"He set up a tent in their midst for the sun, which is like a groom emerging from the nuptial chamber, like a warrior eager to run the course. The sun's source is at the edge of the heavens, its circuit is to their end; nothing escapes its burning heat. The Torah of G-d is perfect, restoring the spriit." (Psalm 19:5-8)
Excerpt from Rebbe Nachman's teachings Likutey Moharan lesson #49(with "interesting' additions by me in yellow inserted)...
So, we are imagining a young warrior, just married, with a burning heat...
Before the creation, the light of the Holy One was infinite.
Imagine Some One yearning for a wife...
But the Holy One wanted His Kingship to be revealed, and there can be no king without a nation. Thus, He had to create human beings who would accept the yoke of His Kingship.
So he creates the perfect wife....
Yet it is impossible to perceive a revelation of His Malkhut except through the attributes.
but we have a hard time knowing that we are His, unless we look at His attributes.
Through the attributes we perceive His Godliness and know that there is a Lord, a Ruler, and an Authority.
When we see (feel?) His Attributes, then we know we have a Partner, a Spouse, a Lover, a Head of the household.
He thus contracted the Light of the Infinite One to the sides, leaving a hollowed space. And within this hollowed space...
hollowed space =The woman's "entrance"
He created the worlds, which are themselves the attributes.
Just like a woman getting together with a man for the first time, the man sort of shapes the woman's insides. How ever much that the woman relaxes and wants this Lover, that is how much He gaves. Thus, one who wants very much this Lover, receives many "worlds" inside.
The designer of the attributes is the heart. i.e. the chokhmah (wisdom) of the heart, as it is written (Exodus 31:6), "I have placed wisdom in the heart of all those who are wise of heart.
And how to determine how much the woman wanted? From her heart! What is she thinking? Is she thinking of Him constantly? Does she desire Him?
" Thus, the main formation of these attributes took place with Chokhmah, as it is written (Psalms 104:24), "You created everything with wisdom." We see then that the heart is the designer, as it is written "rock of my heart."
Excerpt from Rebbe Nachman's teachings Likutey Moharan lesson #49(with "interesting' additions by me in yellow inserted)...
So, we are imagining a young warrior, just married, with a burning heat...
Before the creation, the light of the Holy One was infinite.
Imagine Some One yearning for a wife...
But the Holy One wanted His Kingship to be revealed, and there can be no king without a nation. Thus, He had to create human beings who would accept the yoke of His Kingship.
So he creates the perfect wife....
Yet it is impossible to perceive a revelation of His Malkhut except through the attributes.
but we have a hard time knowing that we are His, unless we look at His attributes.
Through the attributes we perceive His Godliness and know that there is a Lord, a Ruler, and an Authority.
When we see (feel?) His Attributes, then we know we have a Partner, a Spouse, a Lover, a Head of the household.
He thus contracted the Light of the Infinite One to the sides, leaving a hollowed space. And within this hollowed space...
hollowed space =The woman's "entrance"
He created the worlds, which are themselves the attributes.
Just like a woman getting together with a man for the first time, the man sort of shapes the woman's insides. How ever much that the woman relaxes and wants this Lover, that is how much He gaves. Thus, one who wants very much this Lover, receives many "worlds" inside.
The designer of the attributes is the heart. i.e. the chokhmah (wisdom) of the heart, as it is written (Exodus 31:6), "I have placed wisdom in the heart of all those who are wise of heart.
And how to determine how much the woman wanted? From her heart! What is she thinking? Is she thinking of Him constantly? Does she desire Him?
" Thus, the main formation of these attributes took place with Chokhmah, as it is written (Psalms 104:24), "You created everything with wisdom." We see then that the heart is the designer, as it is written "rock of my heart."
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