Question: How can intention be measured? Either it exists or not.

Answer: Intention can be measured in degrees, in kilograms, in anything you like. Suppose we have a desire that is divided into four phases, or into five altogether if we include the root phase. These five phases are further divided into five, and then again into five, and so on.

According to the degree of desire upon which I am able to clothe an intention for the sake of bestowal instead of an intention for the sake of reception, I measure my level.

But first I must acquire an intention for the sake of reception. This too is not simple; all of this takes place beyond the Machsom (barrier). Thus, if I am able to cross the Machsom, acquire an intention for the sake of reception, and then correct it into an intention for the sake of bestowal, the magnitude of the desire upon which I can place this intention determines the magnitude of the intention itself.

For example, I want to drink a cup of tea. My desire may be as small as one gram, or it may be a hundred kilograms. We know from our own experience that our desires for the same things are constantly changing.

Let us say that right now I want to drink tea with an anticipated pleasure of ten kilograms, and I want it with the intention to receive. If, after a restriction (Tzimtzum) and the necessary preparation for “for the sake of bestowal,” I am able to change the use of that same desire, then the magnitude of my intention for the sake of bestowal will be ten kilograms.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/6/26, Rabash, “Why Is the Torah Called ‘Middle Line’ in the Work? – 1”

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