AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel,
Shvat 5775
Page
4 of pamphlet, Page 3 in the book –
(line
begins: 'uka-asher...') For text see below.
We are looking at how
will/ratzon is the intermediary between the Creator (essence) and the
created. It connects the extremes. It brings the essential
element into the lower levels...
His will is
completely beyond world. So for the world to be brought into
creation there had to be a preceding contraction/tzimtzum.
In the soul the
meaning and significance of each thing, for example the table is
conceived. To bring this down to a level where the table has to be
built, the light has to be reduced, so you can see how it translates
on worldly level. It originates in the will/ratzon, but to
facilitate the construction of a table the light of the will/ratzon
has to be removed.
World per se, lacks
the element of essence. World is a composite. Each word is composed
of separate letters. Each letter is call a 'stone' by the Zohar.
So despite the
necessary tzimtzumim/contractions the higher will comes down into the
lowest world. And by means of this will the world is created and
maintained.
The First Being does
not have any definitive presence, since He is above being created, He
is truth beyond conception, He is not made and He has no components.
This reality represents nothing and everything. It facilitates
everything.
The initial will does
not have an identity of will/ratzon. It is not based on 'I want',
but on the fact that, 'I am real'. The arousal of the will means
that it takes on the element of 'I want' and it has moved from
'nothing' to 'everything'.
And this level of
'everything' is a link between the higher 'nothing' and the world.
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