Do the four phases of the direct light correspond to four spiritual worlds? Meaning that Atzilut is Behina Aleph, Briah is Bet, Yetzira is Gimel, and Assiah is Dalet? I am very confused by this, because from the videos on the Kabbalah YouTube channel, I understood that the four phases of the direct light PRECEDE the formation of the worlds, but the recommended readings from this week state that they are essentially THE SAME, meaning that there is a one-to-one correspondence between them. I would appreciate your help.
But what about animals? Animals seem to live in balance with nature and their desires and do not experience the path of suffering, although they do not have the point in the heart. Why is this so? Is it because they are already corrected on their level?
As far as I understood, there is an hierarchy in the evolution of the desires: still, vegetative, animate, human, all of which are supposed to be mastered before the final spiritual level opens up. Does this mean that we incarnated as plants and animals before incarnating as humans (in order to master the vegetative and animate levels first)?
At which point of our evolution does the Masach (the screen) appear? Did we have the Masach the first time we incarcerated on Earth? Or does it develop later on as we progress? Do people without the point in the heart (or with inactive point in the heart) have the Masach? Or it appears only when the spiritual development starts? Do animals have the Masach?