Question: How can we consciously go through all the states as corrections that bring us closer to the Creator?

Answer: If we relate everything to the Creator, want to understand what is happening to us, and ask Him to bring us closer to Him, then we act correctly.

Question: If we begin to translate all negative states into the idea that He is sending them to us, then is this a correction and not a punishment?

Answer: There are no punishments at all. Correction is not a punishment. The Creator always straightens us up.

The correction of Kelim is a state when, after the work done, in those places where we have experienced troubles, suffering and blows, we feel gratitude and love.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/21/24, Writings of Rabash “It Is All Corrections”

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