Page 29. in the middle of the page. At the line starting “hakochot”. Click on the herring (in tool bar on the right) to see text.
We explained the principle of saying that chochmah is a memutzah between the nefesh and the kochot.
The nefesh here is represented here by oneg. This oneg is dressed in the chochmah and there all the various aspect that can emanate from this oneg are identified and can be disseminated throughout all the activities and kochot of the person.
Oneg: the nefesh is not a composite. It is a self-fulfilling entity. It has an element of elokus in it. On a gilui level, something of this level is called oneg – an experience that does not require an explanation. It says life is essentially real and life is good – it has no explanation and enables all the derivative “pleasures”, such as eating, learning etc. Oneg we see as self sustaining, without cause. Oneg is only a koach atzmi, and the nefesh itself does not consists of oneg.
Oneg is of the ohrot atzmi'im of the nefesh. In the physical world there is no etzem – everything is a composite. How can you capture the idea of etzem on a gilui level – by oneg. Oneg remains, always attached to the nefesh. Chochmah is a koach. Even though chochmah is higher than sechel, you can derive from it binah which can be transferred to the outside – seemingly independent. Chochmah always depends on the “view“of the nefesh, like sight depends on things being “in the line of sight.” Nevertheless chochmah is a koach. And oneg is a koach atzmi. Chochmah is able to receive an ohr/koach atzmi.
Sight (chochmah) is a constant activity, but life (oneg) is ongoing without interruption.
Oneg cannot exist without the etzem. Even though, through chochmah, oneg becomes mugbal it is still not disassociated from its source.
We have in the natural soul – the soul that lets us know and experience the world we also have the “mind's eye”. This means there is a process of sechel to get to know something. After the work one can say, “it's clear to me, like I see it with my eyes.” This is a sight that is a confirmation - “I was in the dark, now I see”. Sight of the G-dly “mind's eye” is different – there is no darkness, so sight with that “mind's eye” is not confirmation, but rather the focusing in to see “how great is that truth.”
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