Samach Vav Part 163: Ayin of chochma is the ayin of keser; outer and inner chochma sti'maah are one

Samach Vav p. 127: The ayin (mah) of chochma is the very ayin of keser, v'ha'chochma m'ayin timotzeh (like a metziya (a lost object that is found) whose essential nature has not changed; it was merely transferred from one domain to another — so too the ayin of chochma is exactly the ayin of keser as it manifests in the emanations). Similarly, the inner dimension of chochma sti'maah is the inner dimension of keser (atik). Keser is the general interface between the Emanator and the emanations. Every interface includes both levels it is joining: Arich is the head and source of the emanations. Atik is the lower dimension of the Emanator. In keser itself, chochma sti'maah is the interface between Atik and Arich, one level that includes two levels of sti'maah: concealment relative to the emanations (arich), fundamental concealment (atik).