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SET LIST - PARSHAT VAYEITZEI - THE POETRY EXPLORING THE LESSONS AND ANALOGIES OF JACOB'S LADDER AND THE PLACE
Dear Biblical investigators….dear lovers of the timeless
analogies…dear seekers of the ancient situations that fascinate our
imaginations and test our resolve to transform our life's tribulations to
realizations of the Divine Hand working its way through us, into us and all
around us---and in response to our seeming unique, individual challenges
-----there's only one way to reframe-----that at the heart of it all---we are
being called upon to learn the lessons—or to keep going through more school of
hard knocks sessions until we start seeing beyond the seeming happenstance---and
realize that it's all customized intentions designed to grab our attention that
there is no one or nothing else guiding our lives ---aside from the One who is
turning day into night …what an awesome sight for the ones who open their eyes
to truly see….
LESSONS
Yaakov -- dreamed a dream
He saw a ladder
stretching from Earth up to Heaven
with Angels going up and down
A Prophetic dream
An analogy interpreted many ways
Each way teaching life changing
life guiding lessons;
Lessons
about the lengths of our exiles
Lessons
about how our prayers are arousing the heavenly realms
to deliver to us abundance and salvation
Lessons
about our lost Sparks \ soul parts
redeemed to us by the One Above
in exchange for our love
Lessons
about how we have
an important essential drive
to bridge Heaven and Earth
[* Seek out all types of EARTH situations
and infuse them with HEAVEN situations
such as G-dliness and Infinity and Eternity
When you think thoughts
contemplate their Divine source
When you take action
contemplate the Divine response
When you speak to someone
Speak in a way
that would find favcr
in the Eyes of Gd
THE PLACE
*He woke up He asked,
Is Hashem “B’Makom Haze” (in this PLACE)?
*I didn’t know
G-d was found
in a place where a person’s
heart was hard as the stones
That I laid my head upon
*I didn’t know
that we can have the ladder
that was planted in the ground
and reaches the highest heights
*I didn't know
that the earthly mundane things
that the , nighttime times in my life,
can be elevated to the highest heights
*I didn't know
that from from the smallest baby steps
we can reach to the highest heights
*I didn’t know
that G-d was found
in the midstof confusion
in the thickness of delusion
in the blackness of despair
*but now I know
from this Place
that G-d is truly found
everywhere
A LADDER
***a ladder
planted on earth
reaches up
to the highest heights
***those in the know
know how to see Heaven
on Earth
***those in the know
know how to see
holiness in the mundane
***those in the know
know how to navigate
the endless light
***those in the know
know how to see Gd speaking
in all that happens
day and night
***those in the know know how to penetrate the
mystery
COULD IT BE THAT I PASSED BY THAT HOLY PLACE
*Could it be
That he passed the holy place
That I passed the holy place
That you passed the holy place?!
*The bridge
between upper Jerusalem and lower Jerusalem
The bridge
Between the heaven and earth
The bridge
Where all the abundance comes down to our world
The bridge
Where All the people are climbing up to Gan Eden
The bridge
That opens us up to the parallel worlds
The Bridge
That we walk through in our lives to get to the other side
*Could it be ? How could it be?
how could we not see?!
*The whole world interincluded
All the souls interincluded
all of history interincluded
into the Rock
the foundation Rock
into the rock of THE PLACE
HAMAKOM
*and the entire human race
waits breathlessly
for us to be
in that Place
in that sacred Space
from now
till the end of time
and beyond
THE POETRY OF THE HEALING OF PARADOXICAL HARMONY
[**perhaps the deepest lesson we can learn from the
challenges of Yaakov and Eisav and all of his experiences ---is that he was able
to meet up with the paradoxes of life and come out whole**]
Dear highers and lowers and fasters and slowers and stoppers
and goers and hiders and show-ers And knowers and not
knowers….paradox is the password…it's the only way to
get from here to there---in a world where attaching to one side alone will
paralyze you…will stifle you ..will minimize you…but when you set in
motion paradoxical notions—then the mountains
and the oceans will go to bat for you…will show where it's at for you
…will point you in a direction that's based on your inner predilection –though
it may make no sense to your linear minded friends---but it's
really the only way to find your way home…let's hope these poems
help us to find our way home
VISIONS OF A PARADOXICAL PARADISE
**and the higher soul
intertwined
with the lower soul
in a harmonious flow
and the more they
simultaneously grow
the more they each
get to know
when to control
and when to let go
**and our body and soul
will only have only
one thing
that they'll want
to know,
"Please reveal to us
Your supernal glow"
not too high not too low
It'll be the greatest show
nothing else comes close
this--- we will all know''
**and
just as the sea
comes to rest
at the shore
and just as
the lion and the lamb
cuddle up
on the garden floor
so too will
my brightest side
light up
my darkest side
forever more
and so too will the tree
of knowing
and the tree of life
unlock all the doors
**and when we slip
into Paradise
forever and a day
there will be
only one thing
left to say,
"All praise be
to the One
who set us free for all of eternity"
ANCIENT NEWNESS
**we are a people
born into families
of ancient roots
seeking constantly to be born
**Atik Yomin
the oldest thing
gives rise
to brand new
life
**We live in a land
that's old and new
paradoxical sunrise
breath-taking view
**every family
has a martyred legacy
giving us the courage
to become a whole new entity
**primordial stirrings
stream through our blood
and the end is
planted in the beginning
**a people so weather-worn
so been there-done that
yet
relentlessly
willing to start
again and again
**archetypal memories
prophetic history
leading us to
somehow
rise up and be
the light
to the world
that we are
destined to be
**and the holy
tongue
the DNA of reality
planted in the
texture of all that is
reframes itself
into re-creating
all that comes into being
**and the ancient
and the new
presents itself to me and you if we allow it to
THEY INVOKE POLARITY
**they invoke polarity;
a oneness
with their differences
fully intact
a constant tension
that keeps them
coming back
for more
**they invoke polarity;
it brings out their essence
it brings out their desire
it lights them on fire
it digresses them
it obsesses them
it enmeshes them
in each other
**they invoke polarity;
She says A
He says B
She says "Hey, I get what you say'
He says ''Now I see the way you see''
And they've been doing this thing
all the time
And even when they're speaking completely different
things
They are making the most exquisite rhyme
All the time
And personally- I think It's a sure sign
Of some amazing times
We are all stepping into
When 1 and 1 isn't really two
But rather a whole new way
To view
the things we do
PARADOXICAL STRIVING
***life comes from nothingness
nothingness comes from everythingness
everythingness seeks oneness
and reverts to nothingness
from which comes a life
of paradoxical striving
an unlikely unifying
an impossible re-defining
of the many into one
***she closed her eyes
and saw static and light
and let it all play itself out
in all of it's chaotic glory
until with the passage of time
a whole new story
presented itself to her
a quiet calm
informed her
where she
and all else
comes from
a supreme journey
back to the one
***Creation waits on the Pre-creation
like a worker waits for his long awaited vacation
like a song waits for singer full of inspiration
and the enlightened one sees
that the Heavens and the Earth
and the mountains and the seas
all await of course
their primordial force
their pre-creation source
to complete them
to free them
to lead them
back to the one
A LAND OF PARADOX
*after feeling
utter revulsion
he looks on with fascination
pondering what is the secret of
this Land of Paradox
*and the depressed
ones
are the first ones to step forward
to do the dance of ecstasy
reaching out a helping hand to all those who
are trying to make their way through the maze of
this Land of Paradox
*and the spies
can't seem to rise to this historic opportunity
opening up locked doors
for their posterity to enter into
the Land of Paradox
*and her people
have walked for thousands of miles
to kiss the dust at their feet
and walk barefoot on the sand of
this Land of Paradox
*timelessness
inhabits our minds the prophetic past
providing the signs which reveal how to step up to
and live now in the present
and pave the way for Heaven sent Messianic consciousness here
in
The Land of Paradox
*and the deepest
intensity
and the deepest insecurity you can see it
in the eyes of everyone you see
just before unheard of miracles
beyond people's ability to understand here in
The Land of Paradox
*and the right
wingers
rub shoulders with' the left wingers
2 Jews 3 opinions the masses in their minions
every race and persuasion vying for leverage
here in this Nation and even the secular agree
with the orthodox
that life is quite unique here in
The land of Paradox
*Over here
life is a self-reflected mirror
there are no excuses there are no disguises
the Land must be earned but don't be overly concerned
if we're going to make it here or not
because all good things can be gotten
when you know that we are constantly knocking
on G-d's front door no less and no more here in
The Land of Paraox
THE POETRY OF NAMES
Dear parental bearers of the holy spirit---the spirit that
allows you to let the appropriate child's name roll off of your
tongue—and the Holy One----takes the name and sets it into motion
----fashioning it into a procession of life events….a face among a
myriad of faces----tracing it's providential comings and goings back to
it's name-----and the minute that the name came into
being----the soul became free to tread on to her path of destiny---and the
World with all of it's potpourri of interconnections and
preconceptions----shifts into a specific direction ----whose only intention was
to paint a masterpiece that would be framed by this
person's name ---and from that point on---nothing will ever remain
the same ----and the masters of the Good Name can detect by the way
the name rolls off of their tongues ---what is to be this one's fate---what
is to be the song that will be sung
AND WHEN THE WORDS ROLLED ACROSS HIS TONGUE
**and
when the words rolled across his tongue
and reverberated upon his lips
he knew whether it was going to be this
that he prayed for
or something else altogether
*inspiration
at the corners of our eyes
interpretations based on our ability to
see the signs
to hear the sighs
inundating our lives
**intuition a
premonition
an inherent predilection
a succinct and clear prediction
of what is unfolding
right in front of our eyes
NAMES
Our Matriarchs
Leah and Rachel
gave names to their children
--the Tribes of Israel
based on their current relationship
with Yaakov upon conception
Names
whisper to someone their name
when they are deep asleep
their soul hears their name
and they awaken
Names
the vortex of the
complexity and and diversity of life
converges in our name
Names
the slightest change
of a name reframes
all of our fate
now and forever
Names
what's in a name?
a combination of letters
that hold all of the light
and all of the life
that we connect to
our entire lives
Names
so why name
the all important
Tribes of Israel
with names
depicting
a couple's connection
at the time of conception?
perhaps it's all about intention
perhaps
all conception
is about one's intention....
perhaps all intention bonds with
conception to transform
a potential vision
into a holy manifestation
perhaps we can now see how
the Holy tribes of Israel
were conceived
with the holiest intentions
THE WORDS REVEAL THE STORY OF OUR LIVES
**the words unravel
a deeper level
profound insights
hidden in the recesses
of the subconscious mind
***and we speak
our way into consciousness
our words
our flashes of brilliance
our conceptual conceptions
tap into the wave-lengths
of timeless soul-ing
of an unmistakable knowing
***and the greatest
of the seers and sages
across the spectrum
of time and the ages
see how the words spoken
reveal the story of our lives
**and he knew
that when he told her
all that he's going through
her words of prayer
would pull him through
**and she knew
that his holy words
created holy vessels
and angel's wings
and could turn anything
into G-dly beings
NAMES---revisited
Names;
what's in a name?
a combination of letters
that hold all of the light
and all of the life
that we connect to
our entire lives
Names;
so why name
the all important Tribes of Israel
with names depicting
a couple's connection
at the time of conception?
perhaps it's all about intention
perhaps all conception
is about one's intention....
perhaps all intention
bonds with conception
to transform a potential vision
into a holy manifestation
perhaps we can now see
how the Holy tribes of Israel
were conceived
with the holiest intentions
THE POETRY OF NIGHT
[**Jacob woke up and realized –how awesome is this Place…and
he didn't ever know – that from that moment--- it will be his legacy
for himself and all of us for the duration of The Long Exile Night
----to show us how to survive and thrive in the Night –in the
'Arvit' prayer conscious **]
Dear children of the night…..lost and found explorers just
trying to get it right this time….fallen heroes caught up in the
slipstream-----no ---things are not as they seem to the naked eye---unless you
can see beyond this setback, beyond this discouragement---and instead—take
courage in the light at the edge of the dawn…yes I know it is cold and
dark----but look at the eyes of those who see things otherwise….and besides all
that ---it is our legacy---
the path has been paved for us back in the days of old
---when the light bearers braved the storms of deception and lies—for us their
precious progeny-------all we have to do is walk on through and trust in the
promising words of the chosen few---- in the life resurrection of the perpetual
dew----that is showing us how weave our way through the misleading words that
so many lost beings are saying----but we've been that way---and we know that
it's not as they say--------we will find that the day follows the night ---it
has always been that way---and it always will be….
IT'S THE DARKNESS THAT REVEALS THE LIGHT
It's the darkness that reveals the light...
It's the hiding that prompts the revelation.....
It's the chaotic scatteredness that manifests the
unity...
It's the aimlessness that inspires the direction
....
It's the mortality that gives birth to the true
living...
It's the G-dlessness that discovers the
G-dliness.....
It's the depression that leads to the
ecstacy.....
It's the hate that unleashes the love…….
It’s the limitation that enables the expression of Infinity…
It’s the no-saying that liberates the yes
saying….
It’s the containment that forces out the birthing…
It’s the constriction that that emanates the creation….
It’s the confusion that enlightens the clarity….
It’s the loneliness that discovers the bonding….
It’s the natural that unleashes the supernatural…..
It’s the lacking that brings on the
completion…..
It’s the conformity that causes to emerge the
uniqueness…..
It’s the imperfection that arouses the
perfection…..
It’s the multiplicity that elucidates the
oneness….
It’s the opposite that reveals the sameness….
IF YOU KNOW
***If you know how
to walk
in between the rain-drops
If you know how to see all the dark
--as really being light
If you know how to feel the fear
--as being the key to unlock it all
If you know how to touch
the untouchable place inside
If you know how to hear goodness
in between the lines of life's dark messages
If you know how to taste the bitterness
as actually being sweetness
**Then you will be
able
to always dwell
in the inner sanctum
reserved for the chosen few
where all is light
where all is right
LISTEN TO THE DARKNESS
***listen
to a whole new voice
opening inside of you
quiet and subtle at first
but growing in intensity
a birthing
the birth screams of Mashiach
happening deep inside you
***listen
to the darkness
all the darknesses of your life
calling you
from a distance at first
but steadily coming closer
growing bolder
you've always kept them at a distance
but something has shifted
you can now see right through them
when you don't take your eyes off of them
even for a second
***that's when you
become friends
that's when the angels
in charge of your pain and suffering
surrender to you
and they have no choice
but to yield to your penetrating stare
and the walls
of illusion
and delusion
and dissolution
and confusion
come tumbling down
just because you know
that underneath
that pain
that hurt
there lies a light from Above
a light that keeps everything in existence
THESE SECRETS
***and the Angel of
death
revealed to Moses
the supernal ways
these secrets
the Ketoret
the holy spices
the sublime combinations
of goodness and badness
meshed together in sacred light
and dashed away the darkness
of the endless exile night
***and the messianic
light
is being born inside of us
and the birth pangs distract us
but the promise of a better day
of a higher way
of an endless voice
guides us listen
to the lion inside of you
now in the time of messianic birthing
and let the roar encourage you
to say never more
will I take my eyes away
from the golden gate
that is open to one and all
just walk on through that door
***the price of
admission
is submission
to His Mysterious ways
the secret code
is believing
believing is seeing
and seeing is believing
***and upon
looking inside
I see a familiar sight
the story of my life
a sight to behold
solid gold
something I know
something that lights up my way
but like so many other days
I just look away
because it's easier that way
***but on this
particular day
I stare it straight in the face
and I am transported
to a brand new place
to a brand new way
and all I hear all day long
is the sweetest song
–urging me to look inside
–always look inside
until I find my way
my one and only way
INSIDE OF THE DARKNESS IS LIGHT
*******inside of the
darkness is light
********a light that has been
patiently waiting to shine since the beginning of time
************and
this light will guide us all to see that what seems to be wrong is ultimately
right
***********is
actually the very best thing we could ever hope to have
**********and He
saw all that He Created was good
*******but
when He saw this darkness light
He saw that it was very good
and that everything comes out
to be just like it should
POETRY OF THE WELLSPRINGS
[** our Patriarchs had a holy
practice---they dug wellsprings---and
the wellsprings opened up endless abundance –physical and
spiritual---for themselves and for all time----we inherit that holy practice----this
group of poems explores possible ways how to dig and unleash
these wellsprings in our lives**]
Dear explorers of the endless wellsprings ---the
soul sings when it realizes that our sacred heritage is rooted in uncovering
doorways to the beer mayim chayim---the the wellsprings of the waters
of life----and these patriarchal and matriarchal wellsprings can
reveal to us anything and everything that our hearts desire----a holy inner
fire of abundance and infinity calls out to you and me with splendid sanctity
in all the realms of space and time and soul ----directing us where to
go----leading us to know what we could only know by digging down to the core of
our soul and unleashing blessings of influx and heart speak and secrets steeped
in the timelessness and effortlessness of the wellsprings-----see and feel
and know the ecstasy filled now and allow yourself to uncover and discover the
concealed revelations----and elation and elevation will find it's
way back into the main agenda of our holy nation----and Creation will return to
it's pristine place ---Ha-Makom rediscovered deep in
the wellsprings of our hearts and souls
IF WE WERE SOMEHOW ABLE TO...
****if we were
somehow able to remove the veil if we were somehow able to peak through the
crack in the cosmic egg what would we see?
****if we were somehow
able to recall all that we saw in the hidden light -filled womb if we were
somehow able to stop the monkey-mind noise and let in the still small voice of
the soul
****If we were somehow
able to take a peek on to the other side If we were somehow able to tap into
the other 96% of our brain
even a tiny bit then our life would be the greatest
journey known to mankind then we would be in constant amazement constant
knowing
WELLSPRINGS
Avraham and his family
would spend
their time and energy
digging wellsprings
revealing wondrous things
ancient mysteries
waiting to be revealed
to those who have the keys
for those who open
their eyes to see
for those who open
their heart and soul
to believe
can you conceive
can you perceive
those endless well-springs
those luminous angel wings
carrying never ending worshipping's
of the offspring
of all humanity
supernal offerings
beyond anything and everything
you've ever known or seen
reach into the wellsprings
of your heart
of your soul
uncover the secrets
that you know
if only you'd
allow yourself
to go
deeper than
you've ever been
before
until you reach
a place
that reveals
more and more
and more evermore
PREPARING FOR THE INFLUX
***If we want to walk
into an expanded state of mind
***If
we want to step into a place of expansion
We have to begin to utilize what is right in front of us,
what is right inside us
We have to open up what we see to be able to see more
We have to open up what we feel to be able to feel more
We have to open up what we know to be able to know more
We have to open up to what we sense to be able to sense
more
***If
we could be able to see what there is to see right before us right in front of
us right around us all the time
We would be flabbergasted
We would be blown away
***If
we were to walk through life in even a simulated state of such consciousness
We would be awakening pure love
We would be awakening constant healing
We would be awakening and drawing into our world
the righteous Mashiach from his exile in the Kan
Tzipor..
EFFORTLESS HEART-THOUGHTS
***There are
thoughts that come from a place of open heart
When the heart is open its all effortless
We don’t need to think about it
It's like prayer that we pray to Hashem
and we say,
" Hashem please See my prayer before I pray it Give me
what I am looking for before I even ask for it"
***We can speak from the heart
We can bypass the brain,
We can bypass the cerebral aspects of being
We can bypass all the analysis
We can shoot from the hip
What comes out is what needs to come out
We can become nothing but channels
Channels of heart speak
***When we speak from
the heart,
we open up other people’s hearts
And the two hearts that open up to each other
Soar like an Angel to the heavenly hosts
Bringing down shefa
Bringing down amazing light love
Ephemeral wordlessness
Sublime shefa drawn down
***We have such untapped
deep celestial song
We have so much song
Untapped song
Coming from the essence and inner dimension
of who we are
THE UNDESCRIBABLY EVASIVE AND ECSTA-SEE-FILLED NOW
***What is available to
us in any given moment
Right now
Will never be available to us at any other time
***There are
endless, endless wellsprings of creativity
Right now
Of thoughts
Of possibilities
Of hearts stirrings
***But the nature of the
human being is
to think that
its not
Right now
We think It was or it will be
But its not really
Right now
***Expanded
consciousness
does not wear a watch
Does not have a calendar
Does not have a was or will be
But It always has a
Right now
***One
needs to listen
to the heart stirring inside oneself
Because the only thing that is real
is the place we are at
Right now
The reality of where we are and who we are
The people who are around us
The opportunities that surround us
Right now
Will never come back again
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