Israel (a person directed “straight to the Creator“), the Creator, and the Torah (the Light that reforms) must unite into one whole. This is also called the “middle column,” the “middle line.”

The work in three lines (the right, left, and middle) stems from the fact that the created being cannot do anything by its own powers. For it is created from an inanimate substance—the desire to enjoy—which by itself cannot move (change) in spirituality since it lacks the desire to bestow. Only the desire to bestow can move in the spiritual world, which is built from forms of bestowal, intentions of bestowal, something that wishes to give to another, to come out of itself.

But if the created being acts in a different form, then it is as though it does not exist in spirituality. It exists only in our imagination! The Creator has created such an imaginary picture within our perception so that we may somehow exist before attaining the qualities of bestowal.

Spiritual movement and spiritual reality, are possible only in bestowal. One can exist in spirituality only if one moves within this bestowal. It is impossible in spirituality to stand still, to stop and do nothing, as happens in this world. Spiritual space is above time; that is, it is constantly in motion through bestowal, which continuously intensifies.

And since the created being initially has no ability to bestow, and does not even know what it is, a restriction (Tzimtzum) is first made on its desire to enjoy. Then a connection is established between the created being’s desire to enjoy and the Creator’s desire to bestow through the second restriction (Tzimtzum Bet), through special actions that prepare our reality while still in the spiritual worlds.

Afterward, the shattering takes place. The boundary between the desire to receive and the desire to bestow is broken in order to connect them with one another. And from this connection there emerge worlds standing opposite one another: the worlds of holiness and impurity. Between them there appears a “neutral place,” from which an independent created being can grow.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/28/11, “Preparation for the New Jersey Convention”

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