It has thus been explained that in the world of Nekudim the ten sefirot did not emerge all at once, as in the first three partzufim of Adam Kadmon. Rather, they emerged at two distinct times, during the phase of immaturity and during the phase of maturity, with only two sefirot emerging at the phase of immaturity and the other three sefirot emerging at the phase of maturity.
72. The third stage is the world of Atzilut, in which ten sefirot emerged at three distinct times, which are called gestation, infancy, and brains.203These terms are explained in the end of this section and the ensuing sections. Here, for the world of Atzilut, a purification of the partition was added on the last level.