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Hello dear instructors
My question is (from the sources / Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai/ The Vision of Rabbi Hiya) who is a winged one ?
Hello Constantinos. Truth be told, there is nothing wrong with reading any of the sources. But at this stage of the game we advance the quickest by delving into Rabash’s social articles. That said, the winged one referred to is the angel Matat. Here is a quote from Rabash’s Letter #17 about this angel (an angel is a force).
“The operator and transmitter of the upper abundance is Angel Matat, See in The Zohar (Vayetze, p 36 and in the Sulam [Ladder commentary], item 71, that he wrote there). Angel Matat is called the “minister of the world,” whose name is as the name of his rav. At one time he is called by the name HaVaYaH and another time by the name Shadai, since he performs two operations.
He receives the Hochma and gives to BYA, and then he is called Shadai, as in, “He said to His world, ‘enough,’ spread no more,’” referring to the abundance of Hochma, as there was a Tzimtzum [restriction] on receiving the Hochma in the Kelim [vessels] of the will to receive. Therefore, the Emanator brought back the left leg of the Tav back up, and because of it, the leg of the Tav is thick because He brought the left leg back up so it would not illuminate into the Klipot [shells] (see the “Introduction of the Book of Zohar,” p 26, and in the Sulam, item 23).
The second discernment of Angel Matat is when he also has Hassadim to bestow upon the lower ones. At that time his name is as the name of his rav which is HaVaYaH, and Matat is completed and is called by the name of its master, HaVaYaH.”
Hello dear Instructors,
i want to ask about something, i don’t know if it is stupid but anyway.
Lately I feel that I do things (like work) in corporeality that I feel I don’t want to do. Feel like I wanted to occupy myself with other things and I can’t get into them because someone is is presses me to deal with these things that he wants more than me. So I feel resistance to what this other person is telling me we have to do (which may me good things generally but I don’t find such a good reason inside me to do them) . Can I do something about this feeling ? Do I have to just accept things as they come? I don’t know if that makes any sense.
Thank you very much in advance!
Hello Marilia.
Kabbalists tell us that regarding our work in the corporeal world we should do what is necessary to maintain an ordinary life. Obviously, this means sometimes we do things we enjoy, and sometimes we have to do things that we don’t want to do. In the corporeal world we are like everyone else in that world.
What lives in the world of Adam kadmon ?
does the soul live there ? Or is there coinsioussness there ? I imagine a shard of a soul there on the top like the sims game.
David Monolo has added this comment about the world of adam kadmon:
Adam Kadmon – Primordial Man
Following the feeling of shame in Malchut leading to the Tzim Zum (first restriction) a system of worlds was created for the sole purpose of giving birth to Adam HaRishom. Without the formation of the worlds, start with AK, we would never have been given the opportunity to willing start the process of building our soul. The more we connect and correct our oppositeness to His qualities the higher we ascend the worlds back to Him. We are in a very special time when many of us are feeling this deficiency for connection. Let us use everything the Creator is giving us and start the process back up the ladder, ascending the world to life of love and bestowal
Hello Simon. Here are a couple of excerpts from Rav’s lesson of 3/26 that seem to address your post.
40. RABASH, Article No. 936, “The Time of Redemption”
Baal HaSulam interprets that the Sitra Achra [other side] and the Klipa [shell/peel] and the evil inclination are all but the will to receive, and this applies in both mind and heart. That is, the rule of Pharaoh king of Egypt and of Pharaoh’s servants is the rule of the will to receive over the organs, meaning that all 248 organs—when serving the will to receive—are called “slaves of Pharaoh.
39. RABASH, Article No. 22, “What Is the Order in Blotting Out Amalek?”
Generally, Amalek is called the “evil inclination.” However, specifically, the evil inclination has many names. Our sages said (Masechet Sukkah, p 52), “The evil inclination has seven names: Evil, Uncircumcised, Impure, Enemy, Obstacle, North Stone. It also has other names such as Pharaoh King of Egypt and Amalek.”
Dear jim, Good question by Simon.
You say Amalek is the general term for evil [inclination] why is uncircumcised and north-stone attributed with evil?
You also use the term ‘organ’which implies a physical self-contained vital part of an organism which does a certain function . . ? I am confused?
Thank you. Lyndon S.
Hello Lyndon. First off, these are not my words. These are the words of Rabash from Articles 936 and 22.
Secondly, do not be confused, in kabbalah the sages are never speaking about the corporeal world, although they use terms from this world. As I recall, uncircumcised refers to a desire without an intention to bestow. I do not know what north-stone means in this world, but it seems Rabash is using it to refer to the intention to receive for my own benefit. Organs refers to desires.
Hi, today I went to the “graduate environment” page and I don’t know where to start. Should I wait or have I already missed something. I would ask you if you can just give a little guide on where to start.
Thank you so much!The Grad Environment offers a ton of great material, recorded lessons, and three, sometimes even 4, live lessons each week. It’s the ideal place to build a spiritual framework and strengthen your connection to the text, the instructors and your fellow points in the heart. You can easily join and access a full week of content from right here on the Grad Environment page.
Tuesday evening you can join Seth for a journey through Baal HaSulam’s articles in “A Sage Speaks”
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You’ll find a similar session conveniently slated in Central European Time under the title “Weekly Portion of Light” lead by our senior KabU Instructors on Sunday’s
On Sunday evening join Tony and yours truly for “Sunday meeting with friends” where some of the most fascinating Kabbalistic subjects will be explored, and you can bring any question and integrate with the deficiencies of other students.
And to top it all, Everyone in the Grad environment receives a special invitation to join what we call the “young group”, which hosts the centerpiece of the GE, where you get to methodically explore Practical Kabbalah, and the building of a Kabbalistic group according to the principles of Rabash.
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I hope to see you this Sunday at Sunday Meeting of Friends, and I will do my best to elaborate more
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