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HeavenonEarth
ByFaitelLevin
PublishedandcopyrightedbyKehotPublicationSociety
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DiversityandUnity
IntegraltoKabbalisticandChasidicteachingsisthebeliefthatbeneaththemyriadindividualanddiverseentitiesthatmeettheeyeliesoneunifyingcosmicreality.Chairsandtables,fieldsandmeadows,oceansandmountains,animalsandstars,areinessenceone.Forbeyondtheoutershell,isaDivinerealitywhichunitesall.
Itappears,thatthismonisticperceptionofrealityreachesitsmaturityspecificallyintheDirahBetachtonimsystem.Itisfromtheperspectiveofthisworld-outlookthatthesuperficialpluralityanddiversityofrealityisultimatelynegated,bypermittingtheunderlyingunifyingrealitytotallyunrestrictedscope.
Thisargumentwillbedevelopedduringthecourseofthischapter,andfurtherclarifiedinthefollowingtwochapters.ThischapterbeginswithacloserlookatthenotionofcosmicunityasitoccursintheKabbalahandclassicChasidicwritings1,andsubsequentlyreturnstoDirahBetachtonim