Points & Lines: 2

When we view the various Sefiros as points or concentric circles, that indicates each Sefirah as standing alone. It is what it is and has no connection to any other Sefriah. Chesed is unadulterated Chesed. Gevurah is Gevurah. As such, they are incompatible with one another. Love is not anger. Chesed is not Din. Each one feels its own sphere is everything.

The line creates the ability to resolve these incompatibilities. A line connects points to each other. It indicates a relationship between the Sefiros and a balance being created between them to afford compatibility. It indicates the actualization of that Sefriah.

The actualization, the bringing forth into the world where it must interact with others, is what enables it to be tempered and to find a means of compatibility with others.

Hashem Needs You

Despite the fact that Hashem is perfect and needs nothing from Creation, He created the illusion that He needs our assistance. Hashem created the world in an imperfect manner and left it up to man to perfect His Creation. The arena is which this perfecting is done is referred to in Kabblah as מלכות (Malchus, monarchy), the tenth and final Sefirah.

That which is done in Malchus is for Hashem's sake.

Malchus is different than the traits represented by the other Sefiros. A person can be a Chacham (wise) without there being someone lacking in wisdom. A person can be a גבור (strong) without there being someone who is weak. These are traits which are inherent within a person that have no relationship to anything external.  Being a monarch, by contrast, can only be true if there is someone over whom to rule who accepts that rule. There can be more than one wise or strong person, but there can be only one king.

It is only with the cognizance that one is serving within Malchus, that one makes Hashem into the monarch.