“Soul Settled” p: 160

AyinBase with R' Paltiel Thursday 18 Iyar 

Page 160 – at 3^rd line of the second paragraph of the page (line starts, 'yiheyeah...') For text, see link top right of the blog. Or for text right click here.

The principle of the soul joining with the body is the form/purpose superceding the chomer/material.

This is like the hand which has no inclination of its own and does not resist at all the faculty of writing that animates it... thus the faculty is present in a settled way and the body does not fight against the soul that animates it...

In this way the light of the soul can be revealed in the body. Just like for light to flow, there must be no obstruction and no resistance and thus it arrives in peace.

So too in sechel/mind there is the argument and then there is the light of the mind, where the perception of how it is, and how it should be does not need argument or proof, rather a light of perception and reality.

For the light to shine there must be no resistance from the body.

The fact that the soul can give direction to the hand, and that the hand follows, is called absolute subservience. 'I write a letter, without thinking about the lines and the actions, because the hand follows the direction without resistance'. The faculty of writing is in a settled state in the hand.

The calm is when the nature is not opposing the soul. The body calms down and the soul is settled and revealed in the body. This is the principle of hischabrut/union. The body does not act independently and has no tendency of its own. And now the soul can remain revealed in the body. When you look at him you see soul not body.