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It
was explained that a similar phenomenon to that of what exists in the
human being exists above.
Like
a faculty is reduced to find a home and unite with its vessel/limb,
so too there is a union above between lights and vessels (ohrot and
keilim).
There
is a great union. Like the eye is a clear channel for sight. You
see what's there and you don't sense the eye itself at all. This is
like chochmah where the vessel is null and unified with the light.
Mochin/mind
means the pro-active element. It is not based on observation and
experience. Rather you relate to the reality and say, 'okay, this
has to be done'. Sechel/mind sees how it should be as
opposed to how it is...
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We
are looking at how the sphirot are above. And we are using almost
the same language as we did when talking about the way the faculties
are dressed in the limbs of a human being...
we
are saying there are lights in vessels. And the vessels and lights
relate to each other.
The
mind (chochmah) is dressed in the brain (moach).
For
each light there is a unique vessel.
The
light is made to fit the vessel.
A
metaphor: one person could be given the Empire State building as a
personal dwelling. But it would be ridiculous. It would be a light
and vessel that did not correlate.
Each
sphira and faculty has a unique and exclusive vessel.
We
do chessed/kindness, seemingly as a response to a circumstance. We
see someone and come to their aid. But did the observation create
the response, or did it exist previously in the human being?
We
don't have a way to identify the light of the soul (ohr hanefesh), so
we tend to identify things by their functionality rather than their
reality.
The
real meaning of the world is that reality is working through various
discreet vessels.
Sight
is a metaphor for chochmah/wisdom and for sechel/mind in general.
There is a fundamental difference between how sight vs touch relate
to objects.
The
eye is such a clear channel that we just sense reality. This is a
metaphor for how the vessel is suited to the ohr it contains...
Mochin
means to know the truth unto itself. Midot (emotions) are 'how do I
relate to it'.
This
is the greatness of sight, this is the greatness of
chochmah/wisdom/חכמה
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We
are talking about how the faculties are to be understood above.
Above there is a throne and a representation of a Man – but this is
no the Infinite One, blessed be he.
In
atzilus we are saying there are 10 sphirot, but they are without
boundary, and there is no limit to their spread.
Elsewhere
it says there are 10 sphirot, but without a description. So what is
the meaning? There is the number 10 but without limit and
definition!?
In
the human form there are distinct locations where the faculties live.
The right arm is chessed/kindness, the left is severity/gevurah.
These
places are not random. The faculties themselves, and the ability of
the limb is predefined. The ability is assigned prior to execution.
For example the faculty of writing exists in the soul and is assigned
to a particular location, before it comes to the level of action.
In
our days it is important to keep perspective. The worldly view says
that writing is only a matter of training and is created at the
functional level. This is due to a physical perspective of the human
being. We may think the physical demand forces us into action. We
reject that view. When we write it is the soul faculty that is
manifest through the hand.
From
a worldly perspective the human being has no particular purpose in
being here. And all he does is a reaction to the circumstance...!
And from that need he develops all his complex activities and
abilities. We reject that view outright. Man was created
intentionally. And what is man? He is here to see the world as his
platform and understand his mission here to humanize and develop the
world – that is his Godly mission.
And
to develop the world you have to relate to it and direct it. You
have to operate within time and space.
That
is man – from inception to action.
So
man in the world consists of x number of faculties, not just a
responder to circumstances. And these faculties represent the human
reality.
So
your right arm – chessed – is by design, not by it being assigned
a random function. The action is driven not by the body, but by the
soul.
And
man has an element of infinity – nothing escapes him. Nothing is
beyond his reach. And when he does something and reaches things he
wants to do it in an inner way and to relate to it – so his defined
faculties are used.
He
is doing something infinite using finite faculties...
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The
faculties of the soul find their place in their respective limbs and
organs. There is even a unity between the faculty and the limb.
The body-soul dichotomy doesn't exist. The soulful faculty is
completey united with its physical vessel/home.
This
kind of union cannot occur by happenstance. It is by design. The
faculty provides for the limb. It is a perfect union.
Man
is reflective of the entire cosmos – the entire chain of
creation...
God
has no physical representation, but yet still there is a prophetic
depiction of the supernal chariot (merkavah) with a throne and One on
it...
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Revelation
means the exposure of something that had existed on a concealed
level. This is present at all levels. On the lowest level there's
the foot. When you walk, the foot cannot go nowhere – you need a
destination. The destination is identified by the sechel/mind, which
informs the midot/emotions of the heart, which are motivated to get
there...
Walking
is not done in isolation. It is part of a broader reality. It is a
simple action at a low level and can be duplicated by a robot, but
your walking is a revelation of the most profound sense of reality.
Man
has been created to affect the world. This is a Godly purpose. So
the essence of the human being and the Godly plan is revealed also
through his feet...
It
is revealed in the world, but it is actually Godly.
