Introduction to the Book of Zohar (PDF) - Kabbalah Media Archive

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even to look after them, to help them a little. How contemptible and
low would you regard him? Can such a thing be thought of Him?
The paradox we see here remains a paradox so far.
5. Therefore, common sense… (Baal HaSulam tells us about it
from the level he reached) dictates that we grasp the opposite of
what appears to be on the surface…(what can be seen with the naked
eye) and decide that we are truly noble and worthy creatures...
Indeed, we are so huge, so great, we can rule over our entire world
and the spiritual worlds that are in absolute harmony with the Creator,
in complete likeness with Him. We are truly in this state, but we feel
just a tiny part of it that is called “this world”. Indeed, we are now in a
perfect, great state.
There is no end to our immeasurable importance; we are actually
worthy of our Maker. For if you wish to find faults in our bodies,
then behind all the excuses that you give yourself, it falls only on the
Creator who created us and the nature within us. For it is clear that
He created us.
He also knows all the ways that stem from our nature and the attributes
He created in us. It is as we have said that we have to contemplate
the end of the act. Then we will be able to understand it all. As
the saying goes: “Do not show a fool an unfinished work”.
Because of our lessons, you will see the answers to all the inquiries
and questions and all that will be left for you to do is realize it all. I
hope that it will be a result of our studying. What is necessary for that?
I repeat, by no means should you consider Kabbalah as a usual science.
Though Kabbalah is a science, it instructs you how to correct yourself
and achieve eternity and perfection.
This is why the work of your mind is insufficient. You ought to
desire your own changes with your heart and be on the level where Baal
HaSulam is. He is teaching us now from that high level.
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