Question: What does it mean to believe that all states come from the Creator, and how do we come to such faith?

Answer: How do we come to the belief that all states come from the Creator? It is only in the gradual realization that there is none else besides Him.

This happens under the influence of the upper light on us. After all, besides the fact that this light controls everything—inanimate, vegetative, animate nature, and humans—it also wants the element it controls, meaning a person, to feel it.

This is already a new, very special attitude of the Creator toward man. That is, the Creator begins to draw him toward Himself, which arouses in him a sense of Himself. Such attraction can be two-sided.

On one hand the Creator draws a person to Himself; on the other hand He begins to arouse in him all sorts of thoughts, disturbances, and interferences. It is like we are hearing a normal speech broadcast while experiencing some interference on the line. The Creator does the same. He is a master at these things, and we need to work with that.

As a rule the Creator awakens a connection with us and at the same time something negative, that is, all kinds of confusion. Let us say you are looking at me now, listening, trying to grasp my words, and at the same time you are imagining your pillow, which you are falling on. But these disruptions are necessary because that is how you strengthen the connection.

What to do? Ask the Creator. Do not try to cheer yourself up: “Now I am going to do something, drink a cup of coffee, somehow warm up, make myself angry!”. There is no need to wake up your donkey; you need to ask the Creator, “The fact that You give me thoughts about You—thank You! The fact that You give me the desire to sleep instead of listening to the lesson—thank You! And I also want to thank You for  awakening me now and making me even more directed to You.” This is the very best!

You have all the conditions for you to start working on feedback. That is how it is done—very simply.
That is, it is preferable not to make any of your own efforts. There should be only one effort—to turn to the Creator in all situations in life until it becomes clear that there is none else besides Him, that only He is before you.

And your own efforts? There are no efforts. Who are you to perform any spiritual actions, to make any decisions? There can be nothing like that in a person—only an appeal to the Creator!

That is why, it is said: “God grant that you pray from morning to evening.” I prayed, that is, I turned to the Creator, I was in an internal dialogue with Him all the time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/3/19, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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I perceive our world as some kind of imposed barrier between me and the Creator; the meaning of this picture is hidden from me—who supplies it to me, why, and with what purpose. Therefore we must somehow get through these layered concealments in order to grasp Him and begin to reveal Him.

The very beginning of this revelation consists in the fact that first I begin to imagine that everything around me is a picture that the Creator develops through an effort of will. This entire world in its three-dimensional image with all the people acting in it, with everything that happens is what the Creator draws before me.

Second, the fact that I exist with my qualities, properties, desires, my view of this world, and all my initial data—with the help of which I see and feel it exactly like this—is also planned and created in me by the Creator in advance. Therefore the external picture of the world, everything that is around me and inside me and everything that is obtained in the connection between my internal properties and external influences, called “the world”—all is from the Creator.

And where am I myself? I myself am only an effort striving to hold the picture in such a way that everything that is drawn before me is from the Creator. Everything that is in me, all my properties with the help of which I see and analyze this world, also come from Him.

And my efforts, too, probably come from Him. Who prompts me to look for the source of life, the meaning of life, the essence of existence, and why everything happens around me like this is also the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/4/19, The Work in Concealment (Preparation for convention in Moldova)

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Question: How can one achieve joy and perfection without suffering?

Answer: Only through constant prayer.

Question: How do we combine prayer out of hopelessness, i.e., shout about salvation, and at the same time be in joy and perfection?

Answer: Try to do it. There is no rule here except your desire and prayer. As a result, they will find such a combination that the Creator will hear and allow you to adhere to Him.

Question: How can we do this exactly from the strength of the connection in ten?

Answer: What is the problem? Unite with each other and at the same time ask the Creator.

Question: Should we raise this point at the workshop, talk about it, everyone engage in it, and from this, we will come to a unified state?

Answer: Yes.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/6/24, Writings of Rabash “Delight Them with a Complete Building – 2”

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Question: Praying for a friend lifts a person above their body and frees them from egoism. Engaging in prayer for a friend feels like the highest reward. However, my ego puts up a wall in front of me that prevents me from entering this prayer, and it insists that I am unworthy. What should I do in this case?

Answer: What does it matter whether you are worthy or not. You simply desire to enter this state, and that’s it.

Even if you have not earned this reward, demand it anyway. None of us have earned anything. Absolutely nothing. That applies to everyone. So just demand it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/2/24, Writings of Rabash “A Ladder Set on the Earth”

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Question: What does it mean that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob established prayers?

Answer: Our forefathers, known as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, established three prayers. Abraham instituted the morning prayer, which is mandatory. Isaac introduced the afternoon prayer, which is also mandatory. Jacob established the evening prayer, which is optional—you may pray it or not.

This is what we need to know; everything else will come with practice and work on these prayers.

Question: How should one properly pray in the morning and afternoon? Should prayers be read from a prayer book?

Answer: Yes, read them as written in the prayer book. Ideally, pray together with the whole ten.

Question: We say that we should aim for constant prayer. But if there are divisions into morning, afternoon, and evening prayers, what about the times in between?

Answer: During those times, pray on your own.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/24, Writings of Rabash “The Way of the Land Preceded the Torah”

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Question: Can we relate the morning and afternoon lessons to the morning and afternoon prayers?

Answer: No, the lesson is a completely separate action.

Question: How can we accept the pleasures of this world and direct them toward love for the Creator? I am losing interest in the corporeal world and only derive enjoyment from morning lessons and connection. What does this state indicate?

Answer: It indicates that you are being directed to discern what the Creator gives you. In reality, you are receiving everything; you just lack the revelation of it.

Question: What is the true overcoming that ends in prayer?

Answer: True overcoming will always conclude with prayer and the realization that the Creator is giving you everything good.

Question: Darkness is the foundation for light. Can we say that the magnitude of the light is proportional to the depth of the darkness a person goes through?

Answer: Yes, we can. However, a person does not need to wait for darkness to experience greater light afterward. It doesn’t work that way.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/24, Writings of Rabash “The Way of the Land Preceded the Torah”

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Question: What does it mean to turn to the Creator wholeheartedly?

Answer: “Wholeheartedly means all our thoughts, prayers, and goals are aimed only for the sake of the Creator. But we are not there yet. We do not turn to the Creator in complete bestowal between us.

Question: How do you direct all thoughts and desires to the Creator?

Answer: When you imagine that you have the desire for bestowal and ask the Creator for it, He will do it.

After all, the desire for bestowal must prevail over all desires revealed in you. This is a filter through which you look at all desires.

Question: If I have many different desires, how do I place this filter before them?

Answer: Importance! To the extent of the importance to you, be it the Creator or someone else, you will be at one level or another.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/6/24, Writings of Rabash “Delight Them with a Complete Building – 2”

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Question: What are the chosen people?

Answer: The chosen people are the souls who gather together and raise MAN to the Creator so that He will bring MAD to them, and they would unite with the help of this light and receive a portion of advancement to the Creator.

This nation carries a unique ability (Sgula) inherited from their forefathers. It awakens in every person who studies Kabbalah regardless of who he is by origin.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/24/24, Writings of Rabash “Abraham Begot Isaac”

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In matters that are above nature, it is impossible to pray (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 357, “Abraham Begot Isaac”).

Question: What are these things “above nature”?

Answer: Above nature is what we cannot pray for because have not reached that level, it is above our head, above our prayers.

In order to pray for the quality of bestowal, which is above our nature, we need to enter a state that explains the situation in which the Kabbalist who composed this prayer was. Then we will begin to understand and reveal the prayer that a person must raise in his state. We are, as it were, replenishing his work.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/24/24, Writings of Rabash “Abraham Begot Isaac”

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Question: Is there any specific order to our connection in the tens? Should we first pray for the ten and then for the world Kli?

Answer: Currently we are not yet a Partzuf with a Rosh, Toch, Sof, ten Sefirot, and surrounding circles of light. We are merely a point around which concentric circles of light radiate.

This point does not yet influence the concentric circles. However, when it transforms into a Partzuf and begins to receive light into itself, then it will affect the surrounding light with its inner light.

Since the Kli is inherently common and includes all souls, even the inanimate, vegetative, and animate parts of creation, the question arises: how should we approach dissemination and in what order?

First and foremost dissemination should be directed toward the Jewish people, as they were once united.

Next, it should extend to the nations of the world, in accordance with their proximity to the process. Gradually, this influence should expand further and further.

For example, if you live in Germany, all German-speaking groups represent the primary field you can influence. Today, however, the Internet makes the entire world accessible to everyone.

Nevertheless, it is essential to consider the readiness of different civilizations. Europe and America are the closest to correction. Other parts of the world are currently more distant from the correct striving toward unity and bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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