BINAH: KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה :

– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON FIRST QUARTER MOON

Only while one is inside Kedusha (Sanctity) can one argue with
oneself and indulge in clever polemics, that the mind necessitates
that he should always walk on the path of the Creator. However,
one should know that even when he is wise and certain that he
can already use this wit to defeat the Sitra Achra (other side), one
must bear in mind that all this is worthless.
This is not an armament that can defeat the war on desire,
for all these concepts are but a consequence he has attained after
the aforementioned Dvekut. In other words, all the concepts
upon which he builds his building, saying one must always follow
in the path of the Creator, is founded in the Dvekut with his
teacher. Thus, if he loses the foundation, then all the concepts
are powerless, since they will now be lacking the foundation.
Hence, one must not rely on one’s own mind, but cleave
once more to books and authors, for only that can help him, and
no wit and intellect, as they are lifeless.

-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 81-82