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Chochmah and tynug are inyan echad. They have one and the same function and message, not just that they concur, but that their funtion is the same.
Oneg is a self contained element. “the nefesh has pleasure in what it has pleasure” - meaning, that there is not a separate, identifiable element. The object, the nefesh and the oneg are all one thing. Oneg cannot be identified from the nefesh that is mis-oneg.
Chochmah is part of the structure of sechel, meaning that it works with the approach of reason, and not complete unification. Oneg is one with the nefesh, but sechel is outside, even if it is compelling. Nefesh and oneg are inseparable – a nefesh that doesn't have oneg is not a nefesh. Sechel identifies the element of truth – there is an active identification.
Chochmah is compelling according to the tynug of the nefesh. Though the chochmah is external, it doesn't look elsewhere, it only looks to the nefesh. Chochmah looks to the oneg of the nefesh to see how things should be.
Why doesn't chochmah look elsewhere to substantiate what it sees? Wouldn't that be an intellectual approach? This is because the chochmah and the oneg are inyan echad – they have the same function. They are not one and the same koach, but their inyan is the same. Both oneg and chochmah are about the expression of nefesh. Binah is to understand the inyan outside nefesh, and how it fits into the world and its structure.
Chochmah is only concerned with the nefesh element, not with identification from an outside perspective.
We can sense this unity between chochmah and oneg, and this sense is stronger than logic
Logic is only a process, and from start to finish you can lose continuity – nereh bechush is a direct perception – a direct experience. It is something that one can rely on.
This sense of unity is felt when a thing is done according to the decree of the chochmah. A dwelling is a privacy with an identity - “this is my place in the world” - objects we use exist so long as we desire their function – the depend on the circumstance of time and space. The home is the place where a person unites with his basic worldly existence - “me and the space I occupy become one.”
The home provides a real sense of presence that is beyond his functionality. It gives him an essential presence.
To have oneg from that presence; the oneg is brought to participate, when the home is designed according to the decree of his chochmah/fancy (na-aseh al pi gezeyrat chachmato).
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And this clip of Viktor Frankl describing his approach seems apropos...
Viktor Frankl from S A M on Vimeo.
... וחיי עולם
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