Question: How can I be amidst strangers in daily life and maintain the intention for the sake of bestowal?
Answer: I see people on the street: one is thinking about how to write a book; another is a scientist, thinking about what experiment he will conduct, what he will discover; a third is in love, and you can see that he is completely absorbed in this feeling and sees nothing else; a fourth is terribly angry, do not go near him, something is happening inside him.
Everyone lives their own inner life. But I am not speaking about those who move around the street like zombies but about those who truly live. They live their inner life and this does not prevent them from functioning externally.
Of course, it is apparent that there is something in a person, some inner experience, something is burning inside them. Yet such things exist in our world as well. So what is special about our work? Perhaps only the underlying concept is distinct.
Admittedly, it is a bit more complex, because the idea itself belongs to the upper world, whereas the body and its functions reside in the lower world. However, even ordinary people experience such incongruities; as the saying goes: “His body is here, but his thoughts are somewhere else.”
Furthermore, I would say that it is actually easier for you than for someone who is in love. He spends his day thinking about when he will finally meet his beloved that evening, and the rest of the day feels dead to him. Or consider someone who is utterly exhausted and thinks only about when the workday will end so he can go home to rest or watch a soccer match.
But for you, it is different. Throughout your path, in the entire process you go through during the day, you can perceive within it the garments of the Shechina; you can observe how you relate to the Creator, and how you work with Him through all the garments of this world so as not to miss a single taste. In this way, you deliberately reveal all the garments of the Creator relative to yourself in order to relate to Him in the correct form.
This is not simple. We forget about it, and even if we do not forget, it transforms into a rather effective means of spiritual advancement, to the greatest extent possible.
The easiest and most beneficial way to practice this is not with people but with inanimate objects. Rabash always said that it is best to work as he did: as a metalworker, a cobbler, or even as an office worker, although he specifically dealt with paperwork. In other words, with something inanimate.
Working with plants and animals is also manageable, but when you work on the speaking level, with people, that is what truly confuses you. They exert an influence on you by transmitting their inner state to you, and this serves as a distraction.
I work two hours a day receiving people, and that is like working ten hours in a factory. But working in a kitchen is a pleasure. There you can infuse your work with your intentions, your thoughts, your attitude, and everything else does not matter. But when people come and occupy your mind, they influence you. If something does not influence you (on a level lower than the speaking), that is excellent. Therefore, I do not see the difficulty.
On the contrary, in a monotonous steady job where you do not need to invest your mind and heart much, like a shoemaker, is best. Today, such work hardly exists. Every kind of work demands some degree of emotional or mental exertion. Nevertheless, it is highy desirable to engage in an occupation where you remain undisturbed, where your inner world remains your own private domain, and within it, you are free to live your own inner life.
Question: Is it considered good if it is easier and less burdensome?
Answer: It is not exactly about being easier or more convenient. It is simply that people bring their own elements into you and influence you with their inner world and their problems; when you are with them, you can hardly engage in your own inner work.
Question: Is this an opportunity to test yourself to see to what extent you are capable of engaging in this work?
Answer: If you attune yourself into someone else’s desire and work with it, then you can determine how you relate to it from one perspective or another. But that is not you acting entirely on your own.
The time we are living in is a special time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/2/26, Rabash, “What Are Banners in the Work?”
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