Question: Every important leader has security that practically tests what they eat and drink.

You constantly say that we are governed by the Creator. Moreover, you agree with Him and justify Him. Watching you, I get the impression that you are not afraid that someone might attack you from around the corner. Are you really so sure that the Creator is leading you so you have no fear of what might happen to you?

Answer: Why should I be afraid? At the very least, I am not overly suspicious.

First of all, I do not consider myself great, and I say this sincerely without trying to appear humble. I am engaged in the comprehension of the great. In this way, I always feel completely dependent on the Creator, the group, and everything, and therefore am small and insignificant. That is one side of it.

On the other hand I understand the greatness of the goal and the greatness of the task before us, the greatness of the mission I have received from the Creator, and I do not hide it. There is no bravado in this. How could there be if everything is because of Him?

But I do clearly understand that I am doing important, significant work. I am by no means being falsely modest, no. The behavior of a Kabbalist is a consequence of how he perceives himself in this world, in the world of the Creator, and in the world with everyone.

Of course, there are many evil and hostile forces. But I should not fear them, or else I would have no faith in the Creator. I believe that He governs everything and not some forces lurking around the corner.

At the same time, I do have a responsibility to take care of myself; this is what is said. I must do this but within reasonable limits.

Why should I behave like certain presidents surrounded by two hundred bodyguards who check what they eat and where they will take their next step?

I am an ordinary person, and in this regard, I do not feel any sense of exceptionalism. My uniqueness is connected to the Creator and lies in my attempt to bring His idea, His will, into the world.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. An Important Person” 6/28/10

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Sometimes a person feels that they understand the Creator more, and at other times it seems to them that they understand less. And so they ask the Creator to bring them closer to Him in order that they can better understand the Creator and be in unity with Him both in times of ascent and in times of descent.

They want to remain connected to the Creator in all states, and therefore it is important to them how they perceive the state sent by the Creator. If they feel distant from the Creator, and even more so if they believe that it is the Creator who has distanced them, they annul their own desire to receive pleasure and wish to act according to what the Creator wants from them.

A person must believe that the Creator is good and does good and always guides them toward holiness. Therefore, regardless of what they feel, beyond this feeling they must affirm that if it comes from the Creator, then undoubtedly it is a force meant to bring them closer to Him.

A person seeks to reduce their own desire, to accept that everything comes from the Creator, and to respond to Him. However, they can only respond from within their desire to receive pleasure. As a result, an internal struggle emerges in their relationship with the Creator, for and against, agreement and resistance. From the perspective of their egoism, they do not agree with the Creator, but they want it to be the opposite.

After all, they know that the Creator always strives to draw a person closer, and they wish to act according to the Creator’s will. The Creator always expects a person to take a step toward Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson, 3/1/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Is None Else Besides Him”

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Question: It is said that through pleasure and joy, a person attains fulfillment of both external and internal Kelim, which leads to an expansion of knowledge. What internal and external Kelim are being referred to?

Answer: These are the desires to be filled and to feel the Creator within oneself.

Internal Kelim are those that remain with me and always belong to me; I perceive them as my own. External Kelim are those that I must attract.

Question: How can one correctly attract these desires in connection with friends?

Answer: We work with the desires of our friends, combine them, and fill one another. It depends solely on us, on how much we see the unification of these desires.

Question: But in order to see the greatness of our friends, we have to work through obstacles. Does the effort to work above all these obstacles relate to external Kelim?

Answer: Not to external, not to internal, but to those that are being revealed. Desires are revealed within me, and I want to work with them either above them or below them.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/8/24, Baal HaSulam “What Are Three Things that Broaden One’s Mind in the Work?”

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Question: What does it mean to hold on to the Creator during descents?

Answer: Holding on to the Creator during descents is when it doesn’t matter at all how you feel about the Creator. What matters is how He feels about you. Pay attention to this.

Question: How can I focus on His attitude toward me rather than on the state I am going through right now?

Answer: It depends on how you evaluate yourself. Do you help the Creator reveal Himself in the world or not? If you help Him reveal Himself in the world, and this is the most important thing for you, then you bring the Creator closer to yourself, or you yourself come closer to Him.

Question: In moments of descent, can I hold on to my ten, to my friends?

Answer: You can hold on to your friends, but this is still an intermediate state. You must transition from it to the Creator.

Comment: When a descent occurs, the only means left are the friends in the ten, our meetings, lessons, and dissemination.

My Response: That is enough. If you gather all of this together and direct it as coming from the Creator, you can receive enormous strength from it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/24/25, “Continuing the Convention With an Ascent”

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