AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel Thursday 2 Tevet
5774
Page 45 מה
At
below the middle of the page –
(line
begins: "be-erech...”) For text, click: Here.
Atzilus is called an
intermediary between the worlds and what is above.
It is also possible
to say, that in atzilus there are 2 levels, namely atzilus unto
itself, and the level that relates to the worlds that are below it.
The mentor also has
to develop what he sees in chochmah/insight into his other faculties;
and then there is the inner development he has to make, in order to
present insights to his mentee.
All chochmah/insight
is rooted in the soul – in the will/ratzon and tynug/delight. It
may appear that sechel/mind is based on questions and paradox, and
the whole enterprise is about putting pieces of the puzzle together.
That is not
sechel/mind.
Sechel is what
creates the puzzle! Binah works on the pieces in order to present
it.
The mentor/rav has
the initial insight. He realizes a certain truth and begins to
relate to it. Then he, on a lower level, actualizes it – turning
sechel into reality. He lives with it from top to bottom, and his
emotions and actions accord with his highest insight.
Now that it is actual
for him, he is able to develop it and present it to the student.
Till the student is able to follow along till he too, can see it from
its inception.
So there are 2
movements – 1. internal to the mentor, and, 2. presenting to, and
working with, the student... this is 'from the bottom up'...
So the chochmah of
atzilus is called ain/אינֿ/'nothing'.
It is like sight – 'not a tangible presence, but an observing of
the truth' and it is there only due to the 'ohr ein sof'. It sees
the truth without translating it into terms of, 'what's in it for
me?'
In physics points are
without dimension. This is a conceptual element within the physical
world. So too in the point in our understanding. It cannot be
identified, it is beyond words. This is the spark of
chochmah/insight. It reveals without having its own presence.
So chochmah doesn't
solve the puzzle. It makes the puzzle.
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