Question: Sometimes there are situations when we ask for our friends and realize that our request is egoistic and there is no desire to ask for them at all. But we ask because it is written that a person should always practice Torah and the commandments, even Lo Lishma. Is this the right way to work?

Answer: We really do need to be in a state where we always strive to communicate with the Creator in a state of “Lo Lishma” and then “Lishma.”

Question: Is it possible to add something to these states?

Answer: Whatever each person feels necessary for himself, he will add.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/10/25, Writings of Baal HaSulam, Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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A man’s prayer is the work of the Ruach [spirit], work from Behina Bet, which depends on the speech.It is in high secrets and people do not know that a man’s prayer breaches airs and breaches firmaments, opens doors and rises up (Rashbi, Zohar for All, Vol. 5 “VaYakhel,” “The Ascent of the Prayer”).

It is written that prayer should be offered near a pillar. This does not mean, in fact, a pillar near which one should pray. The point is that all the Partzufim from the world of infinity to our world are arranged in the form of a pillar, where the AHP of the higher Partzuf is located inside the Galgalta ve Einaim (GE) of the lower Partzuf, and so they are all nested into each other.

There is not a single Partzuf that is arranged differently. Each Partzuf is positioned so that its upper part is inside the higher Partzuf, and its lower part is inside the lower Partzuf.

That is, the upper part of my Partzuf is together with the lower part of the higher one, and the lower part of my Partzuf is together with the upper part of the lower one. It turns out that in my upper part (GE) I form the ten Sefirot together with the AHP of the highest, and in my lower part (AHP) I am in the ten Sefirot with the GE of the lower.

It turns out that in the ten upper Sefirot, I am connected with the higher one, and in the ten lower Sefirot with the lower. But where am I? I myself am the part that divides me into two halves; it is called Klipat Noga. It divides the Partzuf in the middle.

Klipat Noga is all of our free choice. If I decide to connect with the higher in the ten upper Sefirot (1) now in order to lift the lowest up (2), and I am working only for this, it means that I am exercising my free choice in Klipat Noga that is in the middle.

The free choice is that I connect with the Creator, with a higher level, in order to correct the lower one. That is how we work.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 8/24/11, The Book of Zohar

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Praying does not mean gathering together at a certain time, weeping, kneeling, and crying out.

Prayer is a collective, huge, purposeful, correct desire that arises in us under the influence of the upper light, Ohr Makif (surrounding light). Such a desire can manifest itself at any moment, and we will feel it as one common whole, in which the Creator will reveal Himself immediately without any intermediate actions.

The spiritual world is not like ours where people gather in one place and mechanically pray. We work together, attract the upper light, and it tightens the final screw in our common system, “seizing” us as we desired.

Somewhere we acted on it correctly, locked ourselves together, and the upper light manifested in us, which is the quality of bestowal and love. In principle, we achieved this ourselves, and the light appeared because we developed a similarity of form with it.

Therefore, this is not an ordinary, conventional prayer, but a joint action of Kabbalists to create one unified desire, which must be connected, woven, and glued together from their individual desires.
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From the 3rd Lesson of the Moscow Congress, 5/2/16

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The ascent of the soul and its completion are primarily when all the souls merge and become one, since then they rise to the Kedusha[holiness], since the Kedusha[bestowal] is one. Hence, the prayer [appeal to the Creator for correction], which is the soul, depends primarily on the unity of souls (Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, Likutey Halachot, “Synagogue Rules,” 1).

A prayer is mainly in public [must be in the group, in the ten] and not alone…(Likutey Halachot [Assorted Rules], “Synagogue Rules”).

Of course, we cannot compare all our requests with one another; we are not yet oriented enough to see our efforts—how our vectors are shaped, what they are directed, how we correct each other, how we support each other, and how we form them all into a single flavor.

Therefore it is said that:

A prayer is mainly in public and not alone, so that one will not be separated and alone, as this is the opposite of Kedusha. [bestowal to the Creator]…we must unite the holy congregation together and become one (Likutey Halachot [Assorted Rules], “Synagogue Rules,” Rule One).

This ascent of a common desire precisely from one’s own attempts is complete prayer.

How can we achieve this? This is our primary question, because only through turning to the Creator, “raising MAN, that is, the desire to receive the quality of bestowal that will gather us and reveal the Creator in our unity, can we solve all our problems. And through us, the entire world will feel this revelation.

People will suddenly begin to understand that there is a quality of bestowal in the world, and it is greater than the quality of reception. The quality of reception, that is, our egoism, only conceals the vast, higher, infinite, perfect world from us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/5/19, Preparation for convention in Moldova “Turning to the Creator”

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Question: If the feeling inside my desire is a direct appeal to the Creator, then how will my external connection with other people in the form of a ten or a Kabbalistic group help me form a request to the Creator?

Answer: You cannot appeal to the Creator personally. A request for loved ones, for relatives, for children does not help. We see this from our own lives.

It is possible to appeal to the Creator only through the group with a correctly formulated request. If I am connected with the ten and we together develop one common desire, then this desire is felt by the Creator.

I, as Malchut, am at the bottom. The Creator, as Keter, is above. Through the ten Sefirot (Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hesed, Gevura, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malchut), I must connect with the Creator. If I do not do this correctly, I will not reach the Creator. And when I appeal through the group, I annul myself.

That is, I have to enter the group, dissolve in it, and then my request will be, to some extent, altruistic and not mine personally.

This is how we appeal to the Creator. Otherwise, we have no possibility of doing this.
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From the Lesson in Russian, 11/4/18

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Question: What actions can help one be freed from thoughts about oneself?

Answer: The only action that can truly separate me from thoughts of myself is incorporation into the group. I must do everything in my power until I reveal the inner force of the environment that I have attached myself to; until then, nothing else will help.

At first I perceive the environment as if I were a seed that has fallen into dry sand. But then I begin to see that this is soil that contains certain minerals and moisture that can nourish my growth. This “moisture” is the quality that can soften my egoism so that I begin to desire the attribute of bestowal. And the “minerals” are the light of Hochma, which can provide nourishment for my development. In this way, I begin to receive the lights of Hassadim and Hochma from the environment and grow to the extent that I annul myself before it.

Then I already understand that annulling myself before the environment is a beneficial and correct decision egoistically. For now, it comes from my egoism. I have no intention yet to bestow selflessly. I want to annul myself before them in order to be nourished by their environment and grow. If growth is possible only through bestowal, then I am ready to think about bestowal. But for the time being, it is still a calculation for my own benefit.

I want to acquire the quality of bestowal and become a giver. This is a special kind of egoism; one that leads toward the spiritual world. We will have to change such vestments many times on the way until we reach true bestowal without any calculation for ourselves. In the meantime, we do not know what that is. Only the light that reforms can give us this shape. And along the way we will change many more forms, which are each more cunning and egoistic than the last and which are all opposite to the final form.

At first it seems that we are advancing well, that we have already come close to bestowal and are almost entering the spiritual world. And then suddenly it is revealed that all this was still concealed reception. In this way we continue to develop. The main thing is to constantly receive support from the environment, to annul ourselves before it, and not to fear any states because you are on the path.

What is needed is a collective prayer, that is, for my thoughts and desires become the same as the inner thoughts and desires of the group, that I delve ever deeper into the group and want to flow together with everyone in one current to such an extent that wherever they go, I go, without any criticism from myself. This is called collective prayer. What everyone wants, I want too.

For me society is not something external, but the inner desire of the group, although later I will discover that the same force acts within all external people as well.

In summary, if I wish to advance correctly, I have to do everything possible to join the group and not look at external faces, but at the inner thoughts and desires, and strive to unite with them. This is what collective prayer means. Whatever this society desires, whatever it strives for, I join them and I yearn for the same.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/27/11, “Preparing for the New Jersey Convention”

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We all understand how important prayer is, which emanates from our connection with each other, from a common heart. It has the power to rise directly to the Creator and enter into Him so that He will feel that we are all directed in only one direction: toward the connection between us and Him. Let’s hope that we will be able to do this. May the Creator help us!

The main thing is to achieve the right prayer, the right desire, by uniting all hearts into one heart, and from it raise our request to the Creator. We will try to create this common force, which is all directed at the Creator, and it will help us rise to the Creator and embrace each other. And then we will surely receive the same answer from Him. The Creator will embrace us all together and unite us into one body with this embrace.

Proper prayer is a request that comes from our common heart and reaches the “heart” of the highest level. Each of us joins this common heart, which aspires directly to the Creator and is included in Him. We have no other desire, and there is no other place for us but to feel ourselves at this central point of connection between all of us and in union with the Creator.

The task of every person at the congress is to find a way to unite with his ten and all the other tens into one big spiritual Kli, and to unite this common Kli with the Creator. That is, to unite into “one man with one heart” and thereby reveal the Creator.

We all cancel ourselves out and want to unite together into one desire in order to feel and reveal the Creator in this desire. Even if we are still far from each other, our desire to unite will bring us closer and raise our bond to the height of “one man with one heart.” And from this point, we will feel fused with the Creator into one whole.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/9/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 1

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Question: We are supposed to receive the light in order to pass it on to our friends. How should we correctly approach this understanding?

Answer: You must appeal to the upper Partzuf, the Partzuf of Adam Kadmon. It is He who grants you the ability to perform restriction (Tzimtzum), to establish a screen (Masach), to raise reflected light (Ohr Hozer), and to receive in order to bestow (Lekabel al Menat Lehashpia).

All these actions can only be carried out with His help. The upper Partzuf must perform these actions upon you after you express your desire for them to take place.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/25, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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It is said in the “Assorted Rules” that “a prayer is mainly in public and not alone, so that one will not be separated and alone, as this is the opposite of Kedusha. Rather, we must unite the holy congregation together and become one.” And this prayer in the society, precisely when they gather together and wish to unite the souls, is the perfect prayer.

Now we are in a state where we can achieve the connection of our desires and form the common desire called a prayer.

This is not about the prayer that people raise in temples or churches. A prayer is shared common desire in spite of the egoistic separation, when we rise above it and try to connect our impulses toward the Creator, so that together, precisely together, between us, in the common desire, in which there is no longer each one of us, we reveal the Creator.

That is why we gather at such events as a convention. Its main essence is to create conditions that we may ask together. And everything else we can receive without coming to such gatherings.

We must correctly use every opportunity given to us: to rise every moment above all disturbances to connection between us, and in this connection to express the request to the Creator, that He reveal Himself in us as the quality of bestowal. My feeling of others and caring for them with all my natural abilities is what is called “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Therefore, Baal HaSulam writes: “Turn away from all the imaginary engagements and set your hearts on thinking thoughts and devising proper tactics to truly connect your hearts as one.” Then you will find yourselves in love, which covers all crimes.

I very much ask you: do this. Begin to unite in true love, and you will discover within yourselves the Ta’amim (tastes), that is, the lights, which enter into you.
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From the Moldova Kabbalah Congress, 9/5/19, Lesson 0

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Question: What happens to the heart? Why does it close itself off in prayer? Yesterday, it begged and pleaded with the Creator, and today, the mind dictates prayer. Does the heart really need pain and blows to make it speak?

Answer: If you felt real pain and blows, you would respond appropriately. But so far, nothing has been done.

Question: Is what we say from our mind considered prayer?

Answer: No.

Question: So how do you make your heart speak?

Answer: Force it. Put pressure on the heart.
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From the International Kabbalah Convention 10/11/25, “In One Prayer,” Lesson 5

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