Thursday, December 11, 2014

“Foundational Light” p:72(15)

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Page 72(15)

At second paragraph – (line begins: 've-hinay...') For text see below.

The metaphor for chochmah/wisdom is sight. The principle of sight, in contrast to touch... In touch you deal with one object at a time. The reality is very qualified. On the other hand in sight, you see the reality. You see the entire panorama. It is not cumulative – you just relate to the baic reality.

The view of the panorama, is without experience, in contrast to touch... so what substantiates sight? What takes it out of the realm of imagination and puts it in the realm of reality? The answer is that the view is enabled by your prior knowledge that there is a First Being... And if you have the prior knowledge, why do you need sight/chochmah? The answer is 'revelation'/gilui – the sight is the view of the 'infinite' in a worldy level...


The infinity is seen in the fact that a tree can create an infinite number and variety of leaves... there is no limit... this is the revelation of infinity in a finite context.


In sight you see something is real because the First Being is represented there. Sight is the revelation of the First Being.

If you have binah without chochmah then you have nothing. This is a worldly perspective without any sense of reality.


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