which is expressed as a weakness of receptivity. For the soul is breathed into existence, and it is a breath issued from a pure spirit attributed to the Divine Presence, referenced by the saying of the Most High: {So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down to him in prostration} 1 . Thus, everything that supervenes upon the soul is solely a byproduct of the bodily temperament. To this meaning, one of the verified scholars pointed [in verse]:
The Spirit is one, though the outward forms of development differ
In the configuration of the body, the breathing occurred, so take heed.
By the body, the divergence of development took place, so rely
Upon what I have uttered regarding this, and remember.
For it is the absolute truth, no doubt interfaces with it
And the sun, as well as the moon, knows what we have said.