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Page
163 – at 4th
line of the page
(line
starts, 'ki im...') For text, see link top right of the blog. Or for
text right click here.
We
have been explaining that there is an essence. The 'essential form /
tzelem' refers to the essence, but a form per se refers to
revelation and hence not essence. It is more on the side of light
and revelation (ohr and gilui).
This
was seen in the verse, “He and His Name alone”.
Essence
is unto itself and does not correlate to anything. It is a 'stand
alone reality'. In the physical world a stone is like an essence.
It 'remains what it is'. It remains hidden and does not express
itself on the outside.
'He'
in the verse above refers to the essence of light.
Revelation
is not a statement of 'it is there' but that 'it can be grasped from
outside'. And that it comes, in a manner that is accessible to
faculties or vessels of perception of those outside (hamekablim)...
the
light comes from the essence. The essence does not think of the
light as bright or dark, just as essence. But for the recipient a
certain aspect is received, an aspect that relates to something other
than itself. Think of the sun as the essence of illumination, but it
has effect only when the light spreads. And that light is bright and
has effect. This is the meaning of gilui/revelation. It is the
revelation of the 'ingredients' of this entity.
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