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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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