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P R E FAC E T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R read something, somehow show him the right direction, and try to generate more or less adequate sensations. Each of us can see for himself how often confused thoughts visit us, and we can never be sure where we really are. When the person enters the spiritual world, he cannot stand firmly on his feet, but continues treading on a very long path of realization, accumulation of knowledge, and studying various forms dressed in matter. Only when the person reaches the World of Atzilut and begins to raise the Kelim of the Worlds of BYA (Gadlut of the Soul), can one say that he has risen above the common mistake of working with abstract forms. Accordingly, the most stringent ban prohibits the study of the Upper Worlds, and no true Kabbalist would do it, let alone those studying Zohar. There is no use in mentioning the “essence” of even the smallest part in creation, for we are incapable of comprehending it. Since we fail to comprehend the essence of objects in our corporeal world, we will fail even more when trying to comprehend spiritual manifestations. I can as little grasp the essence and abstract form of, say, a pencil (I cannot imagine the notion of a pencil detached from its matter). Only the form clothed in matter and mater itself constitute an absolutely reliable source of knowledge. Thus, we have before us the four aspects from our example in the World of Beria: • The vessel of Beria, which represents the red color and is defined as essence or the matter of the World of Beria; • The filling of the vessel of the World of Beria with the Upper Light, which is the form in matter; 46
P R E FAC E T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R • The Upper Light itself, detached from the matter of Beria; • The essence. Thus, we have clarified the first restriction in detail: “The Book of Zohar” only speaks about the first and the second kinds of knowledge. Concerning the third and the fourth kinds, not a single word is mentioned in the entire book. So when we study Kabbalistic books, we should never imagine anything that is not there. Otherwise we simply fail to take advantage of what is given to us, and bluntly misinterpret the author’s words. We should only rely on the first two levels of knowledge, matter and form in matter. 17. The second restriction will be explained in the same way. Know that, as we explained the four kinds of knowledge in one component 47
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