

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Turn Criticism into Prayer

600.02Question: In the article “The Agenda of the Assembly” Rabash writes that the left line is the place of prayer. If criticism is revealed, what needs to be corrected so that the criticism turns into prayer?

Answer: We need to correct ourselves. What are you asking for, what request are you turning with? A prayer is a request, and if you do not have a request for something, then you have no reason for a prayer.

Therefore, we must choose those requests, those questions for which we want to receive answers from the Creator. Let us hope that we will do it.

The most important thing is that we have common questions and common answers, and with them we turn to the Creator as if the whole group were one man.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 10/24/23, Writings of Rabash “The Agenda of the Assembly“

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Chosen Ones

943Question: Rabash often writes in his articles that while a person works for his own benefit, the body does not really resist.

We say that we are Israel; the Creator chose us with tweezers and brought us to the group. The realization that we are the chosen ones gives us a very powerful energy. How can I reveal that I am not working for my body?

Answer: Stick to your friends and do everything for their benefit. That is all.

The chosen ones are those who want to rise above their nature and become like the Creator. The chosen ones are those who strive for the quality of bestowal.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/17/23, Writing of Rabash “What Is an Optional War, in the Work? – 2”

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