Thursday, January 17, 2013

“Talking of Light; Event Beyond Grasp” p: 8


AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel ThursdayNight 6 Shvat 5773 

Page 8
9 lines from top of page – (line starts, 'mah hu inyan...') For text, click here.

We are looking at the principle of 'mochin chadashim' / new mind. This is beyond the essence of any revealed current mind...

there are 2 principles of the ten sphirot – 'mah' and 'ban' – mah is bitul and ban is yesh. And there are 10 sphirot in both of these denominations.

The ein sof is beyond the framework of the sphirot...


Remote even from the sphirot that are above atzilus...

We have to remind ourselves of what we mean when we talk of ohr/light. We think okay, so there's light in the room. No big deal. Light that is made from burning a fuel is not light from an essence. An essence has light.

How does the presence of the host affect the guest? The way the presence of the host affects the situation, is called light/ohr. He is so real, that you value his presence, and you are affected by his ohr/light. And if he leaves it would be a 'total let-down' and while he is there the meal has a totally different significance. His presence bestows on you his ohr/light. And you sense yourself to be in his light. And your own truth surfaces by being at a friendly communal meal...

That sense of reality cannot be replaced by anything.

It is an intangible type of relationship without any tangible translation...

In the light there are sphirot. The host invites the guests and serves dinner. The serving dinner represents a certain sphirah. 'I am expressing my presence with you, through this particular avenue...' These means of expression are definitive qualities.

Sphirot above atzilut cannot be contained in a vessel. In the metaphor of the host and quest, the serving of the meal is the vessel... it is a subset of their relationship. It is a concrete representation.

The actual presence of the host is a light without a vessel.

A human being is a very fine mashal/metaphor for atzmus/essence. He is made in Our image says G-d. He has an element of truth beyond any other aspect in the world. Man's presence alone, regardless of his function is essential.

Chochmah has the framework of a 'point' and binah is hispashtus – spreading. This is like learning. You focus on a topic and the insight is a point/chochmah, and then you apply the principle, and this is the expansion – binah.

The bottom line: 'there is no such thing in Essence – He is beyond the framework of sphirot or anything!'

No matter the amount of information there is the ongoing search for 'the point' – chochmah. All sechel emanates from something above sechel. We are looking to see where it all comes from.




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