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Questions about Spiritual Work—186

281.02Question: We want a high level of development and are thinking not only of our group but of the entire global community and the whole world. How can we pour it all into the world?

Answer: Pour it out all you can. Turn to the Creator and glorify His actions, what you have come to, and what is yet to come.

Question: It is said, “And He was saddened in His heart.” What does it mean?

Answer: This means that a person is always accompanied by a sense of suffering, feeling the suffering of the Shechina.

Question: Which flaw in the work of the ten saddens the Creator the most?

Answer: When a person forgets about Him and prides himself on his abilities, powers, etc.

Question: When the Creator drops one off a degree, a person loses a Kli. Can this be called spiritual death?

Answer: No, this is a spiritual fall but not death.

Question: How do you feel your actual state as acutely as possible?

Answer: Open your heart.

Question: What is the difference between a sincere confession to oneself of one’s sin, of one’s true intentions, and a confession out loud, for example, to like-minded people?

Answer: There is a big difference. It depends on the depth of realization.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/11/24, Writings of Rabash “The Sorrow of the Shechina – 2”

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An Invitation to the Creator’s Palace

938.05Question: It is a special time now, the holidays, and we have the opportunity to take a step forward. How can we be responsible to the Creator for our actions?

Answer: Yes, we have a unique opportunity to connect, reveal the Creator in the connection between us, hold on to Him, and take a step into His palace. I invite you to do this.

Question: But how can we use this opportunity so nothing pulls us in the wrong direction, only forward?

Answer: Hold on to me.

Question: How do we hold on to you? By supporting you and bestowing to you?

Answer: By holding on to each other and the Creator and constantly desiring to stay together so that the Creator is at the center of the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/1/24, Writings of Rabash “The Godliness Made the Concealment”

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What is Awe?

610.2Question: Is awe the same as love?

Answer: Awe is awareness of the greatness of what you are exploring. If you feel both love and awe simultaneously, that is a good feeling.

Question: How can one be direct with the Creator and remain in awe as if He is already revealed?

Answer: You can be absolutely direct with the Creator since you are already naked before Him.

Next, strive to establish a connection in which you sense what He truly intended to convey and how you should respond to Him. Then you will see that His question and your answer align perfectly.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/10/24, Writings of Rabash “How I Love Your Teaching”

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Constant Clarifications

219.01Question: Is the question “What does this work give me” a Hisaron (deficiency) that I address to the Creator and should I try to understand what I want to receive from Him?

Answer: What does the work for the Creator give you? That is something you can only clarify with Him.

Keep asking about this constantly, and after some time you will begin to receive individual answers here and there, which will eventually form a complete answer.

Question: Sometimes it is unclear whether it is the Creator answering me or if it is an egoistic desire with a hidden intention for me. How do I clarify this?

Answer: You do not need to analyze such a situation immediately, instead return to it after some time, and then again, and again. In this way, you will see how your understanding changes depending on your state, on the group, and everything else.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/10/24, Writings of Rabash “How I Love Your Teaching”

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Obstacles Elevate

595.04Question: How can one come to a perfect practice of Torah and good deeds when you feel limited both in intellect and in capabilities?

Answer: A person cannot be completely limited. He is only limited by what he must cultivate within himself. Therefore, he is not faced with any special obstacles.

However, it is precisely those obstacles that a person encounters on his path to development that elevate him and lead to the right closeness to the Creator and resemblance to Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot”

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Where Does the Spiritual Stage Begin?

237Question: On one hand, it is said that “There is none else besides Him.” Every thought, every movement, and every sensation is the Creator. Everything is predetermined. On the other hand you say that every minute a person blames himself and judges others, but this is hidden from him. What should be done?

Answer: The correct attainment of the world begins when a person comes to zero and realizes that he does not exist. Everything is permeated by the Creator, everything is done by the Creator, and it is as if a person does not exist.

That is, all a person’s physical movements, all of one’s thoughts, everything one can imagine as one’s own is the person’s feeling of the Creator, who is in a person and determines all one’s actions, feelings, and plans.

When a person reaches such a feeling, then his or her joint work with the Creator begins. That is when it becomes possible to resolve all the questions that arise within you. Until then, you only need to work on annulling yourself.

It is necessary to strive to feel that there is none else besides Him in the most diverse states. This is the foundation, the first step from which everything begins. And after that, every stage will always begin with “There is none else besides Him.”
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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One Condition for All

944Question: It is said that prayer is the main Kli (vessel) for the presence of the Shechina. How can we find out our common Hisaron (deficiency) so that our prayer, our common Hisaron really becomes a Kli for the presence of the Shechina?

Answer: We want to find a common desire, aspiration, and intention in which we would all fit and want nothing else.

Question: What should be the purity of the request so that everyone has literally one thought?

Answer: The vision of our state in the final goal. We can see and feel this based on the fact that together we awaken the desire for the Creator, and He shapes us accordingly.

Question: How would you describe this state in the final goal that we should equally imagine?

Answer: I would imagine it as one desire, one state for everyone.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/5/24, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 34

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The Right Choice

527.03Question: In Rabash’s article “Seek Peace and Pursue It” it is written that war is a natural state, and people always strive for victory over each other.

But neither a rejecting force nor an attracting force can bring a person to a state of peace (rest). How to use these forces correctly?

Answer: You must constantly check yourself with the force that is within you, determine where the Creator is pulling you and where the body is pulling you, and from these two forces choose who you are with.

Question: It seems to be clear where the body is pulling. But how can I understand where the Creator is pulling me?

Answer: Toward the quality of bestowal. Therefore, the right choice will always be in the direction of the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/9/24, Writings of Rabash “Seek Peace and Pursue It”

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The Ten Is Your Soul

528.01Question: I should always ask for my ten. But I have many friends all over the world. Is it right to ask for your ten first, then for the whole world Kli, and then for the whole world?

Answer: Let’s say you have many friends in the world Kli besides your ten. How should you ask? First for your ten, then for them? Or through your ten for them? Or leave your ten and ask for them?

The question is very specific, and I advise you to understand it clearly. You have nothing outside the ten. The ten is your soul. And if you ask for something or someone else, you should ask only through it.

You can ask your friends to unite to ask for someone outside the ten. But it must be a request from the whole ten. You cannot take your mind off it for anything else.

You can physically help someone in the world, but spiritually, you can only care for someone through your ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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The Point of Connection in the Ten

934Question: Is it necessary to develop sensitivity to broken connections in the ten in order to realize spiritual suffering?

Answer: We do not need to realize spiritual suffering or think about it. We need to build ourselves on spiritual achievements.

Question: What is the identifier of the point of connection for the ten?

Answer: A common connection.

Question: What will each of us feel at this point?

Answer: If each person desires to enter this point of connection, they will feel the same as you do.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/29/24, Writings of Rabash “Happy Is the Man”

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