…encompassing Zeir Anpin above his head. Although unable to enter, the light shines over him and does not leave him, except that it does not come as close as the inner light but stands like one guarding him from above.
Part 2: This entire entity is the TZeLeM. It is called the Tzelem (“image”) because this is none other than the “image of God” in which Adam was made (Genesis 1:27), and the very letters of the word signify the intrinsic essence of this entity.
The letter Tzaddi of TZeLeM is the Netzach-Hod-Yesod… For the three letters of the word Tzelem signify the three levels into which its Ten Sefirot divide. The lowest is that of Netzach-Hod-Yesod, which is here called the Interior Mental Powers. The second level is that of Chessed-Gevurah-Tiferet: this is the First Encompassing Level. The third level of the Ten Sefirot of Tzelem is that of Keter-Chochmah-Binah-Daat, which is the Second Encompassing Level.