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Daily Lesson (Afternoon) May 21, 2024

Part 1: Rabash. Record 638. “Man’s Inclination.”

Reader: Hello. We're learning from the writings of Rabash, Article 638, Man's Inclination. You can find it on Sviva Tova and the Arvut systems, Man's Inclination. Rav, please.

M. Laitman: I will hear from you.

Reading Article: (00:39) Man's Inclination.

“Man’s inclination overcomes him every day, and unless the Creator helps him, he cannot overcome it.” We should ask about this: It is known that everything is in the hands of heaven but the fear of heaven, so why did they say, “unless,” etc.?

“Man’s inclination overcomes him every day, and unless the Creator helps him, he cannot overcome it.” We should ask about this: It is known that everything is in the hands of heaven but the fear of heaven, so why did they say, “unless,” etc.?

All the miracles are attributed to the Creator, meaning, regarded as an awakening from above, and not as an awakening from below, since the lower one cannot do something that is above nature. But in order for a miracle to be done to him, a person should pray that a miracle be done to him.

Hence, the work from the perspective of the lower one, meaning that he will make a choice, was said only about the prayer, and then the Creator hears the prayer. Therefore, one is given one’s wishes, and the rule is that a prayer pertains specifically to a deficiency.

For this reason, a person must create within him a need and a deficiency for faith, for only when one sees and feels that he is lacking faith, and to the extent that he needs it, since he sees that for himself he cannot receive the above-mentioned, then he makes a true prayer that the Creator will help him, and then the Creator makes a miracle for him and gives him the light of faith.

However, one must be careful not to enjoy this light, as our sages said, “One does not enjoy the work of miracles.” This means that acceptance of faith should be only for the purpose of bestowal and not for the purpose of reception, for then there is room for the spirit of Kedusha [holiness] to be on him.

If he wants the above-mentioned light in order to have pleasure, since he feels that the corporeal pleasures are not eternal, so he wants an eternal pleasure, and this is why he asks for faith—he immediately loses the light of Kedusha.

Instead, one must ask because the Shechina [Divinity] is in exile, meaning that he wants to sanctify the name of heaven in him, and not to have foreign thoughts, since he cannot tolerate the slander that the body says about Kedusha, as it is written, “All day long, my enemies curse me.” At that time, the Creator makes a miracle for him and gives him faith above reason, and he is rewarded with permanent faith.

Question (Kyiv): (05:42) How do we nonetheless receive faith, not for the sake of miracles, but for the sake of bestowal? Since the Creator does show some miracles, how do we not receive them or reject them?

M. Laitman: How to differentiate between the light that comes to us in order to see? Why is it coming to us? Is it to see the force of faith, or just simply to elevate me, that I will see more, whatever is happening? I think that we need to depict to ourselves more what does it mean to be in faith. We do not depict to ourselves how great of a power it is. In our world, this is how faith and believers are. It's all somehow weird, to be honest. The force of faith is the force that pulls a person above everything. And then the person can get along to run himself.

Question (Turkiye 2): (07:45) What is the real prayer that one must pray in order to make this miracle happen?

M. Laitman: Prayer from the heart, that he truly wants to reach the quality of bestowal, to faith above reason, to wanting to bestow what he receives from the Creator to everyone, and this is how it is.

Student: In the morning lesson I heard that if a person comes to the prayer, he has to come to Kedusha. How can I come to this Kedusha?

Reader: In the lesson, a person needs to reach shame. How do we reach that shame that we're talking about?

M. Laitman: We will examine what is demanded of him and what he is doing. By that, the person will examine to what extent he receives and to what extent he wants to bestow and where in relation to all that he is.

Question (Women MAK): (09:53) In the article it says that a person himself needs to evoke that need for faith. What will help a person to feel that deficiency for faith? And thanks to what does it appear in a person, in the Ten?

M. Laitman: It is given to him from above. It does not depend on anything. He is given this deficiency from above, this demand for faith. But already in this force of this deficiency that he feels within him, he is already advancing.

Student: Can we say that before we receive it, we believe in faith above reason, we believe the Creator can help us?

M. Laitman: He can.

Student: The feeling of desire to receive against bestowal gives a true need for the Creator's salvation. Can we say so?

M. Laitman: We can say that.

Student: Permanent faith, is there a connection between what we are asking for and what we are receiving and understanding and feeling?

M. Laitman: Of course.

Question (English 1): (11:29) Being awarded with permanent faith would represent a lifelong work to attain that ability to walk in this fake hall of mirrors that the ego represents and to know it's all fake and to just have one powerful connection. Does this happen by degrees, and do we feel it a little bit at a time before it actually becomes a full faith for us mortal people trying to grasp this?

M. Laitman: Yes, it does come gradually to each and every person in accordance to how much the person yearns to it, how much of an inclination he has towards it.

Question (Tbilisi): (12:58) I want to thank you for the amazing Congress. At the Congress, we received faith above reason. This is the path of correction within reason. We cannot correct anything only in above reason and you gave us the keys to that. So, we can raise everything to faith above reason and correct it. What else are we lacking? These are such precious keys that you have given us. What else do we lack?

M. Laitman: You are lacking only the connection and ascent. Connection and ascent. Connection and ascent. In such a way you interchange them. One's that, one's the other.

Student: We need to correct it. Is that what you're talking about?

M. Laitman: Yes.

Question (Women Moscow 8): (14:10) You said beforehand that a person needs to give everyone what he gets from the Creator. Is it enough, just this directive, or is there this condition that a person must get included in the deficiencies of others in order to pass them?

M. Laitman: There is something that I don’t understand here. This disconnection of a person from himself, in order to want to rise above yourself, explain it, please.

Student: You said a person needs to give to everyone what he gets from the Creator. So my question is, is it only enough, this good intention of mine, what comes to me from the Creator, that I’ll be able to pass it to the friends or must there also be that I will include the friends’ deficiencies within me?

M. Laitman: To include your friends in the mutual guarantee is very important. In the Ten, that's the only way you can connect.

Question (Women Turkiye 7): (15:37) In the last paragraph in the article it says, since you cannot tolerate the slander that the body says about Kedusha. I'm struggling to reach this point, so what should I add?

M. Laitman: And what do you usually say? What desire then do you have in your heart?

Student: If foreign thoughts come to my mind, I say to myself, don't look at the foreign thoughts, just continue. But when I do this, that makes me feel as if these foreign thoughts are making me, I cannot tolerate them, and it makes me feel as if I'm running away from them and not trying to change them.

M. Laitman: Eventually, it works within you. It is working within you. You're advancing nicely.

Question (Woman MAK 104): (17:56) How can a person himself awaken the need for the deficiency in faith in order to have this true prayer?

M. Laitman: Ask from the Creator.

Question (Women MAK 98): (18:22) Should we prove to the Creator that we cannot tolerate it anymore, what the body is telling us about Kedusha, so the Creator will help us to receive faith above reason?

M. Laitman: Ask, there's nothing else that you can do.

Question (Women MAK 56): (18:51) When the Creator makes a miracle for a person and gives them permanent faith, then the person no longer has foreign thoughts, or is he simply able to deal with them then?

M. Laitman: They just come to him and that's it. There is no point asking the Creator for something that He doesn't give you. Gradually, gradually, He gives you more and more opportunities to strengthen, to postpone, or to reject the disturbances. But nevertheless, it's our daily work. Later on, we will study or learn how to work correctly with these disturbances, and through them, we can discern more our ascents. Because the disturbances are not just disturbances.

Question (Women Italy): (19:50) Thank you everyone for a big and emotional congress. The question is, our lack creates prayer and works miracles for faith. Why not rejoice for a moment in the relationship with the Superior who only teaches bestowal?

M. Laitman: That's truly well. You can do like that. Be joyous. Why not?

Student: Because we improve relationship with the friend. Is it correct?

M. Laitman: Yes, yes, this is correct.

Question (Women Spain): (21:09) I wanted to thank you for the Congress, especially those taking place in Madrid. Does the Creator answer only the prayer for faith above reason?

M. Laitman: No, but generally in faith above reason, if a person is making an effort to climb the steps of the ladder, then he has a bigger chance that the Creator will hear him.

Question: (Women MAK 19): (22:03) A person can feel the love of the other, of the friends, only when he reaches permanent faith?

M. Laitman: No, not necessarily. Even at the beginning, when a person starts to ascend the first steps, he can already ask for the other and connect with him.

M. Laitman: Let’s read the article again.

Re-Reading Article: (23:00) “Man’s Inclination.”