Because he had Ruach in
a previous gilgul he can blemish it again in his current gilgul,
even though he currently only has his Nefesh.
Also, when he (the second person) wants to do teshuva,
he must perform a tikun as if he had a blemished Nefesh and Ruach.
He only has a blemished Nefesh, but he must repair
the damage as if he had both Nefesh and Ruach, even though a
blemished Nefesh and Ruach cannot reincarnate together.
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Also regarding teshuva, it is necessary to know the manner
of one's gilgulim, which we will briefly explain now based upon what we
have discussed in another place.
This is a continuation of the subject of teshuva,
which was discussed in the last section.
Suppose that a person, for example, reincarnated twenty to thirty
times beforehand. He will need to know if the first ones had NR'N from BY'A,
and if he blemished them. If that is the case, then all the subsequent thirty,
even if the Nefesh alone entered each one, will have to rectify as if
they blemished all of BY'A, since the first one that preceded all
of them was a Nefesh that received light from the Neshama of Beriya.
Thus, to complete his teshuva he will have to return the light that it
[his soul] had in the beginning.
Although Nefesh only is reincarnating in the current gilgul,
he must rectify all three levels of the soul. This is because all three levels
of the soul were blemished together in the first gilgulim. The reason
for this is that the Nefesh received light from the higher levels when
they reincarnated together. Rectification of the Nefesh includes
rectification of the higher lights that had become part of her existence. And
those higher lights belong to Ruach and Neshama.
Furthermore, this phenomenon has very important implications
for some of the things that we observe in this world.
This is the esoteric meaning of the verse, "...For she has
taken from the hand of G-d double for all her sins." (Isaiah 40:2).
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Sometimes a person will commit a (relatively) light sin, but they
will be very strict and very exacting with him, punishing him as if he
committed a severe sin, "twice" what he did. Thus, one cannot fully
fathom the ways of G-d when he sees someone experiencing this. One cannot grasp
such matters, but he must trust that all G-d does is righteous and with
justice.
It seems that he is getting a double punishment, something
completely disproportionate relative to the sin, but it is because he is being
punished for the blemishes caused by his sin in the higher worlds of Yetzira
and Beriya as well.
When one who does not have this special knowledge about the
roots of gilgulim sees a case of retribution that is apparently
inordinate relative to the sin, he may begin to doubt, G-d forbid, the justice
of the divine system of reward and punishment. Therefore, "he must trust that all G-d does is
righteous and with justice."
However, suppose from the first [gilgul] through the ninth
of the thirty he only merited a Nefesh and a Ruach, but for the
tenth [gilgul] he merited a Neshama; he then sinned and blemished
it. Any sins that resulted during the first nine blemished the Ruach,
and even more so, the Nefesh. However, regarding the tenth and all those
after it, through the thirtieth, the blemish and tikun will also affect
the Neshama. Based upon this, you should be able to figure out any other
case.
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Thus, we find that a person cannot do complete teshuva as
it should be done until he knows his Soul-Root and the levels of gilgulim
of his soul that preceded him. The Zohar, when discussing the verse,
"Tell me, you whom my soul loves" (Song of Songs 1:7) is adamant
about this. It discusses there at length that a person needs to know the
identity of his soul, why it has come into this world, and what it needs to
rectify.
Obviously, this requires knowledge beyond the normal. See for
example, Kol Hatur, "Remizin Kadishin."
(End of Chapter Six.)
To link to the previous article in this reincarnation series,
8 Levels of Repentance, click here
To continue on to the next article of this reincarnation series,
Three Types of Soul, click here
