41. What is a “circle” ?

If there is no discernment of above and below among the four phases of the will to receive, it is regarded as a circle (like an image of a corporeal circle, where there is no discernment of up or down). Because of that, the four phases are regarded as four concentric circles one inside the other, where it is impossible to distinguish up from down in them (The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Part 1, “Questions and Answers on the Meaning of Words”).

A “circle,” in which there is no difference between top and bottom, does not mean a desire that simply cannot be measured or evaluated, and therefore we cannot tell what is more important (higher) or less important (lower) in it. Nor does it mean a single, solid desire that contains no components and naturally has neither top nor bottom.

A “round desire” is a verified set of desires united by a special mutual connection in which they are completely equal and have neither “top” nor “bottom.” This is what is called a “circle” or a “sphere.”

But in relation to what can we measure and confirm that all these desires are equal and form a circle? Within this circle, there is one special point common to all these desires—the center of the circle. And in relation to this center, all the points (desires) are equal; therefore, they form a circle.

This center is not some additional, separate desire. It is their common unity, and they themselves create this center. And therefore, in relation to this center, each acts equally toward the others. Each one may possess his own strength and character, but in their relative form there remains complete equality—and that is why it is a circle.

This is precisely how a group is built in the form of a circle if each one acts with one hundred percent of his ability in relation to the common desire (the central point).

If all the desires of Malchut of the world of infinity, an infinite multitude of desires, unite together in one common center, and each applies proportionally equal effort, then the resulting form is a circle.
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From the 3^rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/27/11, “The Study of the Ten Sefirot“

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