For this reason, any expanding light consists of four phases in the impression on the vessel (Baal HaSulam, The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 1, “Inner Observation,” Chapter 6, Item 24).

Question: Where did the four phases come from if there were only two discernments in the light?

Answer: Yes, but we always receive four from two discernments. The second one comes out from the first, then this second, which wants to be like the previous one, makes a third one from itself, and the third, which wishes to implement this change, becomes the fourth one. This is where it ends.

This is HaVaYaH, the four-letter name of the Creator Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey. This is the way He is manifested. And only the very last stage is considered creation.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot (TES)” 1/1/23

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