Question: A person is included in the ten as in his or her soul. What does it mean that honor destroy a person’s soul?

Answer: A person starts to imagine himself as unique and superior, and in doing so, destroys and harms himself.

Balancing the egoism that manifests itself in the group is a big problem. We must treat everyone and the group as a whole as a Creator, and we should strive to put ourselves at the complete disposal of the ten.

Spiritual work should create a connection between us so that we value each other and discover that everyone is appreciated. Everyone in the ten should stand equally. That is how we begin to respect and value each other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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The language of the translation is close to the holy tongue, yet the angels do not need it and do not know it, while they do need and know the languages of the nations of the world (Rashbi, Zohar for All, “Heaven and Earth”).

Question: It says angels do not need Hebrew because they understand only Aramaic. Who are the angels inside a person?

Answer: They are forces that govern us. The idea that angels do not understand Hebrew is an allegory.

Question: So, does it mean that something is concealed from us?

Answer: Certainly! In essence the entire Torah is. Really the Torah is the Creator’s method of controlling all creation.

It describes how He governs the universe, what He envisions, how He introduces His plans into creation itself, how creation begins to execute the Creator’s plan, and how a person who is on the opposite side of creation (meaning, the Creator on one side from above and a person from below) can understand creation and adapt to it correctly.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction to The Book of Zohar“1/21/24

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Question: How can you avoid diverting your attention from the opportunity to attract the light that leads to faith above reason?

Answer: Just think about it.

Question: Does sensitivity to light depend only on one’s effort??

Answer: From the effort and how close you are to your ten.

Question: Before spiritual work begins, a person’s mind is mixed with his heart. And then he is rewarded with a new structure in the heart where he can no longer think and act differently than what is required spiritually. What changes in a person’s mind?

Answer: One begins to feel the power of light that descends on him and the power of the ten. So, a person teams up with it.

Question: What will help us in the ten to penetrate the depths of the articles so as not to get confused, to come up with something apparent, and to go through a state of ascent?

Answer: Only connection between you and reading articles.

Question: Do our desires change as we move through the worlds?

Answer: The desires are the same, only the level of bestowal changes more and more.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/31/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Man’s Connection to the Sefirot”

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Question: If someone leaves the ten and justifies his departure by the fact that the Creator decided so, what should be done in this case?

Answer: The Creator does not decide anything for a person. He only moves him away a little to give him the opportunity to get closer.

It is like flirting. The Creator kind of pushes us away by giving us the desire to distance ourselves, but in any case it is flirting. It is just to draw us closer.

We need to be very sensitive to the fact that holiness is running away, and immediately ask the Creator to bring us closer.

Keep making efforts and pray all the time that the Creator will show you His true attitude.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Hurry, My Beloved,’ in the Work?”

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Question: Can a sense of shame help you escape from honor?

Answer: Sometimes by running away from honor, we can get the opposite effect. A person can begin to think that he is entitled to even greater honors: “Look, I ran away from them; now I should have more!”

And here we have to make the right calculation. The main thing is to annul yourself before the ten and ask the Creator for a self-account.

Question: We understand that for egoism, the most important indicator is honor. And what is the most important criterion for a Kabbalist to advance toward bestowal, which is akin to honor?

Answer: There are several aspects to this. The question is how much we can unite in order to provide a place for the Creator to be revealed between us. This is important.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Question: What should we do if someone wants to exit the ten, and says that this does not suit them? How should we treat this?

Answer: Leave him and continue your movement without him. In Kabbalah, we should not force anyone. As it is said, there is no coercion in spirituality.

But this person will not move forward without being in the ten. This is the law. Some people have been in the group for ten years and it is as if they are not in it.

When a person wants to disconnect from holiness, it is holiness that precedes him and throws him out of the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “Hurry, My Beloved,” in the Work?”

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Question: What is the difference between restricting and annulling yourself?

Answer: Restricting egoistic desires or annulling oneself is the same thing.

Question: How can you work in the group with the Sitra Achra (egoism)? Is it possible to scrutinize my states in the ten if I do not have this perception and have doubts?

Answer: You will not scrutinize it anywhere except in the ten, only in the ten.

Question: What does it mean to accept all the degrees that exist in the world?

Answer: Everything that comes to me I must return to the Creator.

Question: At our root in the Creator’s plan to delight His creations, there are degrees of creating the desire to receive, active and actuated, shattering and correction, work and reward. If we are to be like our root, is it necessary to be aware of these degrees and realize every desire according to them?

Answer: As far as we understand them, we are realizing them. The main thing is that we should be like those influences of the Creator we will receive.

Question: What are we missing in developing hatred of egoism?

Answer: Seeing how much egoism prevents you from achieving the best possible degrees.

Question: Is business possible within a group of friends, and what can it lead to?

Answer: No, by no means. Business within the group is prohibited. The connection should be only spiritual.

Question: It says: “Anyone who is proud, the Creator says, ‘He and I cannot dwell in the same abode.” What does it mean to be proud? We are so small, we are learning to annul.

Answer: Precisely because we are so small, we like to be higher than others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/30/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Does It Mean that the Sitra Achra Is Called ‘Malchut without a Crown’?”

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Question: What does it mean that we connect with individual souls? My friends in the ten are like separate souls. Where is the part of the soul that I connect with in them?

Answer: The desire of friends for spirituality, the point in the heart is his private soul. You should try to connect with each of them so that you can be together in one common soul.

Gradually you will become closer and closer, at different levels, and from this connection forms a common soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/6/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “One’s Soul Shall Teach Him”

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Question: What should I do if I want to engage in Kabbalah, but do not have the strength to work in a group? There is a feeling that the group is more interested in material things than spiritual ones. I do not know how to change this perception; therefore, I feel I am distancing myself from Kabbalah and the group.

Answer: That is incorrect. You should talk to someone in the group about it. They will tell you whether they agree with your assessment or not.

Question: What if there are friends who also feel the same way?

Answer: You need to talk to everyone together in the ten and stop the descent.

Question: Is this the group’s downfall or just mine?

Answer: No, it could be a descent of the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is ‘Hurry, My Beloved,’ in the Work?”

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Question: During the past congress, there was a clear feeling of Rabash, as if he was among us. When we feel the teachers, how can we convey our gratitude to them through you?

Answer: Through your heart directly to them.

Question: Now everyone in the world Kli has a lot of “gold,” “bags of gold.” And we all need to go upward. What should we do with the “gold”? Should I throw it out or add more?

Answer: You should exchange it for a connection between you. Give all your “gold” in exchange for connection in the ten.

Question: It is easier for me to address the Creator as you, Rabash, or Baal HaSulam. That is, it is like a thread of wisdom. And what is next, above, is it impossible to imagine?

Answer: You do not need to imagine or try to do it. It will come when it is necessary, in the most needed form.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/29/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Happy Is the Man Who Does Not Forget You and the Son of Man Who Exerts in You”

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