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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 (AA), from whose head the light descends along the hair and the beard. Why “along the beard”? Because with regard to AA the beard constitutes the external Partzuf. AA is in the GAR, very powerful light. The light descends along its external Partzuf and then weakened so that the lower ones might accept and use it correctly for their growth, causing no harm to themselves. Such a Partzuf, called Se’arot, is a part of AA. We receive the upper light through it, whereupon it is transformed in us, and helps us to grow. Therefore, the first 13 years of our development, the first 13 spiritual steps, are considered the years of unconscious development, as with children. Then we come of age and begin to grow consciously. The light that we receive is Ohr Nefesh of the world of Assiya. That is what Baal HaSulam writes about in paragraph 45. 45. The aforementioned light of Nefesh is called the light of the still level of the world of Assiya. It is correspondingly aimed at purifying the still level of the will to receive in man's body (it is said about our present condition). It shines in the spiritual world much like the still category in the corporeal world, whose particles do not move independently … Inanimate objects in our world do not move independently. They have no desire to move or change. Their only desire is to remain constantly in the same state and that is where their effort is directed. For example, the structure of a crystal is only aimed at preserving its particular state. Obviously, if external conditions exceed the forces of internal preservation of the material’s properties, then they will destroy such a material, its inner connections. Therefore, there is a general movement that surrounds all the details equally, like the movement of the planet Earth, and everything else in a galaxy, in the universe, in our world. And so it is with the light of the Partzuf of Nefesh of the world of Assiya. Although there are 613 organs to it, 613 forms of receiving the bounty (they are already in us, but they are undeveloped yet 232
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 existing only in potential) yet these changes are not apparent, but just a general light whose action surrounds them all equally, without distinction of details (separate desires). The light develops desires in one direction or another, like an embryo that is forming inside the mother’s womb. Different parts of the embryo’s body begin to develop at different times, the head, then the arms, then suddenly the torso, the legs, and so on. There is a specific time for development of every organ or body part. However, on the lowest level of Nefesh de Nefesh, there is only a general development with no manifestation of particular stages. 46. Bear in mind, that although the Sefirot are divine… (related to the Creator, and being in the state of similarity to Him. But do we already have them within ourselves? Believe it, we do. And if we have even the slightest desire, aspiration for the Creator, then we have already achieved some microscopic similarity to Him). There is no distinction between the first Sefira Keter in the world of AK and the last Sefira Malchut in the world of Assiya… There is no difference in the structure of creation. It is either in the world of Infinity, or in our world. We are made of the same components, the same Ten Sefirot. The question is in the screen. How can the absence of the screen compress the Ten Sefirot into a point, while its presence develops the Sefirot to become a huge, infinite vessel? All 613 parts of our spiritual body are compressed into the point within us. Physicists assert that the entire cosmos developed from a micro point that consisted of an infinitely compressed substance. All of a sudden, there was a bang, and so the universe was created. Some day we will discuss this act of conception and birth of the universe. In fact, the 233
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