One is the way it governs with complete Kindness… For Zeir Anpin also contains Kindness, but includes Judgment as well. However, Arich Anpin’s intrinsic mode of government is all complete Kindness with no Judgment at all. (“This Eye is entirely right and contains no left” – Idra Zuta 289a).
…through its own intrinsic essence. As stated above, this mode of government derives from Arich Anpin in itself not acting through its branches.
The other is the way it governs through its branches… i.e. through their functioning. …in the mode of Judgment… This is the whole difference: when Arich Anpin acts by itself, it is with complete kindness. However, when it acts through its branches, Kindness is mixed with Judgment depending on man’s behavior in the lower world.