Morning Lesson June 12, 2021 Transcription
` TES:
Baal HaSulam. "Study of the Ten Sefirot" (TES). Vol. 1. Part 2. #6 (" What connects all the circles together ..")
The study of the ten Sephirot part two circles and straightness the words of the Ari Item 6
1. R. (00:33) Meaning that all of creation is 10 circles and the line goes from the most external circle to the inner circles and fulfill all the circles so we do all the work between the circles and straightness so in this part of TES Baal HaSulam explain to us circles and straightness.
Reading again
Inner Light Item 3 - interprets what connects all the Circles together.
2. S. (04:48) What is the meaning of the cessation in the vacant place?
R. It's impossible for the Circles to appear there because the nature is whole, the circle is whole so he has nowhere to receive, so it can't be connected to the vessels of the line of the seven lower ones according to the screen.
3. S. (05:30) What is the line that extends from above done words into Malchut, the line is a response for Malchut?
R. No the line is not a response for Malchut yet in the Creator connect all the separate and the helps all the Malchut to arrange its relation to the created beings according to the level this is called the line of measure of ranking to what extent in each place the created being can receive if they bestow in 100%, 15%, or 30% this is what the line means. However the circle has no more calculations in it, it's just purely bestowal from above downwards, there is no above and below even it's just outer and inner only cause and consequence, there is no connection between them through screens or some force of bestowal or anything.
4. S. (07:18) He says that the light goes through the seven lowest Sephirot to the Keter of straightness, what does it mean that the cessation goes from uptodown, what what activates it?
R. You have anything besides the light that works.
S. Who is activating it doesn't happen on it's ...
R. The reasonable place for the created beings that is ready, the worlds, the restrictions of the lights for the created beings to exist, if you remember the first part of TES, it says there that after the restrictions the line comes from up downwards and expands inside.
S. So What is he telling us here?
R. He's telling us about the vessels, he's telling us about vessels of straightness and the vessels of circles and we will see how it's arranged between them.
S. Are these vessels that we have to work with?
R. Yes of course but how they work between them and how do they arrange themselves I don't want to talk about it if he's not talking about.
5. S. (09:03) How can it be that the 10 Sephirot clothe of the 3 Sephirot of the line?
R. Exactly what you said, it doesn't follow discernments of the line, it follows equivalence of the circles that in the three separate of Keter, Hochma and Bina there is no difference they are all in order to be still Keter, Hochma and Bina were there is a Sephirot of circles there is no difference there it's all feel by the light that governs them.
S. It's like we say that the GAR is the Rosh and the Rosh are the circles?
R. Exactly.
Item 4 (10:27)
6. R. (15:18) Meaning from the Creator we have an influence first of all through the circles then there was a restriction and then begins the line, meaning the line of measurement to the extent that the line could be in equivalence with the will to bestow and and the light enters the light and begins to work there and after restrictions there a circle starts to work after the line. The line injects into the circle passes into the circles the light, the light comes into the circles is already restricted according to the line and can't perform anymore. So we try through the line to fulfill the circle.
7. S. (16:32) If we say that the 10 needs to awaken the light that reforms, do we have to depict to ourselves, how the line comes to oneself and learn all the nuances?
R. We can't learn all these details, we can only learn them through ourselves when we come to such actions we gradually learn them.
8. S. (17:15) He writes that the vessels of circles can reform the line and then he writes the illumination of the line comes before the circles, is there a contradiction ?
R. No contradiction, the circles are the true vessels that comes from the Creator and the lights of the circle is also an ancient light and after the restrictions that we have from the circles comes the straightness, the line. Meaning that the created being doesn't want to be in this form that the Creator controls everything, the created beings want to be expressing his willingness to resemble the Creator, to be like the Creator. Then it turns out we have a clash between the Creator and the created being and that's what they called my son's have defeated me. That's why after that the created beings to act independently and we have the expansion of the light into the circles from the lines and the expansion of the light in the circles, expands from the Creator into the circles, the expansion of the light through the line is through the created being only and the collaboration between needs to be in a way that through the vessels of the line of the created beings he fulfills all these empty vessels that were empty in the first restriction and thus to fill up the whole of creation.
9. S. (19:38) The line penetrates the upper part of the circles, is that the force of restriction.
R. Yes, yes another.
10. S. (20:03) The fact that the line fills the circle, is that our work in the ten influencing the circles?
R. Exactly that's how the line should be filling the circles we can’t be in the circle, meaning we fulfill them by the line. We can only do what it is in our power to do, what is not in our power the Creator will finish for us, He will complete it, but we have to do that's something we have to do.
11. S. (21:00) Is it possible to say that the line is the attitudes to the part of creation in a corrected way my correct attitude to everything becomes a circle?
R. Yes, correct.
12. S. (21:25) It was said that was the light was different between the circle and the line, so what passes from the light of the line to the light of a circle, what kind of light passes?
R. The light that it's not where it is when we say that the in circle there is the light of Nefesh and in the line there is the light of Ruach it's all to do with the difference between the desire and to the light. Therefore we have to learn that these lights that can pass from one place to the other, they will change from a state of Nefesh to the state of Ruach but that will be clarified that.
13. S. (21:20) The fact that the line fills the circles can you say that that's the highest root of you have made me?
R. Yes.
S. And the all the rules come from it?
R. Yes.
14.
S.
(22:39)
The
vessels
of
straightness
came
out
of
the
line,
what
does
it
mean
there
is
no
absence
in
spirituality?
R.
That
you
always
raising
sanctity
and
never
lower
in
it
everything
that
we've
corrected
remains,
that
we
can
add
more
corrections
to
it
but
we
can
never
take
away
from
it.
After
the
shattering
of
the
vessel
of
Adam
HaRishon,
there
is
no
more
shattering
there
is
only
more
ascents
and
more
gatherings
of
discernments,
more
and
more
added
to
it.
S. So it is only expressed in our work, so we'll just have to do the work.
R. Correct.
15. S. (23:34) Can we say that the line is a Partzuf or a series of Partzufim?
R. Yes.
S. And it fills the vessels with reflected light?
R. We learn about it.
16. S. (23:54) Can we say that ….?
R. No, too early and you're starting to be wise.
17. S. (24:25) Is the light of circles considered the general of providence and the light of line private providence?
R. You can say that in some places but it's not always like that.
S. Is it possible to describe the line and the circle like a host and the guest like the line is a host and the refreshments are the circles.
R. Yes, very nice.
18. S. (25:07) If we can say something about what stays and what passes?
R. When it constant it remains and it goes to the calculation of the end of correction when it passes it goes and to the other vessels but it also remains, so much of it everything that appears will remain is just that we have to state it we have to understand there's a lot of discernments about it.
(26:00) Item 5 “that interpret and it as it descent …”
Item 6 “Interprets and it extends…”
Item 7 “Interpret till the end of all…”
Item 8 “Relates to the words of the ARI in Item 7…”
Item 8 “Below interprets in the 10 Sephirot…”
18. R. (35:28) Rav draws: We will learn about it later. I just want to draw something really quick here. The more we have qualities of direct light here, these qualities of direct light, here we have qualities of reflected light and we said that they always complete each other as much as we have here or as much as we have on the other side let's say we have here once we're are so he will have 9, here we have three then they will have 7, if we'll have 5 here then we'll have a 5 day and so forth the direct and reflect light complete one another to 10.
19. S. (37:01) Baal HaSulam writes there that, additional coarseness in the line so we usually say that coarseness expresses the quality of the vessel so what does he explain there?
R. No, for now it doesn't explain it, he just says that it is here, it just exists, you're going into a city and they say this is this and that's that but they don't explain what it means he doesn't explain again.
20. S. (37:56) The author writes that there is the meaning to the incorporation of the vessels together and it seems logical if we think about it intellectually, it's all very clear but in truth it isn't clear. There are some deeper spiritual meaning here, it's not clear, so what to do about it, what's the meaning of this?
R. I'm very happy that this is the way we are speaking obviously, we have to reach actions in order to bestow so that we can understand what is going on. It's called that from your deeds we will know you only from doing the deeds we will understand what the Creator is what his nature is, what our is relations and the way this takes place in us. We will be able to know and understand that that's the way it is about that it says that there is no wise than the experienced until this happens to you even in this world will see that it's like that so we will try to perform these actions in the 10 and then we will understand what the essence of it is and we understand what the Creator does.
21. S (39:34) Is it possible to identify when we make an action of bestowal, if we do it we feel that the light passes through us but it leaves a sense of fulfillment, is that correct?
R. Yes, of course.
22. S. (40:15) How can there be a state that the reflected light and direct light are unequal?
R. They're not equal, only equal there in the middle when they are 5 and 5.
S. But reflected light is according to the influence upon the created beings.
R. So created being bestowing to the Creator.
S. So it's the created beings attitude towards the light now.
R. This is the created being attitude towards the Creator. The Creator wants to give him everything, he wants to fill all these vessels with the light but the created beings, no, he says I will receive from you only to the extent that I can pay. So according to the payment he can receive, his payment is the screen as much as you can thank the Creator and received from him only in order to give him contentment. He doesn't want to receive in order to enjoy, he wants to receive in order to give joy that's why here is where they meet in the middle.
S. The direct light is what the created beings can't receive?
R. It's what the created being is about to receive when he dresses it in the reflected light.
S. So that's why I don't understand, so it takes the direct light, takes the reflected light and gives them back to the Creator, so how can it be more reflected light than the direct light?
R. As much as the created being received from the Creator he dresses it in the reflected light and brings the back of the Creator that's why it's only to the amount of the created being can receive.
23. S. (42:46) What can we say about our work in the 10 that relates to the ….
R. I have to relate to the Creator through the friends so only by the love of the created beings I reach the love of the Creator.
24. S. (43:23) You said that the reflected light in the direct light brings inner light but I thought that reflected light is external to ask can you explain that?
R.
The
clothing
of
direct
light
in
the
reflected
light,
this
is
called
these
two
lights
are
called
inner
light,
that's
when
the
guests
tells
to
the
host
that
I
can
receive
from
you
only
what
I
can
return
to
you
and
then
the
host
agrees
to
that
and
then
the
guest
checks
according
to
his
will
to
bestow
how
much
you
can
receive.
Then
the
host
clothes
in
the
light
of
the
guest
and
then
they
both
receive
and
he
enjoys
from
the
light
himself
and
gets
joy
from
returning
the
light
because
he's
causing
pleasure
to
the
host.
S.
The
inner
light
that
I
receive,
is
it
because
I
can
give
him
in
a
vessel
that
is
external
to
me.
R. More or less but you are thinking correctly.
25. S. (46:08) It’s not clear when he said that it feel like you're so that it says that in Malchut that there has to be the Sephira of Yesod?
R. We will speak about it later.
26. S. (46:37) The appearance fear Is that the result of the relationship between all the Sephirot?
R. Correct all the individual Sephirot come from the inner calculations, we will learn it friends. Everything you're asking about there's so much material about it let's advance in TES and you will see as much as everybody will receive all the answers no problem. It's not such a problem of the wisdom, the problem is in us to understand it because for this we need to change ourselves to correct ourselves but the wisdom itself is very simple just like the host and the guest. The problem is that the guests that wants to give joy to the host, we need to learn how to do it and then we can actually practice it.