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If so (according to what was explained in the previous section), then this ‘First Desire’ is still entirely within His Essential Self, without being revealed out of the Essential Self for, it is not yet a desire for anything outside of Himself, namely, the creation of the spiritual and physical worlds but rather for the enjoyment which He will get. Yet, from it (the First Thought) everything comes into being afterwards. This being the interpretation of the statement "for He said and (the world) came into being," meaning "for He said"--within the ‘First Thought’--"and (the world) came into being" etc. and this ‘First Thought’ is called the ‘life of all worlds’--from the head of A"K [Adam Kadmon; the Original or First Man - the first world within the hishtalshellus/chaining, which encompasses all subsequent worlds] at the beginning of the hishtalshellus/chaining until the heel of A"K at the end of the hishtalshellus/chaining in the end of the world of Asiyah/Action. This being the meaning of the verse "All that was formed is not missing within You etc.," for there is not even a most final detail that did not previously exist within this original desire and thought. On the contrary, "the final deed--such as the end of the seventh millenium that is after a thousand years of Moshiach (Messiah) when the world will be a dwelling place for Gm-dc this being the goal of Creation) - arose in thought before all else,"--i.e. within this ‘first thought,’ as is explained elsewhere at length. The explanation being that it is the end of the action - i.e. the final goal which is desired which comes up first in thought before the means to reach said goal come up.

So that, everything came into being automatically by way of G-d’s self-revelation and the entirety of creation is all incorporated and included within this revelation, down to the very end of the hishtalshellus/chaining, our physical world. This is so even down to the smallest detail. For, being that every moment the world is being recreated only by way of G-d’s will, that means that even the smallest detail of creation is exactly according to G-d’s will, or else it wouldn’t exist at all.

In addition, just as the physical house is the actual vessel, fulfilling the inner desire for a home while the entire planning and construction of the house was only an external means to achieve this ends, unlike the final actual house itself, which actually fulfills the original desire and is the achievement at the end. So too, our physical world actually is most connected to the First Thought, for it is the actual vessel for the expression of the Divine will for a dwelling place in the lower realm. The fulfillment of this desire will come with the perfection of man and the world that will exist at the culmination of the Messianic era, namely the end of the seventh millenium. (The history of the world is described as following the pattern of the seven days of creation, one millenium for each day. The seventh millenium corresponding to the Sabbath, the day of rest and peace, the Messianic era is, therefore, referred to as the time that will be all Sabbath, for then there will be a constant state of peace and tranquility of spirit. However, the end of the seventh millenium is the completion of the perfection that the Messianic era will bring to man and all of creation and it is this which arose first in the original Thought (the beginning of the messianic era is at the end of the sixth millenium - the Jewish year 6000) For, just as in Jewish law the day begins on the evening before and also there is a commandment to "add on" some time from the week and to start the Sabbath some time earlier than sunset. So too, being that we are now almost at the end of the sixth millenium (the Jewish year 5763 corresponding to the year 2003 of the common calendar, we have the opportunity and obligation to begin living with the perfection of Moshiach and to spread this perfection to the world around us, in preparation for the world-wide redemption - complete with the revelation of King Moshiach and the building of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.)

So that it is understood how this ‘First Desire and Thought’ is a sort of bridge, connecting the Essential Self to that which is outside of it. For, although it may still be a desire for oneself, however, it is a desire for the actual revelation and expression of oneself within the outside world. Therefore, by way of this desire the outside world becomes connected to one’s essential self, giving it importance and relevance in one’s eyes. So too, by G-d choosing to desire to express Himself to us, He thereby gave us a connection to His Essential Self, an essential importance and a chance to exist. This idea is expressed by the analogy of great scholar who asks a total simpleton to do some service for him. Now, previously the simpleton had no worth in the scholar’s eyes for he values only intellectual achievement and so he felt himself to be worlds apart from this boor and the boor felt equally belittled in this great scholar’s presence. However, now that the scholar requires the simpleton’s service, he gains a relationship and worth to the scholar. So that the simpleton now has a connection to the scholars prestige.