However, one must be happy with whatever grip he has on Kedusa [holiness], that even one moment a day is to him a great possession (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 146, “Suffering and Joy”).

A true spiritual moment when a person feels connected with the material being studied and with the Creator is a great asset for him.

The Creator reveals unfamiliar ways to a person, gives him some incomprehensible properties, and causes a person to appear in a state of satisfaction and dissatisfaction. And how should he act in such cases?

He must always understand that it comes from the Creator, even the slightest sensation, and there is no other source. Therefore, a person in his sensations must do everything to bring himself closer to the Creator or the Creator to himself. It is our job.

The quality of a spiritual moment is expressed in the strength and size of the connection with the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/22/24, Writings of Rabash “Suffering and Joy”

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Question: What should we do with our longing for the Creator?

Answer: You should come closer to the Creator, and the longing will transform into happiness and joy.

Question: With what attitude toward your friends do suffering and joy merge into one?

Answer: It is when you connect all your desires, intentions, and aspirations toward connection with your friends.

Question: Can meditation be considered a conversation with the Creator?

Answer: No.

Question: Is joy the result of recognizing one’s abundance from the Creator?

Answer: No, joy is when I receive my corrected qualities from the Creator and direct them to the benefit of humanity.

Question: What contributes more to spiritual advancement: short-term work on the left line or long-term work on the right?

Answer: Both are necessary. One cannot replace the other.

Question: Can music lead to a state of joy and gratitude? How does this work in spirituality? Is there a connection?

Answer: There is a connection, but it is not simple. First you need to enter spirituality and then bring music into it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/22/24, Writings of Rabash “Suffering and Joy”

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Question: What does the ability to justify the actions of the Creator in relation to any creation depend on?

Answer: It depends on the attainment of the whole universe. That is, we need to feel how the Creator is truly good who does good. He desires nothing for Himself and does everything only for us.

Question: What can teach us to immediately justify the actions of the Creator and incline
us and the entire world to the side of merit?

Answer: This cannot be learned. The only thing we need to learn in spirituality is to ask the Creator to influence us with His light.

And then we will naturally begin to feel the governance of the Creator as good, and we will reveal all that exists.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/19/24, Writings of Rabash “You Stand Here Today – 1”

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Question: When I work in a group, there is always anxiety about if I am acting for the sake of bestowal. Sometimes a friend misunderstands you, and then this apprehension just does not let you rest. How can such a situation be balanced?

Answer: You must understand that this is the path of correction given to us to follow.

The path of correction is a long one. You are still in the process of correcting all your desires, intentions, and everything you have in relation to others so that you radiate goodness, are ready to help and elevate them, and bring them closer to the Creator. So don’t worry. Gradually, we will master it all. This path will not escape us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/22/24, Writings of Rabash, Notes 146 “Suffering and Joy”

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Question: What is an illness in spirituality? How can we recognize and prevent it?

Answer: An illness in spirituality is not the power of all sorts of microbes and viruses, but the power of egoism over us. In this case, we are considered spiritually ill. Therefore, we need to recover and maintain such a standard of living so as not to be spiritually ill.

Question: If I feel the pain of separation from the group, the pain of disunity between us, and a reluctance to get up for the morning lesson and unite with my friends, can this be called a disease, and the group is a doctor?

Answer: Yes, it can be seen that way; you’re correct.

Question: How do you deal with such states?

Answer: You should annul yourself in relation to the group. Self-annulment, without questioning whether your friends are right or wrong, is always the correct approach. If the entire group has a unified opinion, you can join it without any further checks.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/16/24, Writings of Rabash “A Near Road and a Faraway Road”

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Question: The evil inclination takes away the taste for work. And if a person still does daily actions of working in the ten and in the world Kli, what happens to the evil inclination? Is it annulled?

Answer: It is changing but very slowly.

Question: How can we speed up this process?

Answer: To do this, you need to work against the evil inclination and be in the right intention.

Question: How can you correctly direct your ten to such an intention?

Answer: By setting an example.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/24/24, Writings of Rabash “One Who Restrains Himself in Strife”

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Comment: In the article “You Stand Today-2,” Rabash writes that one cannot form a covenant alone because individuals are like reeds, but together, like in a bundle, they are strong.

My Response: Yes, one person alone cannot connect with the Creator. It is simply impossible. In the past, there were special souls that were different from ours. But now, a person must be within a group of people that aim toward the Creator.

Question: We did an exercise where our entire ten prayed for the advancement of one friend. But is it possible that this is an egoistic prayer when we pray for just one person?

Answer: Praying for the advancement of one friend is not egoism. But in principle, you should all advance together, and the Creator should move you forward. Therefore, the main thing is that you should try to connect among yourselves so that the Creator is revealed in your feelings.

Question: What is the law of equality between us by which all the goodness cloths upon us?

Answer: Each of you receives the goodness of the Creator in your own way and your own measure. Not everyone receives the same; each person feels it differently.

Question: What does it mean for the Creator to be revealed to us?

Answer: A person receives a feeling of closeness to the Creator.

Question: Before making a covenant, should we clarify the intentions of each friend so that we can build one common intention from individual ones?

Answer: Yes, we are obliged to do this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/20/24, Writings of Rabash “You Stand Today – 2”

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Question: How do I connect my intention with the intention of the group?

Answer: Look at your friends and think about how to adhere to them with one intention, toward one goal, and support each other. Then you will have a wonderful group directed toward the Creator.

Question: Is it similar to making a covenant when the merging of intentions takes place?

Answer: Yes, of course.

Question: What should I do when my intention toward the group is almost always egoistic? How can I not lose faith and what can I do besides praying?

Answer: Besides prayer, there really isn’t much else. But to clarify your attitude to the group and the group’s attitude to you, you need to be closer to it. Then, you will understand where you still need to make efforts, add connections, etc.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/21/24, Writings of Rabash “The Concealed Things Belong to the Lord Our God”

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Thus, those who agreed among them to unite into a group understood that there isn’t such a great distance between them in the sense that they recognize the necessity to work in love of others. Therefore, each of them will be able to make concessions in favor of the others, and they can unite around that (Rabash, Article 8, “Make Yourself Rav and Buy Yourself a Friend -2”).

Of the many desires that exist in each of us, there is one desire that is the same for everyone. It is the desire to attain the Creator, to direct all our gaze toward Him. Each person who agrees to engage in love of others feels that there is no great difference of opinion between them.

If we want to reveal the Creator, but we are all egoists and we all have about the same work to do on ourselves, then by uniting in our efforts, we are able to yield to each other, and then we will be able to unite and reach the Creator.

However, there is a small contradiction here. We can reach the Creator only together, and in order to be together, we need to unite, and in order to unite, we must yield to each other.

Therefore, it is necessary to make a calculation about what is more important: my “I,” a small egoist with his worthless, petty, temporary life, or attainment of the Creator, my future state of eternity, perfection.

And then by throwing my life on the scales to decide what to do, I will be able to yield everything in favor of others in order to achieve similarity to the Creator. Thus, unification will be the most important achievement in my life, my only dream.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: If a person is told about his arrogance, but does not see it in himself even though he understands that it separates him from the group and the Creator, what can help him escape the influence of this trait?

Answer: He should consider this and pray to the Creator to correct this trait within him.

Question: What is arrogance? What is its corrected side?

Answer: Arrogance is the negative side and the positive side is humility, the act of lowering oneself before others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/19/24, Writings of Rabash “You Stand Here Today – 1”

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