AyinBase / Ayin
Beis with R' Paltiel Sunday 9 Shvat 5773
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We are looking at the
principle of mochin chadashin/new mind! This is not easily
understood. To get into this topic it was said there are to types of
sphirot – de mah, and sephirot de ban. Everything comes from Ein
Sof. But Ein Sof is totally removed from sphirot.
And even the sphirot
of Adam Kadmon / Primal Man. Kadmon means primal – as opposted to
'coming into being'. So the term adam kadmon is itself a
contradiction. It is adam/man but it is the first revelation from
ein sof... so it is the revelation of the sphirot as they are in
their original state.
Think of a human
being. He has to have faculties/kochot to fulfill his function. He
must be able to act. And motivate and define his actions. A human
being is a composite, and thus each faculty has a distinct identity
and function. Ein Sof does not have elements... it is not a
composite... it does not have elements that complement it...
Infinity of space is
not possible... you cannot have an infinite composed of many finite
entities...
So if we say 'ein
sof' – infinity – we know it is not composed of units. Its
infinity quality is from itself!
And this ein sof is
the origin of everything that eventually came to be and much more!
The primal/pristine
state of everything is the way it is in ein sof.
Adam kadmon is
phenomenal – we have adam/man/orderly structure, consisting of 10
sphirot (that are there not to help it be a structure), but are
directly from ein sof... adam kadmon is the first emanation after
the tzimzum... (adam kadmon is the upper edge of the kav/line).
And the sphirot of
adam kadmon, do not have the element of definition... because these
sphirot do not exist due to their functionality as sphirot, but
rather due to the ein sof.
Yet they have some
kind of a presence, though not one than can be defined in contrast to
others...
What's 'light'? We
have light at a low, functional level. When we say 'light of the
sun' in chassidus, be mean something beyond light from a ball of
fire. We mean something of the essential light... How do we
recognize this essential element in the sun? G-dliness is concealed,
but there are cracks to peek through and in this way a completely
different world is revealed. The sun burns and is not consumed, this
is like the burning bush that is not consumed...
So if light is not
due to comsumption of fuel, what is it? Because the sun is an
essential illuminator, wherever it is the entire environment acquires
the effect of the presence of that essence...
A human is different
from all other creatures. All other creatures are measured by their
function. Humans are different. The presence of a human being
changes everything. Every inch of the world belongs to human beings.
Man lends presence and significance to the world, because he is an
essence, made in His image.
This relates to
ownership. A man's name can become associated with a piece of
property, because he is an essence.
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