The Power in Bonding
By the friends uniting into a single unit, they receive strength to appreciate the purpose of their work—to achieve Lishma [for Her name].
Rabash, Rabash—the Social Writings,
“The Need for Love of Friends”
If one does not have any desire and craving for spirituality, if he is among people who have a desire for spirituality, if he likes these people, he, too, will take their strength to prevail, and their desires and aspirations, although by his own quality, he does not have these desires and cravings and the power to overcome. But according to the grace and the importance he ascribes to these people, he will receive new powers.
Baal HaSulam, Shamati[I Heard], Article no. 99,
“He Did Not Say Wicked or Righteous”
There is a special power to adhesion of friends. Since the views and thoughts pass from one to the other through the adhesion between them, each is mingled with the power of the other, and by that, each person in the group has the power of the entire group. For this reason, although each person is an individual, he contains the power of the entire group.
Rabash, Rabash—the Social Writings,
“The Need for Love of Friends”
The advice for one to be able to increase his strength in the rule, “Love thy friend,” is love of friends. If every one is nullified before his friend and mingles with him, they become one mass, where all the little parts that want the love of others unite in a collective force that consists of many parts. And when he has great strength, he can execute the love of others. And then he can achieve the love of God.
The Rabash, Rabash—the Social Writings,
“According to What Is Explained Concerning ‘Love Thy Friend as Thyself’”
According to what is written, “In the multitude of people is the king's glory,” it follows that the greater the number of the collective, the more effective is the power of the collective. In other words, they produce a stronger atmosphere of greatness and importance of the Creator. At that time, each person’s body feels that he regards anything that he wishes to do for holiness—meaning to bestow upon the Creator—as a great fortune, that he has been privileged with being among people who have been rewarded with serving the king. At that time, every little thing he does fills him with joy and pleasure that now he has something with which to serve the king.
The Rabash, Rabash—the Social Writings,
“The Agenda of the Assembly”
A person has a desire within him, which comes from himself. In other words, even when he is alone and there are no people around him to affect him, or from whom to absorb some desire, he receives an awakening and craves to be a servant of the Creator. But his own desire is probably not big enough for him not to need to enhance it so he can work with it to obtain the spiritual goal. Therefore, there is a way—just like in corporeality—to enhance that desire through people on the outside who will compel him to follow their views and their spirit.
This is done by bonding with people whom he sees that also have a need for spirituality. And the desire that those people on the outside have begets a desire in him, and thus he receives a great desire for spirituality. In other words, in addition to the desire that he has from within, he receives a desire for spirituality that they beget in him, and then he acquires a great desire with which he can reach the goal.
The Rabash, Rabash—the Social Writings,
“Mighty Rock of My Salvation”