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
There will be no element in the plan that is not aimed at the completion
of the action taken in accordance with the initial plan; nothing
will be put into practice during construction that was not already
included in the initial plan.
Both in the Worlds of BYA and in our world, everything happens
only in accordance with the initial plan, which is instantly realized in the
World of Infinity. In actual fact, we cannot influence anything around
us. We gradually come to that conclusion in the course of our life… The
only area where we can apply our effort is in accelerating our entry into
the spiritual world, and in merging with the Creator. This issue is left to
us; it depends on the changes that our Kelim go through from our present
state up to complete equivalence of form with the World of Infinity.
However, all of our states are as fixed and predetermined as every
stage in a construction plan: first, digging a pit, building a foundation,
erecting buttresses, etc. Hence, we cannot really change anything in this
world save our own aspiration to the Purpose of creation. If we do that
of our own free will, we feel comfortable, because the difference between
our aspirations and the Creator’s state disappears, and in the course of
our convergence we attain the World of Infinity. We and the Creator are
the two main opposites that include all the other contrasting pairs: good
and evil, up and down, black and white, and many other parameters and
categories. All of them begin to converge, and by merging into a single
point, they usher us into a state called the World of Infinity.
You should understand that there is not even a slightest new element
that was not originated in the World of Infinity. That is, the Souls
in their initial state are in their perfect state of Complete Correction,
which is consistent with saying “completion of action is in the initial
plan.”
Everything that will be revealed in the Final Correction exists there
and initially emanates from the World of Infinity into the World of
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