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Reality as an Embroidery

Now let’s talk a little more about revealing the Creator. When
Baal HaSulam describes the purpose of Kabbalah as “the
revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world,” he
means that the essence of Kabbalah (“reception”) is to discover
the Creator because this is what gives us the ultimate pleasure.
But there is more to it: Kabbalah explains that discovering
the Creator means discovering the law that governs nature. In
fact, the Creator is nature. By disclosing this law of nature,
Kabbalah aims to disclose reality in its entirety, the whole gamut,
revealing why things happen to us and how we can not only
predict them, but change them to our benefit.
Also, if you can understand all sides of nature, you can reach
far beyond your present physical life, far beyond the boundaries
of your five senses, as if someone has removed a blindfold from
your eyes and allowed you to see the true vastness and beauty of
the world.
How does it work, and what do you actually receive? Reality
is like embroidery. When you look at an embroidery you see a
coherent picture. But when you look behind the picture, at the
threads that make up the picture, you find a mess of strings and
cords that you can’t decide where they begin, where they end,
and which part of the picture they belong to. Kabbalah helps
you understand the threads behind the picture of reality, and
teaches you how to become an embroiderer yourself, so you can
build a picture that suits your liking.