Part 3
Morning Lesson January 10, 2022 Transcription
Transcription is made from simultaneous translation which leaves a possibility for differences in the audio
Baal HaSulam. Shamati 237. For Man Shall Not See Me and Live
1. R. Meaning if a person will receive a revelation of godliness to the extent that it is greater than what he is ready to see he can come into reception. This means that he will want to receive this pleasure in order to receive, which is regarded as opposite from spirituality, from the life of lives, and then he comes to a spiritual death. Hence, one must advance on the path of faith meaning first acquire the force of bestowal and only then come to receive in order to bestow.
2. S. (01:36) Is there a difference between the lack of faith and fear?
R. Fear is when I have a feeling that what I wish to attain I could not attain. Very simple, that is fear. I want to reach the importance of the Creator, bestowal to the Creator, through bestowal to the friends of the importance of their friends and then I see that it is not coming to me and I don't feel that I am getting filled by this feeling, so what to do? This is a deficiency.
S. What is the lack of faith? Is it not the same thing?
R. That I am lacking the force of bestowal and I feel that I lack it. In the beginning I lack the force of bestowal in order to feel, see, rise, and to understand various such egoistic expressions for my desire for the force of bestowal. Later, gradually by working with it I begin to obtain the force of bestow in and of itself meaning how the force of bestowal is great and how it fills all of reality in addition to our tiny reality that some say is like a grain of sand compared to the rest of the universe. Then I received the importance of the force of bestowal and I think about how I can attain it and in what way I can come to it with friends where I annul myself a little bit with them and then I am in a state where I try to raise myself towards the force of bestowal, I advance accordingly. There is nothing to do but only through the work.
3. S. (04:33) If the revelation of the lack brings uncertainty, and that uncertainty makes you escape, how do you cope with uncertainty in the spiritual path? How can you become resilient against uncertainty?
R. Only through connection. If you are in connection with the friends. Pay attention. Even on our level you do not need that many proofs. The feeling you received from society fills you with confidence such that you don't need any explanations or proofs, anything like that.
S. Don't you need more stamina?
R. You are not even afraid of suffering because you begin to distribute it among everyone and it does not seem to you as suffering any longer to such an extent that you feel whatever you suffer together feels like pleasure.
4. S. (06:03) It says that we can't have the force of bestowal. Is it about the intention to bestow?
R. Yes, correct.
5. S. (06:20) He writes in the article if a person will see the revelation of godliness to a greater extent then he is ready to see he may come into reception. If it happens then the Creator sets it up so that one sees to a greater extent, is there a way to prevent it?
R. Of course everything is arranged by the Creator but it depends on how much a person can turn to the Creator on top of that and ask for change. This is the main thing and the important thing is not what we have but what we are asking for. The Creator enjoys our request. We enjoy the state. How do we raise ourselves to the Creator's desire? We have to constantly be in a state of request.
S. If this request causes a new revelation of godliness more than he can receive?
R. There is no such thing, don't worry.
S. I'm not worried, but it says it in the article…
R. No, but each time he has to adapt himself to what he is capable of doing, he will be in reception in order to bestow. Why does he need to reveal the Creator? It says: for man shall not see me and live meaning if one sees the revelation of Godliness to a greater extent than he is ready to see, he may come into reception of this pleasure in order to receive for himself regarded as opposite from the life of lives and then he comes to spiritual death. Hence, one must advance on the path of faith. This means first we acquire the force of faith, the force of Bina and then we raise the force of reception to the force of Malchut. This is what it means to work with the second restriction and only in this way can we work. The AHP of ascending, the ascending AHP.
6. S. (08:51) How can you bring the pleasure from the state together with the pleasure you give to the Creator?
R. If I enjoy receiving my states from the Creator then each and every state that I receive I receive it from the Creator indirectly, and from that state on I need to build my adhesion with the Creator in how I respond to Him meaning in my response to Him. That is what I need to do and that is how I arrange the connection with Him.
7. S. (09:46) What does it mean to see the revelation of Godliness?
R. To see the revelation of Godliness means to arrange in a person, arrange inside of us such vessels of bestowal that can reveal even the light of Hochma.
8. S. (10:17) If I feel that I have desires that are disturbing to me both in corporeality and in spirituality but I cannot erase them, how can I treat that?
R. You are not the landlord or the master of your deficiencies. You're only the master of your reaction towards them and in order to react to them you need to sort them out, with which deficiencies you can work right now in order to bestow through the friends to the Creator and with which deficiencies you cannot for the time being bestow through the friends to the Creator. That is your work for the time being. The more you advance the more you will be able to work with more desires to bestow.
9. S. (11:33) If I have little faith it means that my vessel is big then why should I be sorry?
R. If you have a little bit of faith it means that you are lacking the force of bestowal and that is why you do not have a vessel. Your vessel is a zero and you only have a great desire but it did not open because you lack the force of bestowal, you lack the reflected light.
10. S. (12:11) It says that the Creator hears every prayer, does He actually hear?
R. He hears.
11. S. (12:25) When a friend is envious of the connection with other friends, can he connect based on that kind of envy?
R. You can connect on top of all kinds of envy as long as we try to work on it purposefully and the fact that the Creator hears all the prayers, but we need to understand that we exist inside this upper force which is called the Creator. We are inside of it and we only need to penetrate Him in order to feel Him through our ego and then we will begin to discover Him.
12. S. (13:10) What does the feeling of connection with the friends depend on? The ability to devote yourself and try to enter their heart or the ability to let them bestow upon us and let them influence us?
R. Both, you need to see both.
13. S. (13:57) How is it even possible that one will see the revelation of Godliness to a greater extent then he is ready to see, revelation only happens according to equivalence of form?
R. I can't be, that a person will see Godliness above his vessel. If he is not prepared for it, he will not see it.
S. If one sees the revelation of Godliness to a greater extent than he is ready to see?
R. That is wrong that he wants to see it but he will certainly not be shown it because he doesn't have the vessel he has a small force of bestowal.
14. S. (14:39) To the extent that we have the power of faith is that proportional to the image of the Creator that we build in the ten between us?
R. It is the same, the force of faith, the force of bestowal, the image of the Creator that we are about to discover, they are all the same.
15. S. (15:03) What kind of death are we talking about, spiritual or corporeal?
R. Of course each time we speak only of spiritual death because corporeal death exists on the animate degree and we are not speaking of our bodies in the animate degrees, we only speak of the speaking degree and this is already our Ruach and Neshama, our spirit and soul this is what we develop.
16. S. (15:57) Before the Congress you talked like we never heard before, about how the Congress is important even for your personal attainment and advancement. We wanted to ask if it answered your expectations?
R. It answered and nevertheless I want more. I derive benefit from the Congress when you connect and I can enter in your connection and from your connection I can receive the essence of connection and this becomes my vessel. Of course there was an opportunity in this Congress but nevertheless we want more. I am already looking forward to the next Congress.
S. Why do you say that I didn't do anything in the Congress, it’s all you?
R. I don't reveal a desire for the Congress for all kinds of things, for an evening in the Congress or anything like that, unless I first receive such a desire from the group and from the students and the World Kli and I myself, I can say that I think it is worthwhile but nevertheless the desire needs to come from you. I understand that already people are thinking of the next Congress. We need to think about the form and the style we need to scrutinize everything. Even though it was good, next time it has to be different and better.