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

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concealed Himself and cut man from His light, he would immediately
fall from this level. We are constantly “suspended in the air”. Between
our world and the world of Infinity, we always depend on the intensity of
light, which descends from above and sustains us on this or that level.
However, as man enters the spiritual realm, he is always given a
minimal level from which he begins to ascend. By correcting himself
completely on a certain level, man turns it into his minimal spiritual
platform, below which he will never fall and continues ascending. To the
extent of man’s similarity to Him, the Creator constantly guarantees that
he will never fall from the achieved level.
We find that, as it has been said, were a person to correct the
inanimate level of his will to receive, he would merit the attainment
of the Partzuf Nefesh. He rises and “dresses” the Sefira Malchut of
the world of Assiya, and of course, he merits the Final Correction
of the still level. That is, he will not return to his past (under the
Machsom, below the world of Assiya), but will be able to rise to the
spiritual world of Assiya because he is purified and absolutely equal
to this world’s properties. According to this law, the transition
from this world to the world of Assiya is only possible if man
acquires a minimal constant spiritual property.
However, the other levels of the world of Assiya are Ruach, Neshama,
Haya, and Yechida. To obtain their lights one needs to correct the
vegetative, animal, and human levels in one’s desire to receive. The
correction does not have to be final “until the Creator Himself
testifies that the person will never return to his folly” (meaning his
previous state).
If I passed from this world into the world of Assiya, I continue developing,
i.e., I build a Partzuf consisting of 613 commandments. Since it
is impossible to differentiate between the affirmative and negative com-
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