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Questions about Spiritual Work—136

281.02Question: A big gap is growing between my mind and my heart. The more I strive for bestowal in my mind, the more I feel I do not have this desire, and this causes great suffering. I do not know how to move forward.

Answer: The Creator gives you this specifically so you can strive to Him with great zeal in prayer.

Question: What does it mean: Malchut expands to the border of light, and acquires and absorbs its qualities without any restrictions?

Answer: Since Malchut can carry the qualities of light through itself, it causes such an expansion in itself that it takes in all the light of infinity.

Question: Sometimes you want to pray for the whole ten, and sometimes for each one individually. What pleases the Creator more?

Answer: When you pray for everyone, for the whole group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/23/24, Writings of Rabash “The Desire to Bestow – 1”

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600.01Question: What kind of miracle can we ask the Creator for?

Answer: The miracle of obtaining the force of light above reason.

Question: You said that a person should give what comes to him from the Creator to everyone. Is my good intention alone enough to pass on what comes from the Creator to my friends? Or is it a prerequisite to include their desires in yourself?

Answer: The inclusion of friends is very important. This is the only way to unite in the ten.

Question: How can a person evoke the need for faith himself, so that there is a true prayer?

Answer: Ask the Creator for this.

Question: Can a person feel love for his neighbor only by being rewarded with complete faith?

Answer: No, not necessarily. Even at the very beginning, when one begins to climb the steps a little, a person can already ask for another and connect with him.

Question: How can you not enjoy bestowal? Where should this pleasure be directed?

Answer: You should not keep the pleasure of giving to yourself. At the same time, you work within your desires and see how your desires receive this energy and exist thanks to it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/21/24, Writings of Rabash “Man’s Inclination”

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583.02Question: Man’s main job is to come to a sense of the Creator’s reality. Achieving It can only be through prayer. How can a person keep the prayer that he must come to this feeling within oneself?

Answer: Strive for the Creator always and keep the desire to attain Him in your heart.

Question: Reason prevents us from going in faith above reason. How do we use reason correctly so that it helps us rise above ourselves?

Answer: To do this you need to unite with each other so that everyone can help a friend rise a little bit. If you work together to influence everyone in the ten in this way, you will be able to rise.

Question: When there is a great desire to get closer to the Creator, it is a good state. But what if a person feels the Creator a little bit, then is it not very good anymore?

Answer: It is okay to keep developing this feeling and try to increase it.
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From International Kabbalah Convention 5/18/24, “Working In Faith Above Reason”

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Channel a Thought through the Ten

528.01Question: What does it mean to channel a thought through the ten and how is it implemented?

Answer: Channeling a thought through the ten means that I must be seriously, firmly, and constantly connected with my friends.

And everything that is in me: my thoughts, plans, and actions, I channel, not through myself, but through us. In this case, we unite and can act practically without any limitations.

Question: Should a student be concerned not to cause anger in the friends, not to provoke negative states in them, or is it only the concern of the one who reacts this way?

Answer: It is everyone’s concern because it hinders the entire group, the entire ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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Both Joy and Suffering

938.02Question: If I am constantly fulfilled from meetings with my friends, what will lead me to cry out with the true prayer that we must come to? It seems to me that this joy and fulfillment after meetings takes me away from the goal.

Answer: There is a prayer that leads to the Creator, and there is a prayer that distances one from the Creator, which depends on what a person wants. Therefore, at first, we just want to find out how to unite between ourselves and the Creator in order to make Him bring us closer to Himself. This is the most important thing. This is what we want to achieve first of all.

Question: And how can I compel the Creator?

Answer: Through words, through prayer.

Question: But the Creator does not hear our words.

Answer: He hears, not your words, but your heart. It does not matter what language we speak; the main thing is that we experience the right feelings.

Question: But my heart is busy with fulfillment and pleasure; there is no place in it for crying, for prayer.

Answer: That is what you need to think about and decide which is more important to you: to feel the fulfillment of your heart or its emptiness. As soon as you want to feel the true state of the heart, that is, its emptiness, it will tell you how to proceed.

Question: So after every meeting, I should feel dissatisfied like you did when you studied with Rabash and felt empty and annoyed that you did not understand anything?

Answer: We must feel both suffering and joy.
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From International Kabbalah Convention 5/19/24, “Happy in Faith Above Reason”

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External and Internal Work

592.01Question: If I became entangled in evil, how can I get out of this state and what should I ask my friends for?

Answer: The best thing is to approach a friend or, if you do not have direct contact, write to him honestly, expressing that you regret your behavior, embrace him, and await his response.

Question: What if he responds that everything is from the Creator?

Answer: Then you need to work within yourself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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What Desires Should I Bring to the Ten?

530Question: Is my desire for more activity in the ten, more meetings, or some joint action egoistic?

Answer: It does not matter what kind of desire you have, this desire was given to you by the Creator to start with it.

Question: Can I bring this to the ten or should I restrain myself and not distract them?

Answer: You should bring only desires of bestowal, connection, and love to the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Those of Little Faith”

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The Power of Purification

239Question: Why is the desire to bestow called the power of purification?

Answer: It purifies our egoistic desire and completely orients it toward bestowal.

Question: Now we are praying out of selfishness. What will help us move on to true prayer so that it comes from the quality of bestowal?

Answer: The Creator gradually, imperceptibly to us, changes our desires and sensations so we move from one part of understanding our nature to another.

In the ten this transition is carried out individually for everyone: for one sooner, for another later, depending on one’s qualities and actions.

However, we do not need anything but an urgent request to the Creator, tenacity, and perseverance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/24, Writings of Rabash “Those of Little Faith”

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Questions about Spiritual Work—130

263Question: How can a ten give everyone the strength to act above reason?

Answer: Personal example is the most effective.

Question: When a person overcomes the body and feels joy, doesn’t he come to some measure of the body’s consent to act above reason? How can we go even higher in this case?

Answer: In this case, try to bypass this condition and still go by faith above reason. If not this time, then next time. Or change the basis a bit.

Question: If everything comes from the Creator, what are alien thoughts?

Answer: All our thoughts are alien, except for moving toward a common goal.

Question: How can you share your Hisaron in the ten so your friends will gladly accept it?

Answer: That is why you communicate all the time. Your friends feel and understand you and are permeated with your actions.

Question: What is the active bestowal during workshops, tens’ meetings, and actions for connection?

Answer: It is to support the friends.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/12/24, Writings of Rabash “Faith Is Called Action”

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The Essence Of Anger

622.01Question: What is the essence of anger? What is this manifestation?

Answer: Anger is uncontrolled egoism. It absorbs many negative actions and emotions that result in a loss of self-control.

Question: Is there any point in sharing this state within the ten and asking for help in practical work?

Answer: Yes that is very beneficial.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/15/24, Writings of Rabash “The Power of Thought”

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