Jiang describes Kabbalah as a cosmology in which God is the will to bestow, Adam Kadmon is the will to receive, ego rejects divine bestowal, and that rejection shatters the vessel so sparks of divinity scatter into the world.
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Reception
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Jiang says the three tragedians' works remain powerful because the Oresteia, Oedipus Rex, and the Bacchae are still performed around the world.
Jiang says he is treated as a pariah in China: his education reform books were dismissed as nonsense and his viral geopolitical material drew little traction there.
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"what it does is it creates a new being called adam katman okay think of adam katman as the cosmic man the first cosmic..."
"breaking the shattering of the vessels channel of vessels all right so what happens is that this is the tree of life which is..."
"I mean, I've written two books promoting education reform. And I mean, I'm a pretty deep thinker and I'm pretty well read. And Chinese..."
"And that's what a democracy really is. It's an open and honest discussion about how we can be better. OK? And again, these three,..."
"...been getting is very positive, but you don't know what the reception will be. You don't know if people will truly appreciate and honor..."
"...of a settler religiosity so far as I know, or conservative reception of the Torah any more than it was of a socialist idealism..."
"...the fullness of the divine light. OK. And in fact, this reception spills over, which which creates more worlds. And in fact, Adam Kanmon..."
"...Romans were very tolerant and said, well, we'll make a special reception for you Jews."
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