[Avodah] shattering of vessels...why not pleasing??

[Harvey Benton]

according to this site, the vessels of tohu (medrash) did not please Hashem, 
although they serve a purpose (e.g. in order to be destroyed)... if so, why were 
they created?
http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380568/jewish/Shattered-Vessels.htm


Thus Tohu was a primordial form of existence that "was created in order to be 
destroyed, and destroyed in order to be rebuilt" in a superior form(see Mevo 
L'Chachmat HaKabbala part 2, shaar 6, ch. 7). The order of creation that 
followed the disintegration of the world of Tohu is called the world 
ofTikun (literally translated as "rectification" or "restoration"). 
RegardingTikun, the Torah states, "And G-d looked over everything that He had 
made, and indeed it was very good" (Gen. 1:31). In the words of 
theMidrash (Bereishit Rabba 3:7; 9:2), as explained by the Arizal, "these please 
Me" refers to the sefirot of Tikun, whereas the sefirot of Tohu "do not please 
Me".....

The shattering of the sefirot of Tohu is not a coincidence, nor does it signify 
a flaw in the creative process. On the contrary, it serves a very specific and 
important purpose, which is to bring about a state of separation or partition of 
the light into distinct qualities and attributes, and thereby introduce 
diversity and multiplicity into creation, as explained above. In addition, the 
shattering of the vessels of Tohu allows for the possibility of evil, and gives 
man the opportunity to choose between good (for which he gains reward) and evil 
(for which he is punished). Thus G-d's attributes of chesed and gevura - the 
attributes from which reward and punishment derive - are revealed in the 
world9 , which is one of the primary purposes of creation. (See beginning 
of Otzrot Chaim)
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