The Spring of Wisdom

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The standing [of the soul] depends on which path it was on, and whether that path was a single path or divided into many, or into several diverging matters. Or perhaps he wishes to walk a path where the trails are narrow and short while the paths are numerous, and the roads are wide. The trails and the paths among the nations are engraved in the likeness of male and female, and from this matter they spread and are heartened The Hebrew term mitlabbevot suggests both "taking heart" and "branching out like a flame." in wonders upon wonders. And the wonders produce marvels, and from the marvels come the flames, and from the flames the darkness is drawn and emerges. The threads thicken within the density of the darkness, growing stronger until they become scepters. This is the essence of everything, and the source of...

...whether the knowledge of the likeness of the Holy One, blessed be He, was in his heart. And when that knowledge was as one—meaning, at the moment the matter was clarified in his heart as a single entity—or whether he knew the correct knowledge and it was directed in his mind, even though he ought not to have investigated or gazed into the Supernal Chariot Ma'aseh Merkavah: the ancient Jewish mystical study of the divine throne-chariot more than was necessary, nor to seek within it. When his foundation was established with perfect intention and his question was directed toward this, it was regarding this that he [Moses] said: Make known to me, I pray, Your ways Exodus 33:13. And the Holy One, blessed be He, answered him concerning this matter: You cannot see My face Exodus 33:20. This means: that which you seek to know—which belongs to every part of Me and My source—you shall not be able to see... You shall not be able to see