Sometimes a person's soul thirsts to pour out its heart to its Creator. It wishes to connect to its source. This is what we have described earlier as eliciting from Hashem a desire to give into the vessels of the recipient.
Other times the heart feels no burning desire to connect, it feels that it is lacking nothing at all. It enters into communication with Hashem only to fulfill the will of Hashem to be a faithful servant in whatever manner He desires. Each day to do whatever new task Hashem places before him. This is the "son of the maidservant," who has no will of his own and is completely given over to what is wanted of him. This is a lofty level of awakening to receive and to be found close to the Giver.
This is very difficult. If the recipient is thirsting to receive he knows his place and what he is doing. He knows and brings what he has accomplished in the past and is coming to build on them something greater. But one who comes to be taken to the level of the Giver has no knowledge of what he is entering into and what he is going to receive. He isn't thirsty either.
This is what Hashem described with regards to Moshe as פה אל פה אדבר בו, mother to mouth I speak to him, in my entire home he is trusted. This is Hashem giving from Himself and not just filling the vessel of the recipient.
Other times the heart feels no burning desire to connect, it feels that it is lacking nothing at all. It enters into communication with Hashem only to fulfill the will of Hashem to be a faithful servant in whatever manner He desires. Each day to do whatever new task Hashem places before him. This is the "son of the maidservant," who has no will of his own and is completely given over to what is wanted of him. This is a lofty level of awakening to receive and to be found close to the Giver.
This is very difficult. If the recipient is thirsting to receive he knows his place and what he is doing. He knows and brings what he has accomplished in the past and is coming to build on them something greater. But one who comes to be taken to the level of the Giver has no knowledge of what he is entering into and what he is going to receive. He isn't thirsty either.
This is what Hashem described with regards to Moshe as פה אל פה אדבר בו, mother to mouth I speak to him, in my entire home he is trusted. This is Hashem giving from Himself and not just filling the vessel of the recipient.
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