AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
Sunday 4 Kislev 5772
Page
173 at 5th line from the top of the page –
(line
starts, 'mi-bechinat...') For text, see picture below.
In
light there is an element that qualifies to be considered
'essential'. It it the light that is about the 'general arousal'.
It
is above the inclination to be effective. It is there only because
Essence wants it to be. Essence wanted to be in light...! There is
no exteral solicitation.
Essence
wanting to be in light is a whole topic unto itself. But we can see
there is an element of light that can qualify as 'essential'. It is
there only
because essence is there.
This
is like the 'essence of the name'.
A
person has a name not only as a reference. By virtue of his presence
it is imperative that he has a name. This is beyond utility and
reference. A man is made not by species. He is created as an
individual. His name is given after birth and says his arrival has
enormous significance.
A
person cannot divest himself of this aspect – he cannot be without
a name.
So
too there is an element of light that cleaves to essence.
A
'presence' is 'existing prior to identifying what he is'. Essence
does not exist as an external entity / metziut – 'He is what He
is'.
We
relate to a 'table' because our soul's relate to the table. The
table is a human concept. At a lower level it is manifest as a
physical entity / metziut. It originates in the 'malchus' element of
man.
A
presence has a limited reality – it is real because it is present.
Essence is real because it is real.
We
think in terms of 'non-presence before presence' so it is tough to
think of His Presence preceding everything else.
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