Part 1 · More on Chapter 28

Tree as a Symbol of Infinite Wisdom 0:04

Only thing is that with א"ק it doesn't yet relate in a way to the particulars of like a tree, stuff like that. But in a way it does.

So, for example, like with a tree, the fact that like there's this great wisdom in every single detail of the tree, so that you see like the infinite wisdom in the tree, and the fact that it's this infinitely complex, there's complex system, you know how like everything is like different and how it all works together, all the different parts, and no two parts are the same, is like more like a thing like בינה, like the wisdom is like the חכמה and like more like a thing of בינה.

Then there's also the עצם רצון, like you see the tree wants to grow and wants to be a tree in a certain form and everything. Like why? Where does it want to Where does it think it's growing? Where is it going? What does it want?

You know, it wants to go close to the sun. Why? Such a waste. You know, you ever go look at trees and plants and think like they're idiots? Where do they think they're going?

They grow and grow and grow so they can get close to the sun, get more light, so they can get like there's no end. It's just like a totally meaningless, useless thing. The only The only one that benefits from it is us.

So like you obviously see that there's a a רצון there that's like this big push that's making it want to do that, but it doesn't make sense that it's really the tree's רצון, so you see like there's this God's רצון is like pushing the tree to do that.

Constant Re‑Creation at the Molecular Level 1:46

And then like you see like it's being created every single second really anew. If you really look into the tree that like inherently like it or anything, you know, that every single moment it's being created anew, all of its molecules and everything is just like being turning reverting to nothing and then coming back into existence every moment.

Yeah, if you go down like to the atomic level, you see that. Or you also see it like in a lesser way that just like every single day the plant's like a renewed energy, you know what I mean, that's like constantly being renewed, it's like stopping and coming back.

And like every, you know, year you see like it loses its leaves and kind of dies, then it comes back, you know what I mean?

But really every single moment it's happening. The more that you look into it and the more that you see it on an essential level and like on a constant level.

And it's important, the reason that I'm pointing that out is because it's important because that's the main place where you see the level of the light that I'm talking about now, which is like the level of the lights of אצילות before they go into the כלים. In other words, the way that you see it like every day or every year is the way it's already מתלבש in כלים.

But the essential light of it before it comes into the כלים is infinite. So that's what I'm saying. That even like scientifically if you really look into the tree, they see on like molecular or whatever, subatomic level, how really every single moment it's being recreated. But that's not revealed in a vessel, that's why you don't see it so much. It's like you have to look deeper into it.

The thing that's revealed in a vessel is that like every day and every year it's renewed. That's like That's like the vessel for it. That's like a, but a limited vessel.

But right now we're talking about the lights before they go into the vessel. In other words, the idea that God re- gives it new life every single is not just every single day or every single year, it's every single moment is essentially happening in an infinite way.

Infinite Intellect vs. Brain’s Limited Expression 3:56

Just like there's like a person's intellect is like that he has this in in infinite ability for intellect, and then when it goes in the brain it comes out just in particular ideas.

And just like even that whole desire though to like express intellect in everything that he's going to come across, which is like the infinite light that goes into the brain, that is just coming out because of א"ק, because he decided he wants to be a smart person and so he wants to express that. And so that's what makes it come out.

So that's the same thing that because God decided he's going to reveal himself through wisdom or so, therefore, that creates this inherent desire, in other words this inherent light that that God reveals is like wants to reveal his wisdom infinitely in everything.

But that's not manifest to us. But it's manifest through the vessels that God reveals his wisdom in within limited ways and in certain things, so that we see it more in certain areas and in other areas and, you know what I mean, in certain things revealed more than others, even though really if we look into it And think about it, we'll realize that God's wisdom is manifest infinitely in everything.

Hierarchy of Renewal: People to Rocks 5:06

Well, that's what what so you're saying like rocks don't seem to have that that that renewal as much. That's one of the things that there's less of a גילוי of godliness. In other words, people you see it the most, the renewal, and then animals, and then in plants, and then you see it the least in in in inanimate objects. And that's because in in inanimate objects, the most dominant thing is the vessel, and so you don't see the light as much.

And in a person you see the light the most. And that's nevertheless, if you really look into the rock, you'll still see that there's such a, you know, thing.

Well, you don't even have, even for that you don't have to go to molecular level. For example, because rocks and things like that are also kind of like fruits coming out of trees and stuff like that. So for example, like diamonds and stuff, those are like made by mountains and like the earth, you know what I mean? Like makes these different elements like, you know, and like the world is constantly renewing those elements and stuff, so that it gets like used up and gets washed away and corroded, and you know what I mean?

Rock and Earth Cycles of Renewal 6:19

And like like the surface of earth is even on the on like the level of like rock, it's constantly changing and renewing, you know what I mean? And like if you watch some nature thing about it, they'll show you like like about how like these rivers carve out these huge valleys, and the wind and stuff, and like it erodes and corrodes, and it changes constantly. Even like the hardest rock is, you know what I mean, and how all these kind of things are like a cycle, and it's like the living planet.

And they'll show you these like fast-forward videos like taken over like a month of the same place and you see like all these changes and and it's kind of it's like dying and coming back, and you know what I mean? Because it gets eaten away by the elements and broken down, and then it gets rebuilt up into different a new rock.

It's just much slower. And then in between there's the light that come of אצילות, which comes out from א״ק. So there's the the the way that it's that it's expressed through vessels, which are like limited ways, which what we like the way that we appreciate it most. Then there's the fact that God chose to to reveal Himself through that, and in between there's this light, which is that inherently that thing really exists in everything.

Because once God connected Himself to that, since He's infinite and and essential, so just like God is not for any reason, and He's so there so once God connects Himself to the idea of חסד of creating something, that means that also that everything is just inherently created every in an infinite way by God. And that's just, it's, you know, like the nature of things. And it's not like limited to a particular instance or certain circumstances.

In the vessel of חסד it is. Certain things, certain times it's revealed, certain times it's not, and certain things you see as being creation, certain things you don't see as being creation. But in the light of the of חסד of אצילות, it's this infinite thing that inherently everything must this is the way that we if you look into the world, we see this as like a logical reality that's just like axiomatic, that everything inherently must be recreated every single moment by God.

That comes from the fact from חסד of א״ק, that God associated Himself with this מידה, which gave it like His properties. And then God chose the vessel of חסד of אצילות to manifest it in certain ways, so that certain things like more openly manifest the idea of חסד.

And that's the did so that it shouldn't be like in the way of תהו, cause be or else each of the מידות are seen equally as being infinite all the time, and then you wouldn't be able to like appreciate one over the other. So then God put them in the vessels of אצילות, which makes like each one have its own place. In other words, that certain things, certain aspects of reality reveal to us these different lights more strongly.

Attributes Assigned to Vessels to Prevent תוהו 8:59

And so, you know, when we look at certain aspects of the tree, we see mainly the חכמה. When we look at other aspects, we see mainly the חסד. But really, you could take any one of these ideas, you could take חכמה or חסד or whatever, and you could use that to explain all the aspects of the tree.

Because really that extends to everything. And so you don't have to call the wisdom wisdom, you could call it חסד. And you can say that really it's the that that when you see like all the the amazing detail of the tree, you don't have to say, "Oh, that this that's the expression of God's wisdom," you can say that this is an expression of God's creation, that He's creating in all these different ways, and it's being done and like, I don't know, you and like the whole idea that there's going to be like a system and the way the tree works is really just being created, and the whole idea of the wisdom is being created, and that it seems graceful and beautiful to you, that's all being created, and that's all just part of the way that God's creating the tree.

Like and that's like the thing of תהו, where you see them all Being infinite and all being equal. And then when they went to the vessels, that made it that we like see certain aspects of Godliness individually in different things, in different ways,

which is what allows us like like focus on certain things, appreciate those more and less, and stuff like that.