March 24, 2009 Article of the Day What “I am on a higher step” mean? “I am on a higher step” is, actually, my vision of the Creator. It is the property of bestowal, the property of love. It is everything that is above a human being (as much as he can imagine this). Trying to imagine what a higher step means, an individual imagines it being the Creator Himself in all His greatness, and then the person discovers that this next step was just a small elevation, but it still exceeded his most extreme fantasies. Any way, this aspiration to look for a higher step brings a person to the group, because it is difficult for him to imagine something he is separated from on his own. When a person starts searching, he received thoughts and desires from his environment, and he also feels that his personal selfish thoughts and desires can be easily separated from him by means of connection with his neighbor, and love for his neighbor. However, he understands that receiving thoughts and desires from others is still outside of him, outside of a person, separated from him. Thus, a person can imagine what spirituality is. It is a higher step. Now it is easier for such person to build something that is not inside of his kelim, something that it higher then them. Now the person starts imagining the Creator, and then imagines himself in His place in a more and more correct way. We should imagine merging with Him at each next step we pass; we should aspire to come to the state of merging, no matter what state we are in. The level of merging achieved corresponds to his aviut and his firmness. Every step is miniature infinity, a certain part of infinity, where everything is presented, including all the lights and kelim, just like in real infinity. A person should to his best to imagine such state, “build” it, and determine it for himself. What does his next world mean, all this upper dreams of his are, actually, the next step and there is nothing after it. It is always worth to use all your means, all your strength. You should not undermine it, you should always see it as great and final one, and this is the only way for you. Every time one should imagine the final image of the Creator, its creatures, the world o f the future, the world of infinity, and all this based on being together in the state of true zivug. This is the way one moves on.
