When the divine spark within us awakens to the divine, what is the wonder?
For that, your soul should have stayed in its heavenly place above. Why must it enter into this murky, perilous world?
It is so that the beast within you should lift its eyes to the heavens, that the dark side of a human creature should let in a little light, that a human ego should do good despite itself—and that is truly wondrous.
How can darkness know light? How can earth know heaven?
Only with the power of He who is beyond both darkness and light, heaven and earth.
And that is an experience your soul could only discover in this world.
Maamar Bati LeGani I & II 5734; Torat Chaim, Noach, p. 60.
"How can darkness know light? How can earth know heaven?"
When the priest came out of the Holy Place the glory of the L-rd filled the house of the L-rd and the priest could not continue to minister. Then Solomon spoke,
"The L-rd said He would dwell in the dark cloud. . . " Isn't that profound? Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that glorious? How can that be? Light in darkness!? Wow! Isaiah said, "Everyone who is called by My name, whom I've created for My glory; I've formed him; yes, I've created him." Since we are are chosen by G-d and have His glory, G-d charges us to bring out of darkness into the light the blind who have eyes and the deaf who have ears because G-d's glory dwell in our hearts.
1 Kings 8:10-12; Isaiah 43:7-8; Ezekiel 36:36; Jeremiah 32:39.
Thank you Rabbi Freeman for a mesmerizing inspiration!