“Beyond Concealed and Revealed” p 58

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel 

Sunday 27 Nissan, 5774

Page 58

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We are looking at 'concealed' and 'revealed'. The concealed/helem element is not hidden by a curtain, but that which it represents is beyond identification.

From this concealment comes revelation. Concealment is different from 'darkness'. Choshech/darkness, means there is nothing there. Concealment, means something is there, that is beyond identification.

So these elements of revelation and concealment are relevant only in the realm of ohr/light. Light is a representation of the essence.

Light represents the presence of the essence, not the way the essence is unto itself...

This is like the way a person's presence is found everywhere in his own home...

The First Being affects you not by His presence, but by His truth.

This is not a new topic to us... we have the classic example of a host and his guest. The host caters to his guest. He shows his hospitality by serving dinner. But the real relationship is not the service, nor the dinner. It is the presence of the host himself. How does he give his presence to the guest? There is no means. He gives him essence. The dinner is just a poor representation of this essence.

This is the principle of the essence. It cannot be translated by any kind of intermediary. The dinner is just a means to relate to the host, but the host is above this.

The human being is a true presence, and a metaphor for the real truth. He gets it from the Creator. The Creator gives him the right to be and to own the world. Without that he would be an intruder, having to protect his turf...

The highest root is the aspect Infinite Essence (atzmus ein sof), who is entirely holy and separate (kodesh umuvdal). There is that which is Not Knowable – beyond knowledge and that is the source of everything...