Cleansing process for one's neshama - is it Scary?
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I have a question from itak itak is asking about the black thing that I'm describing uh that it was very scary is is asking and I I have to actually read it from the screen because it's a long question but the question is that it was scary because the unknown aspect of it and and that I didn't know if I ever going to get out of it but he's asking if one has the knowledge of from Torah obviously that this is a part of the cleansing process for one's Nish one's Soul would that make it less scary that's the first question the second question is that is asking if I saw Flames if I saw geh hell and if I saw actual Flames so I'll start with the second question first of all all my process I didn't still reach gim what it's called hell gim hell G is is a is a cleansing process for the soul after it was judged already for its sins uh the r g in in essence it's not a bad place it is an extremely bad place because whatever cleansing process one has to go through you know is scary painful and etc etc but the the the idea why it's a good thing because it's a cleansing process for the soul in order for the soul to go higher in a and to get to reach a much higher level of spirituality which means that the soul has the ability of of a receiving higher Godly
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