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We never feel spiritual shame in our world but spend energy almost every minute avoiding ever feeling it. So, we can’t compare our idea of shame to spiritual shame. Shame and envy in our world, though, are both related to our sense of self, our feeling of being an isolated creation, independent of others. This feeling comes from the shattering of the collective soul. It’s an imagination, but an imagination that we can use correctly. Shame, for example, is a sensation that can keep us from acting out as our ego might like, and disturbing others. Later, I will be able to form proper intentions not to disturb others because we are all one soul and if I disturb others I harm myself. However, it’s still good to not disturb others, even to preserve my pride. Envy can also be used correctly. I need to build up the others who are, like me, on the spiritual path and envy their progress. As the Kabbalists write, “envy, lust and honor bring a person out of this world.” That is – only by these does one come out of this world to the spiritual world.
The roots are OK; I’m not OK. I’m fallen, several worlds down from the roots. The roots ensure that my correction will take place. Either I will rise to the world of roots, which by itself entails my correction, or I will go through phases of correction that, according to the roots, clothe into materials of this world. I’ll suffer greatly if I go through corrections this way. In fact every pinch we feel is from corrections we didn’t make. Rising to the roots requires rising above my egoistic qualities and clothing in upper qualities. Then, above my qualities, I agree with the Upper Force, and then my correction is pleasant.
I’m not going into your specific situation. Kabbalists say that what was created is only the Will to Receive, Malchut. Except that it was integrated with the quality of Bina. Then there was a shattering by which the quality of Bina was mixed in little bits into the quality of Malchut. From then on, the only bestowal that a person has is bestowal in order to receive. This is even further from the quality of the Creator than regular receiving. In other words, the quality of Bina, broken inside Malchut, is under Malchut’s control; and a complete inversion needs to occur, and this is only through the Reforming Light in the study of Kabbalah.
Hi Zorica,
The roots are in Keter, Phase Zero, or Shoresh (root). These are the roots of the Kelim (vessels).
What we see in our world are just branches, and we can’t work with them like you can’t work with a holagram based on some sequence of zeros and ones. It’s no use to work with the imaginary images; you need to work with the zeroes and ones: reception and bestowal.
The reason you’re confused is that you think you’re already somewhat implementing this in your life. To do what the Kabbalists speak of, even a bit, is to already open up the spiritual world. Therefore, there’s something missing. All our relations in this world, no matter how kind, are egoistic, and the difference between people is that we enjoy from different things. Some even have fun doing acts of charity or dedicating their entire lives to it. That’s great, but it isn’t spiritual and that’s why such people remain in this world until their dying day. And each must return to this world to learn the difference between me – meaning how the Creator made me, which is in 100% reception without a shred of bestowal; and the Creator’s nature, 100% bestowal without a shred of reception. If you continue to study the Reforming Light will work, and like a flashlight, shine upon the desire and clarify the confusion.
Hi Clara,
(1) The Partzuf is divided in 3, and in the middle part, the Toc, it receives in order to bestow – so, yes it’s reception is bestowal. But it has another part, the Rosh, which only measures whether it will be able to do so – that is receive the pleasure in order to bestow. And there is a third part, the Sof, in which it cannot receive the pleasures to bestow, so that remains empty. Every spiritual degree has these 3 parts.
