Category: MYSTICISM

As mentioned above, Chochmah (Wisdom) is the intuition and insightful wisdom which flashes into the comprehending brain ofBinah (Understanding).  Now, if one does not immediately grasp on to the seminal insight of Chochmah and begin analyzing it, it will begin to...

According to the above, it is clearly understood that concentration, in and of itself, can only act as a vessel for understanding. This is as stated, “If there is no Da’at, there is no Binah” (Pirke Avot).  It is...

As mentioned above, Chochmah is the flash of intuitive insight.  Using the analogy of the river, it is clear that the only way to achieve the intuitive flash of insight is by swimming the length and width...

Before we can understand how the influence comes down from Keter (Desire) to Chochmah (Insight) and Binah (Comprehension), and their interrelationships, we must first understand what Chochmah and Binah are and how they work....

More particularly speaking, it is only the upper three sefirot of Atik which are considered to be part of the Self. This may be understood as follows. Each of these two parts of Keter,...

The first sefirah of every level is its Keter which is the desire to bring it about, for if there were no desire for it, it couldn’t exist. This principle applies both above, in...

Now, the general rule is that the lowest level of the upper realm, becomes the highest level of the lower realm. This is to say, that the Malchut of the upper world, becomes the...

As stated above, from the desire for actualization of the Igullim (Malchut of Igullim), which is the last circle of the Sefirot of Igullim (Circles), comes about the “Desire for the desire” (Ratzon L’Ratzon),...

From the last circle of the Ratzon HaKadoom (Primal Desire), which is the primal desire for action, the Ratzon L’ratzon (the Desire for the Desire), comes into being. This is to say that the...

Now, the Ratzon HaKadoom includes ten general sefirot within itself, like concentric circles. For this reason it is also called, “The First Circle” (Igul HaRishon). This first circle is the primal desire for pleasure...