The Three Letters of Tzelem: Mem, Lamed, Tzaddi 46. The brains of maturity86This section discusses the structure resulting from the rectification of lines of the previous sections. As discussed above, in order for the rectification of lines to take place, the yearning from below (the ascent of “feminine waters“) triggers a flow from above the level of Arikh Anpin, a process which ultimately causes the descent of Malkhut from Bina, the place Malkhut occupied as a result of the second constriction.
That constricted state split apart every level from Nekudim downward, pushing Bina, Tiferet and Malkhut of the level to the level below. This constricted state is called “the state of immaturity,” while the reverted state, in which Malkhut descends and the rectification of lines is completed, is the “state of maturity.” The resulting structure of the flow of the light of Ḥokhma into lower levels is referred to as the “brains of maturity.” is the state after the Malkhut reverted and descended from the place of Bina to its own place, and Bina, Tiferet, and Malkhut returned to their level, and the level was completed with all the five vessels, Keter, Ḥokhma, Bina, Tiferet, and Malkhut, and with all the five lights, nefesh, ruaḥ, neshama, ḥaya, and yeḥida (as stated in section 18 above).
This state is that in which the Malkhut, which constitutes the mystical meaning of the yod that entered the or (light) and turned it into avir (air), reverted and left the avir so that the avir once again became or (as explained there).87See section 17 above for a full description of the meaning of the yod entering the or (light) and turning it into avir (air). Three levels can be discerned in these brains, which are alluded to by the three letters of mem, lamed, and tzaddi, which is the mystical meaning of tzelem (image).88The concept of tzelem will be elaborated upon in the next sections.