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There are those who have attained spirituality, however we need always be most interested in the general Kli because on it we all depend. Even if you’re already beyond the degrees before the spiritual degrees, you still depend on even the advancement of the least advanced friend. So, there’s no need to speculate on who is or isn’t advanced – if they’re in spirituality they’ll know well how to hide that – and all are working to advance everyone in a together-way, like in one boat.
A more advanced/correct answer I heard from Dr. Laitman during the morning lesson – if you like, Naom
Take on the responsibility, that although you can’t awaken the whole group, you take what those who are awakened want to do, and try to implement it. This is called “labor.” [Advancement] is measured in units of effort. (Envy [of other tens] is [also] good, but it must be a good envy, which helps you grow.)
I don’t need to waste my time on what truly feels like a waste, except for necessities like family, eating, etc. The real correction though is in elevating the importance of the spiritual goal higher than all other goals rather than shutting down other pleasures. This way, the entire path is joyous, and everything falls into place.
The part that is part of the process is that it’s impossible that I could be already right, and if I was already right in my thinking I’d already be in equivalence with the Upper Force, and that would mean I’m already in some level of revelation. But by asking, I receive a correction (even without getting an answer from a teacher). So, it’s different than in our world where I’m acting/saying differently than is some human’s preference. Here the difference is between me and the opinion of the Creator. As it is written, “Your thoughts are not as my thoughts.”
It’s impossible that I’ll be found in a ten that isn’t a reflection of my qualities. Now I need to correct my relationship toward each of those qualities. As Rabash says, “It is not the friends who should love me, but rather I who should love the friends.” That includes everything that I think of them.
It seems that if I were in the ten of Rashbi or the ARI that I’d advance more with such great examples. There’s a Perception of Reality problem by which it seems so. But how could it be if exactly what the Creator is giving me, I need to correct?
There’s a level, of course, at which part of the correction is doing something physical in our world. For example, if all but 3 friends left the ten, I should contact management and get a functioning ten. The correction is on the plane of this world. But regarding all the other variances, even if the perception of reality aspect has yet to sink in and touch my heart, I need to remember that we need to bring the whole world to correction. And here we’re talking about people who already have some desire for this goal.
Also, it’s not necessarily better that I believed in the Creator in a religious way before coming to Kabbalah. It’s good that it keeps me studying, so the Light is working. But it won’t make it easier in the end. Because all will have the same work above the ego in the end. Whatever was within the ego prior doesn’t matter and doesn’t support – not when I truly want to go above the ego. Everyone will have the same work whether they used to believe in the Creator or were atheists and only believe what they have proof of in their hands.
