Monday, October 24, 2011

“Constant Craving; To Be With The King” p: 57


AyinBase with R' Paltiel 10/24/11 Monday 26 Tishrei 5772   

Page 57 – a few lines above the middle of the page (line starts: “kulhi...”)
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We have seen how there is makif and pnimi for the rav/teacher and talmid/student.
the student first 'gets it' on a general level. Thereafter he delves into the material/perspective and 'digests' it till it becomes pnimius – 'part of him'.

For every pnimi, there is a makif that precedes it. The student first gets the 'general message'. The significance of this process is that the logical process is external and here the student has a 'personal feel' for what is being said – 'it makes sense to him on a general level'. Without this there is just the 'logical process', which means the realization is being superimposed. Hashpaa/mentorship is to elevate the student, so he has a meaningful relationship to truth. Chochmah is the recognition of truth on the personal level. He has a personal affinity.



The makif allows the student to have a personal relationship. The makif is rooted in a 'personal' source, back to the essence of the soul. Recognition of truth without fully understanding it, indicates a relationship to truth itself.

ratzon/essential desire is the source of novelty. This is not desire to complete some short coming. There is a positive element of the human being. We sense the human being is meant to be above the structure of the world. Ratzon precedes revelation, and then later what is wanted is revealed. Ratzon is the essence in an active context.

During the interrogation of the Alte Rebbe, the did a psychology evaluation and found him to be basically healthy, yet they noted a strong unsatisfied desire and they suspected that he wanted to be king. They asked him, 'and what do you make of this finding?' And he answered, 'Yes, the unsatisfied desire is to be with the King of kings of kings.”

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