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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 of the light does serve as a counteraction to our desire, it elevates us or pulls us down. If the light’s power reaches a certain distance or level from the Creator, let us say, level two, and then I know exactly that I will not fall below it. This constant power of the light is the Creator’s guarantee that I will stay on that level. If man corrects the still level of his desire to receive and deserves to transform the point in his heart into the Partzuf Nefesh, then he ascends and “dresses” the Sefira Malchut of the world of Assiya. It is clear that man will not return to his previous state. He ascends to the world of Assiya and reaches his constant level, because his correction on that level has been completed. However, the remaining levels of the world of Assiya – Ruach, Neshama, Haya, and Yechida are not finally corrected yet. So in order to enter the world of Assiya, man should completely correct his still level to prevent deterioration. Why? It is because the entire world of Assiya corresponds to the still level. All the remaining levels – vegetative, animal, human, and Divine – may still be temporary. 252
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 Similarly, to rise to the level of Yetzira, I need to make my Ruach constant, because the entire level of Yetzira corresponds to Ruach (the vegetative level). Thus, the level corresponding to the world in which I am and constituting its characteristic property should be completely corrected in me, while all the others can have various degrees of correction. So if Yetzira is Ruach, then Ruach de Ruach of the entire world of Yetzira should be constant and so forth. Baal HaSulam explains it very clearly and it is not difficult to understand it. However, the remaining levels of the world of Assiya – Ruach, Neshama, Haya, and Yechida do not necessarily have to be finally corrected in order to receive the light and correct the vegetative, animal and human levels of its desire to receive. It stems from the fact that the entire world of Assiya in each of its five Sefirot (Keter, Hochma, Bina, ZA and Malchut) is none other than Malchut, which has corrected its attitude to the still level (Assiya is Malchut, Yetzira is ZA, the same applies to Keter, Hochma, Bina, ZA and Malchut of the world of Yetzira). The five Sefirot are just the five parts of Malchut (the still level of the desire to receive). For example, the Sefira Tifferet of the world of Assiya receives the light from the world of Yetzira, which is Tifferet and the light of Ruach. The Sefira Bina of the world of Assiya receives the light from the world of Beria, which is Neshama. The Sefira Hochma of the world of Assiya receives the light from the world of Atzilut, which is Haya. What is Baal HaSulam trying to tell us? If we take the world of Assiya, only Nefesh is its own level, while it receives Ruach from Tifferet. Then it receives Neshama from Malchut of the world of Beria, Hochma – from Malchut of the world of Atzilut and Keter – from Malchut of the world of AK. 253
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