The Acting Intelligence

What the Kabbalists, said that every person is obligated to comprehend the root of his soul means that the creature's purpose, most desired and full of hope, is bonding with the Creator, as in the verse: "and to bond with Him"; and the Sages interpret this as bonding with His Attributes, just as He is compassionate, so you . ... And so on. And the matter of His Attributes is known to be the Sefirot, that seven Sefirot (His creation) are acting and directing His world; for He measures out to them, by their means, His influence and beneficence.

Yet it is still necessary to understand why this is called "bonding" with the Creator, for it appears that this is simply study (of the Spheres). And I will explain by way of an illustration: we observe that in every deed performed in the world there adheres and remains in that deed the very mind which performed it; so that in the table we sense the mindful craft of the carpenter and his command of his craft, whether great or small, for at the time of his work he evaluated it with his knowledge and intelligence, so that one, who examines that deed and thinks about the mind concealed therein (realizes) it is from its inception bound up with the mind that made it, that is, they are, in fact, unified.

For truly, there is no distance nor division in spiritual entities and even if they appear as distinct bodies, yet the intelligences within them can not be divided into parts, for with what knife will you divide the spiritual that it should remain divided? Rather, the main thing which divides spiritualities one from another is (difference in) attributes; by which is meant praiseworthy attributes or discreditable attributes; also in compounds (of spiritualities), for an intelligence that contemplates astrology will not bond (compound) with one that contemplates natural science, and even in the same field of wisdom there are found many compounds (of wisdom), for one supersedes his fellow by (having acquired) one wisdom (more), and only by these (different attributes) are the spiritualities divisible between men. However, when two men of wisdom think in one field of wisdom in which both are equal with respect to that wisdom, and then they are, in fact, unified, for what is there to differentiate them?

And therefore, when someone thinks about his friend's performance, and comprehends the intelligence that he exercised in that performance, then both are equally involved with one power and intelligence; they are, now, in fact, unified like a man who chances upon his beloved friend in the market, and embraces and kisses him and to draw them apart is impossible on account of the great bond between them.

And therefore, generally speaking, that aspect of Intelligence of which we speak is the power (and intelligence), which is found between the Creator and His creatures, It is the intermediary, (between Creator and creature), that is, He emanated one spark of Intelligence by which all returns to Him. And recall the verse: "All of them You made with wisdom", that is, He created the whole universe with His Wisdom; and, therefore, he who merits to comprehend the ways in which He created the universe and its order, surely bonds with the Intelligence of Him who caused them, and thus he bonds with the Blessed Creator.

And this is the secret of the Torah; it is all the Creators of the Creator that appertain to (can be comprehended by) the creatures, and then the creature comprehends by their means the Intelligence which formed all.

For the Creator looked into the Torah at the time in which He created the world, as is known then the Light (Neshama) that comprehends the ways of the creation bonds with that Intelligence always and, thus, bonds with the Creator.

And with this we understand why the Creator showed us the Tool of His Craft; are we in need to create worlds? rather from what we said above it is clear, that the Creator showed us His Orders so that we would know how to bond with Him, which is the fulfillment of "to bond with His Attributes."