A Descent Is A Trampoline For Ascent

Dr. Michael LaitmanOur entire work lies in finding the right attitude to the states we receive. While doing this work, we gradually begin to break ourselves up into two components:

1. My desire, in which I perceive various phenomena, such as good and evil,

2. The mind, in which I discern Who sends me my sensations and with what purpose.

To the degree I am able to analyze my states independently of the sensation "good or bad," I am able to understand these states and justify them in spite of my sensation. I can desire them for the sake of revealing the quality of bestowal, the Creator, even though the revelation of every new state means that I will first feel suffering due to the revelation of a new, empty desire.

My attitude to this empty desire can change my sensation of its emptiness. The sensation of the goal, a connection with the Creator, can put me in high spirits that will greatly exceed my sensation of suffering.

That is why we have the opportunity to ascend above the unpleasant sensations in our intentions, in our sensation of the connection with the Creator. We can justify all of creation so greatly that precisely this gap will help us ascend above the unpleasant sensations and even elicit their revelation in order to ascend even higher above them.

We cannot change any state in our development, but we can ask for the understanding of how goal-oriented and good they are, above our will to enjoy.

That is how we can accelerate our development and go through the states of descent in such a way that we won’t feel they are descents, but a reason to ascend. Everything depends on our attitude to what happens to us.

From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/16/2010,  “What is the Matter of Sufferings in the Work”

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  1. RECOGNIZING AT EVERY MOMENT THAT ALL THINGS ARE THE LOVE OF THE CREATOR IN LIFE IS THE ANSWER TO ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD. YES THIS IS OBVIOUS WHEN WE TRUELY KNOW. WHEN SUFFERING BECOMES EXTINCT. IT IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEN. WE BECOME MAN…THE CREATORS PERFECT CREATURE. THERE IS A MONUMENTAL TASK AHEAD OF US AS ONE. WE MUST KEEP THE WORK ALIVE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. HE IS FAITHFUL. THERE IS NONE ELSE BESIDES HIM………..

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