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creations are a reflection of the source that creates them. They are not even a reflection – rather a 'reflection of the reflection'. All existence in the world, 'exists and dissipates'. Gold is an exception and was made for use in the beis hamikdash / the temple in Jerusalem.
Human beings in terms of their physical life are also 'reflection of a reflection'.
Without sechel, things seem real in the world since they are grasped in a 'metziut yesh' and they sense their existence and they don't sense their vulnerability, 'I am here because I am here' he declares.
The sense the creation has, without sechel, begins with his own yeshus. You can see with your eyes or you can see with you hands. The sight experience of an animal is 'with your hands' – everything is viewed from a perspective of what effect it will have on him. 'I exist' is the first knowledge and all is seen through this lens. But the 'I exist' is false – there is no reality to it – actually, 'I exist because everything else exists'.
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