The flood is corporeal torments, meaning torments of the body. Within it, meaning within the torments of the body, there is yet another saboteur who sabotages spirituality ( Baal HaSulam, Shamati 104, “And the Saboteur Was Sitting”).

Question: Why did Baal HaSulam clearly distinguish between the flood and the saboteur within it? Why is this so important?

Answer: Because this is how it happens. There is a state called the flood, and there is also the source of this flood. You can call it the saboteur or you can call it the Creator because everything comes from Him.

Question: Can it be that the flood is a temporary phenomenon, while the saboteur is a constant force that affects us based on certain circumstances?

Answer: The flood and the saboteur are practically the same. It is just that when we speak about it in general, it is called the flood. But if something influences us individually, we call it the saboteur.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/12/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “And the Saboteur Was Sitting”

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