Kabbalah Library

I heard

There is a scrutiny of “bitter and sweet,” and there is a scrutiny of “true and false.” The scrutiny of “true and false” is in the mind, and the scrutiny of “bitter and sweet” is in the heart. This is why we must pay attention to the work in the heart, to be in the form of bestowal and not in the form of reception.

By nature, only reception is sweet to man, and bestowal is bitter. And the work—to turn reception to bestowal is called “the work in the heart.”

In the mind, the work is of “true and false.” And for this, we need to work in faith, meaning have faith in the sages. This is so because the worker cannot clarify the matter of “true and false” to himself.