The Tree of Life represents creation as an "emanation" of Ain Soph Aur that starts at the Sephirot Kether (sometimes referred to as “crown”) and proceeds down through Four Worlds in increasingly "condensed" (tzimtzum) form until the physical world finally emerges in Malkuth (or "Kingdom"). This Tree of Life is a simple visualization of the “staged” process of Creation.
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返信削除Ain (or Ayin); The Fabric of Consciousness in its original state of Undifferentiated Consciousness = a state of "I"-less/ego-less bliss.
Ain Soph → The Fabric of Consciousness as it existed after the initial Intensification of Consciousness and the consequent self-realization of I, but before the initiation of emanation. Once a monad existed in The Fabric, Consciousness became differentiated.
Ain Soph Aur → The Fabric of Consciousness as it exists during the perpetual and eternal emanation/unfolding of Physical Creation. Emanating Consciousness