Part 14 · Chapter 54

The Ari's Text

And the matter is that there must be an arousal of the lower ones, like the manner of the lower coupling, to raise MAN; therefore one must intend in his prayer up to there, and then that Path will raise female waters to receive male waters; and this Path is not known, neither above nor below, neither in the secret of Mayin Nukvin nor in the secret of Mayin Dechurin. And the coupling is not complete except through this Path.

Inner Light

This commentary hasn't been matched to individual seifim yet — items are shown in reading order, and the number beside each one counts the notes themselves, not the seifim of the Ari's text.

Not matched to a seif

1And this Path is not known, neither above nor below, neither in the secret of MAN [Mayin Nukvin] nor in the secret of MAD [male waters], and the coupling is not complete except through this Path. Meaning, although there is no coupling at all upon this Malchut of the first restriction in all the Partzufim of ABYA from AA and below, and she is included neither in MAN nor in MAD, as above — nevertheless, there is no complete coupling for AVI of Atzilut except when they are included in this Path, namely through their ascent to the three heads of AA; for these three heads have already joined with Radla [the unknown head] into one Rosh, through the nullification of the Parsaot, and then the Mazal serves as MAN for the sake of AVI, and then they can receive the Mochin of birth.