We find that the only need in man\u2019s wishes, which does not exist in the whole of the animate species, is the awakening towards Godly Dvekut (adhesion). Only the human species is ready for it, and none other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It follows that the whole issue of presence in the human species is in that preparation imprinted in him to crave His work, and in that, he is superior to the beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam, \u201cThis Is for Judah\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The absence that precedes man\u2019s existence is the form of the beast. This is why it is written, \u201ca wild ass\u2019s colt is born a man,\u201d as it is necessary for every person to begin in the state of a beast. And the writing says, \u201cMan and beast Thou preserves, O Lord.\u201d And as a beast is given all that it needs for its sustenance and the fulfillment of its purpose, He also provides man with all that is necessary for his substance and the fulfillment of his purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, we should understand where is the advantage of man\u2019s form over the beast, from the perspective of their own preparation. Indeed, it is discerned in their wishes, since man\u2019s wishes are certainly different from those of a beast. And to that extent, God\u2019s salvation of man differs from God\u2019s salvation of a beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam, \u201cThis Is for Judah\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All animals completely rely on nature and are utterly incapable of progressing beyond nature, helping themselves without it. Man, however, has been gifted with the power of thought. Using this power, he gradually becomes free of the chains of nature and surpasses it. He imitates the work of nature and works similarly. He does not wait for nature to give him chicks, for the hen to come and incubate the eggs. Instead, he builds a machine that incubates the eggs and hatches chicks for him, just as the natural hen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam, \u201cThe Nation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the most important thing in this whole diverse reality is the sensation given to the animals\u2014that each of them feels its own existence. And the most important sensation is the noetic sensation, given to man alone, by which one also feels what is in one\u2019s other\u2014the pains and comforts. Hence, it is certain that if the Creator has a purpose in this Creation, its subject is man. It is said about him, \u201cAll of the Lord\u2019s works are for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam, \u201cThe Teaching of the Kabbalah and Its Essence\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spirit of the beast descends, meaning it sees only from itself onward. It does not have the intellect and wisdom to look at the past in order to correct the future. Man has an advantage to it for the spirit of man rises, meaning toward the past, looking at the past as one looks in the mirror to see how to correct one\u2019s flaws. Similarly, the mind views past experiences and mends one\u2019s ways henceforth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is why beasts do not evolve and they are still standing in the same place where they were created, since they do not have the mirror through which to understand how to correct the ways and gradually develop, as does man. Man evolves daily until his superiority is assured and sensed, for he is yet to ride upon the high planets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam, \u201cWritings of the Last Generation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now sons do hear me: The \u201cWisdom cries aloud in the streets, she utters her voice,\u201d \u201cWhoso is on the Lord’s side, let him come unto me,\u201d \u201cFor it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and the length of your days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou were not created to follow the act of the grain and the potato, you and your asses in one trough.\u201d And as the purpose of the ass is not to serve all its contemporary asses, man\u2019s purpose is not to serve all the bodies of the people of his time, the contemporaries of his physical body. Rather, the purpose of the ass is to serve and be of use to man, who is superior to it, and the purpose of man is to serve the Creator and complete His aim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baal HaSulam,
\u201cIntroduction to the Book, Panim Meirot uMasbirot,\u201d Item 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking<\/strong> has virtues: 1) It acts against the will of the Landlord. 2) It is not confined to its contemporaries like the vegetative, meaning it is independent from the environment. 3) It also feels the other, and hence can care for them and complement them, by feeling and regretting with the public, and being able to rejoice in the solace of the public, and by the ability to receive from the past and from the future. Animals, however, feel only the present and only their own being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baal HaSulam, Shamati [I Heard], Article no. 115, Baal HaSulam, \u201cThe Freedom\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, the mind and all its deductions are but products that extend from the events of the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baal HaSulam, \u201cBody and Soul\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This sensing force in the Animate is very limited in time and space, since the sensation does not operate at even the shortest distance outside its body. Also, it does not feel anything outside its own time, meaning in the past or in the future, but only at the present moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Atop them is the Speaking, consisting of an emotional force and an intellectual force together. For this reason, its power is unlimited by time and space in attracting what is good for it and rejecting what is harmful, like the Animate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is so because of its science, which is a spiritual matter, unlimited by time and place. One can teach others wherever they are in the whole of reality, and in the past and the future throughout the generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baal HaSulam, We find that the only need in man\u2019s wishes, which does not exist in the whole of the animate species, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":8316,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[29],"class_list":["post-8607","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-various-authors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Animate: <\/strong>We see that each animal has its own characteristic; they are not confined to the environment but each of them has its own sensation and characteristic. They can certainly operate against the will of the Landlord, meaning they can work in bestowal and are also not confined to the environment. Rather, they have their own lives, and their vitality does not depend on their friends\u2019 life. Yet, they cannot feel more than their own being. In other words, they have no sensation of the other. And naturally cannot care for the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStill, Vegetative, Animate, and Speaking\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concerning Still, Vegetative, Animal and Speaking:<\/strong>
Man\u2019s advantage over animals is that he can aim at a remote goal, meaning to agree to a certain amount of current pain, out of choice of future benefit or pleasure, to be attained after some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And man\u2019s pre-eminence over all animals is that our minds are developed to such an extent that all the body\u2019s events are depicted in our brains as images that we experience as concepts and rationalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Animate. Each creature feels itself, concerning attracting what is beneficial to it and rejecting the harmful. It follows that one animal equalizes in value to all the plants in reality. It is so because the force that distinguishes the beneficial from the detrimental in the entire Vegetative is found in one creature in the Animate, separated to its own authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIntroduction to the Book, Panim Meirot uMasbirot,\u201d Item 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"