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Quite the contrary, this (the Reshimu) is the essential heyuli power, from which everything comes into existence in revelation and extension, for it is the source and cause of all of these revelations. The same is also understood with the aspect of a point as it is in relation to a line. That the point’s lack of extension is only because it exists in a manner of an essence, which is yet beyond relating to the level of extension. And even though it - the "point" or reshimu - comes into being through a contraction/removal [tzimtzum] of everything until all that remains is but as a single point, as mentioned previously - this itself indicates that the entire Essence/Selfness is included within this point or reshimu and being so it, therefore, does not extend downward. For, the essence always remains unchanged and is never revealed or invested in its essential state with any "lower" limited revelation. Therefore, being that the entire essence is within the reshimu this necessitates that the reshimu itself will likewise not change or descend to be essentially bound by the limits of any lower revelation. Such as with the analogy of a disciple sitting before his mentor, that - as per the rule in Jewish law that when a vessel or food is busy absorbing a taste it will not simultaneously eject any taste that it previously absorbed - when he is busy absorbing the teachings of his mentor and he becomes like a point, with his entire essence focused on what he is learning etc., then, at that time the student will likewise not "spit out" to give over what he is learning to his peer, in a manner of extension out of himself. So that, just a point is to be found exclusively in one place and it does not extend outward to cover two or more areas at the same time, so too, must the student focus all of his attention solely on what is being taught by the mentor and no thought may be paid to anyone or anything outside of the lesson, not even to explain the lesson itself to another. For, the focus and concentration required in order to properly absorb what he is being taught makes it impossible for him to simultaneously explain what is being taught to his friend and if he tries to do so he will not properly understand the lesson. However, after the student has received this knowledge from the mentor, the opposite is true, for it is from this very tzimtzum (contraction), that he focused his entire attention on the lesson and was like a point, from there comes his ability of giving over and extending what he learnt to his peer etc. and as is explained elsewhere at length. So that it is understood that, while a student’s absolute focus on his lesson may prevent him from explaining the lesson to another during the lesson, however, after the lesson the opposite is true; that specifically one who was completely focused during the lesson will be able to explain the lesson to another. This is because this lack of extension to other people during the lesson is a complete involvement of the essence in absorbing what is being taught and it is specifically this total involvement, which allows the idea to be properly understood so that it becomes one with the students mind and way of thinking so that it becomes his to re-explain to another.