AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
Sunday 24 Sivan 5773
Page
24 (chuf dalet). About 9 from the top of the page –
(line
begins: 'hazulus...') For text, click: Here.
We are in the middle
of explaining the deeper element of tzelem/form. Which is even
deeper than the metaphor of engraved letters. We are saying it is
the form of the essence! We are saying there is such a thing as
essence coming into a form! This is chochmah. This is Torah.
Mochin/mind is
representative of the essence. In contrast to emotions/midot which
relate to 'others'.
Essence is the
nefesh/soul. Mochin is only a faculty that comes from the soul.
But mochin/mind, although it is an emanation, does not lose anything
in this transition.
In every faculty.
For example 'touch' is the processing of information. Things become
real because you experience it. But here is where the truth of the
object is lost! You know of it only by its effect on you. Chochmah
and sechel in general, does not retranslate and experience what it
recognizes. It takes what is given. Totally.
This is like sight
versus hearing. Hearing is a translation of the vibration of the ear
drum. Sight is a direct recognition. Nothing is lost in the
transmission. So too with chochmah. It represents the essence.
Mind is from the
essence of the soul. And man is primarily the soul/nefesh and not
the body. Nefesh/soul is the presence of the source of life.
Essentially a person
is above the world. He is present in the world. But not 'part and
parcel' of it.
Chochmah/mind has
that sense.
Essence is that which
has its own presence. It is not a 'reaction'. If it acts, it is on
the basis of its own initiative. Not due to a force from the
outside. And this is the difference between a human being and an
animal.
The essence is the
soul. And this is reflection in the mochin – chochmah, binah and
daat...
Torah is the essence
of atzilus. Therefore the giving of the Torah is a revelation of
the essence of atzilus. That's why it is call the tzelem/form.
Essence is like the
mochin/mind. Essence has a full presence within itself. Its
presence is not defined by its outside effect.
The basic principle
is that 'there is a first Being'. Things don't come from nothing.
They come from Him. He is essence. Since all was created by Him
(contrary to an evolution model), thus there is a Godly truth in
everything. This is essence. A Godly element does not have to
maintain itself. In contrast to a body which cannot last a moment
without needing to be replenished.
There is an essential
truth in the reality of the world. 'If He does not build the house
then the whole effort of building is to no avial'.
Yes, we do things in
a safe manner, but the bottom line of what keeps all going, is the
'He wants it to be'. The Godly presence is the essence.
This is recognized in
the mochin/mind of each level. It is the recognition of 'who I am
and what I am here for'.
Before man was made
the world was insignificant. Man brings an essential presence into
the world. Why? Because he comes with mochin/mind.
The world is opposite
to this. It is a composite. It is no the base of 'time and space'.
That's why we say, knowledge that has not been acquired is not
knowledge.
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