Wednesday, March 16, 2011

All at a glance p: 45


AyinBase with R' Paltiel p: 45 3/16/2011 Wednesday 10 AdarBase 5771

Page 45 – closer to middle of the page (line starts: haolamot...)

The meaning of world and the source of world was discussed yesterday. World means essentially ohrot/lights in keilim/vessels. This is like light can be seen only when it hits an object, that serves as a vessel and this gives it a presence we can perceive. At this level it is not essential. Tzimzum is what downloads essence and makes it perceptible to us.

Above atzilus all is as yet in the aspect of total concealment. And atzilus represents the revelation of the ohr ein sof so that it will be the source for the lower worlds.

Look at it this way: chochmah is like sight. Hearing is a sequential experience. Sight is 'all at a glance'. The 'glance' is a paradoxical experience – it is a single point, yet at the same time it can include a whole vista with varied objects/textures... How to reconcile this? The glance contains 2 levels. One is the level of the instantaneous (the sighting of that which contains all the details – the reality itself). This is like, “all these objects here on the table, are present due to the fact of our coming together to learn”. When we see the panorama we don't see the objects, we see the 'reality of the world'.



This is the special feature of chochmah/sight. While it sees from the fundamental/nekudah perspective, contained therein are all the details. How can space be in one point?! This is because it is one reality. All is resting on the earth that is 'hanging in mid-space'. Sight and chochmah see things from a reality perspective.

Atzilus is the epitome of this chochmah. It has bitul. It is not interested in itself, but in the reality behind it. It unites all of space into one point. Thus you have space and point.

This reality refers to the ein sof, but it is still hidden there.

The reason we experience a panorama is due to the shades and colors. If you were in mid-space you also have an expanse, yet each position there is the same as every other – so it doesn't really exist in space/time. This is like atzilus above chochmah.

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