Kabbalists On The Nature Of Man And The Nature Of The Creator, Part 1
Dear Friends, please ask questions about these passages from the great Kabbalists. The commentaries in brackets are mine.
Man’s Essence Is the Will to Receive
The desire [to receive, to enjoy] is the [primary, only] essence of the person.
– Baal HaSulam, Shamati (I Heard), Article No. 153, “A Thought Is an Upshot of the Desire”
The essence of all the details in reality is no more and no less than the will to receive [the difference between all parts of creation in all the words comes only from quantitative and qualitative differences in their desire for fulfillment].
– Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” Item 20
The very essence of the soul is the will to receive [pleasure, fulfillment]. And the difference we can tell between one object and another is discerned only by its will.
– Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” Item 21
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“Man’s Essence Is the Will to Receive”
This profound but simple assertion by Kabbalists so boggles ones mind that one wonders what mind conceived it! How did men in this world reveal this wholesome Truth, what prompted it?
Thank you.