Thus, the first aspect, which is the will to receive the indispensable amount needed for one’s subsistence, he receives from the illumination of the palaces and clothing that are there. The second aspect, which are the animal indulgences that make his body grow, he receives from the angels that are there,22See Tikkunei Zohar, 69, page 105b line 32. which are the spiritual illuminations that go beyond the amount needed for his subsistence, in order to enhance the spiritual vessels in which his soul is enclothed.
Thus, one receives the first and second aspects from things that are lower than him, which are the palaces, clothing, and angels that are there, as these are lower than the souls of man. The third aspect, human lusts, which enhance a person’s spirit, and which he receives in this world from his own kind, he also receives there from his own kind, i.e., from all the souls that are found in that world, as it is through them that the illumination of the spirit of his soul is enhanced.
The fourth aspect of the will, which is knowledge, he receives there from the sefirot that are in that world, as from them he receives Ḥokhma, Bina, and Da'at for his soul.23Da'at refers to a pseudo-sefira that is formed as a result of the involvement of man's free will in the divine system of existence. While the subject of Da'at is too lengthy to explain here, for the purposes of this section it should be thought of as the personal understandings and perspectives a person develops as a result of absorbing the divine wisdom and understanding of Ḥokhma and Bina.