Genesis 1:7

The concept of "water" (mayim, מַ יִׁם) as the flow of creation is articulated in various ways through the vision of the four worlds, which in turn reflect those fundamental elements—alongside fire, air, and earth—that we perceive as the essence of this earthly dimension. By associating water with Chesed in the sefirot, we see the mercy and goodness of the Creator, reflected in the Tree of Life, our Lord Jesus Christ, who presented Himself as the water of life.

Water symbolizes fluidity, purity, and the abundance of the Creator, being a fundamental and essential principle for our existence and growth at all levels. Water represents that divine wisdom descending from above to give life to the earth, flowing from the spiritual heights to the earthly realm, providing spiritual sustenance and guidance.

It is no coincidence that water is a means of purification and that rituals like the Jewish Mikvah call us to distinguish between our transcendent pursuits, related to the "upper waters," and our mundane expectations, represented by the "lower waters," which not only separate us but also divide us. Therefore, we must work daily for that interconnection where the influence of both sources encourages harmony.

Mayim is written with the letters mem (מ), yud (י), and mem (מ ), which have a gematria value of 90 (מ = 40, י = 10, מ = 40), projecting the idea of a complete cycle. The number 90, a multiple of 10, represents completeness in our spirituality, a perspective that encourages us to seek within the continuous flow of life that wisdom conveyed through our knowledge. Thus, we need to reconnect with His Word so that it aligns and reorients ours.

The letter mem in Hebrew has a value of 40 and appears twice in mayim, indicating that what we call trials are actually invitations to change, to our transformation. This is our nature, purified by water both spiritually and physically.

Maintaining that spiritual purity involves flowing with divine guidance, which calls us to constantly seek the balance between the material and the spiritual, understanding changes as calls to our purification. Like water, we must be willing to adapt and transform our lives to reach a higher state of consciousness and connection with the divine.

Although we live in a physical world, our actions must be aligned with a higher purpose. Separation does not imply distance but the creation of a space where both aspects can coexist in harmony, providing a framework in which we can grow and evolve spiritually.

In Kabbalah, the firmament is generally associated with the separation between the upper worlds (the spiritual) and the lower worlds (the physical). It is a kind of "barrier" or "border" that separates the different spheres of reality. On a mystical level, it could be understood as the boundary between the Divine, the transcendent, and what is accessible to human beings, the manifested.

More specifically, in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life (the central symbolic structure of Kabbalah), the higher sephirot (spheres or emanations), such as Keter (the crown), Chokmah (wisdom), and Binah (understanding), are closer to the divine, while the lower spheres, such as Yesod (foundation) and Malkuth (kingdom), represent the manifestation of the physical and material world.

In this sense, the firmament could be seen as a reference to the boundary or threshold between the different realities or dimensions of being. In Kabbalistic tradition, the "waters beneath the firmament" can be interpreted symbolically as the emotional, psychic, and material forces that emerge from the physical world, or even as the "lower waters" that are related to the material world and its chaotic aspect.

In the Bible's Book of Genesis, it is described that, on the second day of creation, God separated the waters above the firmament from the waters below it. In Kabbalistic interpretation, the waters represent the primordial forces of creation. The upper waters could symbolize pure wisdom and spiritual energies, while the lower waters are the more earthly forces, those associated with chaos, disorder, overwhelming emotion, or the collective unconscious.

These lower waters can be seen as the manifestation of the more "chaotic" and material aspects of the world, but they also have the potential for purification, given that water is a symbol of fluidity and transformation. In the process of spiritual ascension, the "lower waters" need to be "elevated" and refined to reach a state of harmony and balance.

In terms of gematria, the relationship between words and numbers can reveal deeper layers of meaning. If we analyze the words "firmament" (שָּ מַ יִׁם , "shamayim") and "waters" (מַ יִׁם, "mayim") from a gematrian perspective, we can find further mystical connections and numerological associations that speak to the relationship between order and chaos, heaven and earth, and the spiritual and the material.

In Kabbalah and gematria, the firmament refers to the boundary between the divine and material planes, while the waters below the firmament symbolize material and emotional energies, which can be transformed and elevated to a more divine state.