11-10-2018, 11:03 AM
(11-09-2018, 10:02 AM)Nau7ik Wrote: The spirit is composed of the Neshamah, the higher self, while the lower two faculties, ruach (rational intellect) and nephesh (lower unconscious), correspond to the soul.
Three parts of the soul according to kabbalah:
Nefesh - (animal) soul - resides in body, instincts, physical desires ...
Ruach - spirit - conscience, emotions ...
Neshama - higher soul - pulls the man towards God ...
Some sources even add two or three more ...
I've found The Glassblower Analogy in Kabbalah:
Quote:God's exhaling a soul can be compared to a glassblower forming a vessel. The breath (neshama) first leaves his lips, travels as a wind (ruach) and finally comes to rest (nefesh) in the vessel. Of these three levels of the soul, neshama is therefore the highest and closes to God, while nefesh is that aspect of the soul residing in the body. Ruach stands between the two, binding man to his spiritual Source. It is for this reason that Divine Inspiration is called Ruach HaKodesh in Hebrew.
http://www.aish.com/jl/sp/bas/48942091.html