Question: We constantly ask the Creator for the whole society to become one big family. But judging by the fact that we must go by faith above reason, we cannot do it within reason in order for it to be realized.

Let’s say we asked the Creator, “Please make sure that everyone lives together in peace,” but this does not happen. Should I just annul and assume that everything is fine, because otherwise next time I will not be able to ask for it to be realized?

Answer: You must ask for connection with your friends and with the Creator in one state, in the same bundle.

But if you made a request once and left it, then your desire was not real, not serious.

Question: And if I go above reason, will I be able to see the result?

Answer: You will see the result, but after the action is over. By connecting to your source, you will begin to receive filling from it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 1/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Embrace of the Right, Embrace of the Left”

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Question: For the Creator to fulfill our requests, we need constant revelation of desires.

Does the Creator’s response depend on whether a person fulfills the desire for bestowal in suffering through connection and prayer, or in the same form, but in joy, thanking and exalting the Creator?

Answer: In both situations there is a connection with the Creator.

The Creator is playing with you. He asks you questions, and you feel whether these are His questions or yours, then He answers them explicitly or implicitly. Thus, by playing with you, He gradually leads you to a state of Lishma (for the sake of others).
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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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Although one can work devotedly, he is unable to determine if this devoted work is appropriate or not… (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 187 “Choosing Labor”).

A place for devoted work is formed when a person feels in his heart that he can sacrifice everything for the sake of the Creator. This does not happen immediately, but rather very slowly, gradually, and the Kabbalist feels it within himself.

Question: What does such a state, such a thought lead to? Does this bring contentment to the Creator?

Answer: That is not the point. The Creator knows what a person is capable of and what he is not capable of in all circumstances. When giving a person some tests, the Creator knows the outcome. Tests are needed only for the person himself, so that he can check whether he can cope with them or not, understand them correctly or not, etc.

Question: Let’s say a person understands that he really wants to sacrifice everything, but he cannot. What is this condition?

Answer: If he cannot sacrifice everything for the sake of becoming one with the Creator, then he has the opportunity to pray and ask, and in the end, he will reach his goal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/25/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Choosing Labor”

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Question: Can we say that the external wars that are taking place in the world now are a consequence of the fact that we are not fighting enough internally with the so-called nations of the world?

Answer: Yes, that is right. Since we are not united internally, various problems arise in the world, and therefore, the whole world screams that Israel is to blame for everything.

Question: Is it really only prayer that can transfer these external wars into internal ones?

Answer: I think so, because we have already fought enough, and it did not help. Nothing in the world will help in any war.

We must come to the decision that help can come only if our hearts are united.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/21/23, Writing of Rabash “And It Shall Come to Pass When You Come to the Land that the Lord Your God Gives You”

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Question: A person can cry when turning to the Creator with any intention. What is the best intention on our part?

Answer: When a person feels that he has no strength to overcome the barrier that the Creator has created before him and he asks the Creator to remove it.

Question: Sometimes it seems that crying works as a kind of purification, but after I am cleansed, I am filled with even more egoism. Why does this happen?

Answer: It is arranged so that you cry from the egoism growing in you, then from even greater and greater one, until you realize what a bottomless egoism you have and start screaming that you cannot tolerate it. This is when the Creator will correct you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “My Soul Shall Weep in Secret – 1”

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Tears in the spiritual sense mean a feeling of powerlessness. Crying is a request from the depths of the heart to come closer to the Creator, i.e., they are an expression of a real desire.

Question: Do we reach the gate of tears only through suffering, or does fear of the Creator lead us to them?

Answer: First of all, it is through fear before the Creator. It is not just fear, but also respect and inner vibrations. After all, it is the cumulative feeling of the Creator in all your qualities that will lead you to contact with Him.

Question: Where am I going through the gate of tears?

Answer: Through the gate of tears, we pass to Gan Eden (Garden of Eden).
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “My Soul Shall Weep in Secret – 1”

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Question: It happens that when you turn to the Creator, there is a feeling of inspiration and relief, and sometimes, on the contrary, there is a feeling of dissatisfaction and emptiness.

What does this mean?

Answer: It means that you are dissatisfied with the Creator.

Question: If I feel depressed in relation to what is happening in the world, does this mean that I lack faith above reason? How do I switch to the positive?

Answer: Connect to your friends and raise your head to the Creator, but not physically. Just raise your questions to the Creator with a request for Him to answer them.
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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: Is it possible to soften my heart with the help of individual prayer and free it to receive the Creator? If it is possible, then how can I correctly build the intention for this individual prayer?

Answer: I think it is very difficult to do this alone. It is better if all the friends in the ten ask together with you.

Question: Should they ask with me or for me?

Answer: With you and for you, and all together for someone, it does not matter. The main thing is to turn to the Creator.

Question: How do we prepare to stand before the Creator with a true prayer that He will answer?

Answer: Every day, in every appeal to the Creator, we must ask Him for the same thing, the most important thing is to have a connection with Him through the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “My Soul Shall Weep in Secret – 1“

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Question: You said that a ten can open any gate in spirituality. Which ones exactly?

Answer: There are many gates that we have to go through, but the most important gate is the gate of tears. When a person has no strength left to turn to the Creator and is convinced that he is a loser and nothing will help him, then he bursts into tears and the Creator opens the gates to him.

Everyone who comes closer to Him passes through this gate.

Question: What should you ask Him at the moment when you really see that you are a failure?

Answer: Explore what you need, and ask for it.

Question: But what about the quality of bestowal? We are studying that we should ask precisely for it.

Answer: But if you don’t have any impulse for that, then what are you going to ask for?

Question: Is it important to just ask for what you lack, or to ask to be in connection with the Creator?

Answer: It depends on what you choose. Don’t make me choose for you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/24/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “My Soul Shall Weep in Secret – 1“

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Hence, one needs to pray pleadingly that the Creator will show him the truth by adding to him the light of the Torah (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 47 “In the Place Where You Find His Greatness”).

Question: It turns out that a person asks the Creator to reveal the truth to him, meaning, his evil inclination. This is a prayer from the left line. Is such a prayer correct?

Answer: No, we must ask the Creator to reveal the truth to us and shed light on our present state.

We need to relate all states, whatever they may be, to the Creator and try to see through them how the Creator wants to bring us closer to Him.

We need to reveal a constant connection with the Creator. That is what we have to think about and ask for.
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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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