AyinBase with R' Paltiel Sunday 17 MenachemAv
5772
Page
172 – 2 lines from the end of the page
(line
starts, 'she-aynam...') For text, see link top right of the blog.
And picture below.
We are saying that there
is a level of essence that is beyond knowing.
There cannot be a
spreading out of light without essence.
The difference between
essence and hispashtus/spread of light is that the revealed level has
an element of discovery. Like the sun rising... things are seen and
not seen...
Essence means, 'this is
how it is, whether you see it or not' – it brings a sense of
reality. Our sense of sight, has an element of essence in it... you
have light and see an object. You don't have to touch it and you
know it is real.
Essence represents
something that has no boundry and thus it cannot be grasped. 11:10 in
the video.
In our world things have
to 'come to be' – they are creations. The RAMBAM says for there to
be an element of chochmah/mind/wisdom you have to go outside this
framework. You have to go to the First Being, that does not have to
'come to be'. And when we think of this and we cannot begin to
imagine, what kind of presence this is, since it has none of the
qualifiers of existence that we relate to, this primary True Presence
has what kind of definitive limits? Any limit already speaks of
'coming into being'. Does it have this or doesn't have this? So we
submit to the fact that there is not limit...
What
is this? It is present and cannot not
be present!?
So too the light of
essence, is beyond our grasp.
It could be said that
this light is like the essence itself. And everything is in it. It
is true, in-and-of-itself, and does not beg the question, 'where did
I come from?'
“And everything is in
it – yesh bo hakol”: you may think of an invention, and it is a
tremendous idea. And it is designed in mind and then you have it
sketched out, and you can see how real it is... as far as the
intellect is concerned you should be satisfied, but you're not. The
satisfaction occurs when the invention is fabricated and used
successfully. Why is this? The soul of man lives in the reality
of the entire world and beyond, 'I have one G-d and many worlds' says
the Fredike Rebbe, and so the basis for the invention is that there
is perfect unity, and the satisfaction is found when this
primary/inner reality results in an actual presence.
In the world, space and
time are the primary reality. The culmination and satisfaction is
when the invention occupies a place in our world.
And everything is in it
/ yesh bo hakol – it is an infinity that contains anything...
What
is revealed from the essence? Only the element of ohr/light. In
this context, light
means the statement, 'I'm here'. What is 'I am here'? It is a
statement that everything is here.
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