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We are looking at how there can be a shuv after the ratzu without any reduction in the strength of the ratzu.
While he's engaged in ratzu there is an inherent bitul in that he is not looking for satisfaction, but rather to be with the truth, or do avodat hashem.
The higher he goes the more he sees the kavanah / intention hidden in the ein sof.
The nekudah, of all activity, is for a positive reason, not to avoid or address a negative. This is always representative of the etzem and this is the shuv.
In the shuv is an element of the etzem. A mitzvah is “I do what He wants me to do” - this is not something that can be explained from a worldly perspective. Essence is expressed and present through this shuv.
Four sages went into the “garden” - the higher world and there was some negative affect on each of them except for Rabbi Akivah. This was on account of his bitul and hachnachat atzmuso – putting himself aside for the supreme intent.
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