Since our previous discussion in the ninth gate dealt with clarifying the subject of separating from this world, and our intent in it was to unify the heart and free it for love of the Creator, and for yearning to do His will, I saw proper to follow with a clarification of the ways of love of G-d, because it is the purpose of all the steps, and the final stage in the levels of the men who serve G-d. I will begin, and I seek from G-d to help me.
בְּאַהֲבַת הָאֱלֹהִים הַשְּׁלֵמָה. וְזֶה פֶּתַח הַשַּׁעַר:
אָמַר הַמְחַבֵּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִקְדַּמְנוּ בְּמָה שֶׁעָבַר מִדְּבָרֵינוּ בַּשַּׁעַר הַתְּשִׁיעִי בֵּאוּר עִנְיַן הַפְּרִישׁוּת מִן הָעוֹלָם וְהָיְתָה כַּוָּנָתֵנוּ לְיַחֵד הַלֵּב וּלְפַנּוֹתוֹ לְאַהֲבַת הַבּוֹרֵא יִתְבָּרַךְ וְלִכְסֹף לִרְצוֹנוֹ רָאִיתִי לִסְמֹךְ לוֹ בֵּאוּר אָפְנֵי אַהֲבַת הָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ כִּי הִיא תַּכְלִית הַתְּכוּנוֹת וְסוֹף הַמַּעֲלוֹת בְּמַדְרֵגוֹת אַנְשֵׁי הָעֲבוֹדָה. וְאוֹמַר וּבֵאלֹהִים אֵעָזֵר.
Since our previous discussion in the ninth gate dealt with clarifying the subject of separating from this world, and our intent in it was to unify the heart and free it for love of the Creator, and for yearning to do His will, I saw proper to follow with a clarification of the ways of love of G-d, because it is the purpose of all the steps, and the final stage in the levels of the men who serve G-d. I will begin, and I seek from G-d to help me.