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RUA'H
A symbol of the dual mind,-the higher mind and
the lower mind. - the higher mind is attached to buddhi (neshamah),
and the lower mind to desire (nephesh). This difference makes the
first the spiritual mind, and the second the desire mind.
"Neshamah (Divine soul) goes over to that Rua'h, and rules over him,
and lights him with that Light of Life; and that Rua'h depends on
the Neshamah, and receives light from her which illuminates him. . .
. The Neshamah soul goes up direct to the very Inner, and the Rua'h
spirit goes up to Eden, but not so high as the Soul; and Nephesh
(the animal principle, lower soul) remains in the grave below" (From
the Zohar). - I. MYER, Qabbalah, p. 394.
The atma-buddhic principle inspires the causal-body and rules the
spiritual mind by wisdom and love; and that spiritual mind is united
(buddhi-manas) to the higher Soul and receives through it the light
of Truth. The buddhic Soul aspires, or ascends, to the very Atman,
and the spiritual mind rises to the buddhic plane (Gan Eden). The
desire-nature (nephesh) pertains to matter and disappears.
"This Rua'h does not go to Gan Eden (Garden of Eden) because he is
Nephesh, and each has its own place." - Ibid., p. 394.
This other "Rua'h," the lower mind, does not ascend to the buddhic
plane, for it is mortal, being united to desire (nephesh). It cannot
rise, but must perish on its own plane of kama-manas.
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