Posted on May 4th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Kabbalah is a science about reality.
Man is a creature that strives to understand why and for what
purpose he exists and how he can come to the truth. He yearns to uncover
the meaning of such notions as “truth,” “facts,” “purpose,” or
“reaching the goal.” He is made to demand this kind of fulfillment.
Man’s greatest need is to know who he is, as it is said: “From my flesh shall I see the Creator.” Indeed, to learn who I am, I need to know who the Creator is. This necessity mandates me to search.
The entire wisdom of Kabbalah is dedicated
to the study of man since besides him, nothing exists. All of reality is
within man, and everything occurs solely in him. I don’t see anything
in this world except myself. All that is happening around me is me,
images within me. I don’t have the slightest idea what is going on
outside of me.
This means that Kabbalah is the study of
the self, self-attainment, self-awareness. All other books describe some
kind of illusions, as if there is an external reality around us.
Therefore, everything but these sacred books is a total lie made up by
man; they are the fruit of his imagination.
We don’t realize how unique these books
are; besides, as far as the truth is concerned, we have nothing to hold
on to. Without these books, we would exist in this world as some little
insects that live only for as long as the time allotted to them permits.
Only with the help of these books can we gradually develop ourselves
and start examining, measuring, and learning “who and what we are.”
Thus we find out that we contain the whole worlds, Partzufim, Sefirot, and numerous parts that seem alien to us, which in the end turn out to be the parts of your own soul.
This is your very desire split into the still, vegetative, animate
nature, and humans as well. And at the last, fourth degree, we must
collect all these parts together in order to come to the intention “to
bestow,” which is mandatory for this final, fourth, stage of creation.
When I gain this intention to bestow for
all parts of creation, I will finally find out who I am; I will know
myself. And there is nothing else to study in reality.
[42014]
From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/2/2011, Talmud Eser Sefirot
[42014]
From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/2/2011, Talmud Eser Sefirot
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