Question: Please explain the Kabbalistic principle: “The expansion of the light followed by its departure makes the Kli fit for its use.”

Answer: This principle also works in our world. When can I say that I sense something, that I came into contact with something, that I desire something? It is when I have tried it, tasted it, and felt pleasure, and then it disappeared, and a special yearning arose within me, a special attraction toward it.

This special attraction, which remains after the initial tasting, is what is called desire. The first time, it was not yet a desire. Someone simply told me that it was good, and I tried it. Nothing more.

In the story of Adam’s transgression, it is said: “He ate, and he will eat again” from the forbidden fruit. The first time, it is not considered a transgression, Adam simply absorbed the pleasure of the upper light. But when he sensed it, and then he himself reached out for it, this was already a sin.

The expansion of the light within the desire and its subsequent departure make the Kli fit for reception. It is the will to enjoy that defines the striving forward of the Kli.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 11/19/2017, “Kabbalistic Principles and Their Spiritual Meaning and Application.”

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