Kabbalah Library
Shamati (I Heard)
230. The Lord Is High and the Low Will See - 2
I heard on Shabbat Teruma, March 5, 1949, Tel-Aviv
“The Lord is high and the low will see.” How can there be equivalence with the Creator when man is the receiver and the Creator is the Giver? The verse says about that, “The Lord is high and the low will see.” If one annuls oneself, no authority separates him from the Creator, and then he will “see,” meaning he will be awarded Mochin [lights] of Hochma [wisdom].
“And the high will know from afar.” One who is proud—who has his own authority—is far because he lacks the equivalence.
Lowliness does not imply lowering oneself before others; this is humbleness, and one feels wholeness in this work. Lowliness means that the world despises him. It is precisely when people despise him that it is considered lowliness, and then one does not feel any wholeness, since it is a law—what people think affects a person. Hence, if people appreciate him, he feels whole, and those whom people despise consider themselves low.
