The chief end of knowing G-d is to glorify G-d
And enjoy His Presence forever.
Removing the Veils
Before we can fully experience the Reality of G-d we must remove the Veils of obscurity that blind the mind from the resident Divine Presence.
The First Veil – The Lie
B’resheet – Gen 3:4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. 5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. 7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
Matityahu – Matthew 4:8 Again, the Adversary took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
10 “Away from Me, adversary!” Yeshua declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the LORD your God and serve Him only.’”
11 Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him. REBA
The Second Veil – The Veil of the Flesh
The Second Veil that obscures spiritual vision is the flesh or the physical casing we wear as a body. We view the body as the lump of clay (adamah) dust of dirt that the Neshamah is encased within.
The Third Veil – The Veil of the Nefesh
Thus the composite of the human being is the Body connected to the Nefesh the lowest level of the soul (Neshamah).
The Fourth Veil – The Ruach
The next level of the Neshamah is the Ruach which is the point, place where we begin to reach upwards. This is also encased within the lump of clay.
The Fifth Veil – The Neshamah
Next is the Neshamah (a specific level of the soul) that makes a connection between the spiritual worlds and the Ruach reaching upwards towards spirituality. This level of the soul reaches toward the outer level of the lump of clay.
The Sixth Veil – The Chayah
Next is the Chayah which is the casing for the physical body causing it to have it particular shape and form. The Chayah and the Neshamah interact increasing the level of spiritual consciousness.
The Seventh Veil – The Yechidah
The Next and highest level of the Neshamah is called the Yechidah. With this aspect of the Neshamah, we reach the “G-d Reality.” This is the reality we knew when we emanated from the Divine Presence within the Concealed face of G-d.
The remaining Veils will deal with Spirituals, the Sefirot, and then the upper Olamot. We will begin to deal with these Veils next week.
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Shalom REBA