Thursday, March 8, 2012

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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