The Brisk language I was taught would describe the difference between ownership, Baalot, and possession, Reshut. They would analyze the Daat Makne and the Halut Shem. Hence, Brisk would describe that a thief has a name of a Rasha when he takes possession of an object from the owner without the owner's Daat (something like that).
This language leverages Rav Ashlag's world view, have a desire to take possession, employing that desire, Ratzon LeKabel, these are the makings of evil.
The meaning derived from the Gemara is created by mapping the system of case based law found in the Gemara to the system of Rav Ashlag. I can now find meaning in my life by identifying my will to receive and describing actions with this new language, am I acting with permission, am I removing an object from its owner's environment, am I taking ownership. All these acts now become meaningful acts, they can be judged, they are good or bad.
This language leverages Rav Ashlag's world view, have a desire to take possession, employing that desire, Ratzon LeKabel, these are the makings of evil.
The meaning derived from the Gemara is created by mapping the system of case based law found in the Gemara to the system of Rav Ashlag. I can now find meaning in my life by identifying my will to receive and describing actions with this new language, am I acting with permission, am I removing an object from its owner's environment, am I taking ownership. All these acts now become meaningful acts, they can be judged, they are good or bad.
When I look at that Gemara now with Rav Kook's eyes, I see a relationship that is constructed between the owner of an object and the object. The object becomes part of his house maybe family ('VeGunav Mebayito'). The strength of that relationship determines the severity of the theft. In my mind, the holistic view is an idea I draw from Rav Kook. A person and his objects create a household and there are different scales of living households, private/family/extended family.
Then I reflect on my relationship with the objects in my life, and my household. Do I treat objects in my house like I treat living members? What would I say if someone severed a connection to a possession I have? Are there different types of possessions that are more personal/private, why? What is the role of society in defining my relationships...
These and other question force me to re-evaluate myself and how I relate objects and to others, not as a benevolent provider or recipient of an object (Ashlag) but as a member of my family.
