WHAT IS SOUL?

Torah discloses that the nature of the SOUL is SUPERNAL. The SUPERNAL nature of the SOUL is a revelation that to comprehend the SOUL, one must ascend out of BODY CONSCIOUSNESS, where IT is experienced. The ascension is one into knowledge that is based upon a revelation and realized in actualization.

The experience of the knowledge of the SOUL requires three components. Those components are the force of KNOWING, that which to be KNOWN and the KNOWER. It is the composition of these three the give rise to the experience of the SOUL.

Torah discloses that the SOUL is not a compound, but rather ONE, that is, made up of MANY. It is written, “And God said, Let us make MAN (ONE) in Our image, after Our likeness…” Genesis 1:20a The reference made to the IMAGE and LIKENESS of G-d in the plural reveals the concept of ONE being made up of MANY.

It is further disclosed in Torah the the creation of ADAM RISHON (the FIRST MAN), that is, the human conscious experience, was a marriage of the FINITE to the INFINITE. It is written, “And HaShem God formed the man of the dust from the ground (FINITE), and He blew into his nostrils the soul of life (INFINITE), and man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7 The joining of theses precepts engenders the elucidation that there is ONE SUPERNAL SOUL that is comprised of MANY INDIVIDUAL SOULS. The ONE SOUL comprised of the MANY is ECHAD, Blessed be His Name.
There are grades of the SOUL that effect our perception of what seems to be external to us. Those grades are termed the NEFESH, RUACH, NESHAMAH, CHAYAH and YECHIDAH. The NEFESH is the animal like experience. The RUACH is the experience of motion. The NESHAMAH is the experience of differentiation. The CHAYAH is non-differentiation. The YECHIDAH is the STILLNESS in which all the experiences occur. We have been given the gift of the GOLEM (physical body) in order to reflect the different grades of the SOUL. When the highest level of SOUL is attained, it will manifest in the GOLEM (physical form) as a constant state of IMPROVEMENT which is the regenerative state. The consciousness of the lower grades of the SOUL give rise to the experience of degeneration and cycling through the LIFE CYCLE EVENTS of BIRTH, MAINTENANCE and DEATH until the HIGHEST LEVEL of the SOUL is attained. The attainment of the HIGHEST LEVEL commences with the revelation of the individual SOUL that it is ONE WITH G-d.

The attainment of the realization that the SOUL is ONE WITH G-d is what is termed LIBERATION. The LIBERATION is one of identification, yea, and not longer identifies with the FINITE COMPONENT, that is, the GOLEM, but rather with the INFINITE. The identification with the INFINITE is what is termed the TRUTH of BEING. Once the identification of the TRUTH of BEING is realized, one is destined to begin the ASCENSION into the ACTUALIZATION of the SOUL whereas it is made manifest in the FORM. The ascension is destined to be the product of the revelation of one’s TEACHER. it is written, The Lord will give you meager bread and scant water, your Teacher will no longer be hidden behind His garment, and your eyes will behold your Teacher. And your ears will listen to a word spoken from behind you saying, this is the path, walk in it whither you go to your right or to your left.” Isaiah 30:20,21 It has been declared that when the student is ready, the TEACHER is revealed. The KNOWLEDGE of SOUL is effected by the relationship of the STUDENT and TEACHER through the force of KNOWING.