Tuesday, June 26, 2012

“Nothing Compares to You” p: 166


AyinBase with R' Paltiel Monday 6 Tammuz 5772 

Page 166 – last line from the end of the page (line starts, 'shelemata...') For text, see link top right of the blog. Or for text right click here.

One may correctly think that only Essence itself is kadmon – original and pre-existing all existence, yet we talk of Adam Kadmon – Primal Man. The structure here of Adam is betzelem – fully representing the Source that made him. He is not merely a likeness, but an actual representation of Him.

Though there is a great distance between this first man and the light from which it came, yet he is representing him.

The man below presents us with a means to know, that although he was created in a manner of 'something from nothing' – a new creation, nevertheless he is 'betzelem Elokim' – with a G-dly form. The human being represents the G-dly presence. Relative to the creations, man is like G-d. He is independent and the whole world is his platform.

Why is he called Kadmon if he did not exist before he was created? Because nevertheless an eternal element of his creator is reflected in him. The human being is a metaphor for Adam Kadmon. In the soul of man, there is an element of the presence of the Adam Elyon.

Man can know things that are beyond the world, because he has an element that is super-worldly.

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