The instructions for the establishment of the Mishkan indicate both the inner and the outer sanctuary along with all of the accompanying embellishments. The Zohar speaks of these embellishments in terms of their spiritual counterparts as follows...
Zohar Trumah 2. Rabbi Shimon opened the discussion saying: "Who is she that looks out like the dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?" (Shir Hashirim 6:10). "Who (Heb. mi) is she (Heb. zot)"? Mi zot is the secret of two worlds that unite, which are a world and a world. 'Who' is the supernal level above, the beginning of all things which may be examined, and is named 'Mi', as it says, "Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who created these" (Yeshayah 40:26). "She (Heb. zot)" is a lower level below, which is the lower world, They are two worlds joined by one connection, by one tie, together -
The two worlds that unite are the higher world and the lower world. It is the joining of Understanding or Binah with the fulfillment of purpose called Malchus or Kingdom.
When you have a comprehension of what is to be and see it through all the way until its conclusion this is the pattern of awareness that describes every inner connection that occurs throughout Creation.
The 'Who' or 'Mi' is the protagonist of being which becomes in response to a central unifying purpose or 'Who.' It is like the dawn because it is the precursor of all that is.
It is 'fair as the moon' because it is inscribes a true reflection of what is becoming. 'Clear like the sun,' showing everything in bas relief on a map of what is coming to be.
'Terrible like an army with banners' refers to the inexorable unfolding of cause unto effect, unstoppable and rolling across the fields of becoming.
Yes this 'Who' is the 'beginning of all things that are to be examined.' Whenever we embark upon a new venture it is 'Who' that precedes this venture and powers the unfolding of its purpose. The Zohar is asking us to consider the source but more importantly we are asked where all things come from.
When we look at the source and are witnesses to the working out of the plan of reality throughout each moment then it is Consciousness that is both the actor and the audience complete in unified awareness.
'The two worlds are joined by one connection,' this connection is awareness. More specifically this awareness is the Consciousness of being that is the being that is taking shape right in the moment of our recognition of its happening.
The tie in to Trumah or the descriptions of the Mishkan presented this week is that what this Mishkan is being made of or being made out of contains the very seeds of that awareness or the 'Who' that is spoken of here.
Everything is derived from a specific pattern that is gathered from on high.
Shemos 25:40. Now see and make according to their pattern, which you are shown on the mountain.
We therefore become that which is meant to be from on high flowing through our awareness as it then recognizes its becoming in unification of above and below. B"H.
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