Love Is the Knowledge of the Infinite
“The love of God is the knowledge of the Infinite.”
Love is supernal knowledge.
As it is said in Aramaic, “Love of holiness is called supernal knowledge.”
True love is not an emotion, but da’at (knowing).
And da’at, in the language of Kabbalah, is an inner connection between Creator and created,
not an external knowing.
When a person truly loves God,
they do not “believe” in God;
they know God from within themselves.
Such a love is a living knowledge,
an experience of the Infinite expanding in the heart and consciousness.
What is the “knowledge of the Infinite”?
The Infinite (Ein Sof), in the language of the wisdom of Kabbalah,
is not a space or a distance,
but the divine essence itself,
which is unlimited.
When a person arrives at a love that is unconditional,
that is a light without limit,
that is not measured by time or by action,
then the gate of knowing opens within them, and they know the Infinite.
Not with the intellect,
but in the heart.
Not in words,
but in presence.
Such a love is not learned; it is revealed.
The Ramchal wrote in “The Way of God” (Derekh Hashem) that all the commandments, all the deeds, all the trials,
are vessels through which this supernal love is revealed in a person.
But the purpose of it all is love itself.
The love of God is the revelation of supernal knowledge,
because this knowledge connects the Creator and the created
until there are no longer two, but one.
When there is love of God,
there is no longer any external reality at all.
The person lives inside the Infinite.
In the consciousness of Mashiach, there is no more separation between love and knowledge.
Love is the knowledge.
Knowledge is the love.
The person and the Creator are reflected in one another,
like a single, eternal breath.
“And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.” (Job 32:8)
The soul knows,
because it is itself “a part of God from above.”
And when it returns to love,
it returns to the knowledge of the Infinite.
Reflect:
Where do you look for love as an external feeling, rather than as an inner state of knowing and connection?
Can you imagine a love that is unconditional and boundless, not dependent on any action or person?
What would it feel like to know God not with your mind, but with your heart—to live inside the Infinite Presence?
I’d love to hear what this stirs in you.