AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R'
Paltiel, 22 Tevet 5775
Page 72(18)
At
about midway into the page –
(line
begins: 'she-hare hu...') For text see below.
What is the
significance of the light remaining essential/simple/pashut even
while dressed in the vessel? It takes on the contours of the vessel,
but retains its neutrality/simplicity. This is because the light is
atzmi/essential.
To think of light,
think of the host and the guest. The presence of the host is the
most important element. This connection between the guest and the
host is called light/ohr. The guest values immensely this closeness.
Should the host leave, the guest couldn't even eat his meal.
When the sage asks
for a simple service from an illiterate man, he senses, there is a
level in the sage where, 'I count'. This interaction is called
ohr/light.
This is like when a
man buys a home. His presence illuminates the entire home although
nothing has changed on a practical/physical level. The light/ohr of
the owner illuminates the entire home. His ownership of the home is
a Godly mandate. His relationship there is very real and present.
And when he's not
there, the home carries his name. The Godly name is present in the
world. This is what the world is.
The human being has
an amazing effect on the world, not due to any action – just by
being. The world without a human being has no reality.
A man's home is more
than 'protection from the elements'.
Words don't describe
our inner experience of light...
The light serves 'no
practical purpose', but this light is what provides human
significance and meaning...
The place setting
represents the host's view of the guest, and his statement, 'I value
you as a human being'.
It takes refinement
of intellect to acknowledge the relationship between the host and the
guest. Some will continue to just focus on the food or say, “I'm
here for the beer...!”
The point: light is
the light of the essence. Like a name attests to what the human
being is in essence. The whole world is Godly light. And what does
it represent? That the world is a Godly creation! This is like the
king's palace and people... the king's name represents the presence
of the king himself. If we look at our world and say, 'what does it
represent? What's its message?' The answer: 'its Creator is beyond
world. He's in a completely different quality. The quality of
having been created by The First Being'.
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