There is a prayer that precedes the prayer, a request that I may have the correct needs and that I may see my state in its true light. Only after this does a real prayer arise.

A person has prepared their Kli for correction, and then the correction happens, meaning that the light truly influences the person and he receives the intention for the sake of bestowal.

It is not that the Creator needs our prayers, pleas, praises, or blessings. Rather, through them we define our state from each type of desire in relation to a corrected state.

And if we truly want to achieve the correction of each quality, then it is a sign that we have prepared our Kli so that in it, for every desire, an intention for the sake of bestowal can appear.

But if my desire still does not need the right intention, then I cannot work with it. Only to the extent of realizing the necessity of this intention can one begin to work with the desire; otherwise, it will be coercion, and in the spiritual there is no coercion.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/14/26, Rabash, “What Is, ‘The Creator Does Not Tolerate the Proud’ in the Work?”

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Question: On the one hand, we say that a person must constantly work on developing a feeling of lack for the light, even to the point of “Egyptian darkness.” On the other hand, it is said that until one accepts concealment as the best possible state for himself, he cannot attain revelation.

How can one reconcile building a deficiency, a thirst for the light that does not let him sleep, and agreeing with concealment?

Answer: This contradiction stems from the fact that within us there are two “systems,” called “Mocha” and “Liba.”

Liba is the heart, the desire, which can only feel. You cannot deceive it by saying, “You feel good!” when it feels bad, and vice versa.

Mocha is the mind, a person’s understanding of what is taking place.

For example, I have a toothache. What should I do? Even “against my will,” despite the protests of my animate nature, my heart, I make a rational decision and go to the dentist. He causes me even more pain, gives me an injection, removes the nerve, and so on, and I even pay him money and thank him. And all this because, in the end, I understand, not feel, but precisely because I understand that I will feel well after the procedure.

From this we see that if a person does not develop both of these systems, Mocha and Liba, within himself, he will remain merely an animal, and act according to his feelings, according to his nature.

Thanks to the mechanism of Mocha, he is capable of bringing the future closer, of doing something that carries no benefit whatsoever from the standpoint of the present moment. The more distant the future a person is able to take into account, the greater that person is.

We see that there are people who work for 20 or 30 years in order to achieve something, and they truly achieve a great deal. And there are others who are incapable of more than working in a small shop: give, receive, take payment “right on the spot,” a few coins, but immediately. A person is satisfied with a bird in the hand; a small mind is not capable of more.

We are required to develop a highly advanced mind, Mocha. I must be ready to go through the entire process of correction. It would seem that I am ready for this, yet it is not without reason that the Creator says, “Come to Pharaoh!”

On my own I am incapable of doing this, and I would not even be able to want it except in the case where I know that it is to my benefit to go together with Him and correct myself for the sake of the goal, perhaps a very distant one. Perhaps only after five, seven, or even ten years will I truly attain the upper one. But it is worth undertaking, because I see no other fulfillment in this life for which it would be worthwhile to live.

If a person constantly returns to the analysis of this point, he will not leave the battlefield.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/9/26, Rabash, “What Does It Mean that Before the Egyptian Minister Fell, Their Outcry Was Not Answered, in the Work?”

In all of reality there is nothing but the Creator and the created being. Why did the Creator arrange it so that creation, man, is not alone, but is surrounded by many others like him, surrounded by an entire world, in which, entangled, and not directed toward the Creator?

If the Creator were standing before me, I would somehow get along with Him. In any case, I would not avoid contact with Him, and even if I did try to avoid it, I would still know that I had no choice, that only He exists, and I must establish contact with Him. He would not disappear from my field of vision.

However, the world is arranged in such a way that instead of the Creator I am forced to deal with all kinds of things: friends, society, the teacher, and books. I need to organize the entire world, my family, my children, so many details in my environment that I only move farther away from the Creator and forget about Him. And even if I remember Him, the environment immediately confuses me, and once again I drift away from the goal.

This is done intentionally so that through my own efforts I will raise the importance of the Creator. If only the Creator stood before me, I would automatically be directed toward Him: There would be no way out, whether I wanted it or not, I would be obliged to establish this connection, and there would be nowhere to run.

If, besides the Creator, there are many other attractions, factors, and causes, and it seems that they are the ones shaping my life, confusing me, appearing more important, as though they give me more pleasure than the Creator, and determining my life instead of Him, then I have a serious problem. In that case, I must organize my relationship with the Creator while being connected with all these things.

This is how the Creator “plays” with me. Wishing to be important in my eyes, He surrounds me with various things, and they confuse me, draw me in, determine my life, as though I depend on them and not on Him. This continues until I clarify that in truth all of this is false, and it is not my wife, society, the world, fate, nations, or the country that governs me.

I come to the conclusion that I must constantly build my relationship with the Creator against the background of these disturbances.

If I constantly place His importance in my eyes above every disturbance that He erects before me, then I undoubtedly become more and more attached to the Creator and gradually draw closer to Him. He already knows which disturbances He can use to strengthen the bond between us.

This process is called working on recognizing the importance of the Creator. In all the obstacles, I constantly see that behind them stands the same one and only Creator. In this way, I build myself and gather strength in order to reach Him. All these disturbances turn into organs and forces for me that become incorporated into my soul.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/26, Rabash, “Make for Yourself a Rav and Buy Yourself a Friend – 1”

Question: Who makes up the spiritual directorate?

Answer: I brought the people in the spiritual directorate together precisely because they have a predisposition to finding a common ground, and none of them wants to stand out. For this reason alone!

They understand that a joint decision is the correct one. And not because it is correct in itself, but because when it is shared, collective, it draws a blessing from above, from the Creator.

In fact, it may be absolutely wrong compared to what some smart students of ours might come up with. But he is alone and therefore, he will not receive spiritual support from above. They, however, are together, and therefore, they will receive spiritual support. In the end, they will win.

There is a saying: “What the young build leads to destruction, and what the old destroy leads to construction.” And this is truly so.

Compared to all the smart people of our world, I am worth nothing. But I say what I think at my level, and it comes true. Why? Because only support exists. Only this support determines and organizes everything.

According to logic, you can say: “This should not be so.” And still nothing will work out for you, while it will work out for me. Therefore, if the spiritual directorate makes collective decisions, the others can safely follow it with their eyes closed. Under no circumstances should lone “smart guys” be part of it!
In my place there can only be a collective, and that is why I chose it in advance.

Question: And how does the upper force clothe itself in this collective in the process of decision-making?

Answer: They themselves do not know. I do this through them by means of the upper force. They have nothing to do with it. It passes through them purely automatically, and that is all.

Who are they? They are at the same level as you, or even lower. What difference does it make?! You can see for yourself, are there special people there? They are simply people who understand that a collective decision prevails over a private one—over any private one! Bring in the strongest, the smartest, the most exceptional, whatever you like, it makes absolutely no difference.

Question: How can one prevent the “smart guys” from seizing power?

Answer: If everything remains as it is now, only with the spiritual directorate in my place, and anyone who begins to oppose is immediately removed from “Bnei Baruch”; let them go wherever they want, in any direction, then our community will continue to exist in the correct form.

Only the collective! No one in my place. No one. Everything stays where it is, everyone remains in their positions. No one commands, no one stands out, and everything in the organization proceeds according to the same hierarchy as now. Only the spiritual directorate leads. No one has the right to make decisions or do anything without it.

Question: But can people argue with the directorate in order to stimulate it?

Answer: No, that is not called arguing, but proposing. And if the directorate finds it necessary, it will accept the proposal. But it is best not to propose anything at all. Who can propose what? The one who proposes must understand who he is.

Suppose we are now preparing for a congress. There may be proposals to organize it one way or another, but only on the purely technical level of this world. Everything that concerns decision-making on a higher level, no.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Destruction of Laitman” 9/18/10

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