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From: Moshiach
On 1999/07/05 05:44, Moshiach posted thus to the K-list:
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Subject: Kabbalah 2
Hisbonenus - Kabbalistic Contemplation
All the powers and depth of Kabbalah come from Hisbonenus,
Kabbalistic contemplation. Hisbonenus is often mistaken to
mean meditation or concentration but that is not so. In
Hebrew Concentration or Meditation is Haamokas HaDaas.
Hisbobenus comes from the root Binah - Understanding and
means deep, intensive study.
And now we shall explain the actual workings of
Hisbonenus - what it is, and what is the subject matter of
this Hisbonenus.
Hisbonenus is essentially the idea of looking intensely
into the depths of a topic and going over it a lot and
examining it from different perspectives until
one understands it clearly with all its parts in
particular detail. And this is the innerness of Binah
(understanding) which is called in the language of the
Talmud Iyun as it says in Tractate Succah "there's a type
of study called Girsah (fast superficial study) and a type
called Iyun (deep intensive study).
The explanation of Girsah is to just understand the topic
at first glance which without stopping to go over the
subject
matter at all.
For instance someone who looks with his eye at some object
but only in a superficial manner, so that after some
time he will certainly forget about it completely and will
not be able to tell someone else about it other than vague
generalities.
Analogous to this is the passing of the
mind's eye over some logical theory at first glance and
without any stopping or waiting to look into it properly.
Thus he will not he will not have knowledge into the
limits of the theory at all and certainly not be able to
explain it to someone else.
And Iyun is a deep looking into the concept. That is, that
he goes over the conceived thing and looks
into it a lot. He studies it over and over and looks at
all the different available explanations which shed light
on various aspects of the subject matter. This is a
process of slowing down, the opposite
of going over a subject fast, in order to come to
the depths of the concept as it is in its essential self
innerness.
As one who looks at something with his physical eye and
not just glancing over it but with an open eye and deep
looking for a long time till he knows this (physical
object) well with all its inner parts and inner innerness
(like inside workings).
And this is what's called Hisbonenus with a double Nun
specifically. (two N's -hisboNeNus the same root as Binah)
that is , that he thinks into the thing and looks at it a
lot. And like Rash"i explains on the meaning of the word
"Iyun" : -to go over the thing until it is understood
clearly etc.-
So, Hisbonenus which is synonymous with Iyun is repetitive
intensive analytical study, as is explained
above, which is to analyze the subject matter into all of
its parts with detailed identification of each. And this
is called Binah of Binah,another reason for the two Nun's
in Hisbonenus.
To summarize: Iyun which is synonymous with
Hisbonenus and is called Binah of Binah is to go over
the matter and analyze it clearly into all its parts.
That is, to analytically
examine the subject matter totally into all its various
separations and definitions of both the internal and
external aspects of the topic.
To understand why the Kabbalah approaches the mystical
experience with Analysis rather than Meditation, we first
have to understand the three powers of the mind, Chochmah,
Binah, and Daas and how they interact.
This will be covered in future postings.
Rabbi Yossi Markel
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