Holy Name Two

My understanding is that the limitations of the human sekel are such that the highest worlds are absolutely beyond our grasp, at least in this world.... more

by David Baruch Wolk

Title

Holy Name Two

Artist

David Baruch Wolk

Medium

Painting - Digital Image

Description

My understanding is that the limitations of the human sekel are such that the highest worlds are absolutely beyond our grasp, at least in this world. This means, to my understanding, that the worlds which are above Otiot, that is olam Haatzilut, where there are no Shamot whatsoever, Chas y'shalom, (and all that we speak about shamos and spherot in Atzilut is only because we must use some terminology we can grasp, and that we are only speaking of Shorashim of Spherot and otiot, as is a simple precept in all sifrei Kabbalah) in these places our mind has no entry, that is: our mind is only able to grasp images; that is, or pictures, or Otiot. (I have written a bit about this, and spoken to people about this and can send you if you are interested.) The mind has no grasp of any form that is more sublime than this.
Therefore, I understand, the otiot hakedoshot are the most sublime forms that we can grasp, and that H"Y speaks to us in these forms, that is, He clothes His will in these forms (see Likutey Moharan 1, 4;9). These letters are the calim that hold the supernal lights you speak of, that is, the neshama of the letters. There is much to speak of on this, but this is the main point, the neshama is only grasped through the cli which contains it, and the particular form of each letter this is the deepest and truest expression of the form of that neshama that we are able to grasp. (If you understand what I am saying you will understand also that embeddded in this is what the Kabballah teaches that the sod in always tied into the peshat, the deepest with the most superficial; thus every physical form in its most superficial aspect, its shape and color; that most superficial aspect is actually the closest expression of the deepest sod of that briah. ( I have written of this and this is part and parcel of this central idea of my understanding of the connection between art and Torah)

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July 16th, 2012