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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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