The Ladder Is Ready—The Choice Is Yours!
The explanation is in the association of the quality of judgment with the quality of mercy. When Malchut rose to the place of Bina, the degrees split into two halves—GE and AHP, or MI ELEH. …
This discernment is apparent primarily in Partzuf YESHSUT, in which there are only VAK of lights in GE of the vessels, for which reason it is called MI. Her AHP, which are the three letters ELEH, fell to the degree below it, to ZON. Also, ZON have only GE in lights of VAK, and their AHP fell to the degree below them, which are three worlds BYA (Zohar for All, Vol. 1, Introduction of The Book of Zohar “General Explanation for All Fourteen Commandments and How They Are Divided into the Seven Days of Creation,” #9).
The Zohar describes how the ladder of spiritual degrees is structured from top to bottom. Each subsequent degree is not located directly beneath the previous one. Part of the upper level enters the lower one in such a way that no degree has free space except for its middle point called the middle part of Tiferet.
From the upper third of Tiferet and above, each degree receives from the upper degree that is embedded in it. From the lower third of Tiferet and below, each level is inside the lower one. This is how the entire ladder of degrees is arranged.
The AHP of the upper degree is within the GE of the lower degree, and the AHP of the lower degree is within the GE of its lower degree, and so on. Inside each degree, there is a small layer—the middle third of Tiferet—which remains free from the influence of the upper and the need to give to the lower.
In the upper part of its GE, where the AHP of the upper degree is embedded, each Partzuf is under the force of the upper degree. In the lower part of its AHP, which has descended into the GE of the lower degree, each Partzuf is in service to the lower degree.
Thus, each Partzuf has only the middle third of Tiferet as its independent space where it decides with whom to align itself, with the upper or the lower, whether to ascend continuously or remain below.
This is how the ladder of degrees is structured from top to bottom, and we must use it correctly in order to ascend.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/2/11, Zohar for All ““General Explanation for All Fourteen Commandments and How They Are Divided into the Seven Days of Creation”
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