{The root of all corruption} is the will to receive, a diverse phase in opposition to that of the Creator in Whom no such will exists.
(p. 125)
... the body is wholly concerned with the desire for its own welfare. This is the chief cause of destruction and death amidst humanity; it also causes inescapable anguish, sorrow and toil to the soul. The very attempt of the soul to transform the will of the body (that is the will to receive) the effort to invert this utensil of recipiency onto the plane of intelligence, so that it becomes a receptacle of imparting is fraught with labor. It can only be achieved through Torah study and performance of the Torah precepts with the motive of delighting one's Maker. Once the entire process is complete, we immediately realize our immense reward. But as long as the will to receive is not converted into the will to give, we cannot hope for His direct heavenly abundance.
As long as the defect of greed has not been effaced, the Supreme Light will not be granted. Altruism must, once and for all, become the salient quality, and beneficence, not recipiency, the leading trait.
(p. 50)
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