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23 of pamphlet – (At
3rd line from the top of the page. Line begins: 'komma...'). Page
17 of the book.
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We
are saying that the human being is a Godly creation. He has special
qualities. He needs a home. Without one he does not give expression
to his full humanity. He has a task. A mission. He is not a monkey
or an elephant. He is not a smart animal. He is a Godly presence in
the world.
And
there are various ways that this is expressed. One way is his home.
He has a stake in the world. He has a place that is his – renting
or owning. He is anchored.
And
all the tools he uses are representative of who he is.
He
lift up food to his mouth. He is aloof and raises the food to him.
He eats by small amounts. He doesn't get pulled down to, or into
the food.
The
chocham/wise man is identifiable by how he does everything –
eating, walking, sleeping etc.
Earlier
today we used a metaphor: you have table in the home – it serves
the human being. It is conceptualized in the human intellect. It is
brought into the dining room, that accepts it seamlessly. The dining
room was expecting the table.
So
even though it is made of wood – an extraneous material – and it
is structure – yet it is fully united with the function for which
it was made. It achieves unity with the room that houses it. This
is like the vessels of atzilus.
Yet
the table can be taken outside. This means that it can have
representation in a realm that loses connection to source – this is
like the way that vessels can come down into the 'created world'.
Our
world is the world of 'asiya' – the created world – where it is
not apparent how things are connected to their source...
and
the real table is there even before it was built and brought into the
dining room. This is the conceptual level – this is the truth
level.
The
principle of the initial reality is the source of everything else.
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22 of pamphlet – (At
5 lines from the end of the page. Line begins: 'dafka...'). Page 17
of the book.
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The
element of will/ratzon does not change. It is the same in the
heights of the soul as when it is dressed in the body.
A
man is situated in his will – he is where his will is. This is a
principle of the Baal Shem Tov.
We
experience this without being aware of it.
From
a soul perspective, the reason we can function in this world is not
due to our ability to 'deal with stuff', but due to a certain reality
that exists. This is the phenomenon of ratzon. It is above being
absorbed in the world.
It
is in the world. It relates to its mission here on earth. I have
will/ratzon, which is super-wordly. It has no logical/worldly basis.
Ratzon/will
is an expression of 'I am here'.
It
is not based on worldly parameters. It is imbued into the soul by
the Creator, and you relate to Him the same wherever you are. If you
think into it, you can find all truth in the world.
The
world is here, not because of itself, but because He wants it. And
thus all points relate to Him.
This
will/ratzon is a Godly gift. He blew life into you. He's blowing it
into you now!
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22 of pamphlet – (At
5 lines from the end of the page. Line begins: 'dafka...'). Page 17
of the book.
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Your
ability to understand is not based on logic. It is based on will.
The will provides the sense that there is a reality.
Life
is experienced every second and there is not way to explain it. And
you will never get tired of life. Even though you have lived and
know it, you want it with every fiber of your being. It is beyond
human grasp. The wanting is inexplicable. You have life, but not in
your sechel/mind. Mind is a derivative of it.
Mind
must rule man on a practical level, but it must not usurp the place
of ratzon.
