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The liver and the heart

61. The liver and the heart

A Synopsis
Rabbi Shimon says that the heart (God) takes from the liver only
that which is pure and clean, leaving all the foulness for Samael,
who distributes it to the idol worshipping nations.

The Relevance of this Passage

Once again, we discover how the spiritual worlds mirror the
function of the physical body, shedding further light on the
ultimate origins of disease. In essence, when we listen to and
respond to selfish impulses (reactive behavior), we succumb to the
prodding of our evil adversaries the angels Satan/Samael and
Lilit. Each time were responsive to their provocations the rush
to judgment, the urge to scream, the need to mistreat another
person, the impulse to lie and deceive their strength and hold
over our body and our life increases.
Their stronghold, the Zohar tells us, is the liver. Physically, the
liver filters our blood and then sends it, cleaned and purified, to the
heart.
This medical truth is revealed by the Zohars cryptic language:
everything that the liver is holding it sacrifices to the
heart,
which is the King, to nourish him... He takes everything that is
clear and pure, NAMELY all the merits and the good deeds...
That last statement alludes to the relationship among a good liver,
purified blood, a healthy heart, and our positive behavior.
The bile of the liver absorbs fat as well as waste and toxic matter
from the blood. This function is encoded into the following text of
Zohar:
all the foulness, the filth and the dirt, which are the bad
deeds, He leaves for the liver, WHICH IS SAMAEL.
Our selfish impulses come from Samael. If we allow our selfish
impulses to guide us in life, then SAMAEL has the power to send
impurities of the blood from the liver to the heart. In other words,
our reactive, stress-induced behavior creates negative energy that
manifests physically in our body as heart disease. This truth is
found in the following verse:
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And the iniquities of His people are in the arteries AND

SINEWS that pulsate in the heart.

Research shows that heart disease kills twice as many people as

cancer and is one of the leading causes of death. The Zohar
passage that we are now discussing provides us with spiritual Light
that removes stress and anxiety from our being. We are imbued
with the strength to resist reactive emotions and desires and with
the ability to resist heart disease.
Our blood is cleansed. Fatty deposits, also called plaque, are
extracted from the walls of our arteries and dissolved away. The
entire cardiovascular system is cleared and regenerated. Heart-
related illnesses and diseases are treated and cured as the Light
extinguishes the dark influences of the negative adversaries.
In paragraph 375, the Zohar explains that skin sores, boils, and
leprosy are rooted in the liver and toxins that remain in our body.
In addition to heart disease, these Zohar verses also heal all
skin-related diseases.

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374. With Truah, Tkiah and Shvarim, everything is perfumed, one with
the other, FOR ALL OF THE JUDGMENTS ARE MITIGATED, and everything
that the liver is holding it sacrifices to the heart, which is the king, to
nourish it. And it is neither the way of the heart, nor does it desire, the
foulness of the deeds of its people, rather it takes everything that is clear and
pure, NAMELY all the merits and the good deeds, while all the foulness, the
filth and the dirt, which are the bad deeds it leaves for the liver, WHICH IS
SAMAEL, about whom it is said: Esau...is a hairy (Heb. sair) man
(Beresheet 27:11). And all its arteries, which are the other idol-worshipping
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peoples, are as it is written: And the goat (Heb. seir) shall bear upon him
all their iniquities (Vayikra 16:22). What is meant by their iniquities
(Heb. avonotam)? avonot tam, namely the iniquities of a tam, a complete
man, the reference being to the same one about whom it is said: And Jacob
was a plain (Heb. tam) man (Beresheet 25:27). And the iniquities of its
people are in the arteries AND SINEWS that pulsate in the heart.

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375. And this is why boils and leprosy and skin sores of all the limbs are
form the liver, deriving from the filth that remains there. From the heart
comes health for all the limbs, for that is how it is: since the heart took all
that is pure, clean, and bright, the liver takes what is left of the dirt and the
filth and distributes it to all the other limbs, which are the other idol
worshipping nations, against their will. And from the refuse of, the refuse of
the liver, the spleen, WHICH IS LILIT, takes, about whom it is said: Let
there be lights (Heb. meorot) (Beresheet 1:14), WHERE THE WORD
MEOROT IS SPELLED WITHOUT VAV, WHICH CAN ALSO BE READ AS
MERAT, THE CURSE OF, BECAUSE LILIT WAS CREATED, as in the verse:
The curse (Heb. merat) of Hashem is in the house of the wicked (Mishlei
3:33).

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