Day Five

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

DAY FIVE
“And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of
living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.’ And God created the great seamonsters,
and every living creature that creeps, wherewith
the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl
after its kind; and God saw that it was good. And God
blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.’ And
there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.”
The Book of Zohar depicts each day of Creation as
“erection of halls” within man, the so-called “celestial
chambers” (Heb. Heichalot—hollow spaces of desires). As
the soul’s egoistic qualities become corrected, these hollow
spaces gradually fill up with the Upper Light. This is what
every person subconsciously aspires to. A gradual filling
of the hollow spaces brings all souls to a state of complete
correction and perfection.
In the chapter, “The Language of the Branches,” we spoke
about the fact that the Creator’s forces are described with
words from our language. In the book, Genesis, for instance,
they are called fish, fowl and so on: “…and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air.” As you read these lines, you should clearly visualize all
the actions that you must carry out for your own correction.
Let’s look at the word “fish” (Dag), which stems from the
word Daaga (concern). If you see this word in the text, know
that it doesn’t allude to fish swimming in water (remember,
The Secrets of the Eternal Book
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also, that water denotes the Light of mercy), but to concern.
What should you be concerned with? Only with growing
closer to the Creator. There should be no other concern for
you. These desires to enter the spiritual world are precisely
what Genesis speaks of.
However, for the moment, we must keep in mind that all
desires are within us. In their uncorrected form, they appear
as objects in our world, but in their corrected form they are
the Creator’s forces, governed by His Light.
So then, the Fifth Day alludes to the desires to be corrected
first and foremost. This is because they are “easier,” that
is, easier to correct: “…and let fowl fly above the earth in
the open firmament of heaven.” The “fowl” touches the
“ground” (your egoistic nature), rather than “grow” from
it, but it is also subject to correction, resting on its egoistic
nature: “…and let fowl multiply in the earth.”
Such is your path as well, dear reader—to separate within
you egoistic desires, to which you can attach an altruistic
intention, and thus try to correct them. To do that, first
try to simply think about it. Think and read Kabbalistic
books, primarily the books of Baal HaSulam, who took all
the ancient Kabbalistic sources from the times of Abraham,
Moses, and the ARI, and adapted them to our generation.
But let us return to the book, Genesis. Here we see that
the time has come to correct the more “difficult” desires,
which pertain to the “earth.” They are as though begotten
by it, brought forth from the earth.
New expanses are formed (Heichalot—chambers). And
as these more difficult egoistic desires are corrected, these
hollow spaces fill up with Light.
Then, the Sixth Day arrives.