{"id":93,"date":"2006-10-05T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/ge\/50030-mans-ascentcreation\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T20:22:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T20:22:14","slug":"50030-mans-ascentcreation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.summametaphysica.com\/ge\/50030-mans-ascentcreation\/","title":{"rendered":"500.30 MAN&#8217;S ASCENT\/CREATION <br>(pps.103-104)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">hard cover page 103<\/p>\n<p><strong>The closer man approaches the achievement of his spiritual and other potentialities, the closer man comes to fulfilling a primal quest of creation.<\/strong><sup>398<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Theoretically, attainment of spiritual potentiality would obviate the need for Divine contraction. For Divine self-contraction is solely for the purpose of granting man the necessary freedom to achieve his potential.<sup>399<\/sup> The broad concept of mankind&#8217;s ultimate redemption (and salvation) transcends most major religious lines; it is common in Western religions and Eastern religions, &#8220;archaic religions&#8221; and &#8220;modern religions.&#8221; Seemingly this concept is rooted in man&#8217;s religious instinct. Hope springs not just eternal, but almost universal.<\/p>\n<p>When mankind has reached its spiritual potential, a primal purpose of creation will, hopefully, have been fulfilled, and a redemptive age, hopefully, achieved. Jewish philosophy is therefore on the right track when it is reluctant to deny a role for other religions in the ultimate Divine scheme.<sup>400<\/sup> For the spiritual ascendency of mankind in general is intertwined with the Jewish role, and of course plays a most important role in the general development for potential.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>. . . the quest for perfection, which is the most idealistic striving of our nature, directs us to seek the higher unity that must finally come in the world. In that day-God will be one and His name one.<br \/>\n-Kook<sup>401<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>. . . the divine remains committed to, and yearning for, the attainment of the final perfection.<br \/>\n-Greenberg<sup>402<\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">===================================<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d- NOTES \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d-<\/p>\n<p><sup>398 <\/sup>See Mamlak. &#8220;Gershon Mamlak Responds,&#8221;<em> Midstream, <\/em>November 1984, p. 30. &#8220;. . . with the loss of its potentialities Judaism&#8217;s covenantal mission has been obscured, and the self-image of Jews damaged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><sup>399 <\/sup>See ibid., p. 33. &#8220;With Judaism realizing its potentialities as &#8216;A Light unto the Nations,&#8217; Redemption will affect and transform all human communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><sup>400 <\/sup>Kaplan, If You Were God, p. 17. &#8220;It was in this spirit that Judaism gave birth to both Christianity and Islam. [Although far from perfection], these religions are a step in the right direction. (Kuzari, 4:23, Tshuvos Rambarn, 58).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><sup>401 <\/sup>Kook, <em>Orot Yisroel <\/em>5:2, as cited in Bokser, <em>Abraham Isaac Kook<\/em>, p. 24.<\/p>\n<p><sup>402 <\/sup>Greenberg, Perspectives: <em>Voluntary Covenant, <\/em>p. 2.<\/p>\n<p>~continued~<br \/>\n<!--COPY THIS ENTIRE CODE TO START TABLE--><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"80%\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<table width=\"314\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">CONVERSION TABLE for this multi-page\u00c2 unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>you are currently on hard cover p. 103<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/ge\/50020-purpose\/4\/\">< BACK<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\">\u00c2 <\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/ge\/50030-mans-ascentcreation\/2\/\">NEXT PAGE><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\" valign=\"bottom\"><strong>Pages pointer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\">\u00c2 <\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><strong>hard cover page<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">1<br \/>\n2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">><br \/>\n><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">103<br \/>\n104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--END OF TABLE--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">hard cover page 104<\/p>\n<p>However, &#8220;perfection&#8221; and &#8220;infinity,&#8221; while possibly approachable, are not necessarily attainable. 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