Adam kadmon

The body of the universe of which human beings are a part

February 3rd 2023

Human beings live within the cosmic organism, they are part of it, they are cells in this gigantic body that is the body of the universe, which the Cabbalah refers to as Adam Kadmon, and regardless of what they want or do, they cannot detach themselves from it. They receive life and all the elements they need to subsist from it: food, water, air and light. Of course, if their consciousness does not participate in this reality, they cut themselves off from this organism to a degree and deprive themselves of this life, this support. That is why we must think to attune ourselves everyday with the universe, with the inhabitants of its different regions. Even if we do not know them, even if we do not know where they are, we can make contact with them by means of thought.*

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