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

Love of Others Is the Means to Attain the Love of the Creator

Both stages of the correction of egoism, its correction in relation to one’s friend and in relation to the Creator, …pursue the same goal, namely performing actions for the benefit of the Creator. It makes no difference if one works for one’s friend or for the Creator. That is because … anything beyond his own interests appears to be unreal.
– Baal HaSulam, “The Love for the Creator & Love for the Created Beings”

The imperative of “love thy friend as thyself” is the ultimate goal of all actions. …It’s impossible to be mistaken in its fulfillment since we know that if we place the needs of our friends before our own, it is bestowal.

Hence the goal is not to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul” for it is completely equivalent to “love thy friend as thyself.” … With regards to the Creator, one may deceive oneself; and with one’s friend it is always spread out before his eyes.
– Baal HaSulam, “The Love for the Creator & Love for the Created Beings”
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