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how kabbalist know there are 5 spiritual World above the world the world of branches ? How they know there names ? What is the function of each spiritual world ?
Hi,
Great Questions!
1. Kabbalah is a science. The Kabbalists are the scientists and researchers in Kabbalah. Everything they attained in this wisdom comes from their research. How is it possible to research spirituality? By working according to the law of equivalence of form. In other words, in order to perceive some spiritual phenomenon, we need to become similar to it.
Spirituality operates according to the qualities of love and bestowal. Our world is the opposite, it operates according to our egoistic nature. So if we want to reveal spirituality and then research it (just like the Kabbalists did), we need to become similar to it, to the qualities of love and bestowal that operate there.
It’s just like how a radio works. That we just need to tune the inner frequency of the radio to match the external wave. Once we tune in to the wave that we want, we right away hear the music that is on that wave.
Likewise with us, once we tune ourselves in the direction of bestowal, we will reveal the spiritual world in practice and will be able to research it like the Kabbalists did.
We’ll learn about this law in detail in the upcoming lessons. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â Â https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
2. Names in Kabbalah are not simply abstract names, but they are precise measurements of a certain spiritual state: how much desire the Kabbalist was working with and accordingly how much light (fulfillment) he was able to reveal. Kabbalists are able to precisely measured these things and express them in the gematria, in the individual letters that make up all these names.
It’s similar to how you can take a picture on a computer and convert it into a binary code of 0’s and 1’s, where each number in that code meticulously expresses every single aspect of that picture. Likewise with all the names the Kabbalists use, in those names is encoded the exact spiritual state the Kabbalist experienced at that time.
3. Regarding the spiritual worlds, keep in mind that the worlds are not place like we think, but rather levels of concealment. World (Olam in Hebrew) comes from the word Concealment (ha-alama). So the 5 worlds are 5 levels of concealment between us, the desire to receive, and the Creator the general force of love and bestowal. To the extent that we correct our own opposite, egoistic nature, for it to also operate in the direction of bestowal, to that extent we reveal these worlds, these higher qualities.
Regarding the names and functions of the worlds:
First is Adam Kadmon (primordial Man) this is the first form of the desire to receive that became similar to the Creator, but it operates in a different way then the rest of the system, so it’s called primordial.
Atzilut (from the words etz lo: at his place, in his possession). This is the place where the Creator exists, meaning the pure desire to bestow.
Beria (creation), comes from the word Bar, meaning outside of. Meaning that it’s already a distinct degree of remoteness from the quality of bestowal.
Yetzira (creation), also means creation but this time stems from the word yetzer, inclination. Meaning there is already an inclination of its own to the Creator.
Assiya (action), this completes the action of creating the desire to receive.
Keep in mind that we usually don’t translate these words when we use them in the lessons. A lot of times it’s better to use the Hebrew word instead of being confused by the translation.
Albert @ KabU
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