Originally posted by scratchmane I can't help to think of Ain Sof, it's a cabbalistic term if I'm not mistaken. Is this what you are
talking about?
There was a time, many years ago, when I poured over dozens of book on Jewish mysticism. I can't quite remember the definitions for all of those
words; but, in any case, I had to tweak them just a little in the context of the Knowledge that I had received. The
geometry of the Ten
Sephirot of the "Tree of Life", for example, is fundamentally in error.
So, very loosely, Ain Sof is closely related to what I am talking about.
Although I have very serious disagreements with the common understanding of "Zeir anpin", as I recall it being termed.
Mi cha el translated from Hebrew into English means "Who is like God?" with the emphasis being upon the word "who?".
The answer to that question is: NO ONE
Oh, by the way, a quick check of the Wikipedia definition of "Zeir Anpin", provides an 'explanation' which is--not surprisingly (this is what I have
learned to
expect from Wikipedia)--both hilariously ridiculous and
blasphemous at the same time. But it appears that the discussion is
being completely controlled by those who have been
PAID to teach Kabbalah--sometimes becoming quite
RICH in the process--which, however,
means that
NOTHING they say can be trusted as being in any way the Truth of the situation.
On second thought, the Wikipedia definition of "Ein Sof" is no less ridiculous than the Wikipedia definiton of "Zeir Anpin". The parallel verse from
the
Thanksgiving Hymns is "The fortress will open onto Endless Space".
That is not the Creator.
That is the 2-dimensional 'flat' space consciousness Created 'by and in the image of God', and conveyed by the Vision and the Memory of Creation.
The Creator is, of course, far beyond that.
You might want to read
Sefer Yetzirah in this regard.
As I recall, this particular book came the closest to the Knowledge that I have received.
Mi cha el
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