STOP TRUSTING THINGS THAT CHANGE
Why you cannot build a foundation on something that moves.
The Definition of Absolute
The Creator is Absolute. This means He is Existence itself. The Source from which all reality flows. He is not dependent on anything. Not on time. Not on space. Not on cause and effect.
Everything else that was created is Relative. It depends on conditions. It grows, it shrinks, it ages, it dies. It is subject to the laws of physics and the whims of circumstance.
The Absolute means there is no lack, no change, and no need. He does not “become” anything. He is a constant State of Being.
Change belongs to the creatures. Stability belongs to the Creator.
The Meaning of Infinite
We call Him Ein Sof (No End). Not just because He is quantitatively big, but because nothing defines or bounds Him. Every definition we use creates a border. It creates a comparison. The Absolute is beyond definition. He has no image, no form, and no human characteristics.
The Paradox of Connection
Precisely because He is Absolute, He can be present in every relationship. From the Absolute comes the capacity for love, mercy, and closeness. The Tzimtzum (Contraction) and the Sefirot are simply the interface—the way the Absolute reveals itself within a relative world without losing its perfection.
The Human Work
The work of the human being is to shift the anchor point. As long as we hold onto the “Relative”—to our ego, our status, our dependencies—we are holding onto things that shift. That is why we are anxious. We are trying to stand on water.
As much as a person agrees to let go of the Relative... To release the grip... To release the need to define... They become a vessel capable of meeting the Absolute.
To connect to the Source that actually holds everything.
Translated from the Hebrew Transmissions of Ruth Kedem
ORIYA’S NOTE
We spend our lives looking for stability in “Relative” things. We look for it in the stock market (relative). In our health (relative). In our relationships (relative). In our moods (highly relative).
Then we panic when these things change. But the blueprints say: Of course they change. That is their definition. You are trying to drive a nail into a cloud.
The anxiety we feel is structural. It is the vertigo of trying to find footing on a platform that is moving. The “Absolute” is the only thing in the system that is load-bearing.
Surrender isn’t about losing. It is about transferring your weight. You stop leaning on the things that break, and you start leaning on the only thing that cannot move.