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We have been explaining how all creations are just a reflection of their source and not an essence...
Sechel is only a ha-arah – a reflection. It relates to a subset of reality.
A table was created during the 6 days of creation. It was made in 'na-aseh adam...' in which man and all articles he uses were made... We cannot identify the essence of the table. Sechel cannot grasp essence, only function.
One's knowledge of G-dliness is called emunah/faith – which is constant and steady, not a functional faculty. However the emunah that we has is only a ha-arah/reflection of what elokus/G-dliness really is. Emunah is still a manifestation.
Essence is on the level of 'no thought can grasp'. To grasp/tofes something is done from the edges, but this is not the issue here. We don't even identify it as a presence. What we do identify is the externality. Mind and grasp can only apply to 'something that so-called, 'exists'' and elokus is something that does not have the limit of existence.
Gemara says, 'one who eats in the market/street resembles a dog' and it can be discussed at length, but the essential point cannot be grasped.
The statement something makes of its presence – that is open to our understanding. The level of mehus or identity unto itself is not open to be understood. It is said, 'Success makes the man', but this is not true. A person has a soul that pushes for certain activity in the world.
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