Question: Why does it say that a person should hate himself and love others? Why should I hate myself?
Answer: Hatred refers to the inclination to be separated, to drawing away from the hated object. It is about our egoistic attributes that disturb us from reaching the Creator and from resembling Him; attributes that disturb us from attaining love and bestowal and which disturb us from attaining connection between everyone.
These attributes disturb me from surrendering, from annulling myself, from losing myself, which means from leaving my corporeal heart and mind and from trying to acquire a heart and mind of bestowal and to live outside myself.
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From the Preparation to the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/14
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From the Preparation to the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/13/14
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