Da’at, knowledge, is not actually a Sefirah, but a point of confluence between Wisdom Chochmah and Understanding Binah. However, in many ways it behaves as a Sefirah and because of this, it is sometimes included among them (in the system of the Arizal, for example, it is often substituted for Keter as the 10th Sefirah). It is an invisible zone between the sefirot, which must be crossed in order for an impulse from Keter to proceed down the sefirot and into existence.
A metaphor for this is the way in which manifesting a creative work has a critical point near the beginning, where an idea is formulated, but the will to bring it forth may or may not be sufficient. Initial events may occur prior to this point, but it does not mean they will necessarily develop. Da’at can be considered as if it is a hidden 11th Sefirah which is parallel to Tiferet.
From Rachel:
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In Da'at all sephirot exist in their perfected state of infinite sharing. The 3 sephirot of the left column that would receive and conceal the Divine light, instead share and reveal it.
Da'at is not always depicted in representations of the sephirot and could be abstractly considered an empty slot. Properly, the Divine Light is always shining but not all humans can see it.
It is located in the mystical state where all 10 sephirot are united as one.
ReplyDeleteKnowledge in the Biblical sense of Chockmah and Binah--the male and female centers of the tree.
-third eye
Da'at refers to r the omnipresence Knowledge of God throughout all the sephrot.
Da'at operates on two levels. The higher level (higher knowledge or hidden knowledge) serves to secure the continuous bond between the two higher powers of intellect--chokmah (wisdom) and Binah (understanding. This is Da'at within Kether.
The lower level (lower knowledge or extending knowl due) serves to connect intellect gas a whole with the real of emotion.thereby enhancing one's determination and resolve to act in accordance with the essential truths that one has integrated into consciousness. This is Da'at as the third power of intellect.
Knowledge - the invisible sephira / the cooncealed or hidden concept, that which pervades the whole emination / without knowledge the student cannot have understanding and wisdom / mercy /
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ReplyDeleteVishuddhi Chakra (Throat); Da’at
Besides Vishuddhi being described as the void in the tantra, there is also the knowledge aspect as in Kabbalah. “The more abstract aspect of Vishuddhi is the faculty of higher discrimination. Hence any communication received telepathically can be tested here for its correctness and accuracy. Similarly, Vishuddhi allows us to differentiate between realization coming into our consciousness from the higher levels of knowledge, and the mere babblings of our unconscious mind and wishful thinking.”
Vishuddhi is also known as the ‘nectar and poison centre’. This would mean ‘death and transformation’ in more familiar terms. The nectar is transcendental fluid, ‘the Dew of Heaven’. “As long as Vishuddhi chakra remains inactive, this fluid runs downward unimpeded, to be consumed in the fire of Manipura, resulting in the processes of decay, degeneration and finally death in the body’s tissues. When Vishuddhi is awakened the divine fluid is retained and utilized, becoming the nectar of immortality. The secret of youth and regeneration of the body lies in the awakening of Vishuddhi chakra.”
Vishuddhi is also the key to psychological regeneration. “At the level of Vishuddhi and above, even the poisonous and negative aspects of existence become integrated into the total scheme of being. They are rendered powerless as concepts of good and bad fall away. At this state of awareness the poisonous aspects and experiences of life are absorbed and transformed into a state of bliss.”
Interconnected with Vishuddhi chakra is Bindu Visarga. Very little is known and written about it as it is beyond the realm of all conventional experience. On the Jacob’s Ladder it would relate to the Yesod of Beriah, which underlies the Daat of Yezirah. “Bindu is a trap-door opening in both directions.” It is said to be the origin of manifest individuality. “From this point or seed an object, an animal, a human being or whatever, can arise and manifest. Each and every object has a Bindu as its base. That which was previously formless assumes shape through the Bindu, and its nature is fixed by the Bindu as well.”