During The Study Baal HaSulam, Introduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot, item

155: Therefore we must ask: why then, did the Kabbalists obligate each person to
delve in the wisdom of Kabbalah? Indeed there is a weighty thing here, worthy of
being publicized: that there is a magnificent, invaluable remedy, to those who delve
in the wisdom of Kabbalah: that although they do not understand what they are
learning, but through the yearning and the great desire to understand what they are
learning, they awaken upon themselves the lights that surround their souls.
Meaning, that each man from Israel is guaranteed to finally attain all these
wonderful attainments, which God has resolved, in the Thought of Creation, to grant
each creature. But he, who has not attained it in this life, will attain it in the next
and so on, until he has completed that which he preliminary thought of. And while
man has not attained perfection, these lights, that are destined to come to him, are
deemed surrounding lights. That means that they stand ready for him, awaiting his
attainment of the vessels of bestowal. Then they will be dressed within the able
vessels. Thus, even when the vessels are absent, when one delves in this wisdom,
mentioning the names of the lights and the vessels, related to his soul, they right
away illuminate him to a certain degree. However, they illuminate him without
dressing in the internality of his soul, since he doesnt have the vessels needed to
receive them. Indeed, the illumination one receives time and again, when studying,
draws to him grace from above, imparting him with a bounty of sanctity and purity,
which greatly furthers one toward ones perfection.

The meaning of the Hebrew word Rabbi is Great. The teacher experiences the
spiritual path along with his student. The purpose of the teacher is not that his
students will fear and respect him; on the contrary, he wants them to study in such
a way, that they will develop fear, respect and love for the Creator; he wants to
place them face to face with His power. He wants to teach them how to turn directly
to the Creator. Any person who goes through the spiritual development feels at
some point, the sensation of his ignobility, weakness, his egoism and the vileness of
his own desires. After a person experiences these feelings he can no longer be
proud of himself, since he begins to see that everything that he receives comes
from the Creator. That is why a Kabbalah teacher is a modest person who lives his
daily life just like every one of us, and not some sage who is disconnected from this
world. That is why neither a Kabbalistic teacher nor his students are arrogant; they
do not compel their ideas on others, they do not force and do not preach. The
purpose of the rabbi is to turn the student toward the Creator in every single
matter, not to himself. In all other methods, even when they pretend to be a
Kabbalist, the student begins to feel awe toward the teacher, not toward the
Creator.

One receives the spiritual charge from the group only to the extent that he is
willing to nullify his own ego before each member and before the group as a whole.
A lower may receive from the upper, but for that to happen, each member must
regard the others as higher than himself. The focus of the group should always be
the greatness of the Creator. That goal must dictate every move. When that
happens, everyone will be able to receive the spiritual charge from the group and
the descents will pass by smoothly.