Filed under: other dimensions, Renewal, Running and Returning-Ratzo v Shuv, teshuva, The Guide, Transformational Experience
How can one not feel shame and loathe past behavior when he realizes, as taught by Rabbi Chaim Volozhin in Nefesh HaChaim, that each transgression causes damage in the upper worlds. The level of one’s understanding determines the extent of damage that results.13 Obviously an unlearned unintentional sinner14 does less damage than the sin of a holy man who has revealed the essence of his soul, because at that level, Heaven forbid, from his transgression the damage begins, affecting many worlds, while the unintentional sinner was only acting with his animal soul so the damage is less widespread.
This is one reason it is difficult to ascend into Holiness, to reveal the higher powers of your soul. One who only has a Nefesh, his sin only damages in peoples “animal souls”. If one acquires their Ruach, they by sin can damage the flow of Divine abundance going to Ruchot “the emotional soul”. If a man acquires his Nashama “Soul of Divine intellect”, he can damage the way people think by his errors, God forbid. Such a man by his foolish thoughts can lead many astray by the power of their thoughts and their words.
Rebbe Nachman teaches that in order to avoid temptation one must direct his mind away from the object of his desire completely; he must not confront the desire at all. Nor should he speak, think, or wonder about it; he should totally avoid letting his thoughts confuse him. 15 This applies to the unlearned man, but the scholar all the more so, so that he does not defile his intellect with impure thought; he should turn to the Torah and meditate upon it, putting sin out of mind.
In the prophecy of Ezekiel, it says: “The Chayot ran and returned” (Ezek. 1: 14). The sages say that this running is entering into holiness, contemplation of the divine, and returning is descending back to the more physical level. We too,
12.Tanya 155.
13.Nefesh HaChaim..
14.Rabbi Nachman’s Stories 21.
15.Duties of the Heart 295.
when faced with temptation, can run, approaching God and freeing ourselves from the temptation, and when we return we’re in a different place. King Solomon is talking about this running in the Song of Songs when he says, “Draw me and I will run after thee; the king has brought me into his inner chambers” (Songs 1: 4). Elijah the Prophet explains this as meaning that the Holy One has an innermost sanctum in the innermost chambers of the Torah that he has composed, so the disciples of the wise, each and every one of them, have an innermost sanctum in the innermost chambers of the Torah. If you see afflictions creeping up nearer and nearer to you, run to words deep within the Torah, and afflictions will at once flee from you as Isaiah teaches, “Come my people, enter into thy chambers … until the indignation is past” (Is. 26:20).
There are many Holy places to go to with your soul!
This idea of running and returning also applies in the physical sense, as it is known that wandering causes humility and a lowly spirit fitting for teshuvah(returning to God) . The breaking of arrogance of spirit by wandering is like the decomposition of a seed before it begins to grow; likewise in spiritual growth the ego must be broken so that divinity may permeate. The breaking of the seed coat from sprouting of Godly revelation can be difficult to handle at times but one must always remember, as the Malbim teaches, that all precious things together cannot compare with the survival of the soul, which is the end purpose of man and of his hopes. 16 It is taught, in tractate Magilla, that snow is good for mountains, heavy rain good for trees, gentle rain for fruits of the field, and drizzling rain to seeds under a hard clod. A young scholar is like a seed under a hard clod; once he has sprouted he soon shoots forth. A scholar is inflamed by the Torah, and should be as hard as iron that can break a rock into many pieces. When the young
16.Malbim parsha Chayah Sarah
scholar’s seed coat is breaking and he finds it difficult, let him become inflamed by the Torah and his difficulties will be as nothing, as he is then as hard as the iron that breaks rock. From becoming inflamed by the Torah one can see, as Rebbe Nachman teaches, that there is always rejoicing in the Holy One’s presence-so even if one falls one must remain happy. Whenever a person falls it is for the sake of ultimately elevating them further; when a person remains happy he will eventually reach the higher level. 17 And one should never despair no matter how bad the situation may look, for as Rabbi Avraham teaches in his book Meditation of the Sad Soul when God is angry with those that fear Him He punishes them in a natural way, but when He delivers them He employs wonders and supernatural means. 18
We are talking about a complete transformational experience here. It is and will be dramatic. But by this “reassembly” you will become purified and refined, you can acquire the higher levels of your Soul your Ruach, Nashama, Chayah and Revelation of Yachida.
17.Rabbi Nachman’s Stories 355.
18.Meditation of the Sad Soul 91.
Filed under: 7 earths, Angels, Beney Elohim, one God, other dimensions, yhv"h and Elohy"m
Rabbi Shimon opened the discussion by saying, “In the beginning Elohim created” (Genesis 1:1).
Since Elohim is plural so one may come to think it means that more than one God was involved in the creation.
This verse has to be examined carefully, because whoever claims that there is another Divinity shall be wiped from the face of the world. As it is already written, “Thus shall you say to them: The Deities who have not made the heavens and the earth, they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens” (Jeremiah 10:11), because there is no other Creator besides the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself!
Some one once came to Rabbi Yuhuda Petia and claimed the prophet Elijah’s spirit would come to him and speak with him. It’s a long story but he proved it was not truly Elijah’s spirit, but a negative entity by telling the man to have the Elijah’s spirit say the verse above , “Thus shall you say to them: The Deities who have not made the heavens and the earth, they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens” (Jerimiyiah 10:11). It could not speak these word, it refused. Showing it was not truly Elijah. Elijah does come at times to teach the righteous. We have 20 volumes of Books of teaching Elijah taught the Ar”i.
This verse (Jerimiyiah 10:11) is written in Aramaic, with the exception of the Name Elohim, which appears at the end of the verse. If you suggest that it is because the Holy Angels do not listen or pay attention to the translated form, ARAMAIC LANGUAGE, and are not familiar with it, THEN ON THE CONTRARY, this verse would have been said in the holy language (Hebrew) so that the Holy Angels should hear and pay attention IN ORDER that they approve of it. This is certainly the reason why it is written in the translated form (Aramaic), as the Holy Angels do not pay attention nor listen to it. Thus they do not envy man nor do him evil. Because in this verse the Holy Angels are included, as they are called Elohim, and are included in the term Elohim, and they have not created the heavens and earth!
The angels don’t like to listen or speak ARAMAIC as it is disturbing to them, it being like a corruption of the Holy tongue (Hebrew).
THE VERSE READS, , “Thus shall you say to them: The Deities who have not made the heavens and the “Arka” (earth), they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens” (Jerimiyiah 10:11), The usual word to earth is not used here. “Arka” is one of the seven lower earths
There are 7 words for earth in the Bible they refer to 7 worlds, parallel different levels of existence, realities. . “Arka” is one of the seven lower earths. The earth that houses the place souls go to for up to 1 year of purification after dieing if one merits this. It is called gehenom or in English Hell.
. And in that place, the descendants of Cain live. After he had been banished from the face of the earth, he went down there and begot children. And there he became confused and lost all knowledge. And it is a double land that consists of darkness and light.
And there are two ruling supervisors there, one that governs over the darkness and one over the light. And they are hostile to each another. When Cain went down there, they joined one another and made peace. And all realized that they were the descendants of Cain. Therefore, they have two heads, just like two snakes, except when the supervisor who rules over the light rules over the light, and over supervisor of the darkness. Accordingly, those that belong to the darkness became included within those of the light; thus, they became as one.
These two supervisors are called (do not say these names) Afrir”a and Kestimo”n and their images are like the images of the Holy Angels with six wings. One has the image of an ox, and the other the image of an eagle. And only when they become united do they assume the image of man.
As for the likeness of their faces, the four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side; and the four had the face of an ox on the left side; the four also had the face of an eagle. (Ezekiel)
From the Ox is the Nefesh (animal soul), from the face of the Eagle is emanated the Nashama (soul of Divine intellect). Thus when ones Divine intellect rules over their animal soul they are truly the crown of creation a man.
When they are enveloped with darkness, they change their forms into a snake with two heads and move like a snake. They fly around in the abyss and bathe in the Great Sea. And when they reach the chains of
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Uzza and Aza-el, they irritate and arouse them. Then they leap into the “mountains of darkness,” thinking that the Holy One, blessed be He, wishes to call upon them for judgment.
Remember(do not say these names) Uzza and Aza-el were of the “sons of God” that came down to this world and fell by sin.
And these two supervisors swim in the Great Sea and fly off from there. They then go at night to Na’amah, the mother of the demons, by whom the first “Sons of Elohim (God)” were misled (Genesis 6:2). Although they wish to go near her, she leaps away 6,000 parasangs. Then she turns, CHANGING HER FORM into many different shapes in the eyes of human beings, so that they may be led astray after her. And these two commissioners fly off and wander around the entire world. Then they return to their places. And they arouse the descendants of Cain, with a spirit of evil inclinations, to beget children.
One must avoid the evil thoughts of Na’amah from one’s evil inclination, but in the pursuit of Holiness have Holy relations and children.
The reality of spiritual and occult forces, entities is often dismissed and even mocked by the ignorant. In Biblical times, mastery of occult knowledge was required for an elder to have a seat in the Sanhedrin (great court of 72 elders). This knowledge was required learning of all Sages, so to recognize and know how to combat malevolent negative forces of the “otherside”. You need to know, especially now when God is so hidden and evil so dominant in this world. so you protect yourself. That once one has any contact with a thing,that contact leaves a mark which serves as a point of connection for further Contact it is a opening to get deeper into the person. This can happen even without the person’s awareness or consent. Just like the slightest contact with something Biblically impure can render whatever it has contact with impure. This negative “tumah” (impure) energy is contaminates on contact. We see similar concepts with modern medicine as regards to bacteria and viruses. Indeed, many physical ailments that have inflicted people have done so because of personal choices these people have made. Little do those people realize that the choices they make have a direct result of occult influence upon their minds and bodies. We are not only what we eat, but what we do and what we think. Because of these things at times by “bad” choices we may not even be ourselves. In the spiritual realms there is always an ongoing battle for control.
Just as our physical world is inhabited by numerous others, so too are the realms into which the soul travels is also inhabited by indigenous beings of those places. Religions call them names like demons and angels, yet these terms do almost nothing to describe the actuality of the different entities that one can encounter.
Thought travels instantaneously throughout physical space. When one travels into the innerspace of the soul, one has access doors that enable one to travel through consciousness to other places in the universe. As well as into other dimensions of existence. The master of the occult can project his own thoughts into the minds of others with out them having any knowledge of this. The one under such influence has no idea that he or she is thinking thoughts not their own. One under such influence may feel compelled to act in certain ways. Only afterwards does one wonder what “possessed” them to act like that.
These things are ancient. We even find references to them in the Bible. One must be careful of Evil people and the negative energies and forces that want to “suck” the life force right out of you. So do the command of the God , do good !
The bible teaches us of life on other planets and worlds :
In the Book of Judges 5:23, Devorah the prophetess sings about the victory of Barak over Sisera. In her song, she says, “Cursed be Maroz! Cursed, cursed be it’s
inhabitants, says the angel of G-d!”
Where is Maroz, and who are it’s inhabitants. The Talmud explains that Maroz is a star or planet. The heavenly bodies had also come to help the Israelites, as Devorah
stated just one verse earlier, “From the heavens they fought, the stars from their orbits…”. This star, however, which was the dominant star of Sisera, apparently did not
come to their aid. And so, General Barak penalized Maroz–and it’s inhabitants.
What we are really talking about here are spiritual beings, those whose primary body’s primary element is not as ours. They are sometimes called demons and angels. At
Times they can appear in human form but this is not their true nature. They have many different forms planes of existence most of which most people are unaware of. At
times they become revealed from time to time.
In the Mishna Torah the Rambam teaches that the Heavenly bodies themselves are bodies of spiritual beings.
Many encounters with these “other world entities” are found in the HOLY ZOHAR.
The writings of Torah are full of these things !
