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Many terms are used to describe \u201cunderstanding.\u201d For Kabbalists, the deepest level of understanding is called \u201cattainment.\u201d Since they are studying the spiritual worlds, their goal is to reach \u201cspiritual attainment.\u201d Attainment refers to such profound and thorough understanding and perception, no questions remain unanswered. Kabbalists write that at the end of humanity\u2019s evolution, we will all attain the Creator in a state called \u201cEquivalence of Form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reach that goal, Kabbalists carefully defined which parts of reality we should study, and which we shouldn\u2019t. To determine these two paths, Kabbalists followed a very simple principle: If what we study helps us learn more quickly and more accurately, we should study it. If it doesn\u2019t, we should ignore it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, Kabbalists in general, and The Book of <\/em>Zohar<\/em> in particular, caution us to study only what we can perceive with absolute certainty. Wherever guesswork is involved, we shouldn\u2019t waste our time, as our attainment would be questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabbalists also say that of the four categories of perception\u2014Matter, Form in Matter, Abstract Form, and Essence\u2014we can perceive only the first two with certainty. Thus, everything The <\/em>Zohar<\/em> writes about is desires (Matter) and how we use them: for ourselves or for the Creator (Form in Matter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag writes that, \u201cIf the reader does not know how to be prudent with the boundaries, and takes matters out of context, he or she will immediately be confused.\u201d This can happen if we don\u2019t limit our study to Matter and Form in Matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no such thing as a \u201cprohibition\u201d in spirituality. When Kabbalists declare something as \u201cforbidden,\u201d it means that it is unattainable, imperceptible. When they say that we are forbidden to study Abstract Form and Essence, it doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019ll be struck by lighting if we do; it means that we can\u2019t hope to achieve clear perception of them, even if we really want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashlag uses electricity to explain why the Essence is imperceptible. He says that we can use electricity in many different ways, such as heating, cooling, playing music, and watching videos. Electricity can be dressed in many Forms; but can we express the Essence of electricity itself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s use another example to explain the four categories\u2014Matter, Form in Matter, Abstract Form, and Essence. When we say that a certain person is strong, we are actually referring to that person\u2019s Matter\u2014body\u2014and the Form that clothes his or her Matter\u2014strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we remove the Form of strength from the Matter (the person\u2019s body), and examine the Form of strength separately, undressed in Matter, we would be examining the Abstract Form of strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth category, the Essence of the person in itself, is completely unattainable. We simply have no senses that can \u201cstudy\u201d the Essence and portray it in a perceptible manner. In consequence, the Essence is not only something we don\u2019t know right now; we will never<\/em> know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Confusion Trap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should we focus on only the first two categories? The problem is that when dealing with spirituality, we don\u2019t know when we are confused. Therefore, we might well continue in the wrong direction and drift farther away from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the material world, if I know what I want, I can see if I\u2019m getting it or not, or at least if I\u2019m on the right track toward getting it. Unfortunately, this is not the case with spirituality. In that arena, when I am wrong, I am not only denied what I wanted, but I even lose my present spiritual degree. The Light will dim and I will be unable to redirect myself correctly without help from a guide. This is why it is so important to understand the three boundaries and follow them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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