{"id":2189,"date":"2016-02-08T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:06:23","slug":"from-adam-kadmon-through-attik-to-atzilut-and-downward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2016\/02\/08\/from-adam-kadmon-through-attik-to-atzilut-and-downward\/","title":{"rendered":"From Adam Kadmon through Attik to Atzilut and Downward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petach<\/em> 97 then makes a straightforward-enough point which is nevertheless profound. It contrasts the eternal realm which is situated in the world of Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> with the lower worlds of Atzilut<\/em>, Briah<\/em>, and Assiyah<\/em>, which comprise the realm that allows for our service to God and for Tikkun<\/em>. He then underscores the fact that there’s nonetheless a bridge between the two realms: the Partzuf<\/em> of Attik <\/em>(which, if you’ll recall, has been our subject for the longest time).<\/p>\n

The Petach<\/em> states that f<\/strong>rom <\/strong>the world of Atzilut<\/em> downwards<\/strong> to the worlds of Briah<\/em>, Yetzirah<\/em> and Assiyah<\/em> everything follows the present world’s governing order<\/strong>, i.e., everything is subsumed to the factors of reward and punishment, right and wrong, free will and Divine determination, and the like. Things <\/strong>follow a specific cycle <\/strong>there until they <\/strong>eventually achieve perfect benevolence, <\/strong>i.e., until they achieve the utter perfection that will result in the full expression of Divine benevolence we’d spoken of as being the pinnacle of all of creation. <\/strong><\/p>\n

But from Attik<\/em> upward<\/strong> which encompasses the most subtle realms, everything is <\/strong>and already functions as it will in eternity <\/strong>from the seventh millennium onward [1].<\/p>\n

Attik<\/em><\/strong> itself is the central byway between the two systems of governance<\/strong>, i.e., between reward and punishment and the like, and utter unalloyed Divine benevolence. Accordingly, it allows for things done here and now to affect eternity, Ramchal adds in his comments here.<\/p>\n

But the world of Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em>, <\/strong>which sits atop both Atzilut<\/em> and Attik<\/em> and is of a whole other order, is comprised of the whole of existence and of all times. <\/strong>It has bearing on the names of MaH<\/em> and BaN<\/em> already spoken of and referred to in the next Petach<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Clallim<\/em> Rishonim<\/em> 9 and Clallei<\/em> Chochmat<\/em> HaEmet<\/em> 10 for the chronology.<\/p>\n

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(c) 2016 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

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