Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 172

What Is the Meaning of “The Good and Delight That the Creator Wished to Bestow Upon His Created Beings”?

This refers to the level of the Creator. There is no good and delight other than the Creator Himself, that is, His state and degree. This is what the Creator wanted the created being to reach. Anything less than this cannot be called “to do good to His created beings.” Anything less would simply be mercy toward the created being. This is because “the Good” is the Creator Himself, whom we call “the Good who does good,” and He wants us to arrive at that goodness.

We need to reach the state of the Creator, which is certainly more than merely to receive from Him or to feel Him. It means actually reaching His state.

This is what is meant by equivalence of form, which is called “adhesion” (Dvekut). “By Your actions we know You” means that we recognize His actions, become equal to them, and by doing so, we exist on the same level, on the same degree. When we complete this state, it is not that we receive from Him, but we become like Zeir Anpin and Nukva (ZON), which exist in an unceasing coupling (Zivug de lo Pasik) at equal stature, and then there is no deficiency of the created being relative to the degree of the Creator. This is called “the Good who does good.”

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