Kabbalah Library
Shamati (I Heard)
12. The Essence of Man’s Work
I heard during a meal on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah, October 5, 1948
The essence of man’s work should be how to come to feel taste in bestowing contentment to one’s Maker, since all that one does for oneself removes him from the Creator due to the disparity of form. Conversely, if one acts in order to benefit the Creator, even if it is the smallest act, it is still considered a Mitzva[commandment].
Therefore, one’s primary exertion should be to acquire the strength to feel taste in bestowing, which is through lessening the force that feels taste in self-reception. Then one slowly acquires the taste in bestowing.
