Question: Is the only way to prove the general law of the universe (without yet feeling it) to see that without it, I feel bad?

Answer: Of course. Nothing more is needed! Humanity is not at all required to suddenly engage in spiritual searches. All of this is very practical, real-life stuff. You can see for yourself, nobody comes in any other way.

The question is, how much suffering can we save ourselves by coming to it earlier? Is there any doubt that with blows, you can make a person do anything? There is no problem! Maybe we are incapable of that, but from above, it is absolutely possible.

That is why there is just one small opportunity by asking, “What is the meaning of my life?” and to immediately find the answer through the group. If we do not find the answer, an even greater, more painful question arises, and then another, and another.

Now the question is different. How are those who already know the answer obligated to help those who do not yet know, but are suffering? Here is where mutual obligation comes into play. If you know all this, you are obligated to spread this knowledge and ensure that others come to understand more quickly that there is a system behind the “blows,” that they have a source and a purpose, that all of them lead a person to such a state in which he would rise above his life, transition from action to intention, and enter a different dimension of existence.

And when he truly enters that dimension where the souls reside, that will be an entirely different existence. He will identify himself with that field called the Creator, the upper force, or the general law, and there, there is no life and death, completely different values exist there, and everything is different.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: Should the correct intention be attached before every action or is it enough to set it once in advance?

Answer: The correct intention must be attached before each action and renewed every second because it constantly slips away. The difference between moments lies in the change of intention! Focus only on it and you will discover that intention changes the action.

Each time it must be “revived” anew, or you must remain continuously connected to that intention and pay attention to it alone. Then you will discover that it is through intention and not through actions that you change reality. You will reveal that you are in a world of intentions.
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From the 1^st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Therefore, the Creator gave him the above warning, “no less,” but offered them the true nature of the work, in all its sublimity, expressed in the words, “a kingdom of priests.”

Regarding the reward that is defined in the words “a holy nation,” he was warned, “no more” (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

The words “no more” and “no less” essentially speak about one’s attitude toward the system.

What does “a kingdom of priests” mean? It means not for one’s own sake. It refers to a correction that is not intended for me; I cut myself off from personal interest. In everything I do and carry out, in everything that will happen, there is no “I.” My “I” is, so to speak, completely absent from reality. My concern is that reality should exist and not that I should exist in it. This is called “a kingdom of priests.” And we must reach “no less” than this correction.

The words “no more” imply the form of work with AHP. One may engage with the AHP only in such measure and with such Aviut, that it is always “no more” than in order to reach adhesion for the sake of bestowal.

In this way, the distinction between the work according to the principle of “no less” with vessels of bestowal, and the principle of “no more” with vessels of reception is expressed. Baal HaSulam formulates it in this way.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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If someone is disturbing me, I have to accept it as “help against me,” which shows me where I have not yet adhered to the Creator.

It is through this disturbance that I am getting closer to the Creator, and therefore I wish this person all the best, and bless for the bad as for the good. After all, it is due to these disturbances that I have the opportunity each time to ascend toward the Creator. Without them, I would not be able to advance.

Therefore, on one hand, in material life I must defend myself and fight against such disturbances. But in essence, in my inner work, I fully accept them and give thanks for all the bad as for the good.

It is precisely such disturbances that bring us correction, even though they cost us much effort, money, and time. The main thing is to relate to them correctly, that is, to wage war against them in order, above them, to ask for adhesion with the Creator.

I understand that the Creator has sent me these disturbances, and I want to adhere to Him along with them. After all, my devotion to the Creator is tested by the strength with which I adhere to Him.

Let’s say there is a five kg load that I want to attach to the ceiling. For this, I need glue that can hold at least five kg and some more for security. Therefore I evaluate the strength of the glue by the weight of the load. If I attach the load and it falls, it means that the glue is weaker than the weight of the load. That is, my devotion to the Creator is less than the disturbance He sent.

But if I ask the Creator to help me adhere to Him with a force greater than the disturbance, and I stick to the ceiling along with this whole problem, it means that I acquire faith above reason, the force of adhesion, which is more powerful than the disturbance felt within reason.

The glue that I receive from the Creator is the light that comes to me at my request, the power of bestowal, Bina, with which I adhere to the Creator in bestowal to Him. I want to adhere to Him over this disturbance that He pushes me away from Himself with so that all transgressions will be covered with love for the Creator.

There is no righteous who has not sinned. We always fall by focusing on the disturbance itself, on the person causing us problems, or on the situation. We are never prepared for the disturbance because each time it is new, a new Reshimo from the breaking is revealed. And we are forced to fall and succumb to deception, as if the problem did not come from the Creator.

But the very next moment, it is necessary to return to the correct perception. This is called the “devil’s pinch”; a light pinch is enough to bring one to their senses.

At first, I cry “ouch” from the feeling of the disturbance, and the second “ouch” is from the realization that this is not a disturbance, but the Creator is pulling me to Himself. All of this happens in a single breath. The only response to every disturbance is to adhere even more strongly to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/24/19, “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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How does one analyze and verify their internal structure? It becomes clearer time after time. Does a newborn baby who does not need legs yet not have them? He has them! But why if he doesn’t need them yet? Let them grow in a year! But no…

We obviously do not feel it, but even the parts we do not feel until later are already developing. All of them are in our inner development.

Question: All our actions, such as mutual guarantee, are a means to merge with the Creator. Merging is the reward I want to receive. Do I need to check the desired reward more carefully: what exactly will it give me? Or is it better to leave this clarification for later; when it is needed, everything will manifest?

Answer: “The final action is in the initial thought.” We cannot begin any action unless we prioritize the ultimate goal. It must be at the start; otherwise, the action itself, or the intention, or the thought, will simply be animalistic.

Such a person is called “unbalanced in his consciousness.” If one does not know why he is acting, if he does not have a clear goal, he is called confused, or a child, or insane.

Question: Then I want to understand what kind of adhesion it is I should make an effort to achieve?

Answer: Imagine the ultimate goal to the extent you have clarified it, no matter to what extent. The main thing is that you somehow “grab it by the tail” and say: “There it is! I am working toward it. Now I have to do this and that to ultimately achieve it.”
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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The soul of Abraham, like all souls, is a result of the shattering of Adam HaRishon. Within all these souls are various parts, and as they naturally unfold from the beginning of correction to its end, this leads to the emergence of special souls who begin to feel that the world is not as it appears to the rest of the souls.

The feelings of the souls stem from the fact that their discernments have not yet reached a sufficient measure to reveal and feel that although the outer picture of the world seems to contain many separate forces, there exists a deeper picture in which all those forces are governed by a single force.

We are precisely in such a state since in our attitude toward life, we do not perceive it as governed by a single force that influences us with a single intention that wishes to bring us pleasure. We do not understand that the Creator’s attitude toward us is revealed in various forms according to the changes in our own state. Yet He Himself is one, unique, and unified.

The contrast between Terach and Abraham essentially repeats itself among us in the fact that we, like Abraham, want to reveal something different from what the world sees and from what we ourselves were in our previous state, which is called “the previous generation.”

A special readiness in the soul is needed in order to feel the demand to reveal nature, all of reality, as a single system, a single force, a single thought.

This idea can be grasped only by the most “refined” layer of souls that emerge as a result of the shattering of Adam HaRishon. Then, more and more souls can begin to join them. From generation to generation, the desire to receive increases within all souls. The souls of the earlier generations are essentially the same souls that return in later cycles, only with an added desire to receive, with the revelation of “coarser,” more substantial Reshimot.

But since the souls go through suffering in this world precisely because they become coarser, these sufferings prepare them to begin asking questions and to increasingly feel that something is missing, something that would bring order and unify all the forces of reality, to feel that behind all the diversity of visible forces there must be a single program, a single thought.
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From the 1^st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: You said it is possible to test how much you can use the desire to receive for the sake of bestowal. How can I draw this line to use one part of the desire for bestowal and not the other?

Answer: This can only be done based on our work, from our efforts.

Question: How can I use part of the joy for the sake of my friends, for the sake of the Creator, but not for myself?

Answer: I see that I can work with such pleasures that I receive in order to bring joy to my friends. That is clear to me.

Therefore when the Creator demands certain actions from me, I can do it: I can receive for His sake.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/7/25, “Everything is Obtained by the Power of Prayer”

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Question: How can I gain the strength to remain in intention 24 hours a day?

Answer: A group can obligate you, not by force, but through influence. It can make you want this; you will think about it day and night, and this idea simply will not leave you.

Question: In an elevated state, I can still maintain such an intention, but what should I do when there is no desire?

Answer: You must begin to live within intention, rather than through actions. It is a different dimension: I do not live by actions and relationships; I live inside the intention! Me and the Creator—how do I relate to Him? To remain in this intention at all times.

If you enter such a state for the full 24 hours, it means you cross the Machsom and enter the spiritual world. After all, the spiritual world is your attitude toward the Creator based on your intention toward Him.

Of course, when this happens, you are filled with something entirely different, your concerns shift; you live by this! So do not be afraid!

Then, whether you are studying, eating, drinking, indulging in material pleasures, whatever it may be, you remain in this intention. We are capable of this. I promise that it will happen.
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From the 1^st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: We see how difficult it is for us to maintain the correct intention. So what can we even say about the whole world?

Answer: That is true. But as we study in the wisdom of Kabbalah, there is nothing but intention. The whole issue lies in realizing its importance.

Either you will attain the importance of your attitude toward reality and toward the Creator, through your own free choice or He will instill this importance in you through suffering. Choose one or the other, but you will have to do it based on importance. Importance is what you must attain. Either blows will provide it for you, or attention. That’s all. Now decide!

Today when you tell the people of Israel that another catastrophe could befall them, one even more terrible, you hear in response: “God forbid! What are you talking about?! How dare you?!”

But I only want the full importance, the full seriousness of the situation to be realized; therefore, I speak of potential disaster before it arrives. “No! Absolutely not!” they say, burying their heads in the sand.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/13/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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The Mitzva, “Love your friend as yourself,” is more important than one who makes the sacrifice (Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]”).

What does the act of “sacrifice” represent? A person corrects one of their 620 desires and turns it toward bestowal; this is called “offering a sacrifice to the Creator” because through this correction, they draw closer to the Creator (the Hebrew word “Korban”—“sacrifice” comes from “Karov”—“close”).

Thus, any sacrifice from the still, vegetative, or animate levels brought by a person in this world symbolizes the gradual correction of all 620 desires with the intention to bestow.

Naturally, this is not about what to do with animals, wheat, wine, water, or blood, whatever was used at the altar. All these things do indeed take on physical form in our world, but their true meaning lies in the spiritual realm where the soul, made up of 620 desires, is being corrected.

In the process of correcting the desires, the commandments between a person and their friends are more effective than those between a person and the Creator.

Why? Baal HaSulam explains that we must correct our desires by shifting their intention from receiving to bestowal. In working with friends who are close to us in quality and in sharing the same goal, we can do this more effectively than with the Creator. He is concealed; His response is not directly felt by us. But our relationship with Him must be constant, just as His laws toward us are unchanging.

However, we are still in uncorrected vessels. Our states constantly fluctuate and disappear, so we are not yet able to enter into a connection with Him that would influence us effectively.

Therefore, only our relationships with friends remain the most effective means for advancing toward correction. In other words, the commandments “between a person and their friend” take precedence over those “between a person and the Creator.”

Put differently, the commandment “Love your neighbor as yourself” is far more important than all sacrifices and all other forms of relationship between a person and the Creator because it contributes more to the correction of the soul.
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From the 1^st part from the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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