It is impossible to understand what faith above reason means until a person attains this sensation, this revelation. And the revelation of faith above reason comes simultaneously with knowledge. Right now, we do not know what our mind truly is; it instinctively, subconsciously always strives toward good states and distances itself from bad ones.

I do not have the power to investigate, see, understand, or feel why I act precisely the way I do. Such behavior is already embedded in my nature in advance even before it reaches my sensation, comprehension, or conscious calculation. This is my nature.

It is written: “And He separated the light from the darkness.” This refers precisely to the state when a person begins to feel that his mind is fully governed in everything. Yet he is already able to look at this governance from the side. And from this observation-point, he sees another approach beginning to form within him and preparing to develop.

This means he acquires new desires (spiritual vessels) in which he can separate himself from his initial nature. There he exists together with other souls, together with the Creator, and there operates a different, so-called integral calculation that includes the interests of all to the extent that it has been revealed to a person.

From this zero point, these two directions, reason and faith above reason, begin to develop together: as much the one, so much the other, until we reach the end of correction in both. The reason is the development of my natural, inherent egoistic desire. And above reason is the development of the desire to bestow.

And what separates them from each other is the light. One is always built at the expense of the other. Therefore, the meaning of receiving is to be for the sake of bestowal even though these words seem incompatible and contradictory. But only if reason develops, above it faith above reason develops correspondingly.

The sensation that one is being separated from the other is called the salvation of the Creator. From that moment onward, a person begins to feel new spiritual vessels, new desires, within himself.

This requires a sensory understanding, because the matter being discussed is desire, and reason comes even later.

As long as we are merely trying to attain the desire to bestow, applying effort in the study and in the group, it is considered the time of preparation. We still do not possess spiritual desires, and therefore, we have not yet reached that zero point from which the two branches reason and faith above reason begin to grow. It is precisely from there that we begin to work with faith above reason, not during the preparation stage.

Then we constantly move from one to the other: from reason we rise into above reason, and then fall back. One must sink completely into reason in order to rise from within it to faith above reason. Reason is necessary in order to rise above it.

The only thing we have is the desire to receive pleasure. And it must be revealed in order for us to learn how to work with it in reverse form.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/2/11, Baal HaSulam, Shamati 207 ”Receiving In Order to Bestow”

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Question: Is there any parallel between the development of the spiritual embryo and the embryo in our world?

Answer: The development of a spiritual embryo occurs in the same way as in a human in our world.

Question: As a rule, an embryo has stages of development according to a pattern. For example, a cell is formed on the first day, then the pregnancy develops further strictly according to days an hours including the attachment to the uterus and other processes.

Why do they occur exactly this way and what do they reflect? Is it possible to convey something through this by studying this process?

Answer: I do not understand what does “to convey” mean? To whom and what? I know that I have to define a higher instrument, property, object, desire relative to myself; it doesn’t matter what I call it. I have to attach myself to it.

When I begin to attach myself, I form myself relative to it, I create a cell from myself that is built over the course of three so-called spiritual days: the right, the left, and the middle line. I finished, created a cell, and that’s it, I’ve attached to the upper.

And then I begin to develop. My egoism grows and I am above it, opposite to it, as I am attached to the upper. The ego pulls me back into desires to receive, and I, by annulling them, attach to the altruistic desires of the upper. This is how I struggle with these two forces and build myself between them on the middle line.

Question: Does this whole process take place in the womb?

Answer: “In the womb” means annulling oneself in relation to the qualities of the upper, the qualities of bestowal and love.

Question: And then the fetus grows. At about five weeks all the systems begin to form, and by three months, the entire embryo. If you take any animal, absolutely everything in the world is built according to this principle. And is this exactly the same as the birth of a person in spirituality, his point in the heart?

Answer: Of course.

Question: But ultimately, birth occurs. This is about crossing the Machsom?

Answer: Yes.

Question: A person transitions into a new reality after passing this entire path in the womb?

Answer: Yes, from a closed space he transitions into an open one.

Question: Does this happen within the same physical parameters, meaning he comes out from the mother’s belly?

Answer: This is a completely different attachment to the upper. He becomes independently higher, and therefore feels himself differently.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Birth and Death” 9/18/10

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Question: Recently, in the ten, we increasingly feel unity and even the presence of the Creator. Can it be said that we are transitioning to the degree of the revelation of His face? Does this transition occur gradually or is it a leap after which it will become clear to us that we will never again return to our foolishness?

Answer: It happens gradually until it becomes the revelation of the Creator. And then a person understands where he is now.

Question: Must the entire ten track this revelation together?

Answer: Not necessarily, but everyone must strive for it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson, 12/11/25, Baal HaSulam, Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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Question: What stage of the path is it when a person moves from ascent to ascent?

Answer: A person approaches a state in which he fully feels himself as being within the Creator.

Question: I thought that the greatest descents occur before Gmar Tikkun, like with the Baal Shem Tov or with Shimon “from the market.” But here it turns out that there is a stage of ascent after ascent, without descents. I want to understand where this stage of work is.

Answer: Let us look at where a person begins. He begins with the desire to draw closer to the Creator, to draw Him into his life, to not detach from this, and to constantly dwell in adhesion with this state.

What must he do for this? He must sense his states, choose from them those in which he can rise to the Creator, and by this strengthen himself and cling to the Creator. This is what it means that he strives to make the Creator a witness so that the Creator will testify about him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson, 12/11/25, Baal HaSulam, Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot

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Question: Let’s say a person is studying Kabbalah. But in the world around him all kinds of negative actions, hatred, intimidation, etc. are happening. You say: “It does not have any effect. Follow a clear path toward the goal. And everything that happens is, as it were, special effects that distract you; they simply divert you from the main path.”

But what for? If a person does not pay attention to these “special effects” and focuses on the goal, why are they needed?

Answer: It is in order to work them through. You must rise above them and connect with the goal. These “special effects” and everything that is created in the world are needed to direct you toward the goal, to lift you up, to sharpen your movement, and to accelerate it. Only for this! It is in order to more sharply orient you on the goal and accelerate the movement toward it. Nothing else.

Comment: So if someone puts a knife to your throat, you say, “Excuse me, I have to run to the lesson now”; or something else. And you say: “Don’t be afraid, it is all for your own good.”

Answer: Yes, this is how everything is arranged. And this is felt when a person works on himself in order to somehow create the image of the Creator within himself. He sees that from all these images that are created by him, before him, inside him, and outside of him are all so that he can correctly form the image of the Creator within himself.

Image means qualities, not some visual image, but, let’s say, character. The character of the quality of bestowal and love.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. External factors or why does everyone hate Jews?” 9/14/10

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Question: The Creator testifies about a person. Does this occur at the beginning of the degree of reward and punishment, or is it when he has completed this measure of effort and passed this degree?

Answer: It occurs at the beginning.

Question: Does a person work with the correction of desires in direct connection with the Creator, meaning that he sees the result of his actions?

Answer: Yes.

Question: If a person has been rewarded with the revelation of the face, then from this point onward, what does his freedom of choice consist of?

Answer: He must constantly raise himself to a level that is above his personal desires. That is all.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/11/25, Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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When will one be certain that he has been granted complete repentance? For this, one is given a clear sign: “When He Who knows the mysteries testifies that he will not return to folly.” This means that he will attain the revelation of the face, at which time His salvation itself will testify that he will not return to folly (Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“).

Question: What does it mean that a person will never again return to folly?

Answer: It is a state in which a person clearly discerns the degree of his relation to the revelation of the Creator, to his connection with Him. This awareness safeguards him from falling. The Creator reveals His attitude toward him to him, and therefore he will no longer fall.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/11/25, Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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Question: Can you give an example of how to rise above an egoistic state?

Answer: The most common state a person goes through is when something “unpleasant” is orchestrated from above, some kind of negative incident, and then they are manipulated, supposedly revealing it to the whole world. Because of this, a person finds him or herself in a constrained, intensely anxious, stressful state, terribly afraid for their good name.

They are pressured from above to show how much they love themselves and how unwilling they are to sacrifice their ego for any thoughts about spirituality, how they are even ready to run away from spiritual work just so they would not be exposed or revealed in any way, so that their insignificance would not be shown. These are the usual exercises carried out from above on our egoism.

But it is easy to talk about this, and when you are actually in such states, living through it is almost impossible. A person constantly wavers on this borderline, back and forth: either spirituality is important to me, or my ego, my shame. They keep examining and re-examining this. This condition is given so that they constantly try to understand that they must follow the path of bestowal and rise above their shame. This cannot be ignored.

I believe that one day films and books will be created on this topic and the time will come when it will be published, not only in a purely instructive format as it is today, but also in more popular styles accessible to many.

We know that today our sources are understood by only a small percentage of the population. Therefore, (just as Baal HaSulam dreamed) we will have to write new books, create new films, and new media tools that will emotionally bring a person into these states, because reason alone cannot achieve much. These tools should prepare a person through feelings, inner definitions, and inner analyses for the perception of spiritual influences.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Over the Machsom” 9/12/10

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Day and night can be defined by sunrise due to the Earth’s rotation. But what is the day of the Creator and the night of the Creator? How do I check where the day and the night are? Of course, this has nothing to do with astronomy or the physical world because forces of the inanimate level operate in it.

The day and night of the Creator refer to the states one goes through. The more one advances and identifies oneself with the Creator, the closer a person gets to Him, and accordingly feels what day is and what night is for the Creator. A person feels the changes of states accompanying this process. There are no changes in the Creator; it is the person who decides whether it is the night or day of the Creator.

There is no day without night and no night without day. The Torah, of course, talks about days and nights in the spiritual sense, about the day and night of the Creator. We need to delve into these concepts and begin to live according to spiritual days and nights and realize the whole process of our development and the endless evolution of the eternal spiritual nature.

In our spiritual work, a person must come to the point where darkness shines as light and evening and morning become one day.

During the day of the Creator, all prayers are answered because at that time I am close to the Creator and in direct connection with Him: I am to Him, and He is to me. This is called the day of the Creator. Then the Creator accepts my prayers, and I understand what the Creator is addressing me with. In fact, we are always in connection with the Creator, but I do not understand it, nor do I realize that I am in contact with Him.

Waiting for the day of the Creator means striving for faith above reason, for the qualities of bestowal. Faith must become so strong that we can clearly see the Creator’s benevolent governance of the world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/14/20, Baal HaSulam, Shamati 16 “What Is the Day of the Lord and the Night of the Lord, in the Work?”

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Question: Is everything we do during the preparation period aimed at becoming disillusioned with our abilities?

Answer: Of course! The first phase is necessary to confirm that my entire being is singularly egoistic in all my thoughts, actions, and desires.

This egoism disconnects me from the Creator; that is the main point. I am not just an egoist, no. The egoism disconnects me from the Creator so much that I start to get angry at myself, at others, and at Him, and wonder why this is happening. I am in a struggle between Him and me and don’t know whether to justify Him or not for what is happening to me.

The most unpleasant, terrible things, happen to me with such inner scrutiny and analysis that an ordinary person does not face. To show me the lowliness of egoism, I am given situations in which I am terribly embarrassed in front of society and very afraid of “exposing” my bad thoughts and desires so as not to be judged or marginalized.

Such sensations are deliberately sent from above to shake a person so he would rise above his states, will not treat them carelessly, and would realize they are all products of his egoism. That is, in order to be in the property of bestowal, you need to think not about yourself, but you must be above yourself, not to avoid shame, but to truly reveal that the property of bestowal is worth paying anything for.

Thus, there are such internal scrutinies that you cannot describe. I believe that, in the future, there will be works of art that describe what Kabbalists discuss in their articles, but in a more artistic, psychologically detailed form.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Over the Machsom” 9/12/10

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