NETZACH: GRACE ON SECOND SHABBAT MEAL
Wishing all friends a great SECOND SHABBAT MEAL!
GRACE ON THE SECOND SHABBAT MEAL
FULFILLMENT IS THE SCREEN AND THE REFLECTED LIGHT
-by Rav Michael Laitman
We always think about fulfillment because we were created for it. However, perfect fulfillment is only possible in an unlimited, external desire. This desire undergoes constant renewal. You fulfill it with your bestowal and love, and therefore you feel that you exist in perfection and eternity …
…. True fulfillment is not Direct Light, but fulfillment through bestowal. It is the screen and the Reflected Light. How can a screen be fulfillment? A screen is something that throws the Light back, not allowing it to enter the soul (Partzuf). It is a boundary. How can fulfillment come from a boundary?
When I place the boundary there myself, when I create it myself, it fulfills me since it is my bestowal to the Creator. It is a boundary against my egoism, my will to enjoy (the way a guest would), but not against the Host. (See the parable about the guest and the Host.) It is a boundary that does not allow me to receive for free, and the Reflected Light is my fulfillment. It enables me to do something for the sake of bestowal as well, and that fulfills me.