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Angels are essentially external/superficial – they lack the essence quality that a soul has.
Between chochmah and binah, there is an understanding by binah of the advantage it gets – thus their union is not on an essential level.
The recognition of benefit can be seen as a cognizance of something higher than it (which has an essential element). We say that there is a proper human behavior, not base on any benefit. If you approach this concept by means of sechel, you can use logic to explain. But there is a deeper level, 'the human element' which cannot be defined.
So even the external union between angels is also from ohr ein sof, since all unions have a G-dly element.
The king is the essence of the nation. This is the ein sof / infinity element of the nation. This gives the nation a reality. This then plays out in the details. The traffic light is part of the kingdom and allows for safe passage of the subjects – this is chitzoni/external. The internal level of 'I chose the King' is far deeper than that.
The mind and the heart are different. The mind is the conceptulizer – like ein. The heart is the metziut. Both are essential for the human being. A human being with a perfect mind and no heart is not a full fledged entity, and vice versa. When they join together the become something completely different – not mind and not heart. A full entity. They influence each other without distracting from their nature.
sometimes in learning halacha it can be very tedious. It deals with practical details without much ohr/light. What is the motivation to pursue a train of thought in halacha. Where is the chochmah in this? The presence of the King. I have to come to an answer for Him.
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