“Back and Forth” p:11-12

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Friday 5 Adar 5773 

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The revelation of the Garden of Eden defies the usual process (seder hishtalshalus).

Seder hishtalshalus is like a flow of energy from above, but each level retains its own identity.

The Torah too defies the rules of the world and completely elevates. And about the Torah it says, 'all its paths are peace'.

And the difference between 'ways' and 'paths' is that the way is a public thoroughfare and the path is a narrow private passage. So why is way/derech mentioned first and then path /netiv?

The Godly energy that comes to enliven the world has the element of coming forth and returning. It is not in a constant state. It is in a state of action. In and out.

What qualifies as world? A situation of 'time and space'. There is past, present and future. It is not a simple constant. There is action and reaction. And even such a thing as sight, that seems constant, but in reality if it was constant we would not be able to process it. Things that are constant are higher than world. Like ratzon/will and oneg/pleasure are constant.

This is like the life of the soul that enlivens the body. The body cannot relate to life of the soul per se. The soul affects the body in a manner of ratzu and shuv / back and forth. The life is given and withdrawn. This is like the pulse. The beating of the heart. It has 2 movements. In and out.

When the life force is removed and reverts to its source it is rejuvenated. And then it comes forth with new life, to enliven the body.

This is the process describing perceptable life that the body actually recognizes.

Think of knowledge. It is a process. You aquire it. You learn something. You apply your insight in order to relate to the new concept and thus it is acquired. This means the real process is that an inner point is aroused that correlates to material. And this is why review is important. At each repetion the sechel is refreshed. The repetition must reach up to the source of the sechel each time and without that the repetition would be repulsive.