“Completely Different” p:22/17

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel, Tammuz 5775

Page 22 of pamphlet – (At 5 lines from the end of the page. Line begins: 'dafka...'). Page 17 of the book. For text see below.

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We are going to take a detour and drop to 5 lines from the end of the page.

The vessels of atzilus, although they are vessels, yet they are elokus mamash (actual Godliness)!

We explained this by using the quote of the Baal Shem Tov, that 'a man is situated where is will is present.'

The ratzon/will of a man is not as the common usage, since here it indicates a different phase of human existence.

Even though existence in the world, in a certain sense is precarious, yet there is a deeper element that goes beyond any shortcomings.

This deeper element shows itself by means of a desire/will/ratzon that is not based on any quality, but is based on truth itself – the Godly truth.

The soul is this truth. This is awareness, not wanting. This is like a mature adult has a pull towards his parents. This connection although it may be hidden, is true of every human being.

This will for the parents is not to satisfy a need. He wants them. This is not a worldly phenomenon.

And why is the active verb 'ratzon/will' used, and not the word 'awareness'. The soul is always connected to the truth. So why the verb of wanting?

We see effortlessly. We open our eyes and it is all there. So the phase, 'I see' is about this relationship. No friction. No separation.

The human being is fundamentally different from every other creature. Each other creature is defined by its experience. It is part of the flow of time. The human being is completely different. He doesn't automatically react to circumstance. He responds. He evaluates. He asks if something has value. There's a decision process.

And if a man decides that he wants something and takes action it is based on real significance.

And it is correct to say, 'I see' even though it is effortless, because seeing is significant and alerts me to reality. It is automatic and it is a decision. It tells me the world is real and I am real – it corresponds to chochmah/wisdom.

Sight is not inadvertent. It is positive. This is the meaning of 'want/ratzon'.

This wanting is based on the knowledge of the Creator. All experience it, but some deny it. Everyone who is human experiences, but some discount it, because they want to rather restructure the world so they 'can have a handle on it'.

So this is how we can see there are vessels, which are a worldly presence (not connected to its source, as is light), yet it remains completely representative of the source.

Ratzon is the point. Any human activity needs to have a point, or it is meaningless.