Hence, The Zohar makes the precision of telling us that it is from the great ZA, and this is why it said, “patriarchs.” They are called “flower buds,” which means plantings, since they grow like plantings. First, their measure was as that of NHY. Afterwards, in Yenika [suckling], they became HGT, and then, in the first Gadlut, they became HBD of Neshama. In the second Gadlut, they became HBD of Haya.

The flower buds are the patriarchs, who entered in a thought, and entered the next world, Bina. This refers to the Ibur [impregnation/conception] of ZA, since during his Ibur, he rises to AVI, who are called “thought” and “the next world.” Aba is called “thought” and Ima is called “the next world.” There is the beginning of the construction of ZA in three within three, which means that HGT are clothed inside NHY (Zohar for All “The Flower Buds”).

We are talking about the states our desires go through, which gradually develop to a level where we can perceive creation through them.

A certain level of desire development is called “Ibur“—gestation, then “Yenika“—suckling, etc. That is, these are states of a certain connection with the Creator.

For example, in our world, the embryo completely annuls itself in the mother’s womb. The same can be said about spiritual birth, when I do not use my egoistic desires at all, annul them, and thus find myself in some kind of connection with the Creator because I do not receive for myself.

Suckling is a state when I, together with my supposedly egoistic desires, begin to receive gradually, but only to grow and become like the Creator. Then, having absorbed the properties of the Creator in the prior stages, I am already working for bestowal. This is called the state of greatness.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction of The Book of Zohar” 1/7/24

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