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

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
cause our future state three is guaranteed to us by the present state one.
And he who will receive in the future is similar to the one who already
received.
The time factor becomes a problem when the person has doubts
(i.e., when there is a lack of faith) whether he would complete
everything he is supposed to complete in the given time. Since the
person achieves such a state when he has no more doubts, it is as if
he achieves state three.
So what is our task today? What is the most important thing to do?
We should immediately feel Infinity, eternity, the state of absolute attainment
and omnipresence. Life and death of the body become irrelevant.
Everything depends on acquiring the attributes of Bina (faith). As soon
as that happens, the light of state three will start shining upon us.
The evil body (our uncorrected desires) that we received at present
does not diminish our essence, because the body with all of its acquisitions
will disappear together with its source - the system of impure
forces. The one that disappears is similar to that which has already
vanished, as if it had never existed.
This is what the Creation looks like from the next level, and if we
rise above it and look behind and ahead of us, then egoism disappears
and the perfect state begins to shine upon us.
However, the essence of the soul dressed in the body is only the desire
to bestow, which is rooted in the system of four pure worlds: Atzilut,
Beria, Yetzira, Assiya. This desire is eternal, because it is the property
of the Source of life. It is invariable and therefore eternal.
In order to have a better understanding, let us look at the following
picture.
The Creator created, from top down, the will to receive pleasure.
This will to receive is the desire to feel Him. If the Creator is the light,
then the desire to receive is the desire to feel the light.
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