We can learn about these two levels by examining the dynamics of marriage. A woman might choose to marry because she is simply tired of being alone (טב למיתב טן דו). In this case the desire to marry is with her vessels. Another woman might feel that it is her destiny to find her soul-mate and be his help-mate. She feels lost and incomplete in the absence of such a relationship. When she marries it is because she is desiring the complete connection that marriage will bring. In this case she is entering into the marriage prepared to awaken her husband and become his vessel.
This distinction also exists between someone who was distant from Judaism and came closer, and someone who was born close. The one who was distant seems to have the advantage of coming from his own thirst and desire. But as he feels empty, it can be that he is only trying to fill his own vessels. Dovid HaMelech referred to himself as, "Your servant the son of your maidservant," he was always connected to Hashem. He had none of his own vessels, everything that was him was given to Hashem. He was always telling Hashem, "You have your will and what you want done, I am completely given over to be your servant and vessel to accomplish your goals." In his way he was receiving on the level of the giver. (The person originally distant can bring himself to this point as well.)
When the Jewish Nation left Egypt they had been in slavery and needed to be freed from it. They had a need for freedom which they understood and that need was filled. In the future redemption the people will not know beforehand how the redemption will manifest itself and what the "new light" will be. As a result they do not feel its lack and are not thirsting for it. That light will not be in their vessels, but in those of the Bestower. They are aware that there will be a redemption, but a lack of understanding of what it is, causes a lack of pining for it.
This distinction also exists between someone who was distant from Judaism and came closer, and someone who was born close. The one who was distant seems to have the advantage of coming from his own thirst and desire. But as he feels empty, it can be that he is only trying to fill his own vessels. Dovid HaMelech referred to himself as, "Your servant the son of your maidservant," he was always connected to Hashem. He had none of his own vessels, everything that was him was given to Hashem. He was always telling Hashem, "You have your will and what you want done, I am completely given over to be your servant and vessel to accomplish your goals." In his way he was receiving on the level of the giver. (The person originally distant can bring himself to this point as well.)
When the Jewish Nation left Egypt they had been in slavery and needed to be freed from it. They had a need for freedom which they understood and that need was filled. In the future redemption the people will not know beforehand how the redemption will manifest itself and what the "new light" will be. As a result they do not feel its lack and are not thirsting for it. That light will not be in their vessels, but in those of the Bestower. They are aware that there will be a redemption, but a lack of understanding of what it is, causes a lack of pining for it.
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