When the spiritual world is revealed

we discover a treasure, or more precisely, “a deposit,”

a new layer of reality

that has been in our “account” from the beginning
 

A World of Warmth

There are moments when feelings of excitement and elation suddenly envelop us.

We feel that the world around us is imbued with a certain force, that the air has grown “thick,” filled with a new entity, that all around are thoughts and intentions directed toward us, that everything is filled with love.

It seldom happens. But what is important is that in the end a distinct sensation will remain in the heart. This is the spiritual world, to the extent that we attain it.

The spiritual world is an eternal realm whose power is enormous. One who elevates even to the first, smallest spiritual degree experiences a spiritual sensation that is a billion times greater than anything previously known.

Spiritual Waves

Our inner work

is to fine-tune our hearts and senses

to perceive the spiritual world.

Like a radio receiver

detecting air waves

as the buttons are gently turned.

Thus one tunes oneself

becoming more and more attuned to the spiritual frequency

through actions called “intent.”

Until a new dimension suddenly opens

and the spiritual world appears.

Intention Is the Deed

Intention is our only action; other actions are simply nonexistent. It is not only our mechanical actions—even our desires do not really exist. Everything is motionless, lifeless, standing still as if planted in the ground—all but the intent.

In the spiritual world, only our intentions for love and bestowal take root.

When they appear within us, we appear in the spiritual world. When they disappear, we disappear from the spiritual world.

It is similar to acceleration as the derivative of motion. As Albert Einstein determined, movement at a fixed, unchanging velocity is considered rest; hence, only acceleration should be taken into consideration.

Pleasures, Lights, and Vessels

Question: Why are people so drawn to sex?

In the spiritual world the soul is in a state of “coupling” with the Light. This is the merging of both parts of Creation—the feminine part and the masculine part—and it induces the most intense sensation of pleasure in reality: the filling of the soul with Light.

The projection of the spiritual coupling in the corporeal world is physical coupling. This is also the reason why sex is considered the root of all desires in our world, and why we are so preoccupied with it.

Sexual pleasure in our world exemplifies the difference between corporeal pleasure and spiritual pleasure. One may think about sex so much and anxiously anticipate the great pleasure, but at the climax, the very moment of release, the pleasure dissipates and almost instantly dissolves. And the race begins anew, in search of the next pleasure...

Why? Because the Light extinguishes the vessel, meaning a pleasure that directly satisfies a desire neutralizes the feeling of pleasure just like plus and minus.

So now what? Now we have doubled emptiness. This is why we are told, “One does not leave this world with half one’s desires in one’s hand.”

Spiritual pleasure works differently. To “be in spirituality” means to have a Masach (in Hebrew: “Screen”), the ability to receive Light inside the vessel with an aspiration to bring pleasure to the Creator, the Giver of the Light. To do that, we must acquire the Creator’s quality of love and bestowal.

What do we get out of it? Spiritual coupling, a never-ending coupling that intensifies in time, yielding a feeling of eternal life. Actually, subconsciously, from the depths of our souls, we aspire only for this coupling, as this is the purpose of our being.

Why Is It So Important for Women to Be Beautiful?

Question: Why are women so preoccupied with their appearance? What is the root of the importance of a woman’s appearance in her own eyes and in the eyes of men?

Women’s tendency to adorn themselves stems from a very high root. In spirituality, to adorn oneself means to correct oneself in accord with the Creator, the force of love and bestowal.

This inclination is rooted deep within our souls. Within us exists the point in the heart, which awakens us to adorn our “ugly” egoistic nature, to beautify it.

Being beautiful means being like the Creator. A person becomes beautiful when the Light of the Creator shines in him.

So why do women adorn themselves? In our world, women representMalchut(Hebrew: “Kingship”), the root of Creation. A man and a woman, or groom and bride, represent the relationship between the Creator and the creature—the creature being a woman, and the Creator being a man.

Thus, each of us, women and men alike, needs to learn to adorn the soul and become beautiful!