{"id":16135,"date":"2026-01-22T14:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16135"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:58:58","slug":"deciding-to-restrict","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/deciding-to-restrict\/","title":{"rendered":"Deciding To Restrict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: Is it possible to delight the Creator without giving something up, without restricting myself, without performing the first restriction, but only changing the aim from \u201cfor me\u201d to \u201cfor the Creator?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;When you begin to delve deep inside and feel your own nature in all its lowness, you\u2019ll understand why it is natural to be fooled by it. Our nature always puts on forms that are \u201creal,\u201d \u201cgenuine,\u201d \u201cuseful,\u201d and \u201cdesirable.\u201d It is impossible to grasp that all our actions are performed&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>to please ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, we must cut off any contact with the desire and the pleasure. That is our \u201crestriction\u201d &#8211; the decision to not follow our own corporeal nature. Later on, we will reach such a level of correction that we become completely indifferent to the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only after that phase, and according to the measure of correction, can we begin to contemplate how to act, not for ourselves, but for the Creator. 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