KabbalaOnline.org Gate of Reincarnations "Intermingled Souls"
KabbalaOnline.org Gate of Reincarnations "Intermingled Souls"
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Intermingled Souls
Gate of Reincarnations: Chapter Thirty, Section 3
Reincarnation
to Complete a Mitzvah (30:2)
We explained previously that every limb of the 248 limbs of the soul of Adam is a root
unto itself and includes countless soul-sparks. Nevertheless, when Adam and his
wife Eve sinned, as well as Cain and Abel1, their
children, all the soul-sparks became mixed together. Accordingly, sparks of
Adam combined with those of Cain and Abel, and sparks of Abel with Adam’s and
Cain’s, etc.
The
reason for this is that all mistakes are drawn from the tree of knowledge of good
and evil. Its outstanding quality is the mix-up. The chief component of the
rectification process involves straightening out the mess and separating each
thing to its proper place.
One
of the main themes of Sha’ar Hagilgulim is to learn about and understand
the mix-up. This in itself is a great step to fixing it up.
Therefore, sometimes the nefesh of a
person will be from Cain, but the ruach comes
from Adam. For once they mixed together, they bond. Sparks of Adam often come
together with sparks of Cain, the ruach from Adam and the nefesh
from Cain. It is the same matter with respect to the neshama with the ruach
and the nefesh.
Thus, if a person works to rectify his nefesh, which
happens to be from the level of Cain, until it literally becomes similar to the
ruach from the level of Adam, then this ruach will enter and
become clothed by this nefesh. This applies even though they do not come
from the same source and type, one being from Adam and the other from Cain .
Good
things can come out of the tumultuous journey of the haphazard ride of things
being out of place. New connections are made that provide new angles and end up
enhancing the soul's own fortes.
The combination of souls will continue until Mashiach and Elijah's coming,
at which time everything will return to its proper root. From that time onward,
the ruach from the level of Cain will join with the nefesh that
it is similar to it from the level of Cain, and the ruach from the level
of Adam will unite with the nefesh from the level of Adam.
The
admixture within the tree of knowledge caused that everything became disjointed
and then improperly mixed. Sparks were forced to lend themselves and join
others of a different source. The tikuninvolves restoring each spark to its
rightful root.
A
person may have to go through phases that require him to do things not
according to his essence. At such times, he can be fortified by the knowledge
that these are only steps that lead to achieving who he really is.
This is the secret of the verse, "Behold, I will send to
you Elijah the
prophet before the great and awesome day
of G‑d. He will
restore the hearts of fathers to sons, and the hearts of sons to fathers." ( Malachi 3:23-24) In other
words, he will return each soul to its proper root - - understand this.
The
way must be paved before the great awesome day. The intrinsic truth of God's
existence and sovereignty will then be fully manifest. Therefore, "Elijah
comes to distance falsehood and bring truth close." (Eduyot 8) The great revelation of truth will
magnetize each thing back to its source.
"Fathers"
symbolize the source level. "Children" symbolize the offshoots. Each
one will re-connect to where it truly belongs. This needs to be well understood
- how not to be discouraged when a person sees himself operating out of
character in many ways. Also, when one sees things around disjointed and out of
place. This could include foundational things such as having the wrong business
partner, working the wrong job, having the wrong mate, etc. As long as he
adopts the quality of Elijah and acts out of truth, he is guaranteed to merit
to return to his true self and eventually act outside in a manner that is truly
congruent to within. Along with this root alignment fitting connections will
manifest and be restored.
The reason why Elijah will do this is because he himself is a
combination of souls, his nefesh coming from the level of Nadab and Abihu of Cain,
as we will explain later . His ruach came from another level, although I
did not learn from my teacher from where. There are many other issues regarding
this matter.
Elijah
comes from a great level of perfection. His awesome soul root stood before G‑d before creation. In order to afford him the
ability to reach down to the world's problems and fix them, he was also set up
in a problem. Many times this idea applies to every person. Things that are
intrinsically wrong for him are actually part of his tikun in order to fix the universe.
As mentioned, the person needs to know that this ends up expanding his own
horizons.
[Translation
and commentary by Perets Auerbach.]
1.Abel, who was
murdered, also sinned for “there is no death without sin.” (Shabbat) The
Zohar states that he gazed improperly at the Shechina.
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