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The Four Forces of the Universe
 
Reb Zalman, Binah Group, 23 Adar, March 7th 2002
 
Einstein talks about the four forces of the Universe: Gravity, the electromagnetic force, the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force. Whenever I hear about a "foursy" I go to the place of Y H V H.
 
Malchut is Gravity, because it attracts to itself.
 
The reason Ein Sof is interested in Malchut, Shechinah, (as in "Veshachanty B'Tocham"), is because Malchut is so attractive. The Zohar says that the King is willing to lie down on the floor, as long as he can be with his beloved the Queen. This is the same attraction that a man feels when he falls in love with a woman. This is the feeling that says: "I'm willing to give up everything in order to be with that person."
 
My Rolfer, Joseph Heller ( founder of Heller work ) once pointed out to me that what proves that Love is a basic energy in the universe is the law of Gravity: Two bodies in space attract each other!
 
This is the wonderful thing about Ahavah (Love). The numerical value of A H V H is 13. And when we have two that are engaged in Ahavah we get 26, which is the numerical value of God's name Y H V H.
 
The Electromagnetic spectum is Ze’er Anpin. In the spectrum, each of the vibratory levels is sort of a different color. Here it is parallel to the spectrum of Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach Hod and Yesod.
 
The quality of the energy of Chesed can be likened to amperage. The quality of the energy of Gevurah can be seen as voltage. Tiferet, uniting the two is, then, wattage.
 
Resistance is in Netzach, since it's nature is to overcome resistance; and Capacitance is in Hod. To have an electric circuit you must have both. Yesod provides grounding.
 
The strong nuclear force is Binah. The strong nuclear force keeps electrons away from each other and from the nucleus, so that the atom doesn't collapse. This is very similar to what happens in Binah.
 
Binah deals with distinction and separations. "Mevin davar mitoch davar": One thing is opposed to another and is understood in comparison to the other.
 
The weak nuclear force is Chochmah. The week nuclear force gets expressed as a spark. Its time is very short. It makes an impression and then is gone.
 
In "Patah Eliyahu" (The Tikuney Zohar) it is said that in God itself we have no "Yediah" or "Hasagah", no grasp or knowledge. But in God's "Levushim", garments, we can have a grasp. The sefirot are those garments that allow us to have knowledge of God. We can have a "Yediah" in the sefirot as they come and replicate themselves as fractals in our life. By understanding the Four forces of the Universe as Ima, Abba (Chochmah and Binah), Ze'er Anpin and Malchut, as a set of Divine garments, we get a wonderful angle through which we can get to know God.