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Understanding the Kabbalistic Tree of Life!

By Dr Joshua David Stone

 

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Tree of Life

Channelings, Writings, and Vision by Dr Joshua David Stone!

Artist: Luiz Carlos Ramalho Vieira

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12 SEPHIROTH OF THE TREE OF LIFE

SephirothHigher ExpressionLower Expression
Kether or Crown Sephiroth: Person puts Spirituality as their top priority, but is also able to keep their Physical life in balance; Heavenly and Earthly life is well balanced.Too heavy or over-identified with Heavenly energies at the expense of their Physical Body and Earth life; the Psychological and Earthly Levels are not integrated properly due to an imbalanced mindset.
Chokmah or Wisdom Sephiroth: Person with innate connection to Divine wisdom who is realizing their potentials; Emotionally balanced and quite steady and even minded; strong connection to the proper will/wisdom balance; connected to the Divine Father and the male aspect of Divinity; great occultist, psychologist or Master Spiritual Teacher;Weak will function; wisdom on the level of the concrete mind rather than the Higher Mind and abstract esoteric mind; too conservative, limited in certain subconscious and conscious patterns; wisdom more of the personality rather than the progressing wisdom of the Soul and monad.
Binah or Understanding Sephiroth: One who carries the Divine Mother; great mystic; embodiment of receptivity, love, compassion, and understanding, with still the strong expression of the Divine Will; Person who is talking too much; not just compassionate but too empathic; mother is a co-dependent rather than a Divine expression of unconditional love and non-attachment; over-mothering, too selfless, not knowing how to take care of self. Kether, Chokmah, and Binah form a triad that the Kabbalah calls the Supernal Triad; they form the Monadic Level of the Tree of Life.
Chesed or Mercy Sephiroth: Deals with emotions and feelings of unconditional love and compassion; mercy administered in a very balanced way; also deals with the Christ quality of justice and fairness;Person feels like they have never been treated fairly or justly and that they are victims of mercilessness; they often think they are giving mercy, but, in truth, what they are doing is victimizing themselves.
Geburah or Serenity Sephiroth: Discernment, self-control, and Divine Will (balance to Chesed); person is always centered and in the Middle Path; they are always at inner peace within themselves and at inner peace with other people; they are serene and are very much the peacemaker in a very positive sense of the term; good in political situations for they have the serenity and strength of will to remain clear and centered; excellent mediators and arbitrators; Person who is undiscerning in life; problem making decisions; not decisive; they don’t know how to retain their personal power; in essence, they are out of balance and are always struggling; no mastery over emotions, victimized by the outside world and other people; talk about the importance of being strong but not demonstrating it.
Tiphareth or Beauty Sephiroth: Person who sees beauty in everything, rather like the fourth Ray type in its higher expression; they create beauty all around them; have the strength of beauty about themselves;Vanity; instead of selfless interest in beauty, this is tainted by a self-interest in beauty beyond the quality of Godliness; they want everything to be beautiful for themselves not as a service for God and humanity. Chesed, Geburah, and Tiphareth deal with the Soul level of the Tree. If you are identified with the triad that lies below this one, you are identifying yourself as a personality or Physical Body rather than as a Soul.
Netzach and Victory Sephiroth: Person who sees justice and triumph; if a person is just in this Sephiroth it may manifest only on a personality Level of self-actualization and not necessarily at the Soul or monadic level of victory; at the personality Level of victory, we might have the great athlete, conqueror, or successful psychologist; connected with the feeling nature; Tyrant or dictator; person who always needs to win and be the “top dog,” and is extremely competitive; they have not yet learned to transcend the negative ego game of superiority/inferiority complex; this type of person always needs to be right and is hence very self-righteous; they strive for victory at all costs, even at the expense of their own Soul; they make bad decisions when in a leadership role because of the negative ego; they always need to hide any sense of weakness or vulnerability because of their need to be the best.
Hod or Splendor Sephiroth: Person who is a great organizer; since Hod is focused on the personality level, if not blended with other Sephiroth, it will remain more on the level of the concrete mind; opposite of Netzach; not focused on the feeling state, but on logic, thinking, and analytical perception on the personality level;Person who is disorganized; they are often very limited in their perspective, and see life through a very small selfish lens and hence do not see the bigger picture; often striving for splendor but are doing so in service of the negative ego rather than the splendor of Spirit; grandeur versus grandiosity; misjudging self and others; weakness of the Mental function allows the Emotional Body to have too much sway.
Yesod or Foundation Sephiroth: Person has made subconscious mind their servant and has learned to tap and utilize the unbelievable abilities of the subconscious mind; person is very strong in their convictions, has faith, and has mastered fear; they can go into the most difficult situation and handle themselves extremely well; often heroic; will often take a job no one else will do because they are so grounded and strong in their foundation; foundation of all advanced Spiritual work is a healthy psychology which has its foundation in the relationship between a person’s conscious and subconscious mind; person might be psychic but not necessarily Spiritual if not blended; Person is completely victimized by the subconscious mind; they are on automatic pilot and not conscious, vigilant, and do not have Personal Power attached to their conscious mind; are weak and fearful in all situations. Netzach, Hod, and Yesod make up the Lower Spiritual Triad; they deal with the personality level, and are only a reflection of the Soul level of existence, just as the Soul level is a reflection of the monadic level of existence.
Malkuth or The Kingdom Sephiroth:Person who can live like a king on Earth; when just developed in this one Sephiroth they are Physically very strong and healthy and function extremely well in Earth life; not necessarily developed on the Soul or monadic level; born with a very strong Physical constitution; good Physical capabilities; lesson of this type of person is to learn to blend the Soul level and then finally the monadic level into this Earthly function; Person who is ridden with fears of Physical illness or is a hypochondriac; person who is fearful of money and Physical survival; preoccupied with First Chakra concerns; often very superstitious.
Hidden Wisdom Sephiroth:The eleventh Sephiroth is the Hidden Sephiroth of Daath, which is also called "Hidden Wisdom!” This is the Wisdom you will find in the Five Correspondence Courses and Two Training Programs! This is the Hidden Wisdom that leads to "Integrated Christ Realization" and Integrated Ascended Master Realization!No Lower Expression!
Synthesis Sephiroth:The twelfth Sephiroth is the Sephiorth of the Mahatma, or the Sephiroth of Synthesis! When you master and integrate the 12th Sephiroth, you integrate and balance all the Sephiroth and see life through a full spectrum prism consciousness, seeing through all twelve Sephiroth simultaneously and equally balanced. No Lower Expression!