Questions about Spiritual Work—156

231.01Question: How can I understand that a soul has clothed itself in me?

Answer: Your current desire to understand why you exist is called the soul. You live to fulfill this desire and satisfy it.

Question: With the concept of “600,000 souls,” the number does not reflect the number of people or bodies, right? Is it a qualitative level related to the position of each spark relative to the worlds?

Answer: No, it is not. Each person carries a piece of the collective soul. Therefore, it is said that the collective soul is divided into parts, each of which is within us, and this is how we correct them.

Question: How should one work on oneself to avoid succumbing to the temptation of receiving for oneself? How can one feel this temptation?

Answer: This is a long process of correction. One must study and engage in this. It is a spiritual training mainly described in Rabash’s articles.

Question: Will moving to Israel affect spiritual advancement?

Answer: Undoubtedly.

Question: Why does spirituality not divide and separate into parts?

Answer: There are no different intentions and actions there because it is whole. Everything is aimed only at integration, to become similar to the Creator. Just as He is one, so must we be one single whole in our souls.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/20, “Connecting into One Soul”

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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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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 8/13/24

Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Letters 21 & 50”

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2nd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “The Ruin as an Opportunity for Correction”

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3rd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “Tishaa BeAv (Ninth of Av)”

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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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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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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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