Daily Kabbalah Definition
Definitions in the daily Kabbalah lesson guide a precise, spiritual approach to terms, & disqualify materialized corporeal definitions
A
Rose Among Thorns
What is "a rose among thorns" that we learn about in The
Book of Zohar?
"A
rose" is Malchut (Kingdom) that includes inside it all the souls that want
to connect by annulling their egos. It is only possible to annul it by the
Light that Reforms. Each person who longs to reveal the Upper World, the
Creator, longs for "the rose," Malchut, since it is the place where the
Creator is revealed.
In
The Zohar we learn about this place. We learn that it's built by
the Light that operates on it there with the same desires that want to reveal
it, that are ready to connect for the sake of this, in spite of the
interfering "thorns,'' ''the splinters''
that are discovered in opposing the connection. Those that want to reveal the
Creator are ready to be with those "splinters'' and through them to reach "the
rose."
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from the 1st part of the Daily
Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/10 (minutes 0-4)
Daily Kabbalah Tip
Advice in the daily Kabbalah lesson is recommended, practical tasks for advancing spiritually
Prepare
A Place
What
does it mean "to prepare the place?"
Preparing a
place is to rise above the disturbances. A person comes to the lesson with a
lot of distractions. It seems to him that they are incidental but we know that it
isn't an event but rather, is: "There is none else besides Him." Thus
one must make a calculation; i.e., I don't understand what is happening and why,
and I must rise above everything in order to connect to the others, to reach
the creation of the place, creating Malchut (Kingdom).
When a
person goes above his ego and connects with others in order to reveal the
Creator, in that he measures the importance that he has in relation to the
revelation of the Creator, in relation to the desire to bestow satisfaction to
Him. We are given opportunities to examine our priorities. If revelation is of
the utmost, then each time that you see that disturbances have been arranged
for you, you must step on your ego in order to be in connection.
This is
called "to prepare a place" and it is great work.
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from the 1st part of the Daily
Kabbalah Lesson 11/29/10 (minutes 16-20)
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