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Lección 9-El Mundo De Atzilut (De “Wondrous Wisdom” Por Michael R Lección 9-El mundo de Atzilut (de “Wondrous Wisdom” por Michael R. Kellogg) (p 129) Esta es la Ley de la Corrección: primero las partes más fáciles se corrigen y entonces con su ayuda, las siguientes partes son cuidadas. A partir de las vasijas corregidas, Rosh of SAG crea el Partzufim del mundo de Atzilut, similar a un pequeño Mundo de Nekudim: (i) Keter del Mundo de Atzilut, también llamado Atik (ii) Hochma, también llamado Arich Anpin (iii) Bina, también llamado Abba ve Ima (iv) Zeir Anpin (v) Malchut, también llamado Nukva El Mundo de Atzilut es una réplica del Mundo de Nekudim: Atik está localizado entre el Tabur de Galgalta y Parsa; Arich Anpin de Peh de Atik a Parsa; Abba ve Ima de Peh de Arich Anpin a Tabur de Arich Anpin; Zeir Anpin se yergue del Tabur de Arich Anpin a Parsa; y Malchut está en la forma de un punto debajo de Zeir Anpin (ver Figura 7). (p 129) Cada Partzuf está compuesto de dos partes: Galgalta ve Eynaim (GE), Vasijas de otorgamiento, y AHP, Vasijas de recepción. Después de romperse, las Vasijas no sólo de dos partes, sino de cuatro: GE, AHP, GE dentro de AHP y AHP dentro de GE. Tal combinación puede encontrarse en cada una de las 320 Vasijas rotas. La meta aquí es romper cada partícula y separa a GE (Vasijas de otorgamiento) de AHP (Vasijas de recepción). He aquí cómo funciona. Los Reshimot del estado corregido causan que los Kelim rotos atraigan Ohr Makif, que a su vez separan a Galgalta ve Eynaim de AHP y lo eleven a la espiritualidad, mientras AHP se queda y espera la corrección. 1 Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Learning Center Figura 7. El Mundo de Atzilut y los Mundos de BYA (p 131) Después de que el Mundo de Atzilut corrige todas las Vasijas de otorgamiento, Malchut del Mundo de Atzilut asciende a Bina, i.e., bajo Rosh del Mundo de Atzilut. Rosh del Mundo de Atzilut son Atik, Arich Anpin, y Abba ve Ima. Ahí Malchut lleva a cabo las siguientes tres acciones: (i) Zivug (copulación) en el nivel 2 de deseo (Bet de Aviut), creando el Mundo de Beria. (ii) Zivug en el nivel 1 de deseo (Aleph de Aviut), creando el Mundo de Yetzira. (iii) Zivug en el nivel 0 de deseo (Aviut Shoresh), dando a luz al mundo de Assiya. El ascenso a Bina mueve al Mundo de Atzilut dos niveles arriba, que a su vez mueven todo lo que está debajo de sí dos niveles arriba. Todo se mueve junto. Malchut está ahora en el lugar de Abba ve Ima, Zeir Anpin en el lugar de Arich Anpin, y Arich Anpin y Atik ascienden en proporción. Partzuf Malchut del mundo de Atzilut, que está en este ascenso equivalente a Bina, a Abba ve Ima, puede crear, o “dar a luz”. 2 Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Learning Center El resultado de este ascenso es que el Mundo de Beria nace de Malchut de Atzilut y ocupa un Nuevo lugar en lugar de Zeir Anpin del Mundo de Atzilut, debajo de Rosh, que le ha dado a luz. El recién nacido esta usualmente un nivel por debajo de su madre. Después de esto, el Mundo de Yetzira surge a la vida. Sus primeros cuatro Sefirot, i.e. su parte superior, ahora ocupa el lugar de Malchut del Mundo de Atzilut. En su parte inferior, seis Sefirot inferiores, se localizan, correspondientemente, en la posición de las primeras seis Sefirot, el lugar del Mundo de Beria. El siguiente mundo, Assiya, cubre la mitad del mundo de Beria y la mitad del Mundo de Yetzira. Las cuatro Sefirot del Mundo de Yetzira y las diez Sefirot del Mundo de Assiya permanecen vacías. Este lugar vacio se llama Mador ha Klipot, la Sección de la Coraza. (p 132) Si se sienten un tanto confundidos acerca de los últimos párrafos, recuerden que hay una diferencia entre en donde los lugares de estos mundos estaban durante su creación y donde están ahora. Esto hará más fácil “encontrar su camino” si hacen buen uso del diagrama anterior. (REPASO; Otra vez más desde el principio) (p 132) Para enfatizar su importancia podemos considerar todo el proceso una vez más: El mundo de Nekudim sale en Katnut con Rosh que tiene tres partes, siendo Keter y las otras dos Roshim (plural de Rosh) siendo Abba ve Ima. ZON es su Guf. A todo esto se le llama Galgalta ve Eynaim y s esparce de Tabur a Parsa. Después de esto, Gadlut (Grandeza) del Mundo de Nekudim comienza a emerger, el cual tiene diez Sefirot tanto en Rosh como en Guf. Gadlut aparece en Keter, en Abba ve Ima, pero cuando ZON quiere recibir Gadlut el Mundo de Nekudim se separa. Es importante recordar que Gadlut es la esparción de la Luz no únicamente las Vasijas de otorgamiento, sino las Vasijas de recepción también. Pero las Vasijas de recepción tienen Aviut (fuerza del deseo) de nivel 4, mucho más grande que la pantalla. Todo el Kelim del Guf que se rompe en 320 partes; caen debajo de Parsa y se mezclan entre si, creando cuatro grupos: (i) Galgalta ve Eynaim (GE) (ii) AHP (iii) Galgalta ve Eynaim en AHP (iv) AHP en Galgalta ve Eynaim Para corregir las vasijas rotas, el Mundo de Atzilut se creó. Primero, sus tres Partzufim nacen: Atik, Arich Anpin, Abba e Ima, que corresponden a los Partzufim: Keter y Abba ve Ima en el Mundo de Nekudim. Zeir Anpin y Malchut corresponden a los mismos Partzufim en el Mundo de Nekudim. En este estado, la corrección de las Vasijas de otorgamiento extraídas, Galgalta ve Eynaim, de todas las 320 partes se terminan. Más aún, tenemos a Galgalta ve Eynaim dentro de AHP. 3 Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Learning Center Atzilut quiere hacer toda la corrección en AHP. Malchut asciende a Bina y da a luz a las diez Sefirot del Mundo de Beria, que se yergue en el lugar de Zeir Anpin de Atzilut porque Malchut del Mundo de Atzilut está ahora en Abba ve Ima. Recuerden que Zeir Anpin estaba justo debajo de Abba ve Ima. (p 133) En este estado las diez Sefirot del Mundo de Yetzira se crean; la última se encima parcialmente al Mundo de of Beria. Parte del Mundo de Yetzira está debajo de Parsa en el lugar de la mitad superior del Mundo de Beria. Finalmente, el Mundo de Assiya se localiza de la parte media del Mundo de Beria a la parte media del Mundo de Yetzira. Empezando en la mitad del lugar del Mundo de Yetzira y finalmente terminando en el lugar del Mundo de Assiya hay vacio, Mador ha Klipot. Pronto veremos que loa mundos pueden ascender y descender, pero siempre se mueven juntos con respecto a su posición inicial. Todo lo que hemos discutido en este capítulo se describe en las 2100 páginas de Talmud Eser ha Sefirot (El Estudio de las Diez Sefirot) de Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. Pueden imaginar que tan extensor es este grandioso trabajo, describiendo aún los más pequeños detalles. Este tan importante trabajo provee de una guía para nuestro progreso espiritual u nos ayuda a enfocarnos en la meta correcta. No es nada menos que un plano para alcanzar la espiritualidad. Nuestra corrección pertenece a la Segunda Restricción, Tzimtzum Bet. Como resultado no podemos ver más allá de Tzimtzum Aleph, la Primera Restricción. Realmente, no hay manera humana de siquiera poder imaginar la naturaleza de la realidad que existe en este reino. se refiere a ellas como “los secretos de la Cabalá”. 4 Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Learning Center .
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