Purim: The Inner Meaning

THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER DESCRIBE THE WAY WE ALL SPIRITUAL must go through. THE BEAUTY OF THE STORY IS THAT WE HAVE NOT understand intellectually, but goes INSTILL IN RECOGNIZING AS YOUR GOING DEEPER MEANING.



* Rav Michael Laitman

The Book of Esther features four main characters: the King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther, and two individuals showing fuss, Mordechai (the good) and Haman (the bad).

In Hebrew, the Book of Esther is called Megillat Esther. Comes from the word Megillah Gilui (discovery), and Esther comes from the word Hester (concealment). In other words, the Book of Esther intended to reveal what is hidden.

First, we must remember that the wisdom dela Kabbalah explains that the whole of reality there are only two forces: the Creator and Creation he perceives. Both the Bible and other sacred texts in different styles explain these spiritual concepts described in the Kabbalah.

In The Book of Esther, the King represents the Creator, but none of the other protagonists is a separate entity, in fact, each character is only another aspect of the Creator created.

This is a key concept to remember because it changes completely from a moralistic tale about how good defeats evil eventually, to an allegory about our personal relationship with the Creator. According to Kabbalah, Esther, Haman and Mordechai are different aspects within us, and the Creator is the attribute of benevolence that we need to acquire to unite with Him

The story of Esther begins with establishing the character of the good man, Mordechai. He discovers that two of the servants of the King are planning to assassinate him, and warns of the danger. But the reaction of the King is very different from what was expected: instead promoted Haman, Mordechai!

In this story, Esther represents the collective soul of all beings in the world, and the two rivals, Haman and Mordechai, represent the two tendencies of the soul: bad or selfishness (Amman), and good or altruism (Mordechai) .

These roles are the reason that the King stands at Haman instead of Mordecai. If we acquire the altruistic tendencies and unite with the Creator, we must begin to realize the trap we mean selfishness. In other words, the substance of all creation-all of us-including the desire to receive pleasure. Therefore, if we make a change to altruism is essential to realize that selfishness is bad for us, and consequently want to change it.

How does this happen? Putting Amman (selfishness) a trap that can not resist to expose their true nature until its conclusion. It gives you more and more power until he can not resist when asked, "What should be awarded to a man whom the king delights to honor?" And the bait.

"If there is someone who wants to honor King, who bring a real garment worn by the King and a horse that he has assembled, and put on the horse's head a royal crown."

"Then deliver the apparel and the horse to a high dignitary of the real nobility, dress the man whom the king wishes to honor and horseback stroll down the main street of the city, proclaiming before him: 'This man is treated whom the king wishes to honor. '"

At the heart of The Book of Esther lies the deepest principle of how to acquire spirituality: to discover the Creator, first discover you prepare for yourself, since the creation of which we are all part, is made of one thing: the desire to receive pleasure, while the Creator, at the opposite end of the scale, is the desire to give.

If we examined the relationship of the Creator with the created like a common relationship between two people would see that they have nothing in common and are so opposed to all that one loves is hated by the other and vice versa. Hence they have no way to communicate with each other and, therefore, if we want to communicate with the Creator, we have to be like him, at least in a minimal extent. The more similar we are, more and better our communication.

The story of The Book of Esther describes the spiritual journey we all must go through. The beauty of history is that we have to understand it intellectually, but to be inculcated as we recognize its profound meaning.

This story can be read again and again, revealing new secrets with each reading. All we need to assimilate is this simple principle: to discover the Creator, get ready to discover yourself, first.

Each time you want to know more about the Creator, He will show us, however, who and how we are, and we have to find the Haman within us before we can discover the greatness of Mordecai, who truly loves the Creator.

Working this way with this method, we can guarantee not only reveal the Creator, but Mordecai receives the reward for his services: "He took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai walked down the main street of the city , and proclaimed before him: 'This is done to the man whom the king wishes to honor.' "

Hence, we can enjoy a simple thriller with a good ending or embark on the search for inner meaning, beyond the plot and characters, with the intention of finding the track that leads us finally to the "Palace of King ".

* Rav Michael Laitman, Master of Cybernetics, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, a professor of ontology and epistemology. He is founder and president of Bnei Baruch and ARI Institute in Israel. More information www.laitman.es, www.kabbalah.info / s and www.kab.tv / spa