Each spiritual degree determines a person’s content (filling): their intellect, feelings, and abilities. What remains unchanged within a person are the ten primordial Sefirot, which are identical for everyone.

Therefore one never needs to worry about preserving what one currently possesses or remaining in a particular state because apart from the constant structure of the soul,  all of one’s fulfillments are subject to change.

Regardless of the filling I currently possess, I must strive to advance from degree to degree as quickly as possible because at each higher degree I will receive even greater delight, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

However, in order to move from one degree to another, I must let go of the previous degree, wish to be emptied of it, and become ready to receive a higher fulfillment. And this is precisely where the problem arises. If I am still filled by the degree I presently stand on, how can I desire a higher fulfillment? It appears to me as something different, alien, and even opposite to me, to such an extent that I simply do not agree to it.

It is like a child who wants to play and enjoy what seems good to him, while his parents compel him to change, to work hard, and tell him: “Look, you need to become this way, act this way, this is good for you.”

But the child neither sees nor feels that studying for twenty years, acquiring a profession, and then working is good for him. The parents see this as something good, but they do not understand his life because his life consists of games, that they have no interest in whatsoever.

So it is with us on every degree in relation to the higher one. In fact, it is even more so because in spirituality the difference between degrees is a genuine opposition. Nothing from the lower degree is suitable for the higher one. Everything must be renewed.

The difficulty of spiritual ascent lies precisely in this. Every higher degree is perceived by the lower one as something undesirable, incomprehensible, and contrary to its nature. Therefore, the transition from degree to degree requires a willingness to relinquish what presently feels right, true, and fulfilling, in order to receive something that cannot yet be appreciated from the perspective of the current state.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/26, Rabash, “What Is a Flood of Water in the Work?”

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How can you accelerate the transition between states? Only by clarifying in every situation that all the circumstances depend on me. This is a very simple psychological method.

I am facing some kind of problem, a different one every time, so I have to identify my desire and clarify within it which aspects depend on me and which do not; what is within my power and what is not, how to realize this desire, and understand what exactly I need from it.

If I have conducted a correct analysis and clarified my state, I should ultimately conclude that a desire has been revealed in me in its natural form. But I, in turn, must connect this desire to the Creator. That is precisely what our job is.

Because I connect my desire to the Creator, the right intention descends upon it, and now I can use this desire correctly. I combine desire and intention, and thus complete the work.

The Creator endowed me with a desire, I gave this desire an intention, and now we are interacting, adhering to, and connecting with Him. That is all.

Question: Simply put, should I connect every desire to the Creator?

Answer: If you knew exactly what your desire is, if you knew who the Creator is, what His properties are, and could connect your desire to Him, then there would be no problem. However, first you must ascertain who the Creator is, what it means to attach desires to Him, that is, the inner meaning of this action.

It is not enough to realize that desire comes from the Creator. We must also investigate and analyze this desire: why it was given to me, what I want from it, and what the Creator wants, etc. As a result, through this analytical chain, my intention becomes clear—my attitude toward what I received from Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/14/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘If a Woman Inseminates First, She Delivers a Male Child,’ in the Work?”

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Question: What does the process of acquiring a Kli mean?

Answer: Acquiring a Kli is the process in which you determine the correct attitude toward spirituality: how I imagine it to myself, how I am tuned to the spiritual wavelength, how ready I am to disconnect from this world in order to fully devote myself to spirituality.

This is what is called “building a Kli for spirituality.” A Kli is a desire.

Question: So we must fight with every new obstacle?

Answer: No, we cannot fight with every obstacle. If now I am in a state of despair, how can I rejoice? I cannot. Well, I can if I force myself, for example, to dance. However, this will produce only a short-term effect. Therefore, true advancement can only be through the group. Working in it, I acquire and attach additional Kelim to myself.

Question: So when the next obstacle manifests, must I tell myself that this manifestation of force from above is an angel?

Answer: It is desirable to imagine that it is an angel hindering you, and not you yourself. Then we will be able to force ourselves to work against this foreign force. Later, we will still forget about it. After all, this angel is smarter than us, it confuses us, and we simply forget. In the end, nothing will remain for you except working in the group. Listen! That is exactly how it will be!

Question: But what if this state lasts for an unlimited time?

Answer: Imagine the best state in which you would like to be, and work for the group so that it also wishes this. Very simple. There is no need to be too smart!

Question: But why can a person not go through all these states?

Answer: Because these states are him. He cannot overcome himself. For this, he needs a force from outside that will change him. And the force from outside can be either the Creator or the group. The group is the Creator, but only this force is in our dimension.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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Question: Do Kabbalists observe the commandment “Honor your father and your mother?”

Answer: Kabbalah confers a person an extremely special status. It teaches him to stand before the Creator. There is a Creator, and there is a creation. Apart from these two elements, there is really nothing; everything is included inside the person.

A single person stands before a single Creator. And all these definitions—father, parents, friends, neighbors, wife, children, country, universe, worlds—are all inside a person connected to the Creator.

Therefore, when we talk about inner work, we do not mean biological bodies, even the parents who gave you life, or relatives, friends, etc. Only according to the spirit, only according to connection with the Creator, are connections formed with the rest of creation. We no longer look at bodies but at inner definitions (Avhanot) in terms of spirituality.

For example, “father” and “mother” (Aba ve Ima) are the upper Partzufim (spiritual bodies). As it is written, “And a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.” in spiritual terms, this means the revelation of a new Hisaron (deficiencies). With this Hisaron, a person turns to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/20/26, Rabash, “The Difference between Charity and Gift”

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