Entries in the 'Spiritual Work' Category

Love for No Reason

628.2Question: Should we love creatures for being creations or for their qualities?

Answer: I love creations because I am commanded to love them for no other reason.

Question: Should I hate the hatred within myself?

Answer: Toward others yes if you have hatred toward them.

Question: How can I request this, as I see that I do not have this desire within me?

Answer: Try acting automatically.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/22/24, Writings of Rabash “Anyone with Whom the Spirit of the People Is Pleased – 2”

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How Can You Devote Yourself to the Spiritual Path?

281.02Question: Over the course of studying in the group of ten, we have developed trust in our friends and a sense of responsibility for our actions. But we are afraid that what we are doing is insufficient. How can we devote ourselves to the spiritual path without overthinking?

Answer: To some extent, the number of years you have been studying, the amount of effort invested, and your searches matter. But I do not think it is that critical.

The most important thing is how connected you are with each other. When those who know more and those who know less, those with greater desires and those with lesser desires, all come together, they create one common vessel (Kli). In this common vessel shared desires, shared aspirations, and shared questions lead to the progress of everyone.

Gradually, you will all find balance. Those who have been studying for five years and those for five months will reach a state where they think alike and immerse themselves equally in the material.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/20, “Connecting into One Soul”

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Clarifications in the Process of Studying

79.01Question: The power of despair is a huge force that tears both the heart and the soul. Where does the Creator direct us with this force, and what can I do with it? How can I respond to it?

Answer: This is exactly what we clarify in the process of studying.

We are trying to study the Creator and find out what we need to do in this world, why He created us, and how we can correctly solve the problem of our existence, that is, live our lives in such a way so as to derive absolute benefit from them.

All the conditions are there for this. We must do this, and the science of Kabbalah will help us with this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/20, “Connecting into One Soul”

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Toward a Feeling of Shared Love

938.07Question: How do you develop the need to feel your neighbor’s desire?

Answer: To do this, you need to be in contact with him, to feel him, and help him raise his desire for the Creator.

Question: We know when we are pleasing our father or mother. How can I take the Kelim of the higher one and feel I am pleasing my mother?

Answer: It is said about this that from love for one’s neighbor to love for the Creator. Start with your neighbors. Neighbors are group mates who can help you, and you can help them. And then move on to love for the Creator.

Through love for your neighbor, you form a connection with the Creator. And then you begin to receive strength from Him with the help of which you will feel shared love.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/22/24, Writings of Rabash “Anyone with Whom the Spirit of the People Is Pleased – 2”

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Life-Enriching Knowledge

567.04Question: The love of the Creator should manifest through a friend. Before I came to the science of Kabbalah, I had a cry from the soul. To which Creator was I crying? I believed that I should receive an answer, and the Creator brought me here.

How can I now convey to my friends that faith above reason that I had? After all, it turns out that I had faith above reason. I had a cry from the soul.

Answer: That unconscious cry of a newborn without direction, without intention, is just the beginning of a real desire. So everything will still come.

It is good that you are trying to understand this. I see how you are trying from the first questions to delve deeper into the answers of the science of Kabbalah. This is very good.

Everything will still fall into place, it will dissolve and settle. You will see how this science explains everything that exists to you. You will have no problems connecting Kabbalah with life, with family, with activities. In the end, you will see how all this is distributed throughout your life.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/20, “Connecting into One Soul”

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Don’t Delay Spiritual Development

629.3Question: I love myself with egoistic love, but I must love my neighbor altruistically. How is that even possible and what exactly needs to be done?

Answer: You try and you will see that first it is possible, and second, that it is not so difficult. Approach it gradually.

Question: But I have egoistic love for myself.

Answer: Reason less, strive forward more with your heart, and everything will be fine. Don’t over think; it delays your feelings and your spiritual development.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/22/24, Writings of Rabash “Anyone with Whom the Spirit of the People Is Pleased – 2”

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Love People

294.2Question: What is the difference between loving friends and loving all people?

Answer: There is a big difference between these concepts because loving friends in the group is one thing, but loving just people is another.

Although I have to love both of them, i.e., feel their good and bad feelings as my own.

Question: We are studying how to treat our friends. What about loving people?

Answer: Wishing them well is how love for a person manifests itself. You must love people, and then the Creator will love you to the same extent.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/22/24, Writings of Rabash “Anyone with Whom the Spirit of the People Is Pleased – 2”

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Directing Pleasure toward the Creator

239Question: How can I correctly calculate what portion of pleasure I give to the Creator and not be deceived?

Answer: That is not easy. A person must see how they structure all their pleasures and direct them either toward themselves, their friends, or the Creator.

Question: Where should this work begin?

Answer: It does not matter where. The main thing is that you want to change the cause of this pleasure so that it is directed toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/21/24, Writings of Rabash “Bribing the Sitra Achra”

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Maintain the Correct Intention

204Question: If I realize that I will not be able to maintain the right balance when trying to separate spiritual pleasure from corporeal pleasure, should I abandon this desire?

Answer: No, absolutely not. You must still push yourself and move forward.

Question: What if I was not able to maintain it?
Answer: Next time you will. Ask for forgiveness from the Creator and keep moving forward.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/21/24, Writings of Rabash “Bribing the Sitra Achra”

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From Immersion in Connection

938.02Question: There are generations of Boomers, X, Z, and Y. Now the Alpha generation is growing up. How do we create material that will be interesting to them?

Answer: I think the most important thing for you is to study the wisdom of Kabbalah itself, delve deeply into it, and try to connect it with the questions you receive from the world. It is very important to stay connected with your friends so that from your connection with them, you can form the right answers to all questions.

The point is that by immersing yourself in your friends and the connection with them, you will feel a kind of pleasure that fills you and explains everything to you. This is what you need to reach. When you reach this state, you will have the right foundation for moving forward.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/20, “Connecting into One Soul”

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