“The Soul of Travel“ p: 56

AyinBase with R' Paltiel 10/6/11 Thursday 8 Tishrei 5772 

Page 56 – lower quarter of the page (line starts: “ha-arichus...”)

There is a point that precedes and a point that follows comprehension.  

The inner reason we travel and use cars is because the entire world is our platform, even though we exist in a specific place. This is the sense we have in life – we think in terms of the entire world. The world is his jurisdiction and thus the idea of a car makes great sense. He can easily think of going on a 1 000 mile trip.

This is the point/principle. And then he has a car. He has a means of transportation, the roads are built and the rails are laid and now a new point comes out, not just that, 'the world is his', but that 'he has to be able to get everywhere'. This second point is the one that follows the hasaga itself. 

The point of chochmah is not even a presence in the tangible sense. Chochmah is satisfied with, 'I don't have to experience or grasp it, I am satisfied the truth exists'. Chochmah doesn't have to touch something or put it in his mouth to know it exists. Truth is automatically everywhere, its not there because I recognize it. Then within chochmah is an element of binah/hispashtus/expansion.

Experience is that which I discover. Truth doesn't need to be discovered. It spreads. Like breathing – it comes to one. The point is the truth of it. The expansion is the statement that it is everywhere. Chochmah is bitul – non interference with the light that comes through it.