And indeed, as long as the behavior of good and negative need to be used, from the action of Perfection itself shall be derived the actions which come from the rules of good and negative; and this, for in any event the source of all is the perfection, and even that which is done according to the good and the negative, revolves towards the point of perfection, rather that so long as there is a concealment of [haShem's] singularity these matters need to go according to this order.
Therefore from the Singularity itself emerge these actions, since according to the heavenly will and wisdom these matters need to emerge from the source of the perfection itself as long as the Singularity is concealed. And in the end, the fruit of the action of the Perfection will be the redirection of all behavior towards it entirely...And behold this is a third issue to differentiate among each characteristic from his characteristics may he be blessed, and it is, the continuation of the consequences of this characteristic from the strength of the action of the Perfection itself, and behold this is like a intermediate matter between the Perfection and between the characteristic according to its issue, and it changes for every characteristic according the the changes in the matter of that characteristic, for according to its matter so does is it activated from the Perfection.
And one can differentiate also in this intermediacy its independent matter and the method of its action, as it is explained further on: