Tanya for the 15th of Menachem Av, ט׳׳ו מנחם אב

Spiritual life-force finds its way down into this world in so concealed a manner that all we know of it is the mere fact of its existence (yediat hametziut). In Gan Eden, by contrast, the spiritual life-force issues forth in such a manner that its very essence is apprehended (hasagat hamahut),