A Brief Tour of Lurianic Creation Kabbalah

Tour of the Kabbalistic Background to The Dynamics Preceding the First Seven Words in the Torah: "IN THE BEGINNING Goo CREATED THE HE VEN AND THE EARTH:" In The Beginning God Created The Heaven and The Earth: BEFORE THAT, HOWEVER: rr'fie'lrifjnite Liafit fjffed witfi areat creativity a(( the nooks ana crannys 6fnon-~ace in no-(ackefexu6era~ce,viaor,creativeinpufse and ancient Strenath: 'lt (ooked Uke the rest ofthis y,a3e (ifyou sfowedit down a fot): OF 'The VO'l'D 'The ~ur ~yn Sof, a~tin3 on ieeyimpufse to create a habitation for itse[f in Wor(ds ru(ed by '3evurah Withdrewfr the sake of Creation ofthose wor(ds. This (eft a Void or ''Rshimu,' a mere resid'ue what was there before. of 'This is the _p(acewhere there is no §od in the broken hearts those who suffer. of OF THE THREAD OF LIGHT VO'l'IJ. 'Thus eru_ptedthe :B'l§ :B'A'l'f§. Soon, the 'IJivine Wor(d of'Azi(ut,whoseroot word means 'to 6e near' was ca[(edforth. :But 6eforethe 'Ten Sefirot of 'Atzi(ut cou(d 6e ca(fedout, the_fl(amento_f fi3ht contracted, 6ehavin3 Ukean em6ryonic ce([ or a snaiC 'The 'lCav6e3an to create a container'Joritself to inha6it. 'This is the_processofthe 'inha6itation' of §od. §od forms a container and then Uvesinside 'ltself. We(cometo your home. '.Basedon ~ 'Ka66a(istic'Universe6y Z'ev hen Shimon '1-la{evi OF Broken Containers BrokenContainers ... a snai(, creatin3 a container for itse[f to inha6it. 'This is the yrocess inhabitation cf §od. §od 6ecomes a container and then fives inside §od. We(come to your self. ef Creati1JASefirah 'Rea(m after Sefirah 'Rea(m, container after container, the fi3ht sequentiaily hardened. When it reached ~evurafi, the fi3ht was "was too much for the container", and a cosmic,yrimordia( exytosion occurred. Pra3ments q£§evuralt's vesse( shattered and fa(( into unconsciousness, their yower hidin3 as syarks offire in dark coafs. ~ chain reaction fo((owed, as the fight youred into each not-stron3-enoJ-l3h-containers, and each ~rok?, scattering fra13ments yower. Thi~ is referred_to as the deaths the seven ancient tings, the yerwa 'lohu,fra3mentatwn, scatterin3. of of ~Jter that yroductive disaster, there were enout]h raw materiafs to emanate the first wor(a, ~tzi(ut. :Based on 'Tanya 6y'R. Scfineur Za[man OR OF The Ten Sefirot Birth Each Other 'After that _productivedisaster, there were enouah raw materiafs ievefo_pedto create the ten sef!,rot. seftrah sumests "shinina sa_p_phire ~here creative inteffiaence". if if :Each the ten Seflrot emerfiedfrom previous Sefirot and previous seftrot arou_pinas.'Bina emeraeafrom 'Khofhma. :Binaand 'Khokhma 6irthea the _proceedinaseftrot. ind so on. QQ 'TheseSeftrot interact in yatterns andyaths sym6ofized 6y the famifiar u_pside-down 'Treeaes0n. 'The 'Ten Sefirot and someother Q Q su6-structures6ecametfie arcfie!:J_pe wor(dca(fea'Atzifut,emanation, Gecauseits se!f-senseis that it is on(y an emanation from the liafit. OD Q ~his wor(d ser;vedas the_prototy_pefor the wor(dsif '13'riah; oetzirah; and 'Asiyah. ORAY OF The Four Worlds Are Born ... 'The ten Sefi,rot(and someotherstructures'1-fekhafot, etc.,) 6ecamethe wor(dca(fed~'TZ'lLrtl'T. 'This wor(d served as the yrototyye for the wor(ds and ef Our home. 'For now. OR OF The Process of Tikkun Begins ... 'The ten Sefirot, and some other structures 6ecamethe wor(dca(fed'Atzi(ut. 'This wor(dservedas theyrototyye for the wor(dsef:B'riah;Yetzirah; and 'Asiyah. Our home. 'Fornow. Sparks and shardsfrom the Shevirah hadja(fen into unconsciousy(aces in the efthefour wor(ds. 'After 6ein8 Gornout of,'Atzi(ut, these wor(dsare darker_;p(aces now 6einacfeanedt;f from the mess made in the_processeftheir construction. 'Th~y are 6eina'fixed or colonizef 6y 'Atzi(ut. 'Theyivota( yface efthisJixinB esyecia(Cy takesyrace in the wor(d in which we Uve,'Asiyah, throuah our consciousactions. Wefix these 5.J;arks with 'Mitzvot, with consciousnessand hoUnessin our interactionsand re(ationshfps. 'The syarks are traniformed and raisedas our dai(y ef{erinato,§od the 'Ayn Sol throiwh ouryrayers, esyecia((yon Sha66atot,']-[o(ydays and esyecia((yon 'Rosh '1-fashandh. fraaments (if!to 6e '~athered in" 6efore 'There are on(y a certain _quantity,ef the entire consiousnessefaarthe wor(dstips and the 'Moshiak'hstands uy over us as the co(fectiveconsciousnessefus a([ ~hen we a(( wake uy toaether. A Lurianic Good Night Kaddish Tour the Allure of Luria, Take a Lurianic Ride, Take a Tour of Luria, It's a Kabbalah Lullaby. Tour Allure of Luria, The Or Ayn Sof Don't Lie, Goodbye is into Forever, That's a Tikkun Lullaby. Please Wake up, My Darling Wake More Up, Won't You Try? Take a Tour of Luria, It's a Lurianic Lullaby.