The Maggid of Mezerich

Think of your soul as part of the Divine Presence as the raindrop in the sea…
     The [premanifest] world is not subject even to the commandments… it is beyond even ethical action which, as action, is dualistic.
     Before an egg can grow into a chicken, it must first totally cease to be an egg.  Each thing must lose its original identity before it can be something else.  Therefore, before a thing is transformed into something else, it must come to the level of No-thingness…