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Julia,
Great question.
You are correct. The creature will always be a will to receive.
However through planting himself in an environment that values bestowal, he can correct himself so that he receives (because he must), but instead of receiving for the sake of his ego, he receives because he wants to give pleasure to Creator who only wants to give.Seth@KabU
Julia,
Reflected Light is the attitude of bestowal of the creation towards the Creator.
Regarding question 2, you are mostly correct, however, there is no reception without the Light of Hochma. Any Hasadim that is received must have in it at least a small amount of the Light of Hochma. After all, no one has anything to actually give to anyone, or to the Creator for that matter. Everything comes from Him. If I’m going to bestow something, I need to get it from Him and pass it on.
Seth@KabUJulia,
Here is an excerpt from one of the very important articles The Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah by Baal HaSulam, that we will study together later about the structure of reality.
Seth@KabUI think this will help with your question:
<<The above-mentioned order of cascading [HE IS REFERRING HERE TO THE FOUR PHASES OF DIRECT LIGHT THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT], which brings the will to receive to its final form in this world, follows a sequence of four phases that exist in the four-letter-name [HaVaYaH (Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey)]. This is because the four letters, HaVaYaH, in His name contain the whole of reality, without any exception.
In general, they are described in the ten Sefirot, Hochma, Bina, Tifferet, Malchut, and their root. They are ten Sefirot because the Sefira [sing. of Sefirot] Tifferet contains six internal Sefirot, called HGT NHY [Hesed–Gevura–Tifferet Netzah–Hod–Yesod], and the root is called Keter. Yet, in essence, they are called HB TM [Hochma-Bina Tifferet-Malchut].
These are four worlds called Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya. The world of Assiya contains this world within it. Thus, there is not a creature in this world that is not initiated in Ein Sof, in the thought of creation to delight His creations. Hence, it is innately comprised of light and vessel, meaning a certain measure of abundance with the will to receive that abundance.
The measure of abundance extends existence from existence from His self, and the will to receive the abundance is initiated existence from absence.
But for that will to receive to acquire its final quality, it must cascade along with the abundance within it through the four worlds—Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya. This completes creation in light and vessel, called “body,” and the “light of life” within it.
Karen,
No. Bestowing is a spiritual action.
There is nothing to point to to see it.You can give a gift in order to receive or in order to bestow. On the outside it looks identical.
Seth@KabU
