Zohar Ha'Azinu - Section 9 - 3 Heads of Atika Kedusha

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Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Ha'Azinu Section 9

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SYNOPSIS:

We learn about the three heads that are imprinted one inside another and one over another. One of these is concealed Chochmah, one is the most hidden Atika Kadisha and the third is absolutely incomprehensible. Rabbi Shimon talks about the hairs that come out of the skull of Arich Anpin; we learn that the hairs are all smooth and equal in weight. He says that Atika always abides in the thirteen attributes of Mercy.

Pasook 37. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Ha'Azinu

תְּלַת רֵישִׁין אִתְגַלְּפָן, דָּא, לְגוֹ מִן דָּא. וְדָא, לְעֵילָּא מִן דָּא. רֵישָׁא חֲדָא, חָכְמְתָא סְתִימָאָה, דְּאִתְכַּסְּיָיא, וְלָאו מִתְפַּתְּחָא. וְחָכְמְתָא דָּא סְתִימָאָה, רֵישָׁא לְכָל רֵישֵׁיהּ, דִּשְׁאַר חָכְמוֹת. רֵישָׁא עִלָּאָה, עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא, סְתִימָא דְּכָל סְתִימִין. רֵישָׁא דְּכָל רֵישָׁא, רֵישָׁא דְּלָאו רֵישָׁא. וְלֺֹא יָדַע, וְלָא אִתְיְדַע, מַה דַּהֲוֵי בְּרֵישָׁא דָּא, דְּלָא אִתְדְּבַק בְּחָכְמְתָא, וְלָא בְּסוּכְלְתָנוּ. וְעַל הַאי אִקְרֵי, בְּרַח לְךָ אֶל מְקוֹמֶךָ. וְהַחַיּוֹת רָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב.

Transliteration

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Translation

Three heads were imprinted, one inside another, THAT IS, CONCEALED CHOCHMAH INSIDE THE SKULL and one over another, NAMELY THE UNKNOWN HEAD ABOVE THE SKULL. HE EXPLAINS, One head is concealed Chochmah, which is undisclosed and unopened. This concealed Chochmah is a beginning to every other beginning of other Chochmot. THIS IS THE FIRST HEAD FROM BELOW UPWARDS. THE SECOND HEAD is a supernal head, the most obscured Atika Kadisha, WHICH IS THE SKULL OF ARICH ANPIN. THE THIRD HEAD THAT IS LOFTY ABOVE EVERYTHING IS the head for every head, a head that is not a head, that is, its being a head indicates it is a beginning of expansion and comprehension, yet this head is entirely incomprehensible because no one knows nor is it known what is in this head, because it is attached neither to Chochmah nor to Tevunah. It is therefore considered, "Therefore now flee to your place" (Bemidbar 24:11), "and the living creatures ran and returned" (Yechezkel 1:14), BECAUSE NO COMPREHENSION CAN APPLY THERE.

chanoch's Commentary

One imprinted inside another and one over another is something like an onion. It is also related to a circle or sphere all related to something in ten dimensions. The unknown head above is our quantum unconscious; then our conscious level is in two sections - right and left brains are good metaphors. Intellect and artistic is another good metaphor. Also conscious and unconscious that is limited to our individual lives while the upper unknown head is an unconscious level that unifies all human being and is the source of all human beings as described in the Pasuk.

Pasook 38. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Ha'Azinu

וּבְגִין כַּךְ עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא אִקְרֵי, אַיִן. דְּבֵיהּ תַּלְיָיא אַיִן. וְכָל אִינּוּן שַׂעְרֵי, וְכָל אִינּוּן נִימִין, מִמּוֹחָא סְתִימָאָה נָפְקִין. וְכֻלְּהוּ שְׁעִיעִין, בְּשִׁקּוּלָא. וְלָא אִתְחֲזֵי קְדָלָא.

Transliteration

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Translation

For this reason Atika Kadisha, WHICH IS THE SKULL OF ARICH ANPIN is called naught, since naught derives from it, FROM THE UNKNOWN HEAD. THAT IS, SINCE THIS HEAD, THE SKULL, IS CLOSE TO THE UNKNOWN HEAD, WHICH IS UTTERLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE, IT TOO IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE, AND IS THEREFORE CALLED NAUGHT, WHICH INDICATES ITS COMPLETE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY. FOR THAT REASON all hairs and tiny hairs OVER THE SKULL DO NOT COME OUT OF THE SKULL BECAUSE NO JUDGMENTS ARE ATTACHED TO IT, BUT they come out of the concealed brain, which is the beginning of the expansion of Chochmah. For supernal Chochmah spreads from it; this Chochmah is eventually revealed in Malchut where there is place for Judgments. And the hairs are the root of Judgments, as in, "For He crushes me with a tempest (or: 'a hair')" (Iyov 9:17). Hence the hair of the head and beard come out of the concealed brain, though in this case there are no Judgments in the hairs, but roots only. Therefore they are all smooth, THAT IS, SOFT WITHOUT JUDGMENT. AND THEY ARE ALL EQUAL in weight, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HERE IS OF THE SAME LIGHT OF MERCY and the back of the neck is invisible, WHICH INDICATES JUDGMENTS AND HIND PARTS, ACCORDING TO THE VERSE, "AND THEY HAVE TURNED THEIR BACK TO ME, AND NOT THEIR FACE" (YIRMEYAH 32:33).

chanoch's Commentary

At this level Hair on the head comes from the right column and is always Merciful and right column sharing. the hair manifests this energy at this level. We will learn more about the hair in the next session.

Pasook 39. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Vayelech

כֺּלָּא הוּא, בְּגִין דְּהַאי עַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא בְּחַד הֲוֵי. כֺּלָּא בְּחֵידוּ, וְלָא שַׁנְיָא מֵרַחֲמֵי לְעָלְמִין. בִּתְלַת עֲשַׂר מְכִילָן דְּרַחֲמִין אִשְׁתְּכַח. בְּגִין דְּהַאי חָכְמְתָא סְתִימָאָה דְּבֵיהּ, מִתְפְּרַשׁ תְּלַת זִמְנִין לְאַרְבַּע אַרְבַּע. וְהוּא עַתִּיקָא, כָּלִיל לוֹן, וְשָׁלִיט עַל כֺּלָּא.

Transliteration

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Translation

All this stems from the fact that this Atika is of the same LIGHT, NAMELY THE REIGN OF CHASSADIM, WHICH IS WHY THERE IS NO ROOM FOR JUDGMENT TO APPEAR. It is all in joy and never changes FROM THE ILLUMINATION of Mercy. THAT IS, THOUGH WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THREE COLUMNS, RIGHT, LEFT AND CENTRAL IN IT, IT NEVER STRAYS FROM THE ASPECT OF THE RIGHT COLUMN, AND IS EVER OF MERCY AND CHASSADIM IN NATURE. It abides in the thirteen attributes of Mercy, because the hidden Chochmah in it divides three times into fours, WHICH IS TWELVE, and it, Atika ITSELF includes them and rules over everything. TOGETHER WITH IT, THERE ARE THIRTEEN ATTRIBUTES.

chanoch's Commentary

The thirteen attributes of Mercy as defined in the Prophet Micah is what is being alluded to. We now understand the each of these Brains represent the right legt and Central - this is the three. The four is related to Abraham Isaac and Jacob and David. These Names are lower down yet they are metaphors for the way this is being described at this level. Finally the Atika Kadisha itself unifies these 12 into Oneness as expressed by the number 13 and the Hebrew word Echad.