Question: When a person feels that pain is practically a part of the treatment, he rejoices. And yet, how can he cope with the pain? How can he prevent it from negatively affecting him and how can one avoid impatience and irritability?

Answer: Let us say a person feels pain. When he connects it to the cause, to the Creator, it sweetens his suffering because he sees that there is a cause. Then he already understands that the Creator, of course, has a good intention in sending him this pain.

This is true for the inanimate level of holiness. However, if I do not move on to the next stage, then I am not advancing. I have certainly completed one stage; I have connected the pain to its source.

But now I need to take the next step. Why did He send it to me? Now, I have to sort of bring that pain back and work with it like with an empty vessel that needs to be corrected. Then I already treat it as a sign showing me where I need to change myself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/16/26, Rabash, “Make for Yourself a Rav and Buy Yourself a Friend – 1”

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