Introduction to the Book of Zohar (PDF) - Kabbalah Media Archive
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I N T RO D U C T I O N T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R<br />
However, all <strong>the</strong> filling in <strong>the</strong> thought <strong>of</strong> creation, meaning all <strong>the</strong><br />
benefits He had planned <strong>to</strong> render us, stem directly from His essence.<br />
They are emanated from His very first thought – <strong>to</strong> create beings and<br />
bes<strong>to</strong>w delight upon <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
He has no need <strong>to</strong> recreate <strong>the</strong>m, since <strong>the</strong>y are already extracted<br />
from <strong>the</strong> great will <strong>to</strong> receive that is in <strong>the</strong> souls. Thus, we clearly see<br />
that <strong>the</strong> whole matter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> renewed creation, from start <strong>to</strong> end, is<br />
only <strong>the</strong> "will <strong>to</strong> receive".<br />
This is all we can imagine, except <strong>the</strong> perceived pleasure, i.e., <strong>the</strong><br />
Crea<strong>to</strong>r Himself. Consequently, whatever or whomever we may speak<br />
about, on any levels <strong>of</strong> development (still, vegetative, animal and human<br />
nature), whe<strong>the</strong>r fields, bodies, emanations, spirits, or anything that exists<br />
in our world and in all <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs (from tiny insects <strong>to</strong> vast galaxies),<br />
be it information, force, plasmic or o<strong>the</strong>r forms <strong>of</strong> creation – <strong>the</strong>y are all<br />
created and constitute no more than a desire <strong>to</strong> receive pleasure.<br />
There is nothing like it in <strong>the</strong> Crea<strong>to</strong>r; He made it out <strong>of</strong> nothing,<br />
sustains and fills all. Our life is but <strong>the</strong> Crea<strong>to</strong>r’s microscopic filling. We<br />
are filled with one billionth <strong>of</strong> His light and we call it our life.<br />
If we perceive Him clearer, we will feel Him, not what He emanates.<br />
We will <strong>the</strong>n define ourselves as being in <strong>the</strong> spiritual world. That<br />
is, all that happens in us is a result <strong>of</strong> our sensation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Crea<strong>to</strong>r. We<br />
should never forget about it, because our life, thoughts and everything<br />
good or bad in our hearts and minds is no more than <strong>the</strong> sensation <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Crea<strong>to</strong>r.<br />
Therefore, if we wish <strong>to</strong> change our state, we just need <strong>to</strong> change<br />
our connection with Him, reach a different level <strong>of</strong> contact with Him.<br />
8. After <strong>the</strong> previously mentioned, we have come <strong>to</strong> understand <strong>the</strong><br />
third inquiry. We wondered how it was possible <strong>to</strong> say about souls<br />
that <strong>the</strong>y were a part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Crea<strong>to</strong>r, like a s<strong>to</strong>ne that is carved<br />
from a rock. There is no difference between <strong>the</strong>m except that one is<br />
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