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Dear KabU team,
I understand that the process of 4 phases of direct light describes how the desire to receive ( all creation) arrived to The Speaking level, where there is a conscious choice / involvement by creatures to achieve the original Will of the Creator. Scientifically I would also thinks this explains Evolution with Absolute Spiritual understanding. However I would like to know
1. if these phases are related to basic elements like ‘ Oxygen, Hydrogen,Nitrogen and Carbon.
2. If the phases are related to Spiritual elements like Air, Water and Earth.
3. If the Spiritual concept Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey is linked to human genetics, I read somewhere that the order of arrangement of the phosphate linkages in between DNA segments is in the numerical values represented by the Hebrew letters of YHVH. What is Kabbalah s take on this?
4. I see alot of us are interested in how to practice or implement the screen ( intention) however most of the time you have encouraged us not to worry about that for now, will there be a full week for this chapter again. I am worried as this seems to be the backbone of every day living for a Kabbalist , a method of mastering every incident in this world and understanding that I will go through whatever situation, NOT FOR MYSELF but for the Creators fulfillment whether in the corporeal eye it looks painful or not but I will accept and look for my inner correction through it. Are we still going to be guided on practical application of the screen?
Frank,
You have some confusion on some fundamentals. This is of course normal as it is brand new.
We must understand that what we found in the wisdom of kabbalah is a method.
You heard a few things and you are immidiatly trying to link it to many other things and you also saw a pilot fly and you want to fly on the first day in the airplane.
So I recommend that you follow the foundations. of the course and review the material often and let it inform you and later you can go back and make all the links and connections to DNA, to the parts of the body, to everything in reality you will discover the same pattern, and that pattern comes from the four letter name, but our goal is not to point out 1000 cool connections, but to attainment is our goal and from there you will understand everything.Specifically, regarding your question, the four phases of direct light happened before time and space, before the creation of the spiritual worlds, the partzufim and sefirot, there was no speaking level yet, no conscious creation yet.
All of those things have their root in the 4 phases, but you can’t point to a bag of nitrogen and relate it to a juicy mango, it’s just did not develop to there yet.
You will see soon all of the elements, all the parts of the body, the seasons, the directions, etc it all comes from the same structure.The masach, the screen is not something you can purchase or study a lot of pages and understand. It is acquired through many efforts in heart and mind. But if you dig 100 feet down to reach water, but you dig in the wrong place, all of the labor is in vain.
So go along with us and learn the fundamentals upon which the rest of your attainment will be built and stabalized. That is the most, healthy, quick and effective way to go.The hero is the patient one,
Seth@KabU
I thought I understood what the light of Hassadim was, but after reading this week’s recommended readings, I am again confused. The light of Hassadim comes into play in behina bet.
1. Is this the light that the creature bestows? Meaning that it is not direct light from the creator, but the light that the creature reflects/bestows?
2. If yes, than it means that in behina Gimel, when the creature receives the light of Hassadim, it receives the light that she herself reflected/bestowed during behina bet. Is this a correct way of putting it?
Julia,
Reflected Light is the attitude of bestowal of the creation towards the Creator.
Regarding question 2, you are mostly correct, however, there is no reception without the Light of Hochma. Any Hasadim that is received must have in it at least a small amount of the Light of Hochma. After all, no one has anything to actually give to anyone, or to the Creator for that matter. Everything comes from Him. If I’m going to bestow something, I need to get it from Him and pass it on.
Seth@KabU
Do the four phases of the direct light correspond to four spiritual worlds? Meaning that Atzilut is Behina Aleph, Briah is Bet, Yetzira is Gimel, and Assiah is Dalet? I am very confused by this, because from the videos on the Kabbalah YouTube channel, I understood that the four phases of the direct light PRECEDE the formation of the worlds, but the recommended readings from this week state that they are essentially THE SAME, meaning that there is a one-to-one correspondence between them. I would appreciate your help.
Julia,
Here is an excerpt from one of the very important articles The Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah by Baal HaSulam, that we will study together later about the structure of reality.
Seth@KabUI think this will help with your question:
<<The above-mentioned order of cascading [HE IS REFERRING HERE TO THE FOUR PHASES OF DIRECT LIGHT THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT], which brings the will to receive to its final form in this world, follows a sequence of four phases that exist in the four-letter-name [HaVaYaH (Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey)]. This is because the four letters, HaVaYaH, in His name contain the whole of reality, without any exception.
In general, they are described in the ten Sefirot, Hochma, Bina, Tifferet, Malchut, and their root. They are ten Sefirot because the Sefira [sing. of Sefirot] Tifferet contains six internal Sefirot, called HGT NHY [Hesed–Gevura–Tifferet Netzah–Hod–Yesod], and the root is called Keter. Yet, in essence, they are called HB TM [Hochma-Bina Tifferet-Malchut].
These are four worlds called Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya. The world of Assiya contains this world within it. Thus, there is not a creature in this world that is not initiated in Ein Sof, in the thought of creation to delight His creations. Hence, it is innately comprised of light and vessel, meaning a certain measure of abundance with the will to receive that abundance.
The measure of abundance extends existence from existence from His self, and the will to receive the abundance is initiated existence from absence.
But for that will to receive to acquire its final quality, it must cascade along with the abundance within it through the four worlds—Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya. This completes creation in light and vessel, called “body,” and the “light of life” within it.
Could you kindly provide some examples from real life (not metaphors … but actual examples) of a will to receive that is equivalent to the will to bestow
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