In the wisdom of Kabbalah, we speak about two types of nature: the nature of the Creator and the nature of the created being. We cannot change our nature, but through the intention to bestow, we can make it similar to the Creator’s nature.
In the Creator, there is no separation between action and intention. There is only action with the intention for the sake of bestowal. Yet, if there were nothing opposite to it, it would be impossible even to say that it is for the sake of bestowal. It is simply an action directed toward the created being without any intention of receiving something in return.
We cannot truly imagine such a state. However, if the created being uses its desire to receive in order to become similar to the Creator—to resemble Him in action, or more precisely, in the final result of the action—then within the created being there will be both action and intention.
Initially, no intention was created in the created being. It possesses only the action of receiving, of enjoying, which is called an animate action. The still, vegetative, and animate levels of nature perform this action without any awareness of intention.
The speaking level (the human being) begins to feel the foreignness of this action. Therefore, envy, lust, and honor develop within him, along with all the other forms of development of the desire to receive.
Most importantly, he develops a sensation of the giver. To the extent that a person feels the giver, intention develops within him. If we did not feel the giver, our intention would simply be to enjoy ourselves, like everyone else in this world. There would only be the desire to enjoy, nothing more.
We call this receiving for the sake of receiving. But in truth, it is not even a genuine intention to receive. Rather, it belongs to the realm of the Klipot, forces that know what bestowal is, yet still desire only to receive.
An intention to bestow or an intention to receive can exist only when there is a sensation of the giver, a sensation of the host. Then it becomes clear to a person what he truly wants: to receive or to bestow. Only then does he have the possibility of using his desire to receive in one way or the other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/6/26, Rabash, “Why Is the Torah Called “Middle Line” in the Work? – 1”
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