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Ten Luminous Emanations I
Before our universe came into existence there existed an infinite endless realm of total fulfillment and perfection. Suddenly it all seemed to vanish and the Big Bang was born leaving behind a finite realm of existence where chaos suffering and pain would apparently be the rule. The most profound mystic of the 20th century Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag reveals the process of creation leading up to the Big Bang origins of our universe.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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October 17, 2019
my wife and I were given this book, from her father (I think) -- as it was (originally) written by my wife's several-times-great-grandfather, Rabbi Isaac Luria. so, I've been saying i'm married to Rabbi Isaac Luria's (seven or so times) grand-daughter.
I digress. I read the book many ( 7 or so?) years ago, and tho' felt in over-my-head, confused, at times got the sort of cerebral buzzing I (and you too?) get when I feel like i'm into something beyond the mere physical 3-D realm of experience and understanding. apparently, THAT aspect of my identification and enmeshment and such was not permanent nor ingrained, as …
I read this again, recently. (well, I finished looking at one word after another, in sequence, 'til I had looked at all (well, most, my mind sometimes wonders/wanders) the words in the book, in sequence. could THAT be (mis)construed as actually "reading" the book?) -- whatever it was that/which I felt I had "gained" some inner insight -- metaphysical gestalt, of the book, was not so readily available nor close to being evoked this time.
the book is CUMBERSOME. the book I/we were given, I've written in corrections to more than just a few typos and mis-spellings and such. what I "got" out of this so-called "kabbalah" is/was that the original universal I AM THAT I AM light unspoiled infinite without-definition nor limits at some "time" or another managed what the book calls the/a "restriction." yes, the so-called "middle-point" (but there is actually no middle nor upper nor lower 'cause everything is a series of concentric circles!) occurred when whoever/whatever/whenever it was decided (maybe "decision" is not applicable) to restrict the full force of the light from the 4th whatever/whenever/whyever and cause the "emanated" beings to spring into "being." and … these ("us") emanations differ from the primordial light and "it" because we crave "recipiency" while the emanator apparently gets a big kick out of bestowal.
think i'll read the Tao-te-ching next ...
I digress. I read the book many ( 7 or so?) years ago, and tho' felt in over-my-head, confused, at times got the sort of cerebral buzzing I (and you too?) get when I feel like i'm into something beyond the mere physical 3-D realm of experience and understanding. apparently, THAT aspect of my identification and enmeshment and such was not permanent nor ingrained, as …
I read this again, recently. (well, I finished looking at one word after another, in sequence, 'til I had looked at all (well, most, my mind sometimes wonders/wanders) the words in the book, in sequence. could THAT be (mis)construed as actually "reading" the book?) -- whatever it was that/which I felt I had "gained" some inner insight -- metaphysical gestalt, of the book, was not so readily available nor close to being evoked this time.
the book is CUMBERSOME. the book I/we were given, I've written in corrections to more than just a few typos and mis-spellings and such. what I "got" out of this so-called "kabbalah" is/was that the original universal I AM THAT I AM light unspoiled infinite without-definition nor limits at some "time" or another managed what the book calls the/a "restriction." yes, the so-called "middle-point" (but there is actually no middle nor upper nor lower 'cause everything is a series of concentric circles!) occurred when whoever/whatever/whenever it was decided (maybe "decision" is not applicable) to restrict the full force of the light from the 4th whatever/whenever/whyever and cause the "emanated" beings to spring into "being." and … these ("us") emanations differ from the primordial light and "it" because we crave "recipiency" while the emanator apparently gets a big kick out of bestowal.
think i'll read the Tao-te-ching next ...
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