Morning Lesson January 22, 2022, Transcription
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Part 1:
Faith Above Reason - Selected Excerpts from the Sources. #28
1.Rav’s
Introduction:
Yes,
so
first
of
all
we
need
to
determine
what
reason
means,
that
our
outlook
on
the
world,
especially
on
others
and
especially
on
the
friends
that
is
called
reason.
If
we
want
to
rise
above
that
to
the
Creator,
then
we
have
to
change
both
the
way
we
look
at
the
world
and
at
the
friends
to
be
in
a
different
way,
to
see
through
them
the
higher
degree,
which
is
above
it,
above
it
when
we
unite
all
the
forces,
all
the
phenomena
that
we
have
before
us,
to
the
Creator.
Then
through
the
unity
of
the
friends
we
try
to
determine
that
there
is None
Else
Besides
Him and
we
want
to
be
adhered
to Him,
and
to
be
above
all
of
the
ways
we
determine
our
state
which
we
are
able
to
do
with
our
existing
vision
with
our
reason
but
rather
to
be
above
it
so
that
the
Creator
is
higher,
and
he
determines
everything
that
we
have,
which
compels
us
to
feel
ourselves
in
wholeness,
in
connection,
in
a
mutual
relationship
all
connected
to
each
other
because
this
is
the
way
we
seem, in
the
eyes
of
the
Creator,
not
in
the
eyes
of
our
ego.
Then each time we want to shift ourselves into such a state, that is what we need to try to do, to determine it; and from that we already start to feel in each and every moment how we can go deeper into that perception that exist in the force of bestowal, of connection, in the force of the Creator. If we are not yet able to do it to some extent then we ask the Creator that he will complete this picture by connecting us and directing us to Him, and in that we will enter the feeling, the sense of bestowal, and we will continue. This is why what is important for us is to constantly think about how, out of our connection we can turn to the Creator, to see, to feel, to determine what is reality that is called BoReh, come and see, Creator. So let us do it. Let us go over a few excerpts, do a few exercises. Later on we also move to the article, the Wisdom of Kabbalah and Philosophy, that also helps us to determine what differences there are between the rational, corporeal, matter-of-fact perception in the will to receive, and how we need to be above that in faith above reason.
In
that
way
we
will
advance
until
we
truly
awaken
by
that
the upper
light, so
that
they
will
influence
us
according
to
how
we
are
not
capable
of, but
we
do
want
that
it
will
happen,
by
that
we
will
awaken
the upper
light
from
afar.
It
shines
on
us,
and
it
promotes
us,
and
again
and
again
in
the
thought
of
“each
one
shall
help
his
friend”
because
here
I
need
the
support
of
the
entire
world Kli.
So, that
each
one
will
want
to
be
in
that,
according
to
his
state,
according
to
his
degree,
according
to
his
root
of
the
soul,
so
that
he
will
advance
towards
that
more
and
more,
and
in
this
way
we
will
reach
a
state
where, as
the
Creator
writes
about
the
end
of
correction
“and
they
shall
all
know
me
from
the
least
of
them
to
the
greatest
of
them
and
my
house”,
meaning
the
upper
world,
“my
house
will
be
called
a
house
of
prayer
to
all
nations”.
Excerpt 28 (5:40)
2.
R.
(6:40)
Here
there’s
a
question,
the
fact
that
we
feel
a
certain
state
of
disconnection
from
the
Creator,
something
that
confuses
us
that
doesn’t
work
out
according
to
our
emotion, according
to
our
intellect,
that
I
feel
that
this
comes
from
me
or
from
others,
from
the
world,
from
the
group,
all
of
these
things
that
disconnect
me
emotionally
and
intellectually
from
the
goal,
and
the
way
that
it
existed
within
me
to
some
extent. That
thing,
first
of
all,
Kabbalists
say
that
it
all
comes
from
the
Creator,
and
it
all
comes
to
our
benefit,
so
we
will
strengthen
the
connection
between
us
and
also
with
the
Creator
on
a
higher
degree,
a
stronger
one.
A
higher
one
means
more
in
bestowal,
which
is
less
in
all
kinds
of
basic
rational
evidence,
intellectual
proof,
egoistic
ones,
in
which
that
I
use
this
world
and
more,
a
little
bit
more
than
before
I
will
hinge
myself,
my
existence
only
on
the
connection
between
us,
which
is
not
yet
felt,
it
is
not
felt.
It
was
felt
a
little
bit
beforehand
but
now,
when
the
state
has
changed,
the
Creator
arranged
it
so
for
me
that
I
do
not
feel
it
at
all
and
I
need
to
search
where
should
it
be,
where
did
I
lose
it,
that
connection
between
me
and
the
friends,
or
in
general,
was
it
there
or
not?
So
I
somehow
need
to
see
importance
in
that,
that
if
I
will
find
my
connection
with
the
group,
and
this
depends
only
on
me
because
from
the
side
of
the
group
I
need
to
believe
as
the
Kabbalists
tell
me
that
the
Creator
is
there,
he
exists
inside
of
the
friends,
and
he
turns
to
me
in
such
a
way
and
he
invites
me
to
come
closer
to
them,
this
is
called
that “my
beloved
is
like
a
gazelle”, that
he
runs
away
from
me,
however,
nevertheless
he
turns
his
face
backward.
By
that
he
invites
me
to
follow
him.
Then, if
I
do
not
forget
about
this
and
I
start
to
search
nevertheless
for
what
kind
of
connection
can
there
be
from
me
to
them,
to
the
friends,
and
to
the
Creator
who
is
inside
of
them, and
by
that
I
begin
to
run
after
them.
They
are
always
ahead
of
me,
and
they
are
all
showing
me
in
all
different
kinds
of
forms
and
manners,
that
they
have
something
in
them,
and
I
am
not
yet
with
them.
Of
course
that
form
is
a
form, well I
cannot
say
if
it
is
false
or
true,
maybe
it
just
seems
to
me. Because
if
I
look
at
them,
if
I
listen
to
them,
I
see
that
they
actually
do
not
feel
any
gap
between
us
but
rather
they
are
all
close
together,
they
want
to
be
close
together
with
me,
and
I
myself
feel
that
I
am
far
away
from
them,
that
there
is
a
distance
between
us,
and
I
cannot
cross
that
distance.
Here
I
begin
to
see,
to
understand
that
this
distance,
I
can
pass
through
it,
I
can
skip
it,
only
by
leaping,
which
is
called “faith
above
reason,”
through
the
force
of
faith,
the
force
of
bestowal,
the
force
of
love
that
I
do
not
have, so
how
will
I
advance,
nevertheless? And
here
we
already
need
to
follow
all
kinds
of
recommendations
of
the
Kabbalists,
what
Rabash
writes
about
how
much
I
should
feel
myself
as
zero
relative
to
them,
and how
much I
nevertheless
do
feel
my
importance
because
I
am
one
of
the
ten,
and
by
coming
closer
to
them I
do
want
to
determine
such
connection
between
us
in
which
we
will
discover
the
true
connection
that
exist
between
us
which
is
the
Creator, He exists
between
us,
this
connection,
the
general
force
of
bestowal
that
fills
the
whole
reality.
However
we
cannot
discover Him
through
our
own
force,
that
is
what
it
is
about,
that
there
is
the
true
matter,
which
we
are
all
connected,
and
we
are
at
the
end
of
correction.
We
do
not
distance
at
all
from
sanctity,
God
forbid,
as
Baal
HaSulam
says.
However
on
the
other
hand,
we
have
to
reach
it
through
our
own
efforts,
through
prayer,
which
is
the
most
important,
through
prayer.
So
that
we
will
see
our
prayer
as
a Kli,
a
vessel
in
the
connection
between
us
as
the
vessel,
as
the
reflected
light
within
the
vessel
and
the
Creator
who
becomes
revealed
inside
of
it.
That
is
we
have
all
the
conditions
before
us,
we
just
have
to
arrange
them,
we
have
to
establish
them,
stabilize
them,
and
in
that
way,
we
will
truly
reach
a
connection
which
is
called
“Israel, the
light
and
the
Creator
is
one.”
Israel
is
any
person
in
the
world
who
yearns, Yashar El, straight
to
the
Creator,
and Orayta
is the
light,
the
Torah,
is
a
method
by
which
Kabbalists
tell
us
how
we
can
advance
to
adhesion
through
the upper
light
to
adhesion
with
the upper
force,
and
the
Creator
is
that upper
force
that
to
begin
with
created
everything,
arranged
everything,
and
manages
everything.
When
we
reach
a
state
where
these
three
elements,
Israel,
the
Light,
and
the
Creator,
all
three
of
them
are
together
they
connect,
then
we
already
attain
the
spiritual
degree
at
least
to
some
extent,
and
then
more
and
then
more
each
time.
This
is
how
we
will
advance.
Therefore
he
writes
that
the
matter
of
preparation
of
the
blow
that
one
receives
from
the
Creator,
when
he
takes
from
him
the
flavor
of
the
work,
that He seemingly
disconnects
my
battery
so
I
cannot
move.
How
will
I
do
it?
It
is
by
connecting
to
the
source
of
energy,
a
different
source
of
energy,
a
different
source
of
importance
which
is
a
higher
one.
By
this
itself
when
he
does
so
when He disconnects
me
from
my
ordinary
source
of
advancement,
by
this
the
Creator
heals
me.
He
heals
him
because
then
person
has
no
other
way
to
serve
the
Creator,
meaning
to
advance
towards
the
purpose
of
life,
but
with
faith
above
reason. This is
considered
that
I
connect
myself
instead
of Malchut to Bina, and
from
there
I
take
the
energy,
the
importance,
my
energy,
my
importance.
It
follows
that
the
blow
that he
received
from
the
Creator
that He disconnected
him
from
the
ordinary
sources,
from
this
itself
he
can
be
healed.
Why?
Because
otherwise
he
will
remain
in
separation,
and
he
cannot
remain
in
separation
because
from
that
he
gets
a
very
unpleasant
feeling,
and, even
though
it
is
an
egoistic
feeling,
nevertheless,
in
each
and
every
state,
even
a
spiritual
one,
when
we
advance,
we
discover
ourselves
in
the
state
that
we
were before
as
an
egoistic
state,
and
this
is
how
we
rise
above
it because
otherwise
he
will
remain
in
separation.
By
this
we
understand
what
our
sages
said, “that
by
the
blows
of
the
Creator
he
heals.” In
other
words
this
is
the
healing,
that
he
gives
him
room
to
work
with
faith
without
any
support,
meaning
besides
bestowing
I
do
not
want
anything.
I want to see the world entirely in bestowal and that there is no force of reception there, and this is how I relate to the friends because this is my world, the group is my spiritual world, this is where I build it. So he works only in bestowal only with forces of bestowal towards each other. This is what we now need to do within our tens, to see only mutual acts of bestowal towards each other, intentions, desires, dispositions, expressions of that, as much as possible. Each shall help his friend. As much as I see that in others, I will be ashamed that I am not that way, and this will advance me. Also we should understand, he continues, Rabash continues, what our sages said, the Creator makes a decree and the righteous revokes it. This means that the Creator makes a decree meaning he takes away from him the pleasure of the work that he had before, that the person had before and there is no harsher decree than taking from someone the vitality, the pleasure, takes away the pleasure, than taking from someone the vitality in the work. The person seemingly feels that that is it, he has no strength to work, there is nothing for which to work, he cannot come closer and keep and hold himself and direct himself. So the Creator decrees, this way he makes that new state but the righteous revokes it.
That
is
if
a
person
says
that
he
wants
to
work
without
any
support
of
vitality
and
pleasure,
that
I
don’t
want
to
use
these
vessels,
because
I
feel
in
that
this
is
some
foundation
that
I
can
stand
on
that
I
received
something
and
according
to
that
I
have
a
certain
direction,
some
correct
orientation
in
my
life,
but
I
don't
want
to
go
in
this
way,
I
want
to
have
a
different
compass
as
much
as
I
bestow
without
any
foundation.
That
is
that
he
wants
to
work
without
any
reward
of
vitality
and
pleasure,
then
the
decree
is
revoked
in
any
case,
what
the
Creator
did
which
he
took
away
from
him
the
pleasures,
the
earlier
guidelines,
directions
and
the
person
seemingly
is
disoriented
confused
like
a
baby
that
was
forgotten,
he
feels
himself
standing
in
the
middle
of
the
room
and
doesn't
know
what
to
do,
he
cries.
This
is
always
the
state
in
between
the
degrees
that
we
feel
and
here
or
there
each
one
of
us
feels
it,
and
we
have
to
cancel
that
state.
So
if
a
person
says
that
he
wants
to
work
without
any
support
or
vitality
and
pleasure
that
he
had
before,
then
the
decree
is
revoked
in
any
case,
meaning
it
is
not
a
decree.
It
follows
that
the
Creator
is
positioning
him
in
a
new
state.
Go ahead now and take a step forward, just like we teach a little child, we place him and let him walk and he just stands there, and he cries, does not know what to do, he cannot move, so usually he just sits down on the floor but no. Here we need to understand that we have no choice, this is a state in which we have to take one step forward, so do it. Crying like a little child, learn from him. This is why it says that the righteous revokes it, that is if a person says that he wants to work without any support of vitality and pleasure then the decree is revoked in any case. Meaning that he decides it is great that now I have a state where I am just hanging in the air and I cannot do anything and now I need to find my way, my entrance to the Upper world. This is how I will rise to a higher degree, and this is the way to rise from Malchut to Bina each time more and more and more, without support, with whatever I had before where we instinctively like a little child we want to hold onto something so that we do not fall. No we do not fall. Follow the guidelines, follow the direction that you are now receiving from above. If you lose the flavors, if you lose the direction in this world, it is considered that the Creator is giving you an opportunity to take a step forward with spiritual forces with the forces of Bina. So do not step on the ground on Malchut, go up a little bit more in the clouds in the air.
Moreover,
now
he
rises
to
a
higher
degree
for
now
he
is
in
the
state
of
pure
faith,
forces
of
bestowal
meaning
I
do
not
see
anything,
I
do
not
understand
anything,
and
I
do
not
want,
I
do
not
want
to
go
back
to
what
I
had
before,
no.
But
rather
I
now
want
to
receive
new
qualities,
in
wherever
I
am,
as
if
you
truly
now
want
to
step
on
a
cloud
and
to
walk
on
the
clouds
on
forces
of
bestowal
on
forces
of Bina.
For
he
is
now
in
the
state
of
pure
faith
and
is
regarded
as
having
no
self-interest,
but
I
have
nothing.
I
want
to
go
in
such
a
way
with
a
different
quality,
with
a
connection
being
above
my
ego,
with
a
different
attitude,
not
according
to
what
I
had
before
to
the
friends
and
to
the
Creator,
and
this
is
how
I
begin
to
feel
around,
but
already
in
the
new
qualities
of
connection
of
bestowal,
and
I
am
already
in
some
connection
to
the
quality
of Bina. That
is
it.
We need to start to diagnose to discern our work in the cloud, and that cloud is only for the time being later on you will see the world from one end to the other, however with sight of bestowal. So more and more as we get used to walking in such a way, we put our baby again on both feet and let him walk again and for him walking on two feet without holding on to anything without something being done with it, he cannot, so we need to understand this is untrue. That we should believe that the Creator is placing, just like we placed the foot of the baby and then the other foot and another foot, and we show it how we need to walk and from that he gets examples. We will get such examples, how to walk above our intellect above our egoistic emotion and in that way we will advance. This is how we will advance.
Excerpt
29
(25:33)
Twice
3. R. (27:31) I deliberately connected these two writings in order for us to have work, that it is a bit more complete. Here it already speaks how we relate to different states, how to operate in each and every state so please read this one again.
Reading
Excerpt
29
Again
4. R. (28:09) This is first and foremost in each and every state. If I want to reset myself, I have to reach a state, certainly not in my feeling however I accept it as a given. That I am in a world that is whole, and I am also in a state of wholeness, except for my perception for the time being.
Continued Reading…
5. R. (29:23) Because the left gives us the foundation and then the right, we need to raise it.
Reader
Continues…
6.
R.
(30:36)
Why
is
it
that
for
the
left
I
cannot
give
thanks?
Because
it
distances
me.
But
if
I
accept
it
as
something
that
is
good
for
my
advancement
then
the
left
because
the
right
and
then
I
am
walking
on
the
middle
line,
on
one
line.
Let
us
start
to
scrutinize
these
things
a
little
bit.
It
is
not
simple,
there
are
many
things
in
it,
we
are
just
touching
it,
but
we
are
still
missing
a
lot
of
elements.
7. S. (31:25) We had a meeting of friends precisely on this point you mentioned on the left line and right line. We heard from the friends that everybody wants to work on the right line, but it is also necessary to be on the left line in order to correct ourselves. So there was a discussion between the friends that we are not even supposed to touch the left line and only work on the right. Then I became confused. Now that I am listening to the text, we just read my question is what does it mean that we must always look for the right line in the assembly of friends?
R.
Look,
all
in
all
what
the
Kabbalists
recommend
is
that
we
will
see
ourselves,
that
it
is
good
to
see
ourselves
always
being
on
the
right.
and
only
for
half
an
hour
a
day.
Let
us
say
that
it
is
not
defined
specifically
as
30
minutes,
it
can
be
1
hour
or
2
hours,
but
a
well-defined
time
that
you
say
that
from
here
until
an
hour
from
now
that
I
am
only
engaging
in
the
left.
Because
in
the
left
you
nevertheless
start
to
criticize
yourself
with
your
will
to
receive
as
much
as
you
are
up
or
down
with
the
help
of
your
forces
of
reception.
This
is
work
which
can
happen
only
on
the
condition
that
you
are
already
on
the
right
with
all
of
your
forces.
Then
you
can
add
to
it
correctly
the
left,
not
just
to
be
in
the
left,
that
it
is
always
good
and
correct,
no.
It is on the condition that you are capable of it. But if you are not yet certain that you are on the right and that you have the justification to seemingly discover all the states that you might on the left then it is not worthwhile for you, it is not good for you to enter on the left. It is not just about you that you can be in that even half an hour a day. Therefore we need to try, first of all inside the group to pass on to each other the right line. Awakening, warming up, support, confidence, positive examples through envy, lust, and honor, that we will awaken the friends so they can advance. Later on I will advance through them, I cannot advance alone. All of the advancement in the group is that I wake them up and as much as possible I push them forward and after they advance then I find there my connection in them, because I awakened them, I caused them to advance. Then I can chase after them and advance. This is why envy is something very important. It promotes as and it promotes us even more if this envy is what I caused, I did it. Let us say I brought to the group all kinds of different means by which they advanced, and I look at them and I regret that I brought them that. Why? Because now they advanced. Earlier I was worth something, now they are more than me, so I look at them and I regret it, that I caused them that. This envy is actually what promotes me. It is like you throw something from yourself forward and then you go and come closer to that, you bring yourself up to that place. it is impossible in any other way but only by making the group advance and then later on you can start to come close, to climb up to them and in that way to advance. In that we always feel ascents and descents and different opportunities and only in such a way that I use the group and the friends seem to me one time up, one time down, and each time I help them and later on I need to bring myself closer also.
There
are
moments
when
I
truly
regret
that
I
gave,
that
I
helped,
that
I
supported,
but
it
is
from
above,
the
Creator
has
arranged
it
for
me.
But
in
between
in
such
a
way
I
advance.
The
force
of
bestowal
is
involved
in
that
and
the
force
of
reception
and
how
it
all
becomes
incorporated.
The
force
of
reception
in
this
way
becomes
corrected
through
the
force
of
bestowal.
So
here
we
have
envy,
lust
and
honor,
all
kinds
of
such
discernments
that
bring
us
out
of
our
corporeal
world
and
elevate
us
to
the
spiritual
world
because
I
use
the
corporeal discernments
and
envy,
lust,
and
honor.
What
might
be
worse
and
more
egoistic
than
that?
But
because
I
use
it
with
the
friends,
that
one
time
I
give
that
to
them
and
another
time
I
come
closer
to
them,
by
that
I
do
rise
from
degree
to
degree.
This
is
how
each
one
of
us
does
it.
This
is
called,
each
one
should
help
his
friend.
S. If so, all the forces that I have I should use them in order to help my friends in everything? If I have a desire or even if I do not have a desire to do this, if I have flavor or I do not have flavor I need to do anything possible in order to help my friends?
R. Of course, it is written about it, I have nothing to answer here. It is written that if you can, do. But here we are talking about not even a situation where you want to help, but this is what we do. Listen again and you will see what I said.
8.
S.
(39:51)
What
does
it
mean
to
pray
for
the
left?
R. There is a prayer and there is gratitude, giving thanks. A prayer is a request for help. A prayer is a request for help, which is the request. The right is when we bless the Creator thanking Him, respecting Him, praising Him. The two of them, left and right, build in us a special relation, a special connection to the Creator into one complete whole, which is the middle line.
9. S. (40:52) When we are in a fall what directs us?
R. In all the states we are in there is not any basis between us besides the group itself. If we lose our confidence, it is all the Creator's doing only so we would strengthen the connection between us and begin to use the point of connection between us as with the Creator. He is there inside, in the internality of the connection between us, that is where He is. Therefore we have to try to become as connected as possible from within the connection, and if we cannot then we have to search for it, seek for it. From within that we should turn to the Creator.
S. (42:12) It is very hard to cling to the group in a fall. How can I raise the prayer?
R. So you have to annul, there is nothing else you can do here. Annul in every way you can and attach yourself to them and whatever they do, you do, just like a baby toward a grown-up. Why does it grow? Because it annuls before the grown-up. The grown-up does with it whatever it wants, and this is how we grow. This is why of course the greatest attention is given to the embryo, then to the baby, and the more the person grows there is less attention to him from the grown-ups. He can already take care of himself. This is how it is, and this is how it continues. He has the love of the parents on him and then the love of the grandparents and then that is it, two degrees. A third degree already begins to wane. The love is on the first degree and on the second degree. We will learn why it is like that in spiritual degrees, but on the third degree there is a relation, but it is not beyond grandchildren. Great grandchildren are already a lesser degree. It will be clear to us.
10.
S.
(44:22)
The
recent
lessons
have
been
so
intensive
on
high
revolutions,
but
something
is
being revealed
now
that
was
never
revealed
before
which
is
that
you
feel
a
lot
of
shame
suddenly.
A
person
discovers
shame
in
these
lessons
not
only
from
the
Creator
but
also
from
the
group.
You
are
ashamed
before
them
and
also
at
the
same
time
you
feel
happy
that
it
is
becoming
revealed
to
you.
Is
this
normal,
is
it
how
it
should
be,
or
should
I
change
something?
R. I understand that for you it is not normal, but it is normal and good. It is actually good; it is a good sign.
11. S. (45:18) Do I understand correctly that I can promote the friends and help the ten only thanks to how much I myself come closer to them? Is that so?
R. Yes, and besides these examples. Give them examples and participate with them in whatever activities they decide on.
12. S. (45:53) In our ten it seems that are those who engage 23 hours a day on the left, criticism against the ten and 1 hour on the right. How do you suggest that we work with that?
R. I suggest taking some article from Rabash and reading it together and trying to implement it so it would be clear to them that this is not done, then another article, and another article so it will be clear to them that they are not carrying out our method of correction. So what are they doing in the ten? Besides not keeping quiet they are even criticizing what we do, what we are trying to do, what Rabash writes? So they are against what he is writing. They are against what Baal HaSulam determined. So they have no place in Bnei Baruch. They might say we will try as hard as we can but, in the meantime, this is who we are, we cannot. Then I will be able to understand them, they are asking for help. But if they read what is written and do not want to do it then they have no place among us. We have to create some separate group from them, something next to us on our side so they do not interfere with us. Because they do not agree with what is written. So this is why we are willing to give them a chance to ripen in the meantime on the side, until they are ready. Afterwards they can join us, but not within our group if they do not agree to do what is written.
S. If they agree to do as it says but they still keep going like that how can we help them? Simply read Rabash articles or…?
R. Wait, they agree to do what is written?
S. They want to.
R. They want to, good. So they are trying but not succeeding?
S.
Yes,
which
is
how
I
see
it.
R. But they want it.
S.
They
do
want
to.
R. How do you know that they want it?
S. They say so, they say that they want to.
R. But they are not actually succeeding?
S. Well, there are all kinds of different states.
R. If there are all kinds of states then you need to scrutinize it. There is no point asking me, nothing to ask about. I understood that they are against, that they do not want it. Although it is written they do not want to do it. Then they have no place with us, and you have to make a separate group out of them. Of course they will have correction but not at the same pace as ours. You need to give them a chance, a possibility.
13.
S.
(49:17)
We
talked
about
the
fact
that
it
is
important
to
see
all
the
friends
as
bestowers.
What
can
I
do
if
I
do
not
see
that
the
friends
are
bestowing
but
they
are
just
ordinary
friends
like
me?
R. I do not understand. They participate in the process we are going through or not.
S. They are friends in the ten.
R. Are they trying to implement what we are learning in the lesson? This is what I am asking. I am asking as a woman, in a woman’s group. Am I with the friends? Am I with friends who are doing what we are learning? Are they doing it or not? If they are not doing it then my question is maybe they do not understand what is required of us, so let us read together what Rabash writes that we have to do. Let us write down before us on a piece of paper. That it seems to us from what is written in the writings of Rabash this, this, and that is what we have to do. Let us check ourselves every day. Are we doing it or not? How have we advanced, how have we not? There has to be this examination everyday otherwise we might be going in a different direction or maybe we are not making any progress. Progress will not come from just being in the lesson but when we participate, from participating in the lesson from doing what is written. So let us ask ourselves, did we do today what was written and what? Let us speak among ourselves about what we did and what we did not and what we should do. Maybe we cannot do it today but maybe tomorrow. There has to be criticism, there has to be an examination.
14.
S.
(51:42)
What
is
the
difference
between
envy
that
we
look
at
with
faith
above
reason
and
the
ordinary
corporeal
envy?
R. Corporeal envy and spiritual envy. With spiritual envy I envy the friend. I do not want him to decline a degree and become more of a fool and less successful. On the contrary I want him to be even more successful and wiser and then I will be even more envious of him and that will be my fuel to rise as well; to cling to him and rise along with him. This is how we rise. No one ascends by himself but only through incorporation in the friends and this is why we need to come to states where each one helps the other in this way. I deliberately make others envious of me because by this I give them an opportunity to advance. In other words the envy that I awaken in them is not an egoistic envy. On the contrary it is a type of bestowal toward them. In truth I would make of myself this hidden righteous, this great Kabbalist who is hidden. But no, I want to show them that I am greater and greater in order to stimulate them, to provoke them, to make them envy me. Because envy, lust and honor bring a person out from the world into a higher world.
15. S. (54:10) In order to wake up envy is it permitted to tell the friends that I am doing intensive internal work even if it is not true?
R. Saying it is nothing, we have to show it. Words are not helping much only through practical examples.
16.
S.
(54:39)
We
are
afraid
of
using
envy
because
we
are
afraid
to
cause
harm,
but
we
also
know
that
it
might
block
our
progress
if
we
do
not
use
envy,
so
what
is
worthwhile
to
do
and
what
is
not
worthwhile
to
do?
R. You have to talk about it and scrutinize it and not hide ourselves from others. Show good examples to each other, give them good examples. This is also good both because it shows me as greater than others but the greater in something, and not that I think that I am great but also that I feel myself lower than all the others and I give them an example not in how I bestow to everybody that I do good and help everyone but how I submit myself to everybody and I feel myself as the lowest of all.
17. S. (55:50) How to relate to a friend who visibly says that he appreciates only Rav but not the friends?
R. It means that he also does not appreciate Rav because the teacher, Rav is the spirit that is in the ten. It is all a lie, she is bowing to a statue which she built for herself, like an Idol.
18.
S.
(56:26)
What
does
it
mean
that
the
righteous
revokes
it
as
we
read
in
the
excerpt,
it
makes
it
sound
as
if
the
person
does
some
action
himself?
R. If the person achieves a degree of the righteous with his act of being righteous, he also revokes that decree of the Creator which was negative.
19. S. (56:53) The excerpt speaks about the work on the left line, how can the person pray from the left?
R. If he is attached to the group, if he compliments himself with the group in the manner of the left line and then he complements the group, such work each of us has to do as well.
20.
S.
(57:22)
How
does
the
transition
happen
between
the
left
and
right,
is
it
an
intellectual
effort?
R. I do not know what he is speaking about. The personal work or group work? What is this exactly about the right and the left? Normally it is a state within that person, but we have to try to constantly be on the right and if we know how to do something on the left as well then, we have to come from the left to the middle line.
21. S. (58:05) The left brings the recognition of evil of our nature and progresses us; the right is bestowal and when they connect these two lines then it is possible to progress in the middle line. How to achieve the middle line in the ten?
R. I cannot express it in words at all I think that the by understanding being fully aware of the importance of the two lines, left and the right we come to a state there is a middle line build out of the two and then we understand the wholeness of the two of them, the Creator begins to shine in both and then we get the middle line.
22. S. (59:08) What to do with the feeling of joy when they are on the right side is it ok to feel joy?
R. It depends on what, what does it mean that the right line gives joy, the right line gives wholeness the feeling of joy because I am attached to the higher force and I am under its control through the ten, through the ten. This is what it is called that I am on the right.
23.
S.
(59:45)
How
is
it
possible
to
determine
if
I
am
already
on
the
right
line
and
I
can
go
on
the
left
line
for
half
an
hour
that
you
have
mentioned?
R. If I feel myself that I can be on the right line all the time then I can also criticize the right line from the left line in other words what more can I add to the right in what way can I pass criticism, pass my criticism to the right, and integrate myself in the left in the middle of line, I cannot explain it. When we get there, first we have to be in the right first of all in the right.
24. S. (01:00:59) Is it possible to pray for the left and be grateful for the right simultaneously at the same time?
R.
No,
no,
no
they
have
confusions.
I
see
the
right
and
left
confuses
everyone,
there
is
room
for
it
but
all
in
all
it
is
still,
it
is
still
not
clarified
so
dear
women
let
us
immerse
ourselves
in
the
right.
Meaning
in
mutual
bestowal
without
any
boundaries.
Let
us
just
be
in
this
first
of
all,
let
us
feel
what
it
means
to
be
in
mutual
bestowal
without
any
boundaries
and
then
afterwards
we
will
be
able
to
talk
about
the
vessels
of
lines.
Excerpt #30 twice (01:02:38 - 01:04:52)
25. R. Then this is the goal, not to be in the day or the night but if he uses the day and the night to the extent that he can bring more contentment to the creator.
Reader continues (01:05:04 - 01:05:56)
26.
S.
What
does
it
mean
that
I
should
be
an
example
for
the
friends,
I
need
to
pass
the
importance
to
them,
but
it
is
also
I
who
need
to
annul
before
them
and
incorporate
in
their
advancement?
R. There are times this way and times that way but first of all what we learned; if you feel that you can somehow help the friends, support them then you have to do it. That is our way. To come to the barrier of bestowal so if you have a possibility to bestow then you have to bestow all the time until you completely realize yourself in there. Now according to time I am not sure how to divide it according to time but what it seems it is twenty-three and a half hours a day you have to be in bestowal and only half hour a day in reception to check if you are still in it. That is it, try to constantly support and support and support the group 100%. By this you will come to the state where you are incorporated in them, and you are incorporated in the Creator. Without choosing anything else you are constantly choosing how you can do it in a better way. We also have the sperm that enters the womb and how it tries to reach that place where it begins to develop, right? That drop of sperm how it permeates, how it enters the womb and how the sperm begins to develop and that is exactly us, we want to enter with all our might until we become incorporated in the right place we do not stop at any moment, we just push more and more and more, this is what we have to try to do. Okay?
27. S. (01:08:44) What does it mean that a person who adheres or follows the outer ones?
R. A person who follows external ones? Then his attention is to the external ones, and he does not belong to us. He might be physically in the group and in the lesson, but his thoughts and desires are there with the outside world, so he is there.
28.
S.
(01:09:49)
Is
there
room
at
all
to
bring
my
left
to
the
ten
or
should
it
be
only
my
inner
work?
R. The left and the right we will try to connect them in the ten later and we will advance on both legs, inwards together, all of us, like soldiers, how they march left right, left right. We will work this way together.
29.
S.
(01:10:29)
What
does
it
mean
contentment
for
the
Creator?
R. The Creator gets contentment from you wanting to bring contentment to people in general in the world, or at least in the ten. By this you please the Creator.
30.
S.
(01:10:57)
How
can
we
restrict
within
us
between
the
left
and
the
right?
R. Don't think about that, just advance. Bestow in both, in all the states.
31.
S.
(01:11:22)
The
more
we
work
in
the
ten
and
work
on
the
prayer
we
see
that
the
prayer
always
begins
with
some
requests
for
help,
and
it
ends
with
gratitude.
How
do
we
work
correctly,
how
do
we
pray
correctly?
R.
The
best
is
to
talk
about
it
with
the
friends.
To
scrutinize
the
common
desire,
the
common
intention,
the
common
object
for
which
you
pray,
what
exactly
you
want.
Scrutinize
it
among
yourselves
as
much
as
possible
and
then
pray.
32. S. (01:12:07) What is the difference in my attitude to the day and the night? What in the difference creates separation? How exactly does it create separation?
R. I do not understand.
S. It was said that the attitude to the left and the right should be equal.
R. Yes.
S. So let us say that the attitude for me or in the ten is not equal to the two of them. How does that create separation?
R. Keep giving importance to the spiritual work in every single state until these states divide clearly for you day and night, and they will come closer between you in the day and in the night. Meaning what is important is why you work. And then it is not important for me if I work in the form of the day or in the form of the night as long as under both conditions where I do not determine day and night but the Creator. So I am always directed toward Him, aiming for Him.
33.
S.
(01:13:23)
Can
I
ask
about
relationships
in
the
ten?
Is
it
allowed
that
a
veteran
friend
would
dictate
to
the
other
what
not
to
do
in
the
ten
without
the
whole
ten
deciding
on
it?
R. Maybe, but usually it has to be through the whole ten.
34. S. (01:13:51) You said that every day we need to check whether we are doing what is written. Should it be personally or in the ten, what is the right way to do it?
R. I do not know. Think what is better for you, what is more suitable for you.
35.
S.
(01:14:14)
In
the
text
he
says
that
the
person
is
rewarded
with
wholeness.
It
is
not
clear
what
he
wants
to
say
about
the
one
who
was
rewarded
with
the
wholeness.
R. I do not understand your question. Why don't you write it down and send it to Gil?
S.
He
says
it
is
confusing
because
he
has
to
work
with
no
reward.
R. Yes without a reward for our will to receive.
S.
That
does
it
mean
to
get
the
reward
that
is?
R. The force of bestowal, this is what I want. Working without reward can only be if you are crazy. The desire we activate, and we activate great desires, so of course these desires have to get fuel. The question is what type of fuel my desire receives and works with. It is like having an engine that works on fuel or there is an engine that works on electricity or on gas. What is the fuel? So we want to come to a state where our fuel will be spiritual.
R.
(01:16:42)
We
are
done
with
this
part;
we
are
moving
onto
the
next
part.
We
have
to
go
through
the
articles
of
Baal
HaSulam
so
we
will
have
the
right
background,
and
from
every
article
we
create
some
sort
of
summary.
So
let
us
go
over,
not
too
deeply
but
let
us
get
to
know
what
he
wrote.
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