Even so, it was not perfection itself that was functioning but rather the strongest force near to perfection: higher consciousness – the “mental powers” (מוחין, mochin) mentioned earlier. However, this too is considered part of the turning of the wheel. For the mental powers that are included as part of the cycle come very close to perfection and have great power to rectify things. This was the great power of the generation of the wilderness. The Torah given to them is on the level of the unity which stands guard even during the period of flaws and deficiencies, for if it were not so, the world would be destroyed, God forbid, and therefore the Torah was given once for all eternity.