Thursday, August 23, 2012

“Perfect Satisfaction; Truth Beyond Description” p: 173


 AyinBase with R' Paltiel ThursdayNight 5 Elul 5772 

Page 173 – 1st line from the top of the page (line starts, 'ruck...') For text, see picture below.

We are in the middle of something subtle. The subtle points expose to us a truth beyond description.

This connects us to a real reality.

What we said here is that we should be able to understand these principles in the infinite light before the tzimzum/contraction.

Hashem had a desire to create (lehatil ulivroh) – and this is expressed by the making the world. What is the desire to create. We relate to keeping busy and active – this is a mundane look at 'it came up in His will to create'. But the Rebbe says, this is not the case – there is no boredom above. He perceived and projected worlds. If worlds exist in a G-dly reality that is 'spreading of the light' rather than essence.

And this is descriptive of the 'calling of the name'. Worlds are a projection that call Him, 'create me'. It is a projected world that elicited that desire. A name means, 'he has a presence outside himself'.

Before tzimzum/contraction, there was no 'outside', yet there was the aspect of 'name'. It represents the truth and greatness of essence, that should there be an outside, He would be present there too – and this is the aspect of 'name' within the essence.

And above the arousal of His will, and the first glimmer of the projected worlds... there is also a level. It is above world or the eventual frame work of world. There, there is an overall/general arousal (hithororuth klali).

Imagine a person without any arousal or will. A man may have full health and not be able to move – sunk in a deep depression. But he is still alive. He is alive, without 'the will to live' and 'I am not talking of the will to do something. The soul is ineffective. None should know of this level. He's living at a plant level.'

Then there is a state where one has a sense of life. Nothing interests him, but he has the sense that 'something should interest him'. 

Understand the difference between these two states. In the first state he is alive, but it does not speak even of general 'wanting to live'. The second man has a general state of wanting. Nothing is important enough for a focus, but there is an overall sense of life.

Now above we can use the same terms, but with a very different meaning. Above, no life means higher than life – higher than expression! The absolute truth does not need to express itself. There is a kabbalah expression, 'pleasure hidden within – a king complements his own reality and is perfectly satisfied – the need for expression is precluded'.

We live after the tzimzum/contraction and do not exprerience essence, but we have a soul and so we can project this topic...

Recording starts at this point.

Above there is no will for worlds, there is an arousal, an expression. An expression that does not say anything – a general want for everything...! Essence is 'everything' and there is an arousal to recognize this at minimum (al kol panim).

But the level that is called essence of the light, that is higher even than the 'general arousal', this is comparable to the 'essence of the name'.

In our world we are aware only of the name being functional. By contrast the Torah declares, 'yes, there is essence of the name. You are a human being with a real name.' A human being is meant to relate to everything, and perfect everything. He doesn't look at things from a precarious view!

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