AyinBase / Ayin Beis with R' Paltiel
Sunday16 Adar I, 5774
Page
54
At
about a few lines above the middle of page –
(line
begins: "gum ken...”) For text, click: Here.
We
have been talking of 'blessings' – a blessing does not create a new
entity. It's role is to bypasses obstacles and brings things down
from the source.
It
brings from the concealed world to the revealed world.
Our
metaphors for concealed/briyah and revealed/yetzirah are thought and
speech.
Both
of which are rooted in the soul.
Thought
is the source for speech. But the speech is not there on a 'quiet'
level – it precedes being felt. And it cannot be revealed the way
it is in thought. Thought is not sensed externally.
Speech
works only if there is a common platform – a common language.
Thought...
is drawn from the soul and cannot be revealed externally. A common
platform is needed for sharing – this is in physicality – first
comes the sounds/words and then the light/meaning is dressed in
them...
The
reason we cannot know what a person thinks is because thought does
not exist on an external level.
The
letters of thought are very fine. They are intangible. They cannot
be known externally. And only these fine letters are capable of
sensing the light of the soul. They are so refined they do not block
the light of the soul.
They
are 'spiritual letters'.
All
comes from Godliness. That is the only source. Godliness is
presence. Presence that cannot possibly be know. A presence that
can be know, becomes a presence at the moment where it becomes
known... Something that has no beginning cannot be known. Godliness
does not have worldly parameters – it did not 'come into being'.
The
letters of thought are representative of the first being that comes
to be and thus don't have the attributes of a physical 'thing'...
they are just there, not known by contrast...
This
is like 'the provider for a presence, without yet being a
presence...'
there
is a true First Being, that is not preceded by non being... and there
is no way for us to conceptualize.
This
is a Being that is not dependent on presence. It is not measured by
tangibility.
So
there is a primary true 'nothing' that proceeds all something...
Is
the beginning of everything is being or not being? The primary truth
is yes. Yes being. A being that is not an identifiable presence...!
The
world is just a creation. Something that He voluntarily made. It is
there because He wants it to be there. Know that there is a Creator
who set a purpose for the world, and without this the world is a
non-entity.
So
back to 'chomer harishon' – it is the first material that does not
have any form. The basis for its being is not any kind of specific
message or form. It is representative of the fact that His
nothingness (ein ve effes) is a true presence...
We
can look at the world and see that the reason it seems so real is due
to its limitation...
The
Greek philosophers, went this deep and are quoted in the Zohar, since
they asked, 'what makes me see this?' and they realized there are
things beyond what I see that are more true... 'How do I identify
that which I cannot see? That I will call 'chomer harishon' –
first material'.
This
is to sense what our soul thinks about (vs what the body deals with),
where things are not known by contrast. We have soul faculties that
are superior to those of our intellect.
This
is what gives vitality. This is what we employ in understanding the
truth – Torah and Judaism...
The
primary material is perplexing and is called tohu...
Thought
is a window into the soul. It is not an action like speech. Thought
is continuous. This is the way the soul makes itself known to the
body.
This
class has been to explain the difference between a higher and a lower
world – between thought and speech...
A
blessing/bracha draws from a concealed state, that is not in a state
of existence.
