Part 1: Rabash Writings, Article “What Is Evil Eye Bread In The Work”
* All of our work is in a very narrow line in which we need to walk; otherwise even the smallest deviation can lead us in time to a greater distance from the goal. This line is “Israel, the Light, and the Creator are all one,” and this goal needs to be from the first moment on our sights.
* In order to bestow satisfaction to the Creator and enjoy it – which is what we need to reach, to love towards Him, otherwise it’s impossible to enjoy bestowal to anyone – we need to examine the goal from the start, the reason for the goal, the actualization of the goal, in accordance to the vessels, according to the Lights; how to actualize it now without a mistake, and with which tools I need to aim myself there.
* The device, the tool with which we can surely do exercises, to aim ourselves towards and be sure that with it our exertion will reach the unseen goal, is the group.
* If one thinks of “the end of an action begins with the thought” and about how he arranges his attitude toward the friends (the group), that his relationship toward them is like that toward the Creator only that instead of the Creator, he makes his direction, his exertion, and his sight toward the group, then he can be sure that the goal is beyond this “device,” that the Creator is there; he can be sure that with this trend, the intention, the attitude which he has toward what appears to him as the group, reaches the Creator as well.
* You need to imagine to yourself in the corrected state; we are all connected in a way that no one feels themselves; rather, the collective, in which the force of general bestowal and love resides and fills everyone equally, is called the “Creator” or “Nature”. This is what you need to see as the final goal.
* Investment or exertion is when I try to approximate myself to that complete image at every moment. That I am connected to the system of souls between us and that this is accomplished by the Creator. The tendency, the attraction, the yearning to this state is called investment, intention, exertion.
* Ask at every moment, are you doing actions like a child to discover the world.
Part 2: Zohar for the People, The Preface To The Book Of Zohar, 85, Article “The Donkey Leader”, lesson 3
* To enjoy bestowal is only possible if you love. To love is only possible through doing corrections, and the corrections can only be accomplished by the Upper Light. You can only invite the Upper Light if you ask. Asking for the Upper Light can only be done if the society obliges you to ask. The society will only oblige you to ask if you surrender yourself to society and ask it to oblige you. And you will only be able to surrender yourself after you work with the friends, and this is where we get stuck.
Part 3: TES, Part 3, Section 8, 57, lesson 31
* The world of Atzilut is constructed from taking and clarifying the world of Nikkudim, and as the result of this it knows how to be built. From this we need to understand that every correction requires preceding clear knowledge of what is broken.
Part 4: Baal HaSulam Writings, Article, “The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Philosophy”, lesson 12
* The problem is where to approach the correction, not whether or not to carry out external actions. The question is, does everything you do prevent you from arriving at the conclusion that you must correct your ego? And your ego toward the society, in order to reach the connection with the Creator, is to not conceal the correction of the ego.
* One who is advancing in spirituality reaches a state in which he can’t stand lies – not in the street and not in business. This is a result of corrections that happen and are an indirect result of him.
* “Faith above reason” – by giving efforts and forces toward the group, I attain certain help tto now raise myself above my ego.
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