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Introduction
Multi-Manifestations
of the One God
Jewish
Consciousness from the World of Atzilut
The
Jewish Three that are One
The Consciousness of Atzilut
Appreciates the Paradox of Proverbs
God's
Spirit
in the Verses from Isaiah
The
Seven
Manifestations of "I"
Mystical Insights
Seven
Eyes and Seven "I"s
Positional
Values Reveal More Sevens
Seven
Eyes and Seven "I"s
Secondly,
the Hebrew word for "eye" is ayin. In Hebrew, the letter ayin
always alludes to the letter alef enclothed within it (both due
to the phonetic similarity of the two letters as well as their numerical
ratio of 1:70). The internal essence of the eye is ayin (with the
letter alef replacing the letter ayin), the Divine
"nothingness," which is a permutation of the word ani, "I."
Just as in English the words "I" and "eye" sound the
same, in Hebrew there is a very close relation between the words ani, "I,"
and ayin "eye." In the Bible we find that G-d has seven
eyes (Zachariah 4:10). This is obviously not meant to be taken literally,
but clearly conveys a secret. In His Providence, G-d overlooks and judges
creation from seven perspectives (corresponding to the seven attributes of
the heart). Just as G-d possesses seven "eyes," so does He reveal
Himself in this portion with seven "I"s. In meditation upon this
portion in Isaiah, we become much more involved with the secret of the
number seven than with the number three.
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