AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R'
Paltiel ThursdayNight 21 Tevet 5773
Page 5
near
the middle of the page –
(line
starts, 'ha-kav...') For text, click here.
The kav/line brings
about the measurment for all the sphirot. It also brings a
unification among all the elements and shows how they are unified
with their source. Despite the fact that there is a measure and a
limit, it does not change the principle that this is actually a
representation of ohr ein sof – the infinite light...
Light by definition
is ohr ein sof – since light emanates only from a source that is
real and essential.
A human being is real
and essential. Human beings can own property. And this is beyond
protecting your turf. It is real ownership. You can own something
even if you are not holding it in your hand. This is because your
light spreads. This is like the Baal Shem Tov says, 'where a man's
will is, that's where he is...' A man is a G-dly presence. He is a
true presence. Present for its own sake. Not for some secondary
purpose.
True presence has no
limit. It is ein sof. It is true everywhere. We love each other
unconditionally. Even those we have never met. If he's on the other
side of the world, he's not just, 'over there', he's 'here and there
at the same time'.
The soul is in the
body. And it makes it move. But it is the unmoved, mover. This is
called a G-dly reality. Even at this level of making the soul live,
it is essential... the soul gives life and does not get old. Only
the body gets old.
Light exists only in
the presence of an essence. Because he is an atzmi/essence, he has
light and is everywhere in this form of light... just like you can be
in your home, and every last corner of your home has you there as a
presence.
The kav defines what
aspect of the light will be recognized here, but it is the same
light. We said the infinite light was contracted and then there was
the kav – a limited line... so how does this relate to measurement?
When you have the flow of water in the river, which is infinite,
there isn't a sense of a flow you can measure.
A kav/line has to do
with sequence... and different kinds of hamshachas/'downloads'.
When the light is in
its full glory, there is no hamshacha/'download'. This is like a man
in his home – there is not difference between the extent he owns a
teaspoon in his kitchen or a forgotten corner of his atic...
Presence is different
from the essential reality. A man is more present in his dining room
than in the corner of his atic. Kav/line deals with presence rather
than essence.
The source is
represented in the kav/line and hence there can be unification of
differences.
Tzinorot/tributaries
has the gematria of 'His name' and 'name' is the same principle as
'ohr'.
Name is how a person
is present outside himself. It is a recognition that this person has
a presence much greater than what is contained in his limited body.
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