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

P R E FAC E T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
At the beginning of our research of “The Preface to the Book of
Zohar” we have said that we do not study the World of Atzilut, but only
Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya, since that is where the Souls are. We deal with
Atzilut only as the Worlds of BYA rise to it, or, the other way around, as
Atzilut shines inside the Worlds of BYA. All the more, we do not touch
upon the Worlds of AK
and Infinity.
As we have said in the first restriction, the essence is beyond our
grasp; it is the fourth kind of knowledge that each being conceals
within itself, even in the beings of our world. The white color stands
alone and is not “dressed” into the three colors of the three Worlds of
BYA; meaning, the light of Hochma is not “dressed in Bina, Tifferet
and Malchut, but is an abstract form that we disregard.
If we attain our world from within (and we certainly will), we
should always remember that we only study matter and the form cast
in matter. However, the deeper, more inner properties concealed in it
remain unattainable. We just imagine them because it is impossible to
attain them before the Final Correction.
“The Zohar” exclusively speaks about our ascent to the World of
Atzilut
through the Worlds of BYA. (See Fig. 4) The Final Correction
(Gmar Tikkun) takes place in the World of
Atzilut. The Book of Zohar deals neither
with the ascent to the World of Infinity
after the Gmar Tikkun, nor with the socalled
eighth, ninth, and tenth millennia.
Therefore we will always see matter
and its form, whereas the abstract form and
essence will remain unattainable because
our correction on all the levels will only
be partial. Even if some Reshimo emerges
in us and we correct it, this correction is
always limited and fragmentary.
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