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I’m having a little problem with the Reshimot. Is the hitlabshut portion determined by a Zivug de Hakaa at the Peh, and what the Toch receives inside in order to bestow? Then, is the Aviut determined by the memory of the shame and the Bitush of the Inner and Surrounding lights at the Tabur?
Is she expelling just the amount associated with the Aviut?
From below upward, or in certain stages of the overall descent from above downward, the Reshimot of the Partzuf – the Aviut & Hitlabshut – determine what can be done in relation to the Light. Assuming we want to bestow, using the Reshimot in the Partzuf, accordingly, they can make a Zivug with the Upper Light on their Reshimot, and accordingly, receive the Light. From Above down, the Reshimot that I have are a result of the cascading of the degrees. After there was a certain zivug on a certain Reshimo, the result was another state with another set of Reshimot, something less than what was prior.
Reshimo of clothing (hitlabshut) is what I had in a previous state. I can work with it now — as something that I had before (the best I can say it). Reshimo of coarseness (aviut) is what I have now.
Hi Ben,
That’s how we draw it. But these are like frames in a movie. It’s the same vessel. In Galgalta the Light spreads all the way down to the Sium. What’s that mean? There is a calculation over all the Light of Eyn Sof. It’s determined that below the Tabur are vessels we can’t use. Thus, they’re restricted. So, we’re done. We can’t reach further acts of bestowal in this state. So, the Screen purifies, which means it expels the Light, and we go to receive the Light on a lesser level of Aviut (coarseness): this phase is called AB. First of all, AB doesn’t include the coarsest level of desire, called Dalet, 4, or Malchut. We don’t draw it, but AB actually extends down below, like Galgalta, in a completely restricted way, not as far down as Galgalta spreads. Forget I said that. The main thing is that AB, too, can do no further action of bestowal, and its Screen purifies as well. The next phase is SAG, and here we see that we CAN spread down below the Tabur – not in the way that we tried to do so before, with the Light of Hochma, which would complete the Purpose of Creation if we could, but with the Light of Hassidim, because Hassidim wants only to bestow. So, to shorten this for you, SAG is going to correct the vessels of Galgalta because their correction is the End of Correction. Only they are considered the true Created Being, while the higher Sefirot only belong to the correction of Creation. SAG spreads all the way down, with Light of Hasidim, because SHE CAN. But even with only Hassidim, she ends up getting restricted via The Second Restriction. So she doesn’t get to correct those vessels of NHYM of Galgalata yet. But all subsequent actions will be aimed at doing so, because there’s nothing else to do in reality.
I’m curious, you mentioned in the preparation that many people give up at this point because of the certain part of the soul that this relates to. Can you elaborate on that?
Hi Ben,
If you watch Yo-Yo Ma play or take a few lines from Hemingway or a sketch by Picasso, it appears as something I could almost do myself. The greater the expertise of the performer, the more the performance seems as easy and natural as grass growing. Now, hand me the cello, pencil or paintbrush to try. When my senses, instincts, and understanding enter, the problems begin. Until now, we’ve spoken of the actions of the Creator, from Above. We can imagine them, imagine ourselves in these stages. They’re even beautiful to go into as into a movie or musical performance that whisks us far away from our ordinary life, and we live vicariously through this drama. But in reality, it’s very far from our a state. And what we’re entering now, is much closer, but in being closer evokes the messiness and shattering of our state. In short, since it’s closer to realization by me, rather than actions the Creator does in some world of Eyn Sof, for some, it’s too close to actual correction and realization of the purpose of Creation. After all, the ego doesn’t want that.
This is massive, Gianni. Thank you for explaining this so well. Hope I can retain a portion of what you have given us.
I do not have any questions at this point, just a small observation. I had read in one of the previous lectures (not sure where exactly) that all the worlds are copies of each other. Your illustration shows the structure of AK to be different than Atzilut. I am assuming that the worlds of Beria, Yetzira and Assiya are similar to Atzilut. Is that correct?
Can’t wait to dig in the rest.
It’s true, the worlds all follow the same format, but how that unfolds, and to be able to see that the format is the same, one needs very sophisticated eyes spiritually. For example, no scientist in our world is sophisticated enough to, for example, see that there is a lion, and then a lion flower, and something on the still level of lion qualities, and perhaps something on the human level, let alone something on the spiritual level. Later it will be very simple and clear, but for now, it’s beyond us.
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