The state of disrepair below is thus bound up with the state of disrepair above, because you have already heard how aspects that lie at the root of the creations are actually visible in those creations themselves. Thus the separation and alienation seen in their root aspects (i.e. on the level of the Nekudim) correlate to the separation and alienation actually manifested among the created beings. (Thus when they are separated from one another, it is an indication of division and separation among their roots.)