“True Presence” p:61

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel  

Sunday 25 Iyar, 5774

Page 61

Just above middle of the page – (line begins, “ruck lishmoah...”) For text, click: Here or see below.

Purification below relates to the fixing of the 'vessels above'.

The vessel of chochmah/wisdom is just like the light itself. Think of the faculty of sight - this is a metaphor for wisdom. Sight and hearing are the highest faculties. Sight is not about the experience, but about 'what you see' – so too the faculty of hearing. And they are different from each other.

Sight puts you in direct contact with what you are seeing, 'tho you are using your physical eyes. This is like a direct connection. The eye is a clear channel. You don't sense you are seeing by means of the eye which is an intermediary.

This is the principle of chochmah – there would not be a sense of the reality of the world without it. Hearing is also a fine conduit, but it is still a conduit.

On the soul level it is chochmah that brings us the message that the world is real, because it connects us to God. Reality means that this situation is not accidental. Chochmah connects to the source not the physical.

This is why the vessels of chochmah are like the light.

Light & vessels; light is not separate from its source. Think of a man in his home. His presence fills it and no one is allowed to enter without his permission.

The human being has a true presence in the world. He has a superior quality. It does not depend on the physicality of the world. So his dealing with the world is from above. He interacts with the physical but concentrates on the real content. He uses a book and is focused on the content, and has the table hold the book in position for him.

So the principle of the table is fundamental, in that for a human being he should be able to focus on the real thing. It is not just the alleviation of discomfort – it is part of the real human presence. The table is representative of the human being, but translated into a vessel/form.

The purification of the vessel is that you perceive only its human element. You recognize their purpose in that they do not have a presence, but for their spiritual element.

This purification of the vessel calls forth essence.

From the perspective of wisdom/chochmah there is nothing but Godliness. Each of us has been granted this insight. It may be tucked away in some corner. It allows us to see what reality is.

As a result of the animal soul below we affect a purification of the vessels above so that they will be like the vessel of wisdom above.