Entries in the 'The Tens' Category

Concealed Desire

947Question: You said that in order to feel corrected, I need to include all the desires of the friends within me.

How can I do this if a friend in the ten has a concealed desire to connect, if he does not participate in lessons and workshops?

Answer: You just need to connect to his desire and that is it.

Your correction depends on how much you annul yourself in order to connect with him in one desire.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/2/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is the Degree One Should Achieve in Order Not to Have to Reincarnate?“

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Everyone Corrects Only Their Soul

528.02Question: How do you come to ideal work in the ten when you constantly implement the measure of annulment and merge with the Creator?

Answer: This state is achieved when not only you but all the friends in the ten think the same thing.

Question: If, for example, I have worked out the measure of my annulment in the ten, then am I given my next measure? Or am I working out a global unprocessed measure of annulment of the entire ten?

Answer: No, this cannot happen. Everyone corrects only their soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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How Can We Annul Before the Creator?

938.01Question: If we feel a friend, then he is part of us. Does this mean that when we are not physically together,  prayer connects us?

Answer: No, this is not true. The main thing for us is to be together in our ten, and then we will feel how much we can begin to rise together with our combined effort. The Creator will lift us up.

Question: How can I annul before the Creator? We study how to nullify before friends. Is there any difference between annulment before friends and the Creator?

Answer: There is no difference. Only the friends are a group, and the Creator is the only one above this group. If you learn to annul yourself before your friends, then you are learning to nullify yourself in before the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Vector toward the Ten

934Question: Sometimes negative thoughts come to me about this or that person. They capture my senses and cause irritation. Is it necessary to immediately stop the thought or should I somehow digest it in myself, scroll through it, close it, and try to cover it with love? If it does not work out, then pray accordingly? What is the right thing to do?

Answer: In any case, when you do not understand anything, you should gather the whole ten in your thoughts and feelings, connect with them, and then turn to the Creator. Then, He will answer any of your questions.

Meaning don’t stop the thought, but immediately change the vector to the ten, and then all negative thoughts will dissipate.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Descends and Incites, Ascends and Complains“

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Do What Is Dear to the Creator

566.02Question: In a ten that is studying Kabbalah, it is important to bestow, cancel oneself, elevate the Creator and the group, and not expect praise from others. Because if people around you praise you, it is not so much out of respect, but for the sake of encouraging your ego.

Why do we need the praise of others? On the contrary, we need to learn how to bestow to the Creator and to the friends.

Answer: That is right. Therefore you are given a state that you must reject and push away from yourself, and do what is dear to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Humbleness and Pride

626Question: How can we not feel humble in the ten while practicing humility so that it does not become a cause of pride?

Answer: I should check myself whether I am humble enough to be proud of it already.

Question: But these are mutually opposite things: humbleness and pride. How will they coexist together?

Answer: Everything coexists in a person. This is a creature that combines everything.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “What Is “The Lord Is High and the Low Will See”? – 1“

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Breaking Forward

79.02Question: Recently, during our meeting we felt like we were entering some kind of space through the superimposition of our reality. It happened through the perception of the ten, through integrating with everything, through you, your voice, and your speech.

But after that, there was some confusion as to whether we were making the right progress. After all, we did not enter there to visit. There was a feeling that we did not have enough knowledge.

If sensations precede knowledge, should we restrain them and wait until we gain knowledge?

Answer: Feeling and knowledge are not the same thing, one can be ahead of the other.

But we should not be afraid, we should just go toward the goal and break forward as far as possible. It does not matter whether feeling is above knowledge or knowledge is above feelings. Just keep moving forward.

The main thing is to be together. When we are together, we cover everything with it.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/28/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘An Ox Knows Its Owner, etc., Israel Does Not Know,’ in the Work?“

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Subtleties of a Common Meal

507.05Question: How do we feel the state of a meal in the ten during a virtual connection?

Answer: This is a problem. Put everyone in front of you with a meal or at least a sandwich, and eat it together with everyone. At the same time, you should feel that you are sitting at the same table with your friends and have a pleasant feeling from eating together.

Question: According to the great Ari, during the meal, new qualities from the shattering are revealed, although not everyone feels it. How do these scrutinies happen?

Answer: The shattering of the vessels (Kelim) continues until the final correction. Therefore, do not pay attention to it, but think only about the correction. The correction will slow down and stop the shattering of the vessels.
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Fromthe 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘Every Day They Will Be as New in Your Eyes,’ in the Work?“

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Condition of Spiritual Connection

934Question: We say that a person should nullify himself before the ten. What exactly should he nullify?

Answer: He must nullify his egoism, not his opinion, but his egoism. Therefore, he must have a desire to diminish himself before his friends and place himself under the control of the ten.

Then he, as the lowest, will be able to connect with his friends and rise with them.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/23, Writings of Rabash “What Is, ‘Every Day They Will Be as New in Your Eyes,’ in the Work?“

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How Can We Turn to the Creator

935Question: We all unite and ask the Creator for peace in the world so the nations do not suffer disasters but prosper. It is said that if you constantly pray about it, the answer will come immediately.

But people have always asked for that. Why do some nations suffer more than others? Does this mean they are on the path of hastening time (Achishena) more than others? How does this work, what can be done about it?

Answer: The best thing is to unite with each other and turn to the Creator with all problems, and then you will hear from Him where you were wrong in the ten, how to correct yourselves, and how to get closer to the Creator. That is basically our whole work.

If you are united, you can turn to the Creator with anything you want.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/14/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Two States“

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