Uncreated

Isaac Luria:

Prior to the Four Worlds, there was only the Endless, in the Form of "He is One and His name is One", in a wondrous concealed unity... {Even the Angels} have no conception of the Endless, blessed be He. There is not intellect created which could conceive of Him, since He has no place, and no boundary, and no name.
(p. 89, Verses 30-31)

Yehuda L. Ashlag:

... all names and appellations discussed in the wisdom of the Kabbalah concern only the Light extended form the Creator's substance and not the substance itself, for truly speaking, we have neither word nor thought of expression by which to speak of His substance.
(p. 56)

... with one "Thought" of the Creator all existence was emanated and created, the upper worlds in conjunction with the lower worlds, including the evolutionary processes of development which creation will constantly undergo until all functions reach their final completion -- the Millennium...

Thus this unique Thought of the Creator is simultaneously:

• the doer of everything;
• the substance of all actions;
• the toil and endeavor;
• the achiever of the goal;
• the perfection and full reward awaited by the created ones.
  (p. 37)

... the Creator, the Thought and the Light are one and the same thing. In accordance with this condition, the Endless Light extending from the Creator's substance enveloped all existence within the abundance {where the abundance is this very Light}; while the word "Kingdom", within the Endless Light, comprises all the recipients of this abundance -- until it attains its destined future of absolute completion and perfection.
(p. 94)

This Upper Light always remains in a condition of absolute tranquillity... Since all we can grasp is the concept of reception of Light by the vessels, we call this knowledge the "wisdom of receiving."
(p. 110)

©1999 by Deb Platt