kabbalah tree of life
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
The poem The Tree of Life was written by a great 16th century Kabbalist, Isaac Luria (also known as the Ari) that show the origins of our existence. Starts:
Behold, that before the emanations were emanated and the creatures were created,
The upper simple light had filled all existence.
And there were no vacancies, as an atmosphere of emptiness, a hole, or a hole,
But it was full of simple light, limitless.
Amid this light, the idea of creation appeared. It is the epitome of a mother's womb, and the Light of the fetus surrounded by warmth and food, providing for all your needs. Kabbalah teaches us that we started our journey in this array as a single soul together called Adam Harishon, or "first man".
In the perfection of light, we were united as one soul, but as a fetus, the soul was not aware of their existence or the process he was experiencing. To advance in this state of unconsciousness, Adam Harishon had to go through various spiritual states to reach a point where the soul can experience his own existence and the desire of Light. Along the way, there was a split that the Kabbalists refer to as "the breaking of the vessels."
Through this destruction, the division of soul in individual sparks that broke away from the Fountain of Light and abundance. Just as light can only be appreciated If you know the darkness, the soul could only appreciate the abundance that surrounding the lack of experience first. For this to happen, the light had to be hidden soul. Each fragment of the soul began to experience himself as separate and unique: a person. The separation of our origin and the other, or the absence of light within each soul, is what we feel like "this world".
We fell in this world, but this was not the end. We continue to fall. For thousands of years, our sense of isolation and egoism grew. We suffered and screamed in pain. When became unbearable, the cry formed in a question: Why? What is the purpose of our existence, our suffering, our life? When asked in all seriousness, the question raises a single dot in the heart ", a point which had lain dormant all those years he had gone before. This point is reminded of the abundance of light and longs to reconnect with all the sparks of others and return to its source.
So the search begins, but the return path is not easy. This is the personal struggle, the revelation of the true nature of the soul. On one hand, we experience the desires and motivations of this world that is all we know. Moreover, there is this hard to get the point in the heart, we says that this is all a dream, and that there is something much greater to us. If we allow this point in the heart to lead us onward and upward, they begin a glimpse of the abundance that awaits.
The use of these flashes of propel us forward, climb the ladder of life, returning for the same exact way in which got off. Through these memories of our previous statements, one begins to understand that the fall was there for the purpose of promotion. From this perspective, this world is only a springboard for the soul in the world to come.
Therefore, if you have that desire, the desire for answers to the deeper meaning of his life Kabbalah can help do that is because they are more of his body. We are all more than our bodies. We are a collective piece of a soul, and deep down yearn for that connection. It is through reconnecting with each other while living in this physical existence that attract the light that brings us back to our Source. Through this process, we begin to experience the wealth of beauty, joy and love he has for us.
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