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Hey, exactly and well also important to ask “why?” and more precisely, “who do I want to cause pleasure by receiving?”
Being humble means not using the ego. Where the ego wants to dominate, where it asks all the questions and demands the answers–we instead want the quality of bestowal to govern us.
It is known that the purpose of creation is that His desire is to do good to His creations. Accordingly, the created beings should have received the delight and pleasure. Yet, we must understand that the delight and pleasure that the Creator wishes to give to the created beings is not the same delight and pleasure that is appropriate for beasts, but what is appropriate for humans. We must believe what the ARI says, that all the corporeal pleasures extend only from what fell through the breaking of the vessels (that were in the world of Nekudim), when holy sparks fell from there into the Klipot [shells/peels]. But the main pleasures are in Kedusha, and they are called “the holy names.”
Hey Beverly,
Yes, understood. I don’t think it’s necessary to try and tie entropy to spiritual processes in such a way that spirituality becomes some digestible concept. The fact is, the reality of bestowal, this perception we are gradually brought into, is so opposite than our current perception that the only real route towards it is how the Kabbalists guide us into it. I understand entropy as a huge concept that works on everything in our reality, but it’s still a corporeal phenomena–a simple rule that basically says whatever energy being used to “keep shape” is dissipated in space over time. You could liken this to the “balance” working in nature that is always active and working on us. So yes, nature always strives for balance, the ego needs to be balanced with the Masach (screen) and the quality of bestowal.
Thanks!
