But in fact these ascents are such that the substance of the acting entity continues to exist just as it is and the increase it receives is only in power and strength.
Thus when Zeir Anpin ascends to receive Imma’s interior, this only means that he receives the light at great strength just as it radiates within Imma. However this light cannot give him Imma’s intrinsic essence. On the contrary, Imma’s inner power is certainly above the level of Zeir Anpin as is Imma herself. For Imma too has not changed her function, and what is left is only light in the sense of power – an increase of strength and power in the light of Zeir Anpin. But there is no change in Zeir Anpin’s intrinsic essence.