Spiritual idol worship – placing one’s focus on materialism:[1]
The sages state that the Jewish people who live in the Diaspora are considered to be serving idols in purity [i.e. in a legally permitted way]. This means as follows: When one completely diverges himself from desire and passion for spirituality and rather places all his focus on materialism and the nonsense of the physical world, even if they are essentially permitted and are included within the good of Kelipas Nogah, it is equivalent to idolatry. This is because it causes divinity to be drawn down into the Kelipa of Noga, and this is considered as if one is prostrating himself to other G-ds, as the idea of prostration is to draw energy into them. On this it says in the Shema prayer, “do not allow your hearts to be seduced to go after other G-ds, otherwise G-d’s wrath will be revealed, and He will stop the heavens from giving dew.” This means to say that through performing spiritual idolatry it causes that divinity from heaven will stop being channeled into the chambers of holiness, and will rather go to the chambers of impurity.
[1] Torah Or 2b
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