Concealed Tree

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[…] there is a rule that the other’s deficiencies are always visible while his own faults are always hidden. And yet, he must regard the other as being virtuous, and that it is worthwhile for him to accept what he says or does, to learn from the other’s actions.

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So it is in every element of reality: When an element seems to us as bad and harmful, it is but a self-testimony […] that it is still in a transition phase in the process of its development. Hence, we must not decide that it is bad, and it is not wise for us to cast a flaw in it.

Baal HaSulam “Peace in the World”

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[...] Reality shows us that an individual cannot exist in isolation without a sufficient number of people around him to serve him and help him provide for his needs. Hence, man is inherently born to lead a social life. Each and every individual in society is like a wheel that is linked to several other wheels placed in a machine. This single wheel has no freedom of movement in and of itself but continues with the motion of the rest of the wheels in a certain direction to qualify the machine to perform its general function. And if there is some malfunction in the wheel, the malfunction is not evaluated relating to the wheel itself, but according to its service and role with respect to the whole machine. [...] It thus turns out that the collective and the individual are one and the same [...]

Baal HaSulam “Peace in the World”

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”Either the will to bestow governs or the will to receive governs. Both cannot exist together because each one contradicts the other and two opposites cannot be in the same subject.”

Rabash ”And It Shall Come to Pass When You Come to the Land…”

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[...] if one has love of friends, the rule in love is that you want to see the friends’ merits and not their faults. Hence, if one sees some fault in one’s friend, it is not a sign that his friend is at fault, but that the seer is at fault, meaning that because his love of friends is flawed, he sees faults in his friend.

Rabash “Concerning the Importance of Friends”

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If a person has no desire to exit self-love, and he is told, “Do some work and in return you will have no desire for self-love,” he does not regard it as a reward. On the contrary, he thinks that for the work he did for the owner, he should have rewarded him in return for his labor. But in return, he is giving him something very bad, and so much so that he would lose all the self-love in an instant. Who would agree to that?

Rabash “Concerning Bestowal”

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“How wonderful and pleasant it is to sit together as brothers.” These are friends who are sitting together, not parting from each other. At first, they seem to be people in enmity with each other and wanting to kill each other. But afterward, they return to brotherly love. And then they exclaim: “How wonderful and pleasant it is to sit together as brothers.” By doing this, they reach similarity to the integral system of nature and they correspond to it. And in their common love, they reveal the essence of nature, its perfection and eternity. The Book of Zohar, Chapter “Acharei Mot” Related Material: To Fill The Heart With Love Don’t Postpone Correction Until Tomorrow Love Of Friends

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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to also sit together.

Rabbi Shimon “The Book of Zohar, Chapter 'Acharei Mot’”

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A thought is a result of the desire. A person thinks of what he wants. He will not think of what he does not want. For example, a person never thinks of his day of death. On the contrary, he will always contemplate his eternity, since this is what he wants. Thus, one always thinks of what is desirable for him. However, there is a special role to the thought: It intensifies the desire. The desire remains in its place; it does not have the strength to expand and perform its action. Yet, because one thinks and contemplates a matter, and the desire asks the thought to provide some counsel and advice to carry out the desire, the desire grows, expands, and performs work in actual practice. It turns out that the thought serves the desire, and the desire is the “self” of the person. Now, there is a big self or a small self. A big self controls the small selves.

Baal HaSulam “Shamati”

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Since man is created with […] “self-love,” where one does not see that an act will yield self-benefit, one has no motivation to make even the slightest motion. […] And since it is against our nature, we need a society that will form a great force so we can work together on annulling the will to receive […]

Rabash “Purpose of Society - 2″

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There is an allegory about friends who were lost in the desert, hungry and thirsty. One of them had found a settlement filled abundantly with every delight. He remembered his poor brothers, but he had already drawn far off from them and did not know their place. What did he do? He began to shout out loud and blow the horn; perhaps his poor hungry friends would hear his voice, approach and come to that abundant settlement filled with every delight

Baal HaSulam “Building the Future Society”