The Creator is the source that man yearns for.
The Torah is the light, which fills man at the present moment.
Israel is man himself, that is, his desire to bond with the Creator.
How can these totally independent concepts be identical?
The goal of creation consists in creating man in this world so that he can cleave to the Creator while yet living in his physical body. Man ascends and crosses spiritual worlds to reach the Creator. More exactly, spiritual worlds penetrate him to such an extent that he and the Creator become identical. This is what union with the Creator means. One loves the Creator, follows His ways, and observes His commandments. At this level, all of man's qualities, desires, and attributes have become identical to those of the Creator.
The Torah is given to man so he can access this perfect and eternal level and fulfill the purpose of creation. The Torah can only be given to man after his descent into this world where he is endowed with a physical body and selfishness. Angels cannot receive the Torah because amongst all creatures only man possesses absolute selfishness.
If man chooses the path of the Torah, he can neutralize his selfish body and desires in such a way that they will no longer act as an obstacle between him and the Creator. Man and the Creator unite. This union is a throwback to the Procreation State, before the descent of the soul into this world, before the soul is "handicapped" by selfishness. Moreover, by correcting his selfishness man can climb the rungs of the spiritual ladder and reach the level of the Creator. Some creatures are devoid of selfishness and therefore have no tool to progress and remain at their initial level.
Except man, all creatures are said to be "spiritually inanimated, motionless". Even angels, the divine forces through which the Creator rules creation, are not independent "force-desires" but only executors of His will. Man, by transforming his very developed selfish desires can become equal to the Creator.
The soul is a part of the Creator placed in man. Man is born with an envelope of selfishness and can no longer perceive neither the Creator nor anything spiritual. Selfishness permeates his sense organs, which possess qualities opposed to spirituality. When man transforms his selfishness into altruism by removing his selfish envelope, he begins to perceive the essence of creation in such a way that nothing separates him from the Creator. At this point the three above-mentioned concepts unite.
Our task is to remove, with the help of the Torah, all obstacles between the soul and the Creator. Of all Torah studies Kabbalah is the most efficient because it draws towards man a ray of light of the highest intensity while he is studying.
The Torah is the light, which fills man at the present moment.
Israel is man himself, that is, his desire to bond with the Creator.
How can these totally independent concepts be identical?
The goal of creation consists in creating man in this world so that he can cleave to the Creator while yet living in his physical body. Man ascends and crosses spiritual worlds to reach the Creator. More exactly, spiritual worlds penetrate him to such an extent that he and the Creator become identical. This is what union with the Creator means. One loves the Creator, follows His ways, and observes His commandments. At this level, all of man's qualities, desires, and attributes have become identical to those of the Creator.
The Torah is given to man so he can access this perfect and eternal level and fulfill the purpose of creation. The Torah can only be given to man after his descent into this world where he is endowed with a physical body and selfishness. Angels cannot receive the Torah because amongst all creatures only man possesses absolute selfishness.
If man chooses the path of the Torah, he can neutralize his selfish body and desires in such a way that they will no longer act as an obstacle between him and the Creator. Man and the Creator unite. This union is a throwback to the Procreation State, before the descent of the soul into this world, before the soul is "handicapped" by selfishness. Moreover, by correcting his selfishness man can climb the rungs of the spiritual ladder and reach the level of the Creator. Some creatures are devoid of selfishness and therefore have no tool to progress and remain at their initial level.
Except man, all creatures are said to be "spiritually inanimated, motionless". Even angels, the divine forces through which the Creator rules creation, are not independent "force-desires" but only executors of His will. Man, by transforming his very developed selfish desires can become equal to the Creator.
The soul is a part of the Creator placed in man. Man is born with an envelope of selfishness and can no longer perceive neither the Creator nor anything spiritual. Selfishness permeates his sense organs, which possess qualities opposed to spirituality. When man transforms his selfishness into altruism by removing his selfish envelope, he begins to perceive the essence of creation in such a way that nothing separates him from the Creator. At this point the three above-mentioned concepts unite.
Our task is to remove, with the help of the Torah, all obstacles between the soul and the Creator. Of all Torah studies Kabbalah is the most efficient because it draws towards man a ray of light of the highest intensity while he is studying.
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