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The koach of a haarah/reflection ends at some stage. What's the point?
We spoke in the past about the way that in the sun we have the phenomenon, that though it is only light that reaches us, but through the light there is an element of “sun” that comes to us. The light has an element of the illuminator.
When a person thinks, another person doesn't know what he's thinking. They are contained in the thinkers keili/vessel. The only way for it to be revealed is by speech. The thought does not permeate the entire keili.
This means that if there is such a thing as a light that comes right out and shows itself, there have to be prerequisites. There is no particular action, like there has to be speech to represent the thoughts. The light of the sun comes automatically – the light is not something it possesses – it is light in essence. The neshamah does not labor to produce life – it is life in essence. For an essence there is no vessel.
Ohr/light is representative of the etzem/essence. Thus light from the sun has also an element of sun in it. We also have a sense of light independent of the fact that it makes us see objects – like daylight. It becomes the primary state of the world – that is reflective of the sun itself – light “through and through”.
So if we have light itself, why are we saying it is limited? The haarah/reflection is limited.
This is the answer – haarah reflects the essence, but is not the essence. Hence it is limited. It does not carry the essence with it – it just reflects it. Our “daylight” appears to be the essence, but it is not actual sun. The rav by haarah has a profound effect, but it is still limited.
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