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And Baraq did ponder this for a time, and it came to pass that he did open his mouth again, speaking unto me, saying:
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O Tzaddiq, what then are these four worlds, and how shall I know of them?
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¶ And so it was that I did speak unto him, saying: Hear me, Chasid, and I will tell thee only what the malakim of YHVH have uttered unto me:
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The first is the divine understanding from before the beginning; therefore, it has no beginning and no end.
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The second is the spirit of this creation, without which there is not life; therefore, it is all that came before the creation of this world.
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The third is the physical form of this creation; therefore, it is all you see, touch, desire, and feel in this world.
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The fourth is the soul that lives when YHVH doth breathe the breath of life upon us; therefore, it is to be born again.
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And there shall come a fifth and final world, which is all four worlds being one; therefore, it is the restoration when we shall awaken unto eternal life.
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¶ And Baraq did speak unto me again, saying: Tzaddiq, what does this mean to awaken unto eternal life?
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¶ And I did answer him, saying: Behold, O Chasid, it is even as this, in this creation there is water, wind, fire, and dust (earth); each of these doth make up this creation:
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The first world, it is as water, for the Torah does say: Ruach Elohim did move upon The Presence of the Waters.
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And that second world, it is even as the wind, for the Torah does say: YHVH did breathe into the nostrils of mankind the Breath of Life; and does not the wind blow even as it goes, passing even as a shadow?
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And that third world is as the dust of the earth, for the Torah doth say: And YHVH Elohim did take from the dust of the earth and did breathe life into mankind.
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And the fourth world is even as fire, for the Torah does say: The flesh of Moses and Zipporah became as fire.
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Wherefore it must be that the whole Adam, the finished Adam, the Adam Elyon must be all of these;
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And this is not a creation that mankind can make of themselves; therefore, it must be the very work of YHVH, our Elohim.
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¶ And Baraq did open his mouth again unto me, saying: What then of this creation, Tzaddiq, if it hath no beginning and no end? How be it the creation?
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¶ And I did answer him, that his ears be open, saying: Chasid, see you not that this creation is the formation of YHVH, the foundation?
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For YHVH Elohim is not one who did create, but is the Creator, he who (re)creates in His image,
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For doth not the Torah say: Let us make mankind in our image? Therefore, YHVH Elohim, El Elyon, El Olam hath made us and (re)made us in the very image of Ha’Elohim.
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¶ And so it was that after this manner we did continue to speak one to another, mouth to ear, until we did reach the house of Laman.