Within Hasidic thought, the Divine Will is the outer expression of inner delight. The two essential powers of the soul are considered to be Delight and Will, with the quality of Faith reflecting the essential essence of the soul beyond its essential powers.
I am leaning toward this viewpoint, with infinite awareness being delighted by the bliss and joy of unity, and this bliss somewhat consolidating or condensing into foci or Logoi or "I"s, in some eternally mysterious fashion. Love, in this context, would be an expression of joy.
This excerpt from the Fabric of Consciousness sums this up rather well:
"The process of intensification is easily understood visually. Think of a large empty room full of mist. The mist is the Fabric of Consciousness. Now imagine the mist coalescing and thickening into a single intense spot. Imagine that at a certain point the mist gets dense enough and then imagine a single spot "lightning up" as a pinpoint of Light (i.e. a Star). The "star" that appears is the self aware Monad."
I am leaning toward this viewpoint, with infinite awareness being delighted by the bliss and joy of unity, and this bliss somewhat consolidating or condensing into foci or Logoi or "I"s, in some eternally mysterious fashion. Love, in this context, would be an expression of joy.
This excerpt from the Fabric of Consciousness sums this up rather well:
"The process of intensification is easily understood visually. Think of a large empty room full of mist. The mist is the Fabric of Consciousness. Now imagine the mist coalescing and thickening into a single intense spot. Imagine that at a certain point the mist gets dense enough and then imagine a single spot "lightning up" as a pinpoint of Light (i.e. a Star). The "star" that appears is the self aware Monad."