Then there remained a vacant place, air, and an empty space, from the very middle point. And that restriction was even around that middle, empty point, in a way that the place of that space was round on all its sides, completely even. It was not in a shape of a square, with a perpendicular angle, for Ein Sof, too, had restricted Himself like a circle, even on all sides (Baal HaSulam, The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Vol. 1, Part 1, Chapter One, #4).

From the side of the light, there are no degrees, and it fills everything equally, this is why Malchut, having felt herself as receiving from the light, made an equal restriction. At this point there is no difference between top and bottom, no degrees, only a completely equal attitude toward any reception for one’s own sake that was revealed within her.

The restriction acts the same on the smallest and the greatest egoistic desire. It is as if Malchut says: “If you are not directed toward bestowal, then you do not belong to me!” and she distances all such qualities from herself.

This is a very subtle principle. It shows a pure, global, infinitely just and demanding approach, which gives us a glimpse of the state of the final correction (Gmar Tikkun). In it, the tiniest thing carries equal weight; if even the smallest part of the whole is not corrected, it is as if nothing is corrected at all.

There may be billions of desires, but among them there are no big or small, no top or bottom, right or left, no distinctions whatsoever. The nature of the desire doesn’t matter: one may want to eat, another to drink, a third to rest. What matters is whether you want it egoistically or for the sake of bestowal? Such strict, selective principles act in spirituality.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/2/11, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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