In order to affect an “elevation from below” to reveal this type of Makif-encompassing Light, a person should contemplate the greatness of the Essence and Being of the Infinite One:
“For I Hashem have not changed,” (Malachi 3:6), since He is still the only True Existence, just as before, since it is only “His Glory that is on earth and heaven, but His essence is reserved for his people.” (Tehillim 148:13-14)
One can reach this level of being called a “Baal Teshuva,” even if he hasn’t committed any sins, rather distanced himself from Hashem, seemingly to the point of no return. When he realized that he was Jewish, but had utterly distanced himself from Hashem through his total involvement in material (and forbidden) desires, he became completely shaken to the core. He truly regretted his path of life and the unholy things he was involved in, and he cried bitterly from the depths of his soul. His Teshuva was so intense that he in fact died from the overwhelming experience of wanting to change his entire life and give himself over completely to Hashem.
When he (unfortunately) died from the intensity of this experience, his soul was allowed to enter Gan Eden, and he was given the title ‘Rabbi.’ Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (author of the Mishnayos) said about him: “It is possible for a person to acquire a portion in the World to Come in one short amount of time.”
