Daily Tanya Friday 25th Iyar Chapter 51 Part 3: Hashem fills all worlds and its creations, in accordance with its need and function

25th Iyar/(LY) 25th Iyar

1. Hashem fills all worlds and its creations, in accordance with its need and function:

• Just as the limbs of the body each receive their specific soul power from the soul that is revealed in the brain, so too the creations of the world each receive their specific form of Elokus to enable them to function on their level.
• The creation of the many from the infinite: The infinite light of G-d fills all the worlds to give it life, and in every world there is an endless number of creations which derive from this light, including myriads upon myriads of levels of angels and souls, as well as an endless number of worlds, one higher than the other.

2. Hashem’s essence in its concealed state is equally found everywhere:

• Exists equally everywhere: The essence of Hashem in His infinite state is found equally everywhere, in the upper and lower worlds, just like was stated regarding the essence of the soul.
• Is concealed everywhere equally: Hashem in His infinite state is concealed equally everywhere, both in the higher and lower worlds, as states the Zohar that Hashem “Is the concealed of all those concealed” meaning that He is concealed even from the concealed worlds. The reason for the concealment of G-d within all the worlds, whether high or low, is due to the fact that no mind can grasp G-d at all, including not even in the higher worlds.
• The difference between the lower and higher worlds: Thus, just as Hashem is found in the upper worlds so too, He is found in the lower worlds. What then makes the difference of quality between the worlds? This is the level of revelation.

(LY) 26th Iyar

3. The difference between the higher and lower worlds:

• A difference in the quality of revelation: The difference between the lower and higher worlds is only regarding the level and quality of revelation of Hashem’s light that they receive from His concealed state.
• Why the term “light”: In fact, this is one of the reasons that the G-dly revelation is called “Or/light,” as it is a revelation of the concealed state of G-d that is found equally everywhere.
• Revelation enlivens creation: This revelation that each world receives serves as its source of life and is responsible for its quality of life. Every creation receives according to its level and nature.
• The higher and lower worlds: Accordingly, in the upper worlds where they receive a higher quality of revelation, they are more spiritual beings. However, in the lower worlds, including even the spiritual creations of the lower worlds, the revelation of the infinite light of G-d is minute and goes through the filtering of many garments and hence they are of a much lower level of spirituality.

(LY) 27th Iyar

4. The revelation in our physical world:

• The most intense of contractions and concealing of garments: The intensity of the filtering of the revelation and energy of the infinite light of G-d within the concealing garments eventually became so great that it led to the creation of the actual physical world.
• Complete concealment of Divine energy: The physical world is brought into existence and given energy through this Divine revelation which shines through the many intense and concealing garments. These garments consequently hide and conceal the Divine energy and light to the point that there is no light or spirituality able to be seen or felt at all within the physical world, and all of its creations and objects appear as if they are dead without any Divine energy, even though in truth they contain Divine light which brings them into existence and enlivens them at every moment so they do not return to absolute nothingness.
• Contains the infinite light of G-d within: In truth, the Divine energies and light of the world come from the infinite light of G-d and it is just that it is invested in many garments. As writes the Eitz Chaim, that this physical world which can be seen with physical sight is created from Malchus of Malchus of Assiya which contains within it Malchus of Yetzirah up until the world of Atzilus, which contains within it all of the 10 Sefiros of Atzilus which are actually united with their emanator which is the infinite G-d.