Uncreated

... The divine emanates existence and is itself beyond existence.
(p. 35)

Ein Sof has no will, no intention, no desire, no thought, no speech, no action -- yet there is nothing outside of it.
(p. 30)

(Paraphrased: How can one describe Ein Sof), whom we cannot depict, of whom we cannot speak, of whom we cannot posit either judgment or compassion, excitement or anger, change or limit, sleep or motion, or any quality whatsoever, either prior to the emanation or now.
(p. 40)

About you, no one knows anything. Apart form you, there is no union above and below. You are known as Lord of all. Every one of the sefirot has a name that is known..., but you have no known name, for you pervade all names; you are the fullness of them all. When you disappear from them, all those names are left like a body without a soul.

You are wise -- not with a known wisdom. You understand -- not with a known understanding. You have no known place -- just making known your power and strength to human beings, showing them how the world is conducted by justice and compassion, according to human action. But actually you have no known justice or compassion, nor any quality at all.
(p. 51)

Ein Sof is a place to which forgetting and oblivion pertain. Why? Because concerning all the sefirot, one can search out their reality from the depth of supernal wisdom. From there it is possible to understand one thing from another. However, concerning Ein Sof, there is no aspect anywhere to search or probe; nothing can be known of it, for it is hidden and concealed in the mystery of absolute nothingness. Therefore forgetting pertains to the comprehension of this place. So open your eyes and see this great, awesome secret. Happy is one whose eyes shine from this secret, in this world and the world that is coming!
(p. 63)

©1999 by Deb Platt