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Yesh mi ein in contrast to yesh mi yesh, which is only capable of the production of something similar. Yesh mi ein – something from nothing - is a a real creation. A real, new, full fledged entity results that is fully independent of its source.
Only atzmus/essence can create an existence that denies it's source.
With all of this you cannot ask, “why did He create the world?” There is a limit to the concept. It will not explain the entire existence. The concept has a limit. Sechel is a means to see existence from a G-dly perspective – it sheds light on the world, but this is from a worldly, not G-dly perspective.
Kabbalos ol – means you relate to something that you don't fully/really understand.
It has been said by the Rambam that according to sechel an airplane is essentially an impossibility. Yes, it does fly, but it is not within the grasp of human sechel. If one denies the limits of human sechel and says yes, I see it, it is according to sechel, then he is doing damage to his human perception and he starts to live in a world that is not fully real to him. He becomes enslaved to a physical world till he cannot think like a human being.
If one's sechel is allowed to develop it can have undesired results. On the other hand there can be a branching out that clarifies the sechel more and more. The branches bring out the clarity of the sechel. If not directed it can result in something that is not true. Thus there needs to be a limit applied to the sechel. It is part of the task of sechel to limit the branching/derivatives.
In this regard it is says that it is said, “the question of the wise, is half the answer..!”
can we see something in simple human living regarding, “staying on track”? In the manufacture of a car there are many stages and people involved. Each has a role. The beginning is the conceptualization. The origin is before the designer, it is the human element – the human was given by G-d rulership over the entire world and hence he sees himself as involved with/responsible for the entire world. So something that gives him access to many places is within this vision.
This means the car is rooted in a very profound human element. Then people compete and building race cars becomes an industry – people risk their lives – and it goes so far that some say, “cars were invented for racing!” - total stupidity – racing in circles, without serving a human purpose.
The sechel is based on proofs and the koach ha maskil is what makes you understand and gives it substantiation.
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