AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Sunday 16
Shvat 5773
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We are looking at the
10 sphirot of mah – the principle here is that there is a 'First
Creator' who is the basis of all, and all knowledge.
What does it mean
that He is the First Being? It means that He pre-existed. He did
not come into being. Regular intellect works by going outside an
object and then you can define it in contrast to other objects and
background... but the First Being cannot be grasped, since he is
rishon/first. He created everything and it comes from Him. He
possesses it. It was not added to Him. For Him all is pristine and
not preceded by not being.
Also anything created
has 2 elements. Its presences and its purpose. This is its presence
and the element of the Creator within it.
The inner level
represents the Creator element. This is the pristine truth and thus
not defined.
Light comes from the
essence and so you might say it does not have an inner and external
levels...
Godliness does not
have to announce its presence in order to be. All creations by
contrast have to make an impact in order to be present.
The kav/line is an
element of light. It emanates from the ein sof. On the other hand
it can be called a 'yesh mi ein' – a something that comes into
being from ein/nothing... and announces its own presence. So in
some subtle way it can be called a 'yesh mi ein' – a something.
And why should we
care about this stuff?
There is a principle
in Chassidus, that it needs to be applied to oneself to be true.
Otherwise you cannot even learn it properly. If we just want
information, and not to apply the teaching to ourselves, then
it is just in the world.
How does your soul
react if you think of yourself as an 'advanced monkey', or if you
think or yourself as a human being...? If I am a human being I have
a true purpose and a real reason for being. Not just a natural
presence. I relate to the First Being. I am here with a mission.
If I lose my mission I lose my motivation for life.
So he looks at this
truth that gives his life meaning.
The kav/line comes
through the effect of the tzimzum/contraction.
Before the tzimzum
all was part of Him – infinity.
If we think of the
infinity in the world, and imagine that each thing has to fight for
its survival, then each new discovery would be a threat... but we
live quiet comforatbly in the world, and when we find something new
we say, 'okay, there's room for this and plenty more...' That's
because we really see the world as a G-dly creation!
Your soul has this
infinity element. Everything is there. Because it comes from the
truth of His presence. And you will never exhaust the possibilities.
We see infinity.
Kabbalah describes
that He made a vacuum and 'open space' within Himself and that became
the place for the creation of the world... what is the difference
between hallal/vacuum and makom panui/open space? Vacuum provides
for nothing, but an open place provides a context. This provided for
2 perspectives. Open space is the perspective of holiness –
everything has a place in Him. Vacuum is 'smash and grab' - things
trying to survive.
The only way we
relate to essence is by our dedication to Him. There is no standing
separate and contemplating essence. To relate to essence is to
sense, 'this is our reality and this is who we serve and worship'.
I know Him because I
serve Him. And if I do not serve Him then I cannot know Him.
Creation was made to
have an aspect of being outside/separate from Him.
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