{"id":1065,"date":"2012-01-25T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T20:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2012-01-25T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T20:41:34","slug":"why-we-dont-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2012\/01\/25\/why-we-dont-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we don’t get it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cNote the significant difference between the (degree of) radiance visible on the (surface of Adam Kadmon<\/em>\u2019s) face\u201d, Ramchal goes on to say, \u201cas opposed to what passes out through the apertures\u201d. That difference helps to explain why we can\u2019t grasp everything that God communicates with us. It’s characterized by the fact that \u201cthe radiance is dimmed\u201d and less lustrous than we would need it to be, given that \u201cit has to pass through the face itself\u201d which dims it. \u00a0But, why is that so? Because the thrust \u201cof (God\u2019s) governance that\u2019s revealed to us is only the part of it that\u2019s revealed after the Line has been engarbed in the Trace\u201d. As a consequence of that, whatever else \u201cthe Line does \u2026 is unknown to us\u201d.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s to say that we only get a part of the message — a dimmed and muted version of it at that — because the full message, which is connected to the Line or God\u2019s presence, has been covered-over by all the noise and mayhem of the Trace element.<\/p>\n

(c) 2012 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).<\/p>\n

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRamchal<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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