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Is this whole system, which you are explaining, the way in which all our desires should be corrected individually, which were numbered I think 614?
Or maybe i am in wrong
On the check for understanding quiz I have tried twice now but when I put All of the Above in question 3 it defaults to the number 4 answer starting with Atik… I will move on, tried again, same result. fyi.
In all my years of grappling with Kabbalah, I have to say you are one of the most lucid and captivating teachers I have seen. Amazing stuff. You have a lot of Light shining through you.
Gianni,
Is the Enter the Zohar book collection in english?
I have been reading the Zohar online at: Kabbalah Library Home / Michael Laitman / Books / Каббалистические книги черной серии / The Zohar / The Zohar / Rose
I’m wondering if the Zohar book in the Enter the Zohar collection is the same Zohar found online at the above address? I would like to buy it.
You can see all our books here. The one you refer to I believe there is no free PDF for.
Thanks Gianni.
I know about the bookstore, I am looking at it right now. I am considering buying the Enter the Zohar collection.
But, I’m wondering if the one I referred to is part of the Enter the Zohar collection? I would like to buy the collection if the Zohar I seek is there?
I already have a pdf version (it was free but I don’t remember when or where I got it, exactly) but I would like to buy the actual book – if it’s the same as the one online?
Be sure you’re getting the PRINT edition if you go for it.
Unlocking the Zohar- Introductory book to the Zohar. I haven’t read through this one, but from what I’ve read it looks good. Let’s call it a beginner book through the lens of the Zohar.
Let There be Light – great set of especially inspiring Zohar quotes. I used it a lot.
The Kabbalist- Novel based on discussions with Dr. Laitman about Baal HaSulam’slife (Someone recommended it to me and I highly recommend it)
The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary – The Rose with commentary by Dr. Laitman based on his talks with RABASH
The Revelation of the Book of Zohar in Our Time – small pamphlet-like book of quotes.
Introduction to the Book of Zohar- Baal HaSulam’s long article of the same title, with commentary.
Alright, I think I am all set.
Sorry I drug you into this, I should have looked first.
I did just look and The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary is the one I am reading online. Good.
I read The Kabbalist online a while ago (I enjoyed it).
The others look interesting too. Particularly, Unlocking the Zohar- Introductory book to the Zohar and Let There Be Light
I will be buying.
Thanks
Gianni, I need you .. I’m flustered ..
In Atzilut, according to your Blueprint of Creation diagram:
Atik = Upper Keter, Hochma
AA = lower Keter
AVI = Bina
ZON = ZA & Nukva
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In Atzilut, according to the table of degrees diagram in the Zohar; the Rose.
AA = Keter
AVI = Hochma
YESHSUT = Bina
MA (ZA and Malchut are called ZON) = ZA
BON, Nukva = Malchut
Could you please help me make sense of this? They seem very different .. what am I missing?
*Edit: I attached screen shots of the 2 diagrams but it appears they did not post.
These terms are sometimes flexible since AA and Atik are functioning as Keter. Sometimes Atik is not taken into consideration, in which case AA in as the Keter. Because Atik is hidden; it as if has no relation to the Lower Ones.
There are a couple of things here.
There is some interchangeability depending on what we want to emphasize. Like in school, if a kid is misbehaving, the teacher might say, “Should I call mom?” – meaning call home. Mom is a stand-in for both parents as Bina can be for AVI. The Partzufim don’t change, but what we call them might, depending on their function. Like I can be called dad, teacher, etc. If we want to deemphasize Atik because it’s practically irrelevant to the actions we’re talking about now, we can consider AA the Keter, because toward the Lower Ones, it is truly working as Keter because Atik can have no connection with the Lower Ones because it belongs to Tzimzum Aleph, and the Lower Ones belong to Tzimzum Bet. Too, we can decide to emphasize the Bina in AVI, or in some cases, it’s as if Bina is not working and instead it’s YESHUT, which is part of Bina.
There are additional sub-Partsufim as well as other names for them, and indeed a whole ocean that stands behind the few words we have to talk about this. So, it’s probably best to learn one text at a time. Zohar is also not really a study text that we can learn systematically. But I’m happy to keep answering…
One text at a time. I know. But .. I’m thirsty Gianni. So damn thirsty. I wish I could scan all the texts like Number 5 – ahh input, more input!!
But, you helped me here, I can see it starting to rearrange in my head. It’s a little tricky. I will read what you wrote a few more times and break it into pieces and see how that goes.
You are a big help. I’m very grateful.
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