Theology of Desire

The idea of intelligible matter is that first you have a material or potential aspect of intellect which then becomes actual when it grasps all of the forms. And I think the way that Plotinus describes it again conceptually is more vibrant than just speaking of potency and this is how I like to think of it in Ibn Gabbirul as well. It not only marks the eternal first moment of not being God but it also marks a deep eternal desire at the core of being to strive back towards God.