AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Friday 9
Kislev 5772
Page
173 at middle of the page –
(line
starts, 'leposhto...') For text, see picture below.
We are pointing out
that, similar to the metaphor of 'the name' is the topic of 'the soul
in the body...'
All that
happens in the body is due to the soul's presence. The body is like
a garment. It is a constant relationship. The garment cannot be
removed or exchanged.
This is like the 'essence of the name' – a
presence of the person, and not the person himself, yet it too cannot
be removed – it is a absolute relationship.
We are looking at the
'letters' of thought, since thinking is due to having a soul in the
body.
Thought also has a
motivating factor... a force behind it... Thought is an extension –
going out to something that is not soul. In thought itself is a
sense of the vitality of the soul, but the 'letters of thought' are
in a sense separate from the soul, yet they too are representative of
the soul.
The garment of
thought can be exchanged. A person can divest himself of one thought
and put on another. This means the connection between the 'letters
of speech' and the soul is not direct. This is like a person's name
being applied to a property and then that name being exchanged by
means of a sale to a new owner.
What we have in
thought is conscious knowledge. It is defined. This is like speech
inside thought.
Thought can be
exchanged, but it is in continuous movement. He is never without
thought. It is impossible to be without thought.
You're conscious of
your presence even while asleep.
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