Prior to the restriction there was He is One and His Name One, and the mind cannot attain Him (Baal HaSulam, The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 1, Chapter 2, Item 5).

Desire is created by the light opposite to it and is filled with it. We practically cannot understand this state. It is called the world of infinity.

It is written, “He is One and His Name One.” He is the Light, and His name is the state of desire. Initially, they were one; there was no difference between them.

Question: Why is it written that “the mind cannot attain Him”? Then why write about it if the mind does not attain?

Answer: Because there are other opportunities to bring this state closer to oneself and somehow evaluate it, realize it, measure it, and feel it. But not in the mind.

Our mind is a very limited tool because it is a desire. We must rise to a state where we become above our desire, where together with desire we will have intentions with which we can change desires to become similar to the light.

Then, by comparing the desire and the light of the Creator once we come to equivalence, we will be able to evaluate, feel, and even measure their coincidence.

Question: It is said: The mind is a consequence of desire. If the desire is egoistic, then the mind obviously serves it. Do you say that there also is an opportunity to rise above desire and there we will have some new mind?

Answer: Yes. It is called “faith above reason.” The quality that we acquire is the quality of bestowal. Within it we can feel the quality of the Creator by rising above ourselves.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 10/2/22

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