The world is empty, even at the subatomic level, and all it contains are relationships

We cannot take anything from this wold or from someone else; all we can do is share and be in relationship with

Malchut refers to all the complex relationships, from the most primitive to the most complex, that represent how different entities self organize in response to pressures outside of themselves.

Malchut is complex, has absolutely no center or essence and it is impossible to dissect malchut for its parts

The melech, as the embodiment of malchut, contains nothing of himself and represents the malchut in its organic entirery

The Shechina is not God but our relationship to God. The Shechina, then, reflects the nature of our relationship.

We never relate directly to a person or thing; we relate to the relationship

We discover our identity by how we relate to the people and things outside ourselves; otherwise we are being solipsistic and living in fantasy