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IMPORTANŢA SCOPULUI
2.01 Baal HaSulam,
RABASH, Article No. 24, “The Main Thing We Need”
The main thing we need, and for which we have no fuel for the work, is that we are lacking impor- tance of the goal. That is, we do not know how to appreciate our service so as to know to whom we are bestowing. Also, we are lacking the awareness of the greatness of the Creator, to know how happy we are that we have the privilege of serving the King, since we have nothing with which to be able to understand His greatness.
In the words of The Zohar, this is called “Shechina [Divinity] in the dust,” meaning that bestowal upon Him is as important to us as dust. Naturally, we have no fuel to work, since without pleasure, there is no energy to work.
Where self-love shines, the body derives vitality from this. But in the work of bestowal, the body does not feel any pleasure in this and must naturally “collapse under its weight.”
Conversely, when one feels that he is serving an important King, to the extent of the importance of the King, so is his delight and pleasure from serving Him. Hence, at that time he has fuel that can give him the power to go forward each time, since he feels that he is serving an important King. Then, when he knows and feels to whom he bestows, to the extent that he had the strength to work with the intention of self-love, now he has the strength to work in order to bestow, since one who bestows upon an important person is regarded as receiving from him. And since the body has the strength to work for reception, in order to receive reward, likewise, in bestowing upon an important King he derives pleasure in this.
By this we will understand what is written in the “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot” concerning the matter that if she gives, and he is an important person, she is sanctified because of the pleasure of receiving from him. We are seeing something new: Bestowing upon an important person is tantamount to receiving, although there he references the essay about matrimony in the context of reception in order to bestow, at which time reception means bestowal.
From this we can understand the other side of the coin—that bestowal is called reception, and because of this he already has fuel, for if he bestows upon an important person, it is to him as though he is receiving. Therefore, he already has the power to work.
It follows that all we need is to believe in the greatness of the Creator, and then we will have the energy to work in bestowal.
2.02 RABASH, Article No. 30 (1988),
“What to Look for in the Assembly of Friends”
The matter of obtaining greatness, it should be obtained specifically through the society.
2.03 RABASH,
Article No. 14 (1988), “The Need for Love of Friends”
When the friends unite into a single unit, they receive strength to appreciate the purpose of their work—to achieve Lishma [for Her sake].
2.04 RABASH, Article No. 28 (1987),
“What Is Do Not Add and Do Not Take Away in the Work?”
He must believe above reason and imagine that he has already been rewarded with faith in the Creator that is felt in his organs, and he sees and feels that the Creator leads the entire world as the good who does good. Although when he looks within reason he sees the opposite, he should still work above reason and it should appear to him as though he can already feel in his organs that so it really is, that the Creator leads the world as the good who does good.
Here he acquires the importance of the goal, and from here he derives life, meaning joy at being near to the Creator. Then a person can say that the Creator is good and does good, and feel that he has the strength to tell the Creator, “You have chosen us from among all nations, You have loved us and wanted us,” since he has a reason to thank the Creator. And to the extent that he feels the importance of spirituality, so he establishes the praise of the Creator.
2.05 RABASH,
Article No. 17 (1986), “The Agenda of the Assembly-2”
There is one point we should work on—appreciation of spirituality.
2.06 RABASH,
Article No. 28 (1987), “What Is Do Not Add and Do Not Take Away in the Work?”
Once man has come to feel the importance of spirituality, which is called “One should always establish the praise of the Creator,” then is the time when he must shift to the left line. He must criticize how he truly feels within reason the importance of the King, if he is truly willing to work only for the sake of the Creator.
When he sees within reason that he is bare and destitute, that state when he sees the importance of spirituality, but only above reason, that calculation can create in him deficiency and pain for being in utter lowliness. Then he can make a heartfelt prayer for what he lacks.
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