AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
ThursdayNight 3 Nissan 5773
Page 13
9th
line of the page –
(line
begins: 'veachar...') For text, click: Here.
We are looking at
essence! This is etzem. The world does not contain essence. There
are things that give the world meaning, but this is not essence in
the real sense of the word!
Essence is the pure
truth itself. Not a truth that has any circumstantial presence.
Sechel/mind deals with meaning and the human element – this is what
it relates to. The true significance is what sechel/mind relates to.
Essence is that significance in the purist sense.
Think of a table it
is not just a convenience. It is an essential element in human
reality. It is indicative of the human, royal quality. A human
being is the king of the world.
A table is symbolic
of this human element. We don't sit in 'no man's land'. We have a
set table with our needs before us...!
the table has
components. But the essential element is not the legs or the board.
The essential is its service of the human being. This is the
separating of the essential from the insignificant. Essence only
has significance.
Essence has nothing
precarious. It only has the pure truth.
The Alte Rebbe said,
that from his childhood he never had any struggle to understand any
element of hidden Torah!
The light as it is in
the source is pure. After the tzimzum/contraction, the light was
lowered from its level. After the tzimzum the light is called
atzilus – an emanation. It now has a metzius. And metzius has an
element that is not pure. When something is used for a human purpose
it acquires an essential element.
In metziut there is a
false element. An element of a lie. It is pretending, but it is not
pure ohr.
This is the cause of
the powerful desire and craving (ratzu) of light for its source.
Since it is just a reflection without an essential presence, it is
drawn constantly to its source...
The light is
connected to its source. And in the light is the source felt. This
is the case even after the tzimzum.
In the source you
have the essential truth itself. This is like the light within the
sun, which has no cognizance of darkness at all. Then there is the
light that emanates out from the sun...
And what do we
experience in the faculty of 'sight'? Even on the physical level we
have the pure presence itself – 'its there so I see it' – it is
automatic. This is not functional, this is essential. This clear
perception is reminiscent of sun and the 'no possibility of
darkness'. Why does light project this truth even on a physical
level? Because it is totally nullified to its source. It does not
claim any presence of its own.
The light carries no
message of itself. You are aware of the sun, not of the light. The
light illuminates, it doesn't bump against you.
Light has two
element. It is a functional element – ha-arah. And it is cleaves
to its source. It is a functional 'thing' that only appreciates the
essence.
By contrast a stone
that is thrown separates from its source. The light always cleaves
to the source, even though it too moves.
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