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Set list ----parsha vayikra----pre-Passover primer # 1
THE POETRY OF LEAPING
Dear brave
leapers----leapers into the unknown---trusters that they will be
caught by the One who knows---the One who knows their fears and
their insecurities—insecurity seems to be the primal plague---leaving our
beings unsure of what we are being shown-----and we are being shown
the greatest show on Earth at all times----but for us to truly know this
now---we have to go now----we have to leap into His Loving kindness and
walk with Him into the wilderness----to follow the clouds of glory---to tell
our story ---to leap into a whole new day---and to do it today—with not a
minute to waste---lest the bread of life becomes stale and fails to nourish us
and to protect us in our great escape ----from the ways of slavery of the
spirit and of the state of affairs that are suffocating and full of fear----so
leap my dear friend—and deposit your souls into His Benevolent Hands---the time
is at hand----the promised Land of History whispers to you and me ---to leap
now –and then to come home free
GO NOW
***we are a microcosmic
people
everything outside of us is inside of us
and that whole egyptian experience
of escaping the being trapped situation
is inside of us with a special intensity
and when a person finds that they get to a space
where they can't stand it anymore
they scream out from such a deep place
that the world submits itself to them and says
....ok, go go..go now
***and the doors
[the impossible to open doors]
come flying open
and the wise ones run out immediately
and the logical , careful, calculating ones
they stay where they are forever
***and we all are stuck
in some kind of story
some kind of exile
and the doors to freedom
refuse to open
so we somehow settle in
and build our lives
around that impossibility
accepting
acquiescing
comfortable
in this cocoon
but that special day
that rare occasion
presents itself
and we find ourselves
garbed in the meta-physical lvush
of the Israelites of old
faced with that same primal choice
to stay or to go
I'D LIKE TO WISH YOU THE ABILITY
I’d like you to wish you the ability to look down inside of
yourself and hear a voice that knows exactly why you are here
I'd like to wish you the ability to be able to follow that
voice down the road of your life every day of your life
I’d like to wish you the ability to speak your mind, your
soul your heart your essence--- to really say what you mean and mean what you
say in the deepest sense of the word
I’d like to wish you the ability to walk down the road and
be accompanied by all those people from your root soul that are accompanying
you every day of your life
I’d like to wish you the ability to feel the love of G-d,
and how He's got your back, and He's got your front,and your sides, and is
carrying you down the road of life, and is moving you towards the place that
you are moving towards,--the place you know that you've got to go--- the place
that you are destined to go
I’d like to wish you the ability to know and understand with
humbleness and smallness and deep appreciation-- that everything that is coming
your way is coming with compassion with love
I'd like to wish you the ability to appreciate that
everything that is coming your way is coming in a customized personalized way
exactly the way you need it
LEAP INTO A WHOLE NEW WAY
I think that if we could
Leap outside of ourselves
Leap outside of all of the
Confinements
Leap into the land
Of soul thoughts and soul words
Into the land
That we have never
Ever been before
Yet we know this place
Like we know our own bodies
A place that is totally new
A place that has no rules
Or pre-conceptions
Just a Knowing
Then we could jump into
A whole new way
A whole new way of
Feeling and thinking and speaking
And what we’d think, we’d be
And what we’d feel, we’d be
And what we’d think, we’d speak
And what we’d feel, we’d speak
And Hashem would take us
To the place of the heart
And the place of the Soul
And the place that we know
Bring me there
Bring me back
Bring me home
Ohh dear master of the Universe
Ohhhhh hear my deepest yearnings
And take me there
I’ll follow your lead
And my mouth will speak your praises
Forever
Go Now
WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
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..
JUMP OFF THE EDGE
if you'd see things
the way that I do
you'd see that
a change has gotta come
it's got to
if you knew what I knew
you wouldn't
be sitting there without a care
you'd stop the world
you'd jump off the edge
you'd search for clues
you'd hedge your bet
and the story goes on
in fact it never ends
the only thing that's stopping you
is the thought that
maybe someone will see you
someone will see
all that you've been
going through
and when the end
is in sight
when you realize
there's no more time for lies
the door is about to close
the door of promise
the door of hope
the door that cannot be ignored anymore
so you close your eyes and you step on through
there's no other way
it's what you were born to do
and you finally get to meet the real you
IN YOUR HAND I DEPOSIT MY SOUL
Right before we go to sleep we say; Beyadcha afkd ruchi, I
put my soul in your hands Hashem,
.... redeem me truly to the way it needs to be in walking
through this world.
I give to you my soul
We go upstairs at that time. Our souls fly up into this semi
body semi soul state
It all comes out according to the integrity of our work, who
we are and what we are. That our word is a word, what we say is what we do me
and you must be true
. According to our integrity, the truth of our
interpretations, such will be the truth of the message that we
receive.
The truth of our road the truth of our path, the truth of
knowing on a deeper level than what we are even aware of ,is where we need to
go.
Extend to us an extended hand right now. extend to us a
loving hand right now, a guiding hand to let us know what is wrong, what is
right.
Say I can’t do it Hashem, but you can. You can write and
speak through us, and lead us along the way, lead us with a
knowing,
lead us with a guiding, a blessed hand.
We say Byadch afkid ruchi, padita oti lehaemet. In your hand
I deposit my soul--redeem me to the truth
We give it all up, we let go and we let God. Polish our soul
for us, take our soul and revive us, techiyat hametim.
Take our soul and give it back Show me things I need to know
tell me who I am, what I am meant to be, beyadka afkid ruchi
And may these words of my mouth and these meditations of my
heart be acceptable unto You
THE POETRY OF PORTRAITS OF FREEDOM
[**the wellsprings of freedom are opening up to us in these
pre-passover days….freedom is so multi-faceted----it challenges us to truly
know what it is—so here is an approach to discover aspects of it in the form of
portraits of freedom**]
Dear freedom seekers---new horizon dreamers ….it's time to step
up and show them all what you're made of---the chimes of freedom are ringing
once again in the Land and the sands of time wait for no one ---so dive in and
renew your grasp of who you truly are and who you are meant to be—freedom
child—please come to me and show me your secret recipe---and please dare me to
show my inner transparency—fearlessly----all I have is words of poetry and
visions of mystery and a healthy dose of curiosity---and a surrendering Spirit
to allow the Holy One to lead me every step of the way –through His external
messengers of the midnight alleys –and the internal voices that resonate inside
of me and lead me inevitably to where my body and soul want me to
be---unfettered and free---free----the timeless sages and masters scream Free---we've
got to always be free
SHOW THEM ALL WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF
~be free
be the one who stands up
and lets the anxieties
fall away from you
like the dew
melting away
in the morning sun
~be free
show them all
what you're made of
a lovely testimony
to your invincibility
allowing your difficulty
to sink into obscurity
like the sunset
sinking into a majestic
evening
~be free
illuminate the darkness
with the colors of dawn
with the determination
to move on
and the struggles
that you face
that only light up the way
for all of us to follow
if we dare
if we can share
your breath-taking vision
of the glistening light
at the end of the endless night
~be free
show us a new way of seeing
a new way of being
where all the
dilemmas and chaos
and disorder and discord
all prove themselves to be
a thing of the past
a fleeting impression
that does not last
swallowed up
in the relentless
melody
of a holy soul
constantly becoming
constantly arriving
constantly birthing
ELEVATING
She asks if there’s some way of breaking free
Maybe we can try to see things differently
Maybe if we tried to run away or do it some other
way
She's tired, but she makes her way through another day
So I turn her loose and I tell her that she’s
free
You’re free to be whoever you want to be
You can stay here or you can go far away
She’s feeling pretty scared , so she goes inside to
pray
She goes inside of herself, she tries to see what she can
see
She checks out her every move , she’s checking it out
carefully
She begins to understand that there was joy and there was
pain
Some of it she can take or leave, but most she’d like to do
again
And then she opens up her eyes
And she sees a light shining
Deep in the dark of night
Deep in the recesses of her mind
And the light it calls out to her
It tells her that she’s the only one
That can do what no one else can
And she can shine brighter than the sun
And she rises to the occasion
She elevates her life
She sees what she’s never seen before
She breaks through space and time
And the world is waiting in a state of elation
And everyone breathlessly looks her way
And she rises to the occasion
And she steps into a higher place
And then she comes running back to me
And she says I know now who I am
And she says I want to do it with you
And she reaches out her hand
I tell her, together we can do
What no single person can
And we walk off to the land of paradise
And we enter into the promised land
AND TODAY WE DARE TO START LIVING
**and we've been pretending
that life
waits
around the corner
hiding
waiting
patiently
in some dark
corner
of our being
**and if you're seeing
what I'm seeing
and if you're feeling
what I'm feeling
then take my hand
and I'll lead you
on a journey
across this land
of opportunity
if you dare
**and we fearlessly
leap into the unknown
and let go
and give it over
to The One
and dare
to trust the process
**and I dare
and you dare
to let go
of these habitual
chains
of these
same old games
**and today
we decide
to start living
DARING TO SHOW YOUR INNER TRANSPARENCY
***showing yourself to the one you love
daring to show your inner transparency
just because you know
that this is the only way
to reveal
your destiny
and your legacy
***Don't worry
let the words flow freely
they really take on
a life of their own
you do not own them
nor do they own you
they are just passing through
***and when you do
reveal the darker side of you
of who you are,
though it may seem unseemly,
it will set you free
and the one
to whom you reveal
will ultimately feel
that they too can reveal
who they really are to you
and truth will pervade
all that the two of you
say and do
THE FREEDOM FACTOR OF POETRY
Poetry---a very curious way to speak….a consciousness of
abstract flavors and right brain path pavers…..the stream of consciousness
demands to come to life ----refuses to be overly contemplated-----it opens up
gates of perception---that have never been articulated before---and the more
you let go –the more you come to know ----that it's not about you at all
----all you can do is let the words come through you---let the Holy One be the
writer and you can just be His pen-----and send through you to anyone who needs
to hear the messages that clearly are exactly what they need to hear ---in the
here and now---and somehow guide them into a place of liberation and
healing…….and all children understand this magic feeling and share this secret
without even knowing that they do…and all you have to do is let go of being the
one in control and the sublimity and profundity will funnel through you
limitlessly, effortlessly, endlessly---just try it---you will see….you will
see
WORDS
You are all children of the word…
words that you have heard
and words that you have never heard……
words that open your heart….
words that lead you to start anew…….
words that open doors…
words that lead you to know who you are….
words that hold inside of them—secrets that no one has ever
heard….
words that are the DNA of all that is alive ….
words that when we speak them---we release all the hardness
that we are stuck in….
words that G-d speaks in constantly unfolding
reality….
words that channel down to us the clarity of how things are
and were and will be….
words like embers that can be fanned into flame
words that free your mind to align with the deepest freedom
at all times
words that give rise to sentences –sentences that give rise
to communication—communication that gives rise to love---love that gives rise
to living a life that we love living and teach us how to tap into words like we
never have before …..
THE FREEDOM INDUCED MYSTERY OF CREATIVITY
esoteric feelings
that sneak up on us
upon seeing the reclusive ones
---the ones who know
that inside of the finiteness
is infinity…
and inside of revealed reality
is never to be revealed mystery……
the Universe testifies to us
time and time again
that blessing rests
on that which is hidden
from the eye …
and the mystical searcher
--- he lets out a deep sigh
---when he asks her
to speak to him of the mystery---
because he knows that although
it all seems to be
the epitome of simplicity
---there's so much more to see
—because even the simple ones know
--- it's not simple to be simple
---and in principle
---it's a reflection of endless depth …may this non-stop
parade
of poetry open up for you and me a brand new path that some
refer to
as the creative magnificence of mystery
and the free flowing, freedom induced, sequestered and
seduced call of the wild child of mystery—whispers in quiet intensity –in
irresistible creativity—that there can be no other way to be
PASSIONATE ONES
passionate ones….
those who experience life in it's primal form….
those who defy the norm….
those who call up the forces of no choice …..
those who know—that if you don't go for it now—you may miss
it forever…..
those who live from a place called 'irresistible'…..
those who live their lives as if there is no
tomorrow…..
those who simply see that passion is the only possible way
to be……
those who laugh at life's impossibleness because unlike most
of us---they've been there and back so many times –that they leave no doubts
about their fearlessness ….
those who live from the core……
those who inspire you and me to be a bit more like these
primal will warriors who constantly soar through the skies and never bother
getting stuck on asking why fly
those for whom freedom is not a goal—it is rather the
essence of who they are
LET HIM LEAD YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
your time has come to step up
and show that you will be true
----His grace will shine through you
….all you've got to do
–is to get out of the way
-----and walk in His ways
---and He will do the rest
-----let the words that you say
-----come through you like a clearing-house
----let your voice and spirit be in a state of
effortlessness
---the less of you that comes through the more of a divine
messenger will you be
-----the world is depending upon you
----let Him lead you every step of the way
--- sight unseen
---let Him lead you down the avenue-
--and in this state of fusion
—open your mouth and
let the words come out
---the words that speak the essence of the I and
Thou….
you need not think of how to do it
---you will know it somehow
THE SWEET FRAGRANT SMOKE OF EXPANDED CONSCIOUSNESS
feelers of the deepness
seers of the endlessness….
breathers of consciousness….
surely the thirst that you have felt for so long
–is what brings you here to this sacred song fest
…and the promise of expansiveness
enlists your heart
to join us here
with the full time meditators
….surely the sweet fragrant smoke of expanded
consciousness
seeping out of these oriental dens
of the seekers of altered mindfulness states
is what sways you
to come into this inner circle camp-fire we all sit around
…
and the sage advice that we all seek
is to know the depth of everything
…is to touch the inner light of all we see
…is to dwell in the sacred spaces
inhabited by traces of our endless souls
…and everybody knows
that a piece of infinity contains all of infinity
…and these poetic soliloquies
–regardless of who is listening
---will hopefully help you and me to see
a small glimpse of the deepness
with which we can see reality
THE POETRY OF PERSONAL EXODUS
Dear sacred strugglers of the endless night…..dear former
citizens of the lands of luminosity------you know better than to believe what
you presently see……..come on now---if you can't breathe---how can you believe
that this way of living---is the only option available to you now------look
underneath the happenings--------listen to what they're chanting with their
still small voices--------it seems you really have no other choice-----if you
truly want to return to the luminosity--------the odyssey of the potential
human condition calls out your name------- go now ----somehow you will find
your way out of here ----and know that the greater the challenge—the greater
will your desire navigate you to the home of the brave and the land of the
free-----and trust in the distant shores now appearing on the horizon-------to
lead you to the times when lives will be reclaimed and the correct choices will
be chosen ------a time when one door closes---another one opens-----so leave
your personal Egypts every day---------follow the free bird who knows the art
of breaking away
THE BIRD ESCAPES
***** For 209 years
Our ancestors
Our proverbial ancestors
Our nonverbal ancestors
Our slave mentality ancestors
Our suffering ancestors
Were put into a strangle-hold
They could not breathe
in the true sense of breathing
They could not see
not in the true sense of seeing
They couldn’t hear Hashem’s voice
*******And we are them
and they are us
isn't it obvious
how us and them
and time and space melt away
in the intensity of these chaotic days
*****and we are Down here
in the shadow world
Down here in the narrow straits
Down here in the darkness
Down here in Mitzrayim
Down here in the MEITZARIM
Down here in the narrow straits
Down here in the confusion
******And if it wasn’t for Hashem,
then who is with us
When this constant barrage
comes up against us
we'd be like a bird
caught in a hunter's trap
******But in His endless mercy
He breaks the lock
and the bird escapes
LEAVING EGYPT EVERY DAY
**The Kur habarzel
The iron furnace
The mission impossible
When you're stuck in that place
There is really no where to look for help
There is no way to pull yourself out
**When you are stuck
in a state of constriction
When you are stuck
in a place of small mindedness
You don’t have any extras to draw upon
You don't have any extra reservoirs to draw upon
no extra associated thoughts
no extra plans that you can pull out
like a magician pulls a rabbit out of the hat
You don’t have those things
because you are stuck in a stranglehold
in Mitzrayim in your own personal Egypt
**No matter what you do
What you say
No matter which way you face
Which way you feel
How you move
How you do what you do
You can’t break free
You certainly can’t speak
** When you're immobilized
Impotent-ized
Paralyzed
Then the only thing
That I can say
Is that you have to leap
Out of your personal Egypt
In any way that you can
Every night
And every day
In any way that you can
GO NOW
*we are a microcosmic people
everything outside of us
is inside of us
*and that whole egyptian experience
of escaping the being trapped situation
is inside of us
right now
[with a special intensity]
*and when a person finds
that they get to a space
where they can't stand it anymore
they scream out
from such a deep place
that the world
submits itself to them
and says
....ok, go go..
go now
*and the doors
[the impossible to open doors]
come flying open
and the wise ones
run out immediately
and the logical , careful, calculating ones
they stay where they are forever
*and we all are stuck
in some kind of story
some kind of exile
and the doors to freedom
refuse to open
so we somehow settle in
and build our lives
around that impossibility
accepting acquiescing comfortable
in this cocoon
*but that special day
that rare occasion
presents itself
and we find ourselves
garbed in the meta-physical lvush-garb
of the Israelites of old
faced with that same primal choice
to stay or to go
Go Now
THE GREATER THE CHALLENGE THE MORE PRIMAL YOUR DESIRE MUST
BE
*the greater the challenge
the more primal your desire must be
and
the more primal your desire is
the more the challenge turns into bliss
*the greater the darkness
the more primal your desire must be
and
the more primal your desire is
the more the darkness turns into light
*the greater the separation is
the more primal your desire must be
and
the more primal your desire is
the more the separation turns into unification
*the greater the concealment is
the more primal your desire must be
and
the more primal your desire is
the more the concealment turns into revelation
OPEN DOORS
...a door closes
another one opens
...the flow is stopped up
like it has so many times before
...and there is no choice
but to close your eyes
shut you ears
and jump on in
again
...but when the will
is activated
there is nothing
that can
stand in it's way
...and David
was the fighter
par excellence
...and all that
stood in his way
was brought low
because he knew
the language of war
...until one day
he understood
so much more
...and all the doors came flying open
because his heart became a void
...and all the opposing forces
from within
and from without were shut down for\ever more
...and to the extent
that you have no doubts
your life will leave you in peace
your inner struggle will cease
...and you'll know
no more fear
and the only thing
you'll hear
are all the walls
come tumbling down
and all the closed doors
open up
like they never have before
POETRY OF EMUNA
Dear
believers---believers that you are believers……believers that the power of
belief enables you to do what you could never do without belief…….believers
that the very conceiving that there exists One who knows and cares about your
every move---and that this is the most healing and beyond belief feeling there
could ever be………believers in the power of belief to enable the impossible—to
conceive the inconceivable---to understand the intangible……believers in the
power of belief alone to free up an entire nation from the intolerable and
seemingly endless destiny of slavery……believers in the power of belief to
liberate the hopeless despair---and to freely set foot anywhere and
everywhere …..believers in the power of belief to bring together destined soul
mates in unbelievable ways…..believers in the power of belief to enable you to
let go of the need to control anything—because it will all work itself out just
the way it is meant to be……
EMUNAH
She spends most of her days
climbing up to Heaven
She knows that the more that she lets go
the more that she lets G-d in
She knows that the more that she gives up control
the more that G-d takes over
She has left behind the worries
and is no longer in a hurry to salvage the losses
She has seen that the more that she lets Him in
the more that anything is possible
She has given up on attributing the causes and effects
to anything other than the Creator
She remains loyal through thick and thin
no matter what --she is with you until the end
She is comforted by knowing that what she cannot do
will be done for her by the One Above
She is empowered by the realization
that all that she does is received with endless love
She opens herself to receive your all
and when you do , she is more loyal than all the rest
She is known to some as faith and belief
but Emunah is the name that she likes the best
She appears to you when you know that you don't know
and that's when she will follow you where-ever you go
IF WE LIVED IN A WORLD WITHOUT BELIEF
****if we lived in a world without belief
how would death
be understood
how could all
this aliveness
have no meaning
no context
to put it in?
****if we lived in a world without belief
how would miracles
ever exist?
would they be seen as
just a lucky
blip
of coincidence?
****if we lived in a world without belief
how would we be able to fathom
the endless skies
the breathtaking sighs
of anyone who sees
the northern lights?
****if we lived in a world without belief
how would we understand
a whole lifetime
of him completing her
and her completing him?
****if we lived in a world without belief
how would we be able to
let go and let Gd
so many times in our lives
and see constantly
how everything comes out allright?
***if we lived in a world without belief
how would be able to
find the key
to making sense
of reality
BELIEVE **** the more we believe, the more that we
and the world become redeemed **** the more we believe, the more that
miracles become a part of our daily reality **** the more we believe, the
more that wholeness becomes the dominant feature in our lives **** the more
we believe, the more that spiritual and monetary wealth become commonplace
for us **** the more we believe, the more that we sense higher
consciousness **** the more we believe, the more that Divine providence
surrounds us **** the more we believe, the more that we are safeguarded
from the lies and deception of this world **** the more we believe, the
more that oneness slowly but surely replaces scatteredness **** the more
we believe, the more that life takes on an aura of holiness
EVERY PERSON AND EXPERIENCE
***when you see that you are
invisible
and transparent
***when you feel
you have nothing
of your own
except what
you receive
from others
from Gd
***when you allow
yourself to be completely filled up
by each and every
person you meet
and by each and every
experience you engage
***When your empty cup
becomes filled constantly
perpetually just by virtue
of your existence
of who you are
***then life
for you and for all those you touch
will be an overflowing wellspring
***that's how you, my faceless friend
the humblest of my companions
are crowned on High with royalty
and with sublime majestic grace
LISTEN WITH TOTAL RECEPTIVITY
*****the messages come to him
in between the lines
signs of synchronicity
intricate silhouettes
of multi-dimensional velocities
guiding him
exactly
to where
he needs to be
****and the deeper he goes deep within
the more he sees
that all that was
hidden from him
shines from within
and guides him
into the place he
was meant to be
until he can clearly see
that there is nothing
but the One
since the genesis
of reality
****and the more
that you listen
with total receptivity
to the simultaneous voices
that speak constantly
to you and me
the more you will see
that the unfolding
of life's intensity
will make you
completely crazy
with joy and glee
****because the Divine One
is guiding us
constantly with love
eternally
BELIEVING
**** the more we believe, the more that we and the
world become redeemed
**** the more we believe, the more that miracles become
a part of our daily reality
**** the more we believe, the more that wholeness
becomes the dominant feature in our lives
**** the more we believe, the more that spiritual and
monetary wealth become commonplace
**** the more we believe, the more that we sense higher
consciousness
**** the more we believe, the more that Divine
providence surrounds us
**** the more we believe, the more that we are
safeguarded from the world's lies and deception
**** the more we believe, the more that oneness slowly
but surely replaces scatteredness
**** the more we believe, the more that life takes on an aura of holiness
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