When the Kli Becomes like the Light
Question: If the surrounding light begins to enter the Kli, why do the descents become increasingly difficult?
Answer: The surrounding light cannot enter the Kli; that is impossible. It enters the Kli only when it becomes inner light.
The surrounding light constantly shines upon a person: sometimes from the front, during a state of ascent, and sometimes from the back, during a state of descent.
The state itself is always the same. The only difference is what is being revealed at that moment: the light or the Kli. Everything depends on the side from which you are viewing the state—from the side of the Kli or from the side of the light. This is how it is experienced in one’s perception.
When the Kli becomes like the light, there is no longer a distinction between ascents and descents; everything is light. A Kli with a screen is felt as the light itself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/13/26, Rabash, “And the Lord Appeared to Him at the Oaks of Mamre”
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