Body of Light

In
the Garden of Eden, you are robed in with the precious robe of a pure
spiritual body. Was there ever something similar in this physical world,
a person who appears here in their physical body that is similar to
their spiritual body like in your world?
Esther was robed in the fashion of that world, in Malchut (royalty) ~Esther 5:1
She was robed in the same manner as in that spiritual world, in
Malchut, the source of Ruach Hakodesh, the Divine Spirit. For the
Kingdom of Heaven blows a wind (spirit) from the spirit of the air of
that world, and it enclothed Esther. When she entered into the presence
of King Ahasuerus and he saw that robe of light, her form seemed to him
like an angel of G-d, and he lost his soul for an instant.
Mordechai too was likewise clothed, as is written: "And Mordechai went
out from the presence of the king dressed in the garment of Malchut
(royalty)"--literally dressed in Malchut, in the form of that spiritual
world. Therefore, it is written: "Because the fear of Mordechai had
fallen upon them" (Esther 9:3), the fear of Mordechai and not the fear
of Ahasuerus [who was the source of his temporal power].
In the
air of the Garden of Eden blows a Divine Spirit and it enrobes the
righteous in a manner similar to the manner in which they were dressed
in the physical world. Then, the Divine Spirit dwells upon the head of
each individual. He is adorned with it and it becomes a crown to him.
The same happened to Mordechai, since it is written: "in the garment of
Malchut" (Esther 8:15), in the form of that world. After that, "and with
a great crown of gold"; that is, in the crown that rests on the heads
of the righteous in that world.
Two bodies together cannot
exist. As long as the physical one exists, the soul cannot receive the
other. When this one, gets removed, the other one is instantly ready.
Assuredly, this one leaves and that one enters. It is similar to the
good inclination and bad inclination in this world, both of which the
Holy One, blessed be He, does not wish to exist simultaneously in one
person.
~ Zohar Shelach 169b
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