AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Friday
24 Tevet 5774
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3rd line from the end of the page –
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begins: "ohr atzmi...”) For text, click: Here.
The reality of
Godliness cannot be transferred to anything else. It only exists in
His presence.
The point is being
made that there can be external reality, since the light going
through the process of creation is a reflection, as opposed to having
an essential quality.
The true presence in
the world is the Godly light in the world, as opposed to the world
just consisting of 'cause and effect'. Torah and mitzvot give the
world a real presence.
Till the Torah was
given, the world had a tenuous existence. With the Torah it acquired
a sense of reality.
The scientific view
is based on 'cause and effect', without even alluding to the truth of
the soul and reality. For example gravity. Chassidus says it
represents a Godly principle: “that everything is drawn back to
its sense” and this indicates everything has a source and is not
self-made. So there is significance to the rock falling to the
ground and to the fire rising upwards.
Everything that
exists has some connection to its source. The sitra achra ('the
other side') is not a natural progression from the regular process of
creation.
Think of guests at a
wedding. There can be one who comes for the food and is really not
interested in the joy of the bride and groom. This is one who is
interested in the garments and not the reality. This is the sitra
achra.
So the sitra achra is
due to the garments that conceal. He relates not to 'how it is
given', but how he grasps it. This is science, oblivious to any kind
of reality with its handling of the human being in a mechanistic
lifeless manner. You can hear them say, 'come, I'll fix you', and
the fixing by the therapist drains the client of life...
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