We could therefore assume that the song is implying that, if the mind is in fact God, we project a finite reality around us (one that will contain suffering) in order to establish a sense of setting and meaning. If you recall the lyrics of Vicarious, you might remember parts proposing that "Suffering", and our desire to experience it, is innate to human nature, and how most of us in the civilized world we live in are actively seeking out the experience of suffering vicariously. It is the only Sephirot which does not emanate from Ein Sof itself, but rather its creation of the finite mortal world.
"Vicarious" corresponds with the Sephirot "Malkuth", which variously translates to 'Kingdom' or 'Dwelling'. Therefore, the album likely isn't viewing the sephirot as aspects of a "One God", but rather the structural mechanisms of existence itself as they pertain to an Individual Mind - and this is where we make our connection with the song "Vicarious". If the theory Tool proposed back in Lateralus (which you might remember if you have been paying attention with the rest of the class), that our mind is literally "God", is true, then this album might be a sort of "sequel" giving explanation to the implications of such a theory, finding parallels with "Kabbalah" to help illustrate and add emphasis to these explanations (interpretations?). Either way, I still feel as though the philosphical concepts in Vicarious have the greatest implications when connected with Kabbalah, which leads me to the body of this: Perhaps it was a psychedelic-induced idea for their next album, which they came up with during the planning stages for the album (it seems like the band ritually undergoes field research on esoteric subject matter before writing each album) - I'm assuming that is at least partially true, which leads me to believe that the first song on the album has the strongest connection with Kabbalah, and the band sort of fitted the rest of the songs in with Kabbalah as they went along. Could they be a slight gesture towards Kabbalah, thrown in as sort of a "neat little puzzle" for us fans? Was it a serious musical interpretation of the Sephirot meant to be taken seriously? Or was it even perhaps a mockery of Kabbalah and religion in general? I like to think it was a witty blend of "all of the above". It would seem that the songs are not literal "musical translations" of each Sephirot rather they are clever references to the 11 Sephirot, open to interpretation. Now, back to 10,000 Days, all the songs on the album are ordered the same as the corresponding Sephirot which they represent. As you would expect, such study would demand the utmost level of respect and scrutiny among those who studied it (as it was thought to contain the secrets of existence), and was generally thought of as restricted, forbidden, esoteric, or even heretical. The Sephirot which form the "Godhead" represent the aspects of "God's mind" which will convey a relationship between God (referred to in Kabbalah as the "infinite and unchanging Ein Sof") and reality (his creation, mortal existence). As a rough summary, Kabbalah is the fairly esoteric Hebrew study on the nature of God as he relates to existence. If you aren't at least familiar with the concepts of Kabbalah, I recommend you do some brief research to catch yourself up with the rest of the class. There are 11 Sephirot total, and as this would suggest, 11 songs on the album. As was confirmed on the official band website, each song off the 10,000 Days album represents one of the Sephirot in Kabbalah (also known as the "Godhead").