Letter 302

One must guard the flesh of the body — not to corrupt it. Not to corrupt the image and form of the person — who is composed from all the worlds. And he has the power — in every single limb — from his head to his feet — in every part of the flesh of his body — to draw the world to Hashem Yisburach.

For every part of his body corresponds to a part of the world — and to many souls. For there is no single hair on a person — and likewise there is no sinew and no piece from the parts of his flesh and his skin within him — upon which do not depend many and many souls and worlds. (And therefore one must guard — not to corrupt the structure of his body — through which one can) And one can return the entire world to Hashem Yisburach — according to how one merits to illuminate the truth with the lights of the Torah in one's body, etc.

Every single person of Israel has the power — to return the entire world in teshuvah. And to bind and to elevate all the worlds to Hashem Yisburach. For he is composed from all the worlds — for his soul is from the upper realms and his body from the lower realms. And through the binding of his soul in his body — he is able to bind all the worlds — to bring them close to Hashem Yisburach. And when he departs — and his soul ascends above and his body remains below within the earth — this is the aspect of the corruption of the peace that existed between his soul and his body during his living life. For the joining of the soul and the body is the aspect of peace. For the essential peace is between two opposites. And the soul and the body — and the body and the soul — are two opposites. And when they are bound together in their living life — this is the aspect of peace. And when the soul departs from the body — this is the aspect of the corruption of the peace.