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Thank you so much , just for clarification, does that mean that our wordly emotional or social structures as well as the differenciation into male and female, including the natural roles within a family bond, also are branches or imprints that relate to roots in spirituality?
Hi, reading in the Zohar, I got some questions about the spiritual structures and their properties, as I am not not sure if I understood or interpreted in any way correctly:
1. Would it be correct to say there is a differentiation of the forces into paternal (Hochma), maternal (Bina) and children (Zeir Anpin- son, Malchut-daughter)? And does the interaction between these structures correspondingly show up as branches in human relationships as well, or is this solely a spiritual structure?
2. I understood, that in the way Hochma, Bina, Zeir Anpin and Malchut interact, there is a way of transferring the light Ohr Hochma from Hochma to Bina to Zeir Anpin and Malchut, as well as from Zeir Anpin to Malchut ( Panim be Panim) but also a way of blocking this transfer in Achor be Achor. This is raising quite a few question… are both process PBP and ABA natural processings of light, equally needed, or is PBP the „altruistic“ way of the light being processed, and ABA the „egoistic“ way, so that PBP would be a desired state and ABA be a less developed state? And again is there in terms of branches a corresponding process in how humans relate to each other, thus PBP leading to pleasure and ABA to suffering?
3. Could Bina be considered the primary „maternal force“ , as it is completely devoted to bestowal and to the Light of Mercy? As as it says Bina is relating to Zeir Anpin as to a „son“ and to Malchut as to a daughter, is this why Bina can deliberately fall into Zeir Anpin to correct him and why Malchut can ascend above Bina and why ZON can raise a prayer MAN to Bina ewoking the desire to bestow in Bina? Because, just thinking from a human perspective, thatś what a mother would do…
4. And then, would Hochma be considered a primary „paternal force“, linked to the Light of Wisdom, and is this what is giving strength to the Partzufim and thus can change their state from Katnut (small) to Gadlut (big)?I just wanted to drop a big „thank you“ for answering all the questions. I hope it’s not bothering in any way. Probably it’s just this beginner stage…, It‘s like being exposed to some really new form of matter… it’s easy to open a book and read, but so beautiful and hard to grasp what is really meant … and that is raising so many questions. It’s a bit like being exposed to some new, and very precious material for artistry work, and while I can study the texture and formal use, I know, I will not be able to go without the sensed attainment, which only adds to the longing to grasp it. And there are all the different layers on which things can be understood… which makes it even more precious but also confusing, so thank you for that help and everyone‘s patience. I will try not to ask too much☺️
Thank you, I am wondering… should I think of this like a child wanting to please the parents? Is it a cognitive decision to „want to please“ while being clothed in a human body? Or is it deeper… like naturally getting back to the source, one comes from, not so much in terms of oneś own will, but rather feeling this as some sort of deep longing for unity? To me this is quite opposite, because the first way would be rather directive, the creator would be outside me, and I would cognitively thrive to get to adhesion, the second would be rather through letting go… it would stem from an inner longing for this unity, I dońt know if that makes sense, but it feels different in the approach how to get there.
Hi Gianni, can you help me understand what the term „contentment“ means in terms of „Bringing contentment to oneś maker or to the creator? I understand, this is what it is about. However, I am wondering, what the term contentment really means. I understand, itś not meant to be like a moral judgement, itś not part of corporeal thinking, right? But then, what is it? Is it that through achieving more equivalence of form, a desire returns back bit by bit to the creating force? Is that bringing contentment? Therefore, bringing contentment would be like reaching step by step towards fulfillment of the plan of creation in that creator and creation will be united in the end. Is that what it is about?
