Darkness & Limitations of Internal Perception
There is an external darkness and an internal darkness.
External Darkness
This is the darkness we all know. This is when it turns evening, the light leaves and it becomes dark.
Internal Darkness
This is the “darkness” of the intellect. It is the darkness and limitations of internal perception. This is when one isn’t able to see other viewpoints or new depths and the like. When Bnei Yisrael had “light in their dwelling places,” they attained new perceptions, and they understood wonderful depths, which they didn’t recognize previously.
In Practice
After a person learns a certain section of the parshah, or when one studies a sugyah in Shas, and so on, he must now search for a commentary who explains the topic in another manner, or which reveals a new depth.
A person should train himself in this manner. He shouldn’t finish one topic and move on to the next one before he discovers another approach or a new depth. With Hashem’s help, this will broaden his intellect, more and more.
בכל ענין וענין בחיים אנו רואים אותו במבט מסוים,וכן, ועלינו להתבונן בכל ענין חשוב בחיים לראות מבט חדש איך להסתכל עליו. בצורה זו האדם פותח צוהר חדש ופנימי לכלל חייו.
