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
28. As it is said by the sages, “In the future, the dead will rise with
their defects and then will make a complete recovery”. That is, at
the beginning, the same egoistical body rises from the dead. It is a
huge, limitless desire to receive, one that was nurtured by the system
of impure forces before it was honored to be purified by the light with
the help of Kabbalah.
Of course, this is an allegory. No dead bodies are going to rise from
their graves. When we begin to work with our previously dead AHP, it
appears in all its original vileness (Aviut
3 and 4). We begin to correct
the emerging egoism on the last levels of similarity to the Creator. Prior
to that, it was only the period of preparation. Although we are in the
spiritual world, these are just the Kelim de Ashpa’a (vessels of bestowal).
However, at the levels three and four, we achieve reception for the sake
of bestowal, which is equivalent to absolute bestowal.
We completely rid ourselves of egoistical desires, acquire altruistic
intentions, and begin to resurrect our dead desires from the smallest to
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