[Helen]

and the 125 steps will bring us back to the beginning of the world of Adam Kadmon correct? but that’s not even the correct stage, it’s only Mulchut?

[Helen]

then what is that state where there was Equivalence of Form between the Light and the desire?

[Helen]

is it correct that there are 4 phases in Eye Sof, and the stage 3 is somewhat close to equivalence of form but the Kli is only receiving partial light.  is phase 3 the stage you are referring to?

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

In the Introduction to the Zohar, the first few pages uses the stone/mountain analogy to say the soul is ‘part’ of the Creator, implying they share the same substance. but it also states that the soul’s entire substance is the will to receive, and that this quality is completely absent in the Creator. If the soul and the Creator are opposite in their very substance, how does the stone&mountain analogy hold?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

trying hard to understand this

1. When Rav said “the Creator reveals His vessel of reception” .  is that vessel Bina? But Bina is one of the ten Sefirot, which means she belongs to the creature’s structure, not to the Creator Himself. So in what sense is Bina called “the Creator’s vessel”?

2. Is the sorrow actually located inside the Kli?  meaning it is the feeling of two qualities, Bina and Malchut, that are present together but not yet merged? And is this something we can actually feel in ourselves as a real inner sensation?

3. Is sorrow a metaphor for a structural state?  or is it an actual feeling that both we and the Creator share in some real sense?

 

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

I have always thought I heard and read that the Creator lack of nothing, has no deficiency/lack. for example this excerpt: “since the Creator is in no way deficient and needs nothing to satisfy His want”.

yesterday’s morning lesson Rav talk about Creator’s vessel of reception and lack, here is the clip: kabbalahmedia.info/en/lessons/cu/Iq1TaCkQ?sstart=41m4s&send=45m1s&mediaType=video&shareLang=en&c=Pa4QQb4y

I am sure this is not contradicting but I couldn’t wrap my mind around above two seemingly contradiction descriptions of the Creator.

2nd layer of above question. does the Creator have emotions? the Sorrow seems to indicate belongs to Shechina, not the Creator… ?

thanks

Helen

 

 

 

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