The Four Worlds of Qabalah

This is the Tree of Life as described in the system of Holy Qabalah. The spheres are called Sephiroth or Sefirot. They each have a given attribute.

Each of these spheres exists in four worlds. They are as follows.

1. World of Emanation (Hebrew: אֲצִילוּת‎‎, Atzilut): In this level the light of the Ein Sof radiates and is united with its source. Divine Chochmah, the limitless flash of wisdom beyond grasp, predominates.
2. World of Creation (Hebrew: בְּרִיאָה or alternatively^[16] בְּרִיָּה‎‎, Beri'ah): In this level, is the first creation ex nihilo, where the souls and angels have self-awareness, but without form. Divine Binah, the intellectual understanding, predominates.
3. World of Formation (Hebrew: יְצִירָה‎‎, Yetzirah): On this level, creation is related to form. The Divine emotional sefirot of Chesed to Yesod predominate.
4. World of Action (Hebrew: עֲשִׂיָּה‎‎, Assiah): On this level creation is relegated to its physical aspect, the only physical realm and the lowest World, this realm with all its creatures. The Divine Kingship of Malchut predominates, the purpose of Creation.

This information comes from the Wikipedia page on the Sefirot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefirot

In terms of this blog, it was created primarily to discuss occurrences on the physical and astral planes (world of action and world of formation.) It came to be a place for discussion of the mental/intellectual plane (world of creation) and the other discussions no longer had a place. To those interested in discussing only the metaphysical aspects of existence, communication with the spirits of the departed seems trite, messy, and perhaps even "insane", a manifestation of a troubled mind which is not yet "mature" enough to rid itself of such trivialities.

That there is no place in this world for a person such as myself is not news. However, I had hoped to inspire others to take a more holistic approach. Each of the four worlds is important.

I am in physical pain of varying degrees at all times. This to me is less distressing than the emotional pain I have experienced during this lifetime.

I know I'm not done yet. But I would like to be.

Are my experiences really worth less than those of the more "enlightened?"

I suppose they are. 

I have nothing to teach, nothing to offer. Why am I still here?

~Cie~

A Holistic Approach

People are always arguing and sometimes killing each other over our beliefs. On one side you have the fundamentalist extremists of whatever religion saying that anyone who doesn't believe as they do is a damned infidel. On the other side of the coin, you have the extreme materialists who feel that anyone who has spiritual or metaphysical beliefs is a damned idiot. Then you have those who are caught in the middle who believe that something beyond the material is at least a possibility but don't claim to understand the exact nature of it. We catch hell from both sides.

What if, however, we looked at it as everyone having their place in the scheme of things?

What if those among us who find the spiritual iffy and prefer the purely scientific are programmed that way, so to speak, in order to specialize in those things of a material nature?

What if the true believers among us have some sort of line to the higher realms and can help keep the rest of us connected?

What if those of us who are in between are this way in order to help keep the balance between the two?

What if we weren't constantly tearing at each other's throats but instead were working together for the good of this world at least, and perhaps even the good of the Cosmos?

When we go against our nature, it causes us pain.

I have found that every time I try to see the world from a purely materialist point of view, it makes me profoundly unhappy. To a hardline materialist, this probably means that I'm simply a miserable, delusional, mentally ill person who needs illusion in order to survive a difficult life which, when it ends, will result in me becoming a pile of ashes and mercifully existing miserably no longer.

Perhaps they're correct, but they may not be. The one thing the agnostic knows is that we don't know anything for certain regarding the possibility of spirit, afterlife or such.

I cannot see the world through the eyes of a true believer in any of the major monotheistic religions, because for me, it doesn't ring true. This does not mean that their devotion to their particular deity of choice is incorrect, it only means that said devotion does not work for this soul.

I'm something of a polytheist, but again, an agnostic one. At this point I'm not especially concerned with deities. I need to work closer to home. I enjoy working with and receiving ideas from the realm of spirit, but I realize that many people either do not approve of or disbelieve in what I do. With very little in the way of support, sometimes it is difficult for me to continue. This is when I start to shut myself down.

I want to be that person who shows others like me that it's okay to be what you are, but I don't know if there really are others like me. I want to be the person who tells others, whether they are like me or not, that it's okay to be what you are, but I don't imagine too many people give a rat's ass whether I think it's okay or not.

I would just like it if we could try to understand that maybe it is not a bad thing to be someone who focuses on the material realms, or someone who focuses on the high spiritual realms, or someone who is drawn to the dark realms, or someone who feels drawn to that which is between. I feel that if we don't start working together rather than tearing each other down, there is not much hope for any of us.

~Cie~