The Creator Is Indebted

509Question: Why is it that in Lishma when we are in adhesion with the Creator, He is considered indebted to us?

Answer: Because a person believes that if he performs an act of bestowal, then the Creator supposedly owes him.

That is an incorrect state, but it occurs when you fall from Lishma (for the sake of the Creator) to Lo Lishma (for your own sake).

A person thinks that he has done something good to the Creator and does not understand that it was the Creator who gave him the thought to perform this action.

Only after he completely corrects the will to receive for his own sake does the Creator cease to be indebted to him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/4/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “From Lo Lishma, We Come to Lishma

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629.4Question: How does one work properly with pride on the spiritual path?

Answer: To the extent of a person feeling superior to others, he feels himself in a descent compared to them.

Conversely, as much as he can annul himself, he feels his state to be higher and closer to the Creator. In principle, when we almost completely nullify ourselves, we approach Him.

You do not feel or see the Creator because He is concealed. He does not need your honors and special treatment. He wants you to change yourself, become like Him, and let others not even know about it.

Therefore, the wisdom of Kabbalah is called the wisdom of concealment. After all, a person who wants to ascend into spirituality conceals himself more and more from others like the Creator, and, accordingly, no one prevents him from becoming like the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/5/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Man’s Pride Shall Bring Him Low“

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In an Intermediate State

232.05Question: Before we attain individual governance, we attain the full measure of reward and punishment. What does this mean?

Answer: Reward and punishment is an intermediate degree to full faith in the Creator when a person is in various states and tries to fulfill His desires.

Question: In the intermediate state, how can you not perform actions for fear of punishment or for the sake of receiving rewards, but actually perform them for the sake of the Creator?

Answer: This is the inner feeling of a person. It is impossible to express it in words. We will distort them anyway. Therefore, we try to transition from Lo Lishma (for our own sake) to Lishma (for the sake of the Creator), and gradually we will have the right feelings.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/4/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “From Lo Lishma, We Come to Lishma

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Who Is the Problem?

938.01Question: If you feel a connection with friends from another ten more than the connection with friends from your own ten, what is the problem here?

Answer: The problem is only in you. You are shown that the connection with your ten is not that important for you.

To solve this problem, you must bow your head down to your friends in the ten.

Question: We must see the ten as perfect and exalt it. But some friends say: “We are still small, we are unworthy, we are still nobody.” Is this normal?

Answer: No, it is necessary to exalt the ten in any conditions and under any circumstances.
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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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Questions about Spiritual Work—43

963.4Question: Does the Creator feel pleasure when I return to Him, through the reflected light, the pleasure He filled me with? After all, He does not feel a lack of anything.

Answer: Yes, you can be sure He receives pleasure from you.

Question: By annulling ourselves in the ten, do we allow our friends to elevate or lower us?

Answer: The main thing is to annul. It does not matter what I may experience at the same time: ups or downs. The main thing is that I nullify myself.

Question: What is humility?

Answer: Humility is when you accept the greatness of the Creator on any terms. The main thing is to come closer to Him.

Question: How does my egoism transform when I suppress it constantly, try to be good, and do not show it in a group?

Answer: It is hard to explain, but eventually, we will understand how our egoism turns into the correct Kli from the point of view of joy and the point of view of grief. We will see its unique transformations later.
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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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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 12/18/23

Preparation to the Lesson

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How To Repeat the Miracle of Hanukkah Today

630.2The Hanukkah holiday is dedicated to a miracle that happened to the people of Israel about 2,000 years ago that helped them defeat the enemies who attacked them. But now we do not see a miracle happening, and our people have to fight a constant war. What miracle can we hope for today to defeat the enemies that threaten us?

There is one miracle with which we can change everything; it is our connection. It turns all the minuses into pluses and leads to victory, but only on the condition that the entire people of Israel unite as one man with one heart. Only the lack of connection between the people leads to endless wars.

Therefore, the only advice is to try to connect and understand that our inner strength and victory depend on the power of our connection.

There is already a certain feeling of connection among the people. But it is caused by negative reasons, by a sense of threat and danger, so out of hopelessness we come closer, huddling together like brothers in trouble.

However, we need a completely different connection in which we understand and are confident that with the help of our connection, we will be able to stand against all enemies. This is a connection between people that unites many different currents together, and everyone is ready to connect as one man with one heart because it is only in this form that will we be able to build a vessel for the revelation of the Creator. When the Creator appears between us, no enemy will rise against us.

This war must take place not only from the outside, with an external enemy, but also inside us. We will be able to fully control our destiny by getting closer to each other and connecting.

The upper force allows us to feel this state today, during the Hanukkah holiday. We must recognize the truth that we are not at war with external enemies, but with ourselves, and we must defeat our inner enemy, our egoism. The real problem is in it, and external enemies are just its projection. The salvation of the people depends on how much we are trying to reach our spiritual root. But we have not had such a yearning for thousands of years.

Therefore, we must explain tirelessly that we can win and we will definitely win, but first of all, we must connect. Everyone should step on their egoism and be ready to embrace everyone, any one of the people of Israel.

All this is possible because, in the end, everything depends only on our intention and our efforts. Only this path leads to a successful resolution of the situation in which our people find themselves now. We do not yet understand the danger we are in. The whole world can turn away from us leaving us alone to deal with this threat.

In order to win the war with our enemies, we need first of all to win the war with ourselves, that is, with our egoism. If we stand up against our egoism, against our separation, we will succeed in everything.
External enemies are just puppets with no real power against us. The main thing is to correct the relations among the people of Israel, and in accordance with this, we will see how Israel’s mortal enemies will turn into our best friends.

The seventh of October made a significant change in the people of Israel, but it is still not enough to bring us victory and to win not by defeating external enemies, but by defeating the haters inside us, our egoism. This will be a real victory that will ensure our peace and security.

If we overcome our egoism, stop pushing each other away, and begin to come closer to each other so that the entire people of Israel become friends, then there will be no force in the world that would rise against us.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/14/23, “Unification of the People (Nation)”

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Unsolvable Problem

611Question: Israel is now in a situation where its future is concealed from it. Experts, trying to determine how to proceed say there are bad and very bad decisions.

The next step is as if concealed from us. How can we look directly at this unsolvable problem from the point of view of the country and the point of view of the people?

Answer: I would not say that there are decisions here that are in the hands of the country or people because, in general, no one is interested in this, and no one is engaged in this.

Therefore, regarding Israel and its future, we are all in some kind of free-float. Nothing more can be said about this since we do not understand the laws by which we exist.

We simply see from the past that no matter what we say may be completely unrealistic. So, specifically regarding Israel, this problem is unsolvable.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 11/27/23

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Hanukkah and Shabbat: Lighting Candles

963.4Question: We know that we are not allowed to use Hanukkah candles. What is this potential that we are forming during Hanukkah?

Answer: This is a spiritual work symbolized by light. Therefore, these candles cannot be used. They are not for lighting but for reminding us of the symbol of this holiday.

Question: What is the difference between Hanukkah candles and Sabbat candles that we light on Saturday?

Answer: We can also use Sabbath candles for lighting, but Hanukkah candles are intended only for the holiday because it is a holiday of light. That is, the difference is in the reason why we use candles: either because it is for holiday or because we need light.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/10/23, Writings of Rabash Letter No. 68

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