Worlds, Souls and Divinity

The Ba’al Shem Tov taught that all reality consists of three components: Worlds, Souls and Divinity. Worlds encompass the physical material world we live in; Souls relate to the unique perspective of human consciousness; Divinity reveals the Godly energy that pervades every point of space and every moment of time.

At the rung of Worlds, we search for God; at the level of Souls, we attempt to serve God; at the highest rung we long to unite with God. In relating to Worlds, the our task is to uplift the world, ascending above the mundane and gravity bound weight of physicality. Souls are drawn to connect to other souls in intimacy and sharing friendship. The passion of the soul is ultimately to unite with God, losing all sense of individual separateness.

The three rungs of Worlds, Souls and Divinity and the connective interaction between them describe the constant processing of experience transpiring in our inner consciousness, as well as our daily encounter with outer reality.