Thursday, April 29, 2021

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A COLLECTION OF TEACHINGS FOR LAG BA-OMER  

Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai’s Last Day  

The day of Lag B’Omer commemorates [according to most opinions] the last day of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai’s life, I would like to share [in a personalized way] from his classic work, the Zohar. Based partially on the translation of Daniel Matt in his version of the Zohar, I will share this story in honor of Lag B’Omer this year.
On the day that Rabbi Shimon was to leave this world, he was arranging his affairs. All of his chaverim, his colleagues, assembled at his house. Among them were Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Abba, but the whole house was full.
On this last day of his life, Rabbi Shimon raised his eyes and saw that the house was full. He began to cry, and he said, “The other time I was ill, R. Yitzchak was in my presence. I was already selecting my place in Paradise, next to his, but I didn’t die then. They extended our lives until now. When I returned, fire was whirling in front of me and it’s never gone out. No human has entered without permission. Now I see the fire is out and the house is filled.”
Rabbi Shimon opened his eyes again, and he saw what he saw. There was a fire whirling throughout the house, which is one of the reasons we light bonfires on Lag B’Omer. And with that fire, everybody left, except for his son, Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Abba.
Rabbi Shimon told his son, Rabbi Elazar, “Tell him [R. Abba] to arrange my affairs and sit by my side. Happy is his portion.”
That’s exactly what they did. They sat down and Rabbi Shimon began to reveal to them the secrets-the deepest secrets he’d never revealed. Rabbi Shimon said, “This gathering is different than our previous gatherings. In the previous gatherings, the Blessed Holy One and his chariots, they convened.
But now, he comes with all the Righteous from the Garden of Eden and he wants the Righteous to be honored… Rabbi Shimon quoted a verse from the Song of Songs, verse 7:11, “I am my beloved’s, his desire is upon me.”
He went on to explain, “All the days I have been bound to this world, I am bound in a single bond with the Blessed Holy One. That is why his desire is upon me, he and his Holy company have come to hear and enjoy concealed words of praise for the Holy Ancient One, the Concealed of All Concealed, separated from all, yet not separate.”
And they all noticed the presence of this Supernal Company.
Rabbi Shimon said, “Until now, all the words I am going to declare were concealed, for I was scared to reveal them. Yet, now they have been revealed. And it is known by the Holy Blessed One, blessed be he, that I have not acted on this last day of my life for my own honor, nor for the honor of my family. But rather, that I would not enter his Holy Palace ashamed. Furthermore, I see that the Holy Blessed One and all his Righteous Ones approve. I see all of them rejoicing at this, my wedding celebration.”
He called the last day of his life his “wedding celebration.”
“All of them, in that world, are invited to my wedding celebration. Happy is my portion.”
Rabbi Shimon went on to explain his deepest Kabbalistic Secrets. The Supernal crowd that was there took note of every word. And the description of each word was a description of sparks that are sparkling from the highest spark, from the hidden of all hidden. Levels upon levels of enlightenment, there is revealed upon revealed and these lights were all connected.
The lights of each and every spark were ornaments of the King, the crowns of the King. Every light shines and joins onto the Light within, not separating at all. The Light that is revealed is called the Garment of the King. The Light within is a concealed light. All those sparks and all those Lights sparkle from the Holy Ancient One, the concealed of all concealed, the high spark.
Rabbi Abba said, “Before the Holy Spark finished saying the word, “life,” (which was the last word Rabbi Shimon said in his life) his words subsided.”
Rabbi Abba was still writing. He was the one taking notes. He was the scribe of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. He said, “I was still writing and intending to write more, but then I heard nothing. I did not raise my head because the light was so overwhelming I could not look. Then I started trembling and I heard a heavenly voice calling, “Length of days and years of life.”
All day long, the fire did not go out in the house. No one could reach the house; fire surrounded it, a heavenly fire. All day long I lay on the ground and wailed. After the fire disappeared I saw the Holy Spark, the Holy of Holies leaving the world. And he had a smile on his face on the last day of his life, which he, himself, called his, “wedding celebration,” his passage into the higher world.
Rabbi Chiya rose to his feet and said, “Until now the Holy Spark has looked after us. Now is the time to engage in honoring him.”
They carried his body out, lifted the bed he was lying on, and after the bed emerged from the house it rose and a fire blazed before it. They heard a voice saying, “Come and enter. Assemble for the wedding celebration of Rabbi Shimon. They shall come to peace. They shall rest on their couches.” [Isaiah 57\2]
As they entered the cave for burial, they heard a [Heavenly] voice from inside that said, “This is the man who shook the earth, who made kingdoms tremble. Many open mouths of accusation up in heaven subside today because of you, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Happy is his portion above and below. Many sublime treasures lie in store for him. With him it is said, ‘’As for you , go to the end and take your rest; you will rise for your reward at the end of days.”  

LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS   THE PASSWORD

1. A brokenhearted Rabbi Chiyah fasted for a [2nd consecutive] 40 day period. He was hoping to be granted Divine permission to be able to visit his beloved Rebbe, R. Shimon Bar Yochai, who had recently passed away.  

   

 R. Shimon was now presiding over one of the most important Heavenly Houses of Study, which was attended by the highest levels of saints and scholars of all generations.  

   

 Permission was granted and R. Chiyah found himself standing at the entrance to this Heavenly Yeshiva. Suddenly a thundering 'Bat Kol' [Heavenly voice] announced, '...No one has permission to enter unless they have spent their entire life-time engaged in transforming darkness into light...' [Zohar Breishit].  

   

 We're quickly approaching the Holiday of Lag Baomer. Lag is the numerical acronym for the number 33 which stands for this day being the 33rd day of the Omer count----Spelled Backwards, Lag = 'Gal', which means to uncover or reveal.  

   

   

This festive day according to most traditions, is the 'Yahrtzeit' [day of death] of R. Shimon Bar Yochai; the 2ndcentury author of what is Kabbalah's most important classic work, 'The Zohar'.  

   

   

 Annually, on this day, more than 1\2 million people congregate at R. Shimon's gravesite in the upper Gallilee mountain village Meron. This gigantic gathering is not characterized by weeping or sadness at the loss of such a great luminary as R. Shimon. No!---Quite the contrary---it's the celebration of the year, drawing a very diversified crowd [every type of Jew found in the land of Israel] who come and sing and dance in incredible elated joy.  

   

   

And all these people present, share the common feeling [some more consciously than others] of having a mystical soul-connected affinity with R. Shimon! And each and every person is recharged by their encountering of the energy and presence of R. Shimon, with an ability to bring light into the dark areas of their lives.  

HOD OF HOD

 Each day of the Omer, there shines forth the energy of a different Sefira [a trait bridging the Divine realm to the human realm]. If we understand the nature of that Sefira, then we would be able to perceive that everything that takes place on that day bespeaks the essential meaning of that day's Sefira.  

   

   

The Sefira of Lag Baomer is HOD of HOD, which represents the quintessence of HOD. HOD expresses the ability to enable others to bring out their glory. This power of enabling is motivated by the drive to reach down into the lowest levels of darkness of people's souls and of all aspects of reality, and reveal in that very place of darkness, a brilliant shining light.  

   

 The word 'Zohar' means brilliant light. This dynamic describes the essence of who R. Shimon and his teachings are. All of the wisdom, secrets and stories filling the Zohar have one thing in common; shining light in areas of reality that would otherwise remain unexplained, closed up, and darkened. A coal or an ember is fanned into a full-blown flame [this is the reason that it's customary to light bonfires on Lag Baomer].  

   

   

The Zohar mystically illuminates countless concepts and principles which span the entire scope of life and Torah. A typical passage penetrates to the soul of matter. The subject is revealed and reveals the following: its source in “Gal (= GEMATRIA 33 ) ennai/unveil my eyes so I can see the wonders of Your Torah!” the Upper Worlds, its transcendent impact in the dimensions of time, space and souls and its purifying and microcosmic effect in the minds and hearts of those who are presently learning the passage.  

   

   

 All the episodes and enchanting descriptions of R. Shimon also convey the theme of light shining into the darkness----------from his 13 year hideaway period [from the anti-Semitic Romans] in a dark cave, where the entire scope of the Zohar's Kabbalistic wisdom was revealed to him----all the way to the very last day of his life, when he revealed to all attendant Heavenly and earthly beings, the most important secrets of the Zohar--------and it all culminated in his passing away with a smile on his face 

 

THE POWER OF KABBALISTIC LEARNING [according to the Holy Zohar]
 
1. There is not a letter or word in the Torah that does not contain Kabbalistic secrets
 
2. True Kabbalah causes the world to be filled  with the knowledge of Hashem
 
3. One who goes on to the post-life without Kabbalistic knowledge, though they may be filled with
Mitzvot and good deeds, will not be able to enter the [innermost] gates of the world to come
 
4. The one who occupies them self with Kabbalah, is able to sweeten up all that's difficult, cast aside harsh judgements and purify them self
 
5. One who ignores to pay proper attention to Kabbalah, causes p-overty and the elongation of the exile
 
6. Every Kabbalistic word properly learned, creates entire worlds
 
7. The masters of Kabbalah will be the first to rise in the ressurection of the dead
 
8. The prayers of the Masters of Kabbalah will be received and answered
 
9. The masters of Kabbala have the power to nullify harsh decrees, to be in constant connectio to Hashem, to bring down blessing and are called Tzadikim [righteous ones]
 
10. There is no wisdom that compares to that of Kabbalistic wisdom
 
11. The knowledge of Mitzvot are considered to be the BODY  of the Torah, whereas it's SOUL is the secrets of the Torah [ie...The Kabbalah]
 
12. The masters of Kabbalah, relative to others , are referred to as the children of Hashem, as opposed to being Hashem's  

servants, and this s because they know Hashem inimately and not just in a general way  

 

THE MYSTIC  

The mystic is ;  

a master of receptivity
an explorer of vulnerability
a taster of serendipity
a practioner of subtlety
a lover of alternate reality
a player of ascendancy
an articulator of profundity
an experiencer of multiplicity
a devotee of unity
an intuiter of synchronicity
a guarder of secrecy
a genius of connectivity
a painter of infinity
a discoverer of Divinity
a revealer of eternity
a carrier of humility
a liver of profundity
a knower of intimacy  

A MEDITATION OF THE RECEPTIVE DIMENSION  

Kabbalah is referred to as the Wisdom of Receiving – a received tradition dating back to Sinai, as well as a way of engaging reality—through the power and openness of receptivity  

1.Be open to receive the totality of LIFE EXPERIENCES that come your way now and in the past
2.Be open to receive the ability to choose the positive, goodly and G-dly CHOICES in life
3.Be open to receive the wisdom to know how to select and redeem your lost soul SPARKS
4.Be open to receive the discernment to focus on the ESSENCE of everything
5.Be open to receive the sensitivity to feel deeply what others are FEELING and respond properly and lovingly
6.Be open to receive the knowledge needed to hear and act upon your SOUL’S VOICE
7.Be open to receive the understanding that’s required to see how the SMOOTHNESS or lack of it in your life is directing you what to rectify and how
8.Be open to receive the foresight to guide others [and yourself] towards their LIFE CALLING
9.Be open to receive the compassion needed to reach out and help HEAL others
10.Be open to receive all the consciousness that is BEYOND your present level  

A MEDITATION OF THE UNIFIED DIMENSION  

Kabbalah is referred to as the Wisdom of Correspondences---all corresponds to all else so profoundly, that everything comes together in a profound state of unity  

1.SEE HOW ALL IS INTER-INCLUDED See how everything is inter-included in everything else---what's outside of you is also inside of you---what is needed to realize this, is to plug in and feel and resonate and recall---try to feel and resonate inside of yourself, with things that are outside of yourself ---whether they be outside of yourself in space or in time---Experiment, keep on pushing the buttons of resonation, until you can truly identify that which is outside of yourself , inside of yourself---until you can feel what a person, a place, a historical happening ....etc...feels like...  

2. SEE HOW ALL IS INTERDEPENDENT See how everything is dependent on everything else---- how actions are dependent on words, and how words are dependent on feelings, and how feelings are dependent on thoughts, and how thoughts are dependent on will, and how will is dependent on HIS Will... See how one person's will, thoughts, feelings, actions and words are dependent on other people's same faculties, and other's on them and many people's on one central person's, and this one central person's faculties is dependent on their teachers and their parents and their teacher's teachers and parent's parents faculties going back and back to the beginning... See how the animal and plant and mineral kingdoms are dependent upon each other....See how large parts of the world's people are dependent upon a small part....See how large parts of history are dependent on one specific part....See how all these independent entities are all significant---are all necessary parts of the whole...  

3. SEE HOW ALL IS SIGNIFICANT See how the inter-inclusion and the interdependency of all things, makes everything significant---because everything, in it's own way and time and place, is absolutely necessary for the needs of everything else----the body is significant for the soul, the physical is significant for the spiritual, the small is significant for the big, the dark for the light...etc...etc...All is important, all is valuable, all is complimentary to all else...  

4. SEE THE RAMIFICATION[S] OF THIS UNITY See what is learned from this mystical unity --this inter-included, interdependent unity -----See how this unity penetrates to the depths of all dimensions--all thought , all aspirations, all perfection---for when everything fits in, when everything harmonizes, when there is a special place reserved for all things---then there is peace, and there is oneness, and there is goodness, and there is clarity, and there is meaning and the soul of reality is revealed and in control --and then everyone will know and see with the supernal hidden light that all is One and that all is connected together and connected to the Divine source of all life .  

A MEDITATION OF THE UNSEEN DIMENSION  

Kabbalah is referred to as Chochmat HaNistar ---The wisdom of the Hidden or Unseen  

See the vastness of what there is to see[that are normally not seen]
See the vastness of the normally overlooked gifts that people give you
See the vastness of wisdom accessible to you that you normally overlook
See the vastness of coping tools that you constantly create
See the vastness of salvations that Hashem sends you all the time
See the vastness of guidance that G-d constantly sends to you
See the vastness of love that you have in your heart [usually unexpressed]
See the vastness of experiences and life lessons that you have experienced
See the vastness of esoteric energies, angels, soul stirrings calling to you
See the vastness of as yet untapped influences that you can send out  

 

THE POETRY OF MYSTICAL PERCEPTION  

   

Dear fellow seekers of seeing the unseen dimensions......join us as we enter into the inner sanctum of the mystical...into Worlds of perception within perception....into realities hidden inside of realities.....allow yourself to see the unseen….picture the texture of invisibility…..close your eyes and see the profundity that lies at the core of everything…..let down your guard and open yourself to peripheral vision…….see the vastness of coinciding reality intersecting in the eyes of your mind---there you will find an infinite points of view and only the few and far between  can step into the realm of the unseen and see beyond belief----see the heart of multi-dimensional conception--may these meditative poems help us uncover for us new realms of perception...  

 

SEEING RIGHT THROUGH INVISIBILITY  


inside of invisibility  

lives a potential visibility  

with the capability  

to be seen  

in between  

the lines  

accessed through  

the subconscious mind's  

hyper receptivity  

with meta- perceptivity  

and hyper sensitivity  

forging a bond  

a sort of magic wand  

with that which is  

meant to be  

if you'd only  

stop to see  

that which  

can only be seen  

with a healthy belief  

in your  

intrinsic invincibility  

or  

at the very least  

relentless intensity  

that won't refuse  

to just  

let things be  

until you begin to see  

right through  

invisibility  

into visibility  

  PROFOUND SEEING  

seeing life so profoundly;  

that nouns turn into verbs  

that things turn into seeings  

that people turn into ways of being  

that ugly bodies turn into soul-full beauty  

that people's magical eyes are all I see  

that ideas become transcendent kingdoms  

that sweet sounds turn into symphonies  

that childrens' wonder-filled glances become art masterpieces  

that your responses to my inner sharings turn into pure love  

that my feelings turn into beings  

that my love awakens your love and everyone's love  

that my eyes begin to see consciousness  

that my soul becomes my fundamental sense  

 

SHE CLOSED HER EYES  

***she closed her eyes to physical sight  

and her thoughts began to take flight  

and she could see  

how all that was  

becomes  

all that will be  

….. ***and she leapt into a place of infinity  

because there was no other place that she wanted to be  

and the infinity liberated her thoughts  

and her words and actions too  

and it was all that she could do  

from disappearing and reappearing  

as something new  

and all the scatteredness unified  

and the chaos became rectified  

   

PERIPHERAL VISION  

***See with peripheral parts
of your lives 
To not just see 
what's in front of you 
but what's above
and what's below 
What's inside,
What's outside 
And to fix all that is inside 
The more we fix that which is inside 
The more the world is fixed  

***Realize that all
that you do, say, feel and think
has the potential 
to influence it's corresponding elements
in appropriate people 
in the world at large....  

***The amount of influence
that you can actually affect
depends on the intensity
of what you do and think and feel and say 
as well as the level of Soul 
that you possess......  

***With this realization in mind
, be as mindful as possible 
of the potential influence 
of all that you say, do, think and feel 
and notice how this mindfulness 
opens up your consciousness
to the abundance
that is accessible to you  

   

SEE THE VASTNESS  

****See the vastness 
of what there is to see
[that is normally not seen]  

****See the vastness 
of the normally 
overlooked gifts 
that people give you  

****See the vastness
of wisdom 
accessible to you
that you normally overlook  

**** See the vastness 
of coping tools
that you constantly create  

**** See the vastness 
of salvations 
that Hashem sends you 
all the time  

**** See the vastness 
of guidance
that G-d constantly 
sends to you  

****See the vastness
of love 
that you have in your heart
[usually unexpressed]  

**** See the vastness 
of experiences
and life lessons 
that you have experienced  

**** See the vastness 
of esoteric energies, 
angels, 
soul stirrings 
calling to you  

****See the vastness 
of as yet untapped
influences 
that you will
send out
when the time
is right  

 

THE POETRY OF FOREVER  

   

dear children of eternity....today we immerse ourselves  into the netzach of the netzach...the quintessence of forever-ness......time sits still and passes by and flies away and disappears when you enter into foreverness…..the bliss of here and now  reciting her sweetest verse when you let down the boundaries of time ---and allow all the poetic rhymes to massage your minds one at a time and all at the same time in coinciding lines---the nullification of time happens when all of Creation stops chasing after what is lacking  when everyone realizes that nothing is lacking ----and we'll all realize we have already arrived the sabbatical of all sabbatical---all for one and one for all ---that's all there is to know---nowhere to go, nothing to do—but to walk on through into eternity ----your carriage waits for you----close your eyes and and ignite your inner sight  ----last night was the yahrtzeit of the komarna rebbe--who was so plugged into eternity—that he  needed no child to be named after him--because he had embraced forever ...he needed not to return to temporalness---to the realm of time---no need to reincarnate into another life ---he was finally free—finally free.........become intimate, dear children, with your legacy of eternity....open up your eyes to see ---on a clear day you can see eternity  

   

FOREVER  

****all that I do 
all that I say
everyone I meet
all that I experience
all that I love
below and above
extends in sweet profundity
into the Forever  

****the love I feel today
relives and resonates
and reverberates and reiterates 
in deeper and deeper frequencies
forever  

****I see your face there too
with a knowing smile
and I smile back 
forever  

****I can hear them
call out my name
and help me gain
a knowing
I never dreamed of
before I arrived
in the Forever  

   

THE NULLIFICATION OF TIME  

the nullification of time
happens when
all the lights shine
at the same time
the nullification of time
happens when
the realms
of day and night
all merge into a single light
the nullification of time
happens when the size
of the Moon
and the size
of the Sun
become one
the nullification of time
happens when
the good and evil distinction
falls into eternal extinction
the nullification of time
happens when
hierarchy
ceases to be
and you can then see
a circle world reality
the nullification of time
happens when
living waters will
burst out and
flow freely
from below
the Holy of Holies
the nullification of time
happens when
the whole world will
have a Divine knowing
that will never stop growing  

 

BRIDGING US TO ETERNITY  

*** and when we begin
to see a wholer way
when we start
to piece together
the night with the day  

*** when we see how
the past births the present
and the present gives rise
to the future  

***then we will begin to know
that all
that we come across
that every thing
that we go through
is only a small part
of a story 
designed for me and you  

***and there's really
not that much to do 
but to embrace 
and believe 
with a knowing
that this ever growing
and unfolding 
wonder-filled reality
full of grace
and mystery 
is bridging us
to eternity  

THE FOREVER-NESS OF LOVE  

****all that I love below and above
extends in sweet profundity
into the Forever  

****the love I feel today
relives and resonates
and reverberates
and reiterates itself 
in deeper and deeper frequencies Forever  

**** I see your face there too
with a knowing smile and I smile back
and all of the love
that you have been 
expressing 
all the days of your life
echo endlessly
here in this enchanted place they call 
Forever  

   

POETRY OF THE TZIMTZUM CREATION PROCESS  

Dear searchers for the sublime insight….knowers that the dark always hides and gives way to the light…….resonators of the experiences that are rooted in Creation's deepest recipes……defy-ers of entropy …..erasers of the divisions that separate us from seeing the other side…..paradoxical bucking bronco cowboys always ready for that ultimate ride…….understand-ers that nature abhors a void……constant expanders- a situation that you can never avoid…..crackers of the perennial cosmic egg……realizers that we're on divine time instead……liberators of all we do and think and feel here in the holy space of Infinity…..Study-ers of the Creator's Ways…..Re-discoverers of the source of it all---the writing is on the wall…..Composers of the sacred songs …..Crowners of the lessons of  Tzimzum---where all that seemed to be wrong and confused  –is actually the secret password of the Ohr Ganuz    

THE VOID  

the void  

that nature abhors  

opens doors  

that have never  

been opened before  

the void  

feel the impossibility  

know that this just cannot be  

the void  

can be your best friend  

if you know how to let it in  

it can take you  

to places you've never been  

the void  

what was G-d used  

to communicate  

to relateto us  

to enable us  

to relateto Him  

the void  

it is what we grasp  

when we struggle for life  

when the end is in sight  

when something must change  

there can be no other way  

the void  

we don't have to wait until it's almost too late  

we can simulate we can create  

the void  

right here right now  

the void  

the passion  

the life-force  

the transformation  

the new me  

the void holds the key  

YOU HIDE YOUR FACE  

You hide your Face We can't find you anywhere  

You show your Face When we believe you're there  

You hide your Face We are stripped of any sensation  

You show your Face Inside the Letters of Creation  

You hide your Face There's noone who can soothe  

You show your Face In each and every move  

You hide your Face We go looking for you near and far  

You show your Face the more you're hidden the closer you are  

You hide your Face We are numb --there is no feeling  

You show your Face Hidden inside our pain is your healing  

You hide your Face We play a game of hide and seek  

You show your Face to the believers --to the humble and the meek  

You hide your Face We walk in fear-we can't find you anywhere  

You show your Face We are fearless when we know you are there  

   

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 in constant KNOWING  

   

I'M ON DIVINE TIME NOW  

   

    ***to be born again  

conceived in mystic soliloquy  

 speaking my truth right out loud  

 for anyone to hear or perhaps no one at all  

 it makes no difference  

I'm on Divine time now  

   

    ***whatever needs to be said  

 will come through  

 in a mesh of laser beam confluence  

 intuited lines of French fried rhymes  

 the darkness of confinement  

 melts into candy cane alignment  

 those old rusty chains  

 no longer have a hold on me  

 can't you see?  

 I'm on His time now  

   

      ***and there is no better time  

 than now  

always in all ways  

 in phases of evolving expansion   

with phrases of purest intentions  

in ever increasing ascensions  

We're on His time now  

   

     ***there is no rush any  

and every thought  

 is worthy of endless resonation  

any and every word  

is deserving of eternal harmonic intonation  

 the creation of life  

is working though you and I  

and allowing you and I  

 to be new  

 in ways we've never known before  

and all is possible somehow  

because we're on Divine time now  


INFINITIZING  

   

KNOW------------Know that the Creator is Infinite.......  

   

Know that the Creator's whole design of the Creation was to hide His infinity from us , until we could discover how to reveal once again that all is infinity.....  

   

Know that one of the essential points of all Kabbalistic teachings, is to reinfintize the finite---thus;  

   

a. the goal of the Tzimtzum [ the creation process of contracting Hashem's infinite prescence to allow for a creation to exist] creation process is to ultimately reinfinitize it all  

b. the goal of the evolution process seeking the maximal synchronization between the lights and the vessils that contain them, is to produce a setup of vessels that can contain infinity  

c. the goal of the Mitzvot [according to the Kabbalistic consciousness perspective] is to infinitize [and thus liberate] the ACTIONS of reality that we take/do  

d. the goal of Mystical Consciousness is to infinitize [and thus, liberate ] THOUGHT  

e. the goal of Ratzon [a Kabbalistic state of fusing our Will with Hashem's Will ] is to infinitize [and thus liberate] our WILL and our calling in life and our capacities to be the right arm extensions of G-d's Tikun Olam process  

f. the goal of the Divine bridge traits referred to as the Sefirot, are to infinitize all processes and all structures , [including those of our own persona]  

g. the goal of the Tikun [rectification] of cosmic brokenness, is to transform reality into a conduit and conductor and environment for infinity  

h. the goal of all upper and lower world interpersonal relationships is to tap into each other's infinite wellsprings and thereby unify with each other, and thereby reproduce infinite shefa[ abundance] for all of the world to be nurtured from  

i. ''the innate desire of the soul, is to reunify with the infinite...this is the root of every wanting; no other object, idea or love can satisfy it's desire. It's not only what the soul wants, but what all of existence wants.'' [Alan Afterman in his work, '[Kabbalah and Consciousness]  

j. Humanity's goal of returning to the Garden of Eden's Paradise state, as well as the Messianic state, is to arrive at a consciousness and a reality , where all that which was lacking, will be complete---and all that which was finite will be infinite  

 

WHEN YOU STUDY THE CREATOR'S WAYS  


**When you study the Creator's ways  

you may see whole new ways of being  

and whole new ways  

of tapping into your heart, soul and mind  


**you might find a stairway to Heaven  

a cosmic pathway to see  

in an ever-increasing way  

that all there really is  

is His Majesty  

surrounded by bliss  


**you might find  

that every new step  

you set out on in life  

is one step closer  

to a place and time  

where all will be  

in perfect harmony  


**you might find  

that seeing the end  

right from the start  

will open up a path for you  

to walk though  

a path that will effortlessly  

unfold itself for you:  


**you might find  

that constriction  

is really the key to expansion  

---an expansion that allows you to see reality  

in it's fullness in it's allness  


**you might find  

that time takes on a whole new meaning  

intriguing your essential being  

when the past and the future  

and the present converge  

and surge you to a sublime primal place  

above space and time  


**you might find  

that in every breath you take  

and in every move you make  

an inner voice is guiding the way  

until that glorious day comes  

where His Name will be One  

THE HUMBLEST OF MY COMPANIONS  

when you see  

that you are  

invisible  

and transparent  

when you feel  

you have nothing  

of your own  

except what  

you receive  

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 grace  

  

POETRY OF THE CONSTANT GUIDANCE OF THE DIVINE MATCHMAKER  

Dear seekers of the real Matchmaker….the One who knows that the match made in Heaven comes into being based on where you've been , who you are and where you will go---and that your partner is the appointed guiding Star ---complementing who you are , why you are---and they're never too far away -------and even when they are standing right in front of your face—they are led by the One above to show you when to stop and when to start and how to show you who you are ----and the complementary drinks are on the house ----when you are with your true spouse ---whether that be a human being or a state of being or your re-uniting with the Supreme Being---because they can complement everything that you do—--if you let them through ----the closed rooms that you often hide yourself in…...........here's some old and yet brand new poetic guidelines that may help you to leave the sidelines and jump into the headlines of your self actualizing saga  

THIS UNCONSCIOUS DRIVE TO REUNITE  

***a scenario that is set into motion
an unstoppable notion
that brought us
to the same
time and space coordinates
in a seemingly ordinary way
but anyone with eyes can see
that the extra-ordinary
is what was and is at play
there can be no other way
to explain this magnificent display  

*** and this unconscious drive to reunite
is what has guided us though the darkest nights
through seemingly endless lifetimes
and our ultimate harmony
I eventually come to see
is what was driving me
our electricity is what was inspiring me
to go beyond what I never knew could be
but now I know
as you sit here beside me  

ALL I WANT IS YOU  

***there is nowhere else to go
You are the only one I know your words are truth they soothe my soul
they draw me to youlike the dark to the light
when it realizes the difference between wrong and right  

***when I listen with my soul that's when I begin to hear your call
and all I want is you there's no one or nothing else at all
and I've come from so far away
to be here with you every day seemed liked years to get past my deepest fears
and now I am here there is no place I'd rather be
to me now this is crystal clear  

*** Let us go now 
into our endless mutual journey
into our reunited eternity into our liberated infinity
there is no place I'd rather be  nor will there ever be  

   

TO RE-UNITE  

***** long lost souls in the anonymous night
generations and reincarnations of endless flight
and yet here we are amidst myriads of stars
and providential circumstances from near and far  

***** and we were simultaneously selecting a path
a selection composed of hidden inclinations
all carefully engineered by the One
who sees and hears all there is to see
with ultimate grace and delicacy
and He's hiding these revelations
from the likes of you and me  

*****He's fully aware in His conscious way
of the seed that He planted inside of us firmly
into our unconsciousness
a seed that set into motion
an unstoppable notion
that brought us to the same time and space coordinates
in a seemingly ordinary way
but anyone with eyes can see
that the extra-ordinary is what was at play
there can be no other way
to explain this magnificent display  

***** and this unconscious drive to reunite
is what guided us though the darkest nights
and our ultimate harmony
I eventually come to see
is what was driving me
our electricity is what was inspiring me
to go beyond what I never knew could be
but now I know as you sit here beside me  


WHERE YOU GO --I WILL FOLLOW  

***** I extend to You my hand
take me where you will take me
across the seven Seas
take me to the Heavens and back
show me the inner sanctum
lead me into the Promised land
where You go I will follow
what You say I will do
I know that my life
is all about I and Thou
You will show me how
I will do and You will show me how
when You call I'll come running  

*****even the Angels of Peace
have no permission to be here
in this holiest place
in this Divine embrace
in the embrace of life
in the embrace of trust 
in the core desire of my Soul 
there is no other place
I ever want to go  

*****and we learned the recipe
a long time ago
when you placed the crowns
on our heads 
and in our heads  you taught us how
to step inside of Paradise
here on Earth 
never to know dying again
never to experience crying again  

*****I extend to You my essence
sight unseen I know that never will there be
such an opportunity for such bliss again
and all You ask is to take Your Hand
sight unseen  

***please give me the vision to see
where all this leads
please give me the courage
to close my eyes and leap
please give me the wisdom 
to know that You will set me free
for all of Eternity  

***please give me the wisdom to know
that the beloved one
that you give me 
to walk this life with me is constantly being guide by Thee
for our own wellbeing in the most profound way 
that could possibly be  


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