Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 19

Dr. Michael LaitmanDear Friends, please ask questions about these passages from the great Kabbalists. The commentaries in brackets are mine.

The Torah Develops the Recognition of Evil in a Person

What is the essence of that development, which is attained through Torah [correction by the way of Light, as it is said: “I created the evil inclination, and I gave the Torah for its correction so that its Light will return us to good”] and Mitzvot [man’s egoism consists of 613 egoistic desires which have to be corrected into the opposite ones, which is called performing 613 commandments]?

Bear in mind that it is the recognition of the evil within us. That engagement in Mitzvot can slowly and gradually refine those who delve in them. And the scale by which we measure the degrees of refinement is the measurement of the recognition of the evil within us.
– Baal HaSulam, “The Essence of Religion and Its Purpose

Through the subtle pleasantness we feel when working sincerely to Him, to please Him, there develops within us a relative recognition of the lowliness of these sparks of self-love—that they are obstacles on our way to receiving that subtle taste of bestowal upon the Creator.
– Baal HaSulam, “The Essence of Religion and Its Purpose
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Related Material:
Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 18
Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 17
Kabbalists On The Torah And Commandments, Part 16

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