“Don't Be So Shocked” p:57

AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel 

Tuesday 1 Nissan, 5774

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The essence of a person's presence is the ratzon/will.

The sechel's/mind's compelling nature is from the ratzon/will.

Take something simple like 1+1=2. there as to be a ratzon element to it, or the 2 would be an anomaly. Take it down to an animal level – he doesn't know 2, he just knows the '1' he is busy with. So 2 is acceptable to sechel due to the ratzon/will, which is the background.

Ratzon is on a totally different level. It relates to the terrain. It identifies for the person the broad reality.

Survival is a non-existent factor. Chassidus brings out that each thing persists due to the mission it has in the entire existence.

Ratzon gives a person the sense of the reality of where he is. And then all that exists in this reality is real.

This is the human experience. So thus all that he encounters falls into place. Everything has a place. The ratzon says, 'don't be so shocked, this is God's creation, there is no limit to the variety'.

Sechel by itself does not create anything. The essence of novelty is the ratzon/will.

Ratzon says everything must be real. I have to live in a world that is real. Ratzon pushes the sechel to make sense.

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We are discussing ratzon/will. It is the initiator for every function of the human being. In ratzon it is at the level of initiation and the sechel to follow is not really yet understood, on the other hand he 'more than understands it'.

The earth is like the ratzon for the entire world. For all plants and growth. Contrary to the scientific view where the plant draws its life from the earth, Torah says the earth provides for the plant.

What does speaking, walking, etc have to do with the life of the soul? We relate to walking and talking, but how are they soul activities? The soul is enclothed in a body with a mission. It is there in an active state.

The soul wants to bring Godly life to everything.

The will/ratzon reveals what the soul is all about. And what is it about? It is about everything. Everything is the souls business. And when it comes to the functioning level it is simply a matter of bringing it from the hidden to the revealed, not creating it afresh...

sechel/mind brings out the essential reality to a practical level.

“Hidden & Revealed” p:57

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'Concealed and revealed' are essentially corresponding to the 'surrounding and inner' levels of light or knowledge.

And here hidden/concealed does not mean intentionally removed. It is above revelation, but the revealed level is based there... it is level that must be there to precede revelation.

The principle of revelation is an 'intended presentation'. If someone overhears someone reviewing and learning Torah he will not gain the same benefit as when it is taught to him – when he is addressed.

The concealed state is for the sake of revelation.

A 'revelation' that does not have the hidden/helem/makif level as its base, it is not real revelation of knowledge.

Makif means surrounding. This implies that it encompasses the pnimi/inner level. So this makif/hidden level is already the beginning of the revelation.

Ratzon/will is behind all the human faculties.

Ratzon is continuous. It is the active 'force element' of life itself. The essential ratzon is a simple statement of the presence of life. The 'faculty' of will (koach haratzon) is what enables the active functioning faculties.

Anything I can relate to 'I want'. And wanting here is not indicating a lacking. So ratzon is synonymous with living, but this is the level that is beyond informing the faculties.

In a certain sense, life itself is an active state. But there are different level of activity.

Ratzon is the initial force behind every activity. There is an active element in life itself. Unfortunately the worldly view says, 'if I didn't get out of bed there will be some negative consequence'. But this is not the truth of the matter. If you have to have a reason, then the ratzon – will is lacking.

I want to live because I want to live. It is not an antidote to anything. It is not a matter of I want to live, 'cos I don't want to live. It is beyond reason.

“Sensitivity to Light” p:57

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We are talking about how the inner light comes from the wider surrounding light.

The real depth of chochmah/wisdom, is not 'what it understands', but rather knowing that, 'there is a truth'.

The rav/master senses the level of the student. And he senses not what he knows, but what he is capable of relating to, even if he isn't there yet. He senses his sensitivity to light...

The surrounding light enables the inner light.

Animals do not have this structure of inner and surrounding aspects. Yet they also 'know things'. In truth they don't know things, the just know the effect of things. There is no real knowledge there. Human beings have intellect and the ability to know reality.

The makif/surrounding level exists only due to the truth that there is a provision by the Original Owner of the world. It is not something I aquire by my effort. So there is a level to the surrounding light that will neve become pnimi/inner.

Ratzon/will is the whole enthusiasm of the person. Yet it is a makif/surrounding element, and it is hidden. The essence of novelty is from ratzon/will. A person has ratzon/will without understanding where it comes from – so for him it is novel. It is a novel presence. Ratzon is reflective of the truth of the nefesh/soul.

“Experience Beyond Awareness” p:57

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We are talking about how the inner light comes from the wider surrounding light.

For the human being all he sees is as a presentation of the First Being. This may be experience that is beyond our awaress.

He has awareness of the intangible. The intangible element relates us to the First Being. This is the principle of intellect.

The animal soul of man also has intellect, but this means he can be educated and elevated.