There is no screen in the circles that can raise reflected light. Without it the emanated being cannot connect with the upper light. We learned there that the vessel of the line is called a “pipeline…”

Although the vessels of the circles are much higher than the line, they do not receive any light by themselves. Instead, they must receive all the light in them through that line, which is much lower than them… (Baal HaSulam “Study of the Ten Sefirot” Vol. 1, Part 2, Chapter 1, Items 3 and 30).

In Malchut of the world of infinity, everyone could receive as much as they desired. There was no desire within you for which the light did not have a perfectly fitting fulfillment. But after the restriction, a limitation arose: only those desires that possess a screen can be fulfilled, and only to the extent of that screen, through the “line,” that is, via the screen.

All other desires, the so-called “circular desires,” receive only a faint illumination from the line. The line fills them because, although they lack a screen, they are still under the restriction.

Therefore, the desires within the “line” operate actively: they draw the light, fill the line, and through this line, they fill the “circular desires.” The circular desires do not wish to receive egoistically; they simply cannot draw the light for the sake of bestowal. As a result, they receive a slight illumination—called “Nefesh.”

The circular desires are vast; they encompass all the desires of the world of infinity. But after the restriction, they can only receive illumination through a “very thin line.” The light of the line is so small compared to the light that once existed in the circular desires, relative to their capacity, that it is like trying to fill a giant swimming pool with a single cup of water.

Nevertheless, this provides them with some vital energy. On the other hand, receiving such illumination makes them more sensitive and awakens deeper inner desires. That is, this light does not fulfill the desires, but rather stimulates a yearning for fulfillment within them within them.

And this is how we operate until the very end of correction. As soon as I correct a desire, perform a Zivug, and fill myself, I immediately create a place for a descent. We always work to move forward and then fall, work again and rise and fall again. This is how progress unfolds.
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From the 4^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/27/11, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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