AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
Wednesday 24 Kislev 5774
Page 45 מה
At
6th line of the page –
(line
begins: "ve-achar...”) For text, click: Here.
The
world can be created only from a reflection/ha-arah, and not from the
essence of the light.
Word,
by definition, represents something that is coming into being, and is
not of a primary state. Thus in the world there is multiplicity.
The world does not include the entire reality, but all the elements
together represent something real.
In
order to make the world there had to be an external reflection of the
essential light...
This
means the world does not have an inherent reality. The inner light
is concealed. The world alludes to essence.
The
essential light does not lend itself to be represented on a worldly
level. The essential light would eliminate 'world' since it does not
recognize that darkness exists.
After
the contraction of the essential light, there remained a point that
is called a trace – an allusion to the thing... and this point
includes within it all light that will be revealed in the entire
creation.
We
don't limit ourselves. We don't say we just have what we can see by
functional light. Vision and tangibility are not the same.
We
say we see not with our physical eyes, but with our souls. The
physical sight alludes to the reality which is a soul reality.
The
soul knows only what is real. It knows only Godliness. It does not
relate to the world. Then it goes through a contraction and is
dressed into the body.
In
chochmah/wisdom, which is the light as it relates to the faculties,
there is a trace that remains of the light as it is unto itself.
This is emunah/faith. Emunah is the soul itself, in a contracted way
that allows for the chochmah/wisdom.
This
emunah/faith, does not vary. It is steadfast. It is concealed from
the body. But it remains. The body receives its vitality through
chochmah/wisdom, which draws from emunah.
Emunah
is an allusion to pure soul, but only an allusion.
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