Any Structure is a Reaction p: 51

AyinBase with R' Paltiel p: 51 5/27/2011 Friday 23 Iyar 5771 

Page 51 – lower third of the page (line starts: ein mamash...)

The light that is the essential light / ohr atzmi, brings an essential element of the illuminator, yet it is not on par with the essence at all.

The light is nothing/ein and the luminary is the true something.

We can accept in our sechel/mind that there is such a thing as essential light. This is like ratzon/will – 'this is what I want' even though it is beyond sechel. 

But to go a step further and to say the illuminator is there all the time and without a cause – we have no way to relate to this. Not only is it beyond sechel, but we have no way to relate to it. We just say things like, 'it cannot, not be...!'  

Sechel knows its own limit. It knows that any structure is like a reaction. It is not truth. Ohr atzmi is the substantiation of sechel and beyond...

light of the sun from the sun is a luminary and light relation. And the reason the sun is called essential is not that it is really essential, but in the area of light it is an essence. There is no such thing as darkness for the sun, but it is not an absolute presence.

The precious stone is not the source of the light that shines from it. The stone is a pure element and hence gives off light. So when it gives light it is not the luminary. The stone is something else altogether yet it gives off light. The light is representative of the purity of the stone.