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SET LIST ROSH HASHONAH PRIMER 2021

POETRY OF THE PRIMAL SCREAM AFFECT OF THE SHOFAR

Dear primal truth seekers-------refusers to fall asleepers------- inevitable breakthrough believers------cut to the chase helpless screamers…..the time has come for your light to shine -----wake up wake up….wake up the rest of us ----who don't realize the opportunity that is at hand--------the golden chance to leap into our own promised lands--------stand up and herald the new day that is coming ------the one and only day ---the day of magic conception ------the crown connection to the entire year ----the great escape out of here---out of the deceptions and lies -----that we pretend to be the only way to live our lives…..Scream your truth ----you children of the dream-----because you ain't seen nothing yet---let the bliss of helplessness and giving it all up to the One ----give birth to new thoughts and new words to say -------and may the words of these poems show you a whole new way



TERUAH

….and when you fall into the abyss….and all you do seems to be hit and miss….and you thought you wanted that, but it’s really this….and the farthest thing from you is true bliss….and you don’t know what’s up or what’s down….and everyone’s talking, but you can’t hear a sound….and you really don’t care, and you are not too proud….and you know what you need , so you scream right out loud…..and you reach for the One place that everyone goes ….. and you go where you must go, with your eyes firmly closed……and you spill out your heart and you cast off all your woes……and all you care about is to be at One with the One who truly knows……and you listen to the shadow voices calling deep down……and for a change, you allow them to hang around……and you grant them their rightful place no Longer to be held down……and you slowly find that every trouble becomes your crown---and the shape of the shofar and the sound of Teruah speaks to you now in a way it never has before---and all the narrow straits of your life expand into Worlds of new possibilities –endlessly

THE BLISS OF HELPLESSNES
[an alternative way of crowning the King on Rosh Hashonah]

We spend our entire lives
trying to avoid that helpless point
And trying to avoid letting go of that place
where we really cant make anything happen

But when we have no choice but to say,
" Hashem I cant do it anymore please do it for me"

then we begin to see and we begin to feel
the bliss of helplessness

I had a friend many years ago
Who was really feeling the passion
Really feeling a need to get back to himself at that time
He put his tallit over his head and most of his body
all of Rosh Hashanah And all of Yom Kippur
and was crying and crying
He said "I cant do it Hashem
I've tried so many times
I want to be real with you
This is who I am
And I have so many walls around
And I cant get through I cant get through

He cried himself senseless
in a corner of the shul
until he saw that he can
because
He let go and let G-d in

So.. when we got to that place of helplessness
A place of --Ani Tefilla--I am Prayer
A place of Hashem I can't do it
I need you to do it for me---
And open up ourselves to that liberating place
Of helplessness
that place of
Please Hashem please do it for me
then Your heart opens up
Your heart gets soft
Your prayers get answered
you become free


THE PRIMAL SCREAM SHOFAR INSIDE OF US



Help us get in touch with
the primal scream Shofar
inside of ourselves

Help us hear the yearning of the Tekiah
Help us feel the anguish of the Teruah
Help us touch the brokenness of the Shevarim

Help us hear the primal scream inside
Help us know
That wordless place
That deepness place
That essence place

Help us reconnect with the wordless groans
That the children of Israel expressed
Before they could express themselves
with any word-full articulation

Words can't express the depths
of who they were
or who we are

And when we do get in touch
in crystal clear Shofar touch
you know what will happen?
Hashem will hear

And Hashem said then
I heard their screams
He said to Moshe Rabbenu
I heard their screams,
go down and tell Pharoh
to let my people go

and he will do the same
for us



THE POETRY OF ALIVENESS

Dear lovers of life….dear sisters and brothers of aliveness…dear fathers and mothers birthing and guiding us all to vivifiedness…dear seekers of being truly alive ---you rejectors of settling for a life of surviving ---instead of celebrating an experience of thriving on being alive ------now is the time---unlike any other time that you've ever known before----and you can sense it in the doors that are opening for you -----and the smiles that accompany you----- and the more that you keep your eyes focused on these signs the whole day through ---the more aliveness is surrounding you ---the more side by side-ness people there are that are escorting you ….so let these poems show you how to truly be alive



THE TREE OF LIFE


The young seeker knows

that every word includes all others

and that every word has endless depth

and so---never stops seeking revealing



The illuminated Soul

lights up the way in the dead of night

for all to see clearly

for all to proceed calmly confidently


The one with the constant smile

Unattached to the things of this world

is treated constantly to the deepest secrets

sharing them with those who can see


The true listener in pristine receptivity

hears in between the lines

of the book of life----

what was what is and what will be


The one who climbs the tree of life has no fear

of the unknown of the brokenness

---brings down

the fruits of eternity

wrapped up in simplicity for all to partake

ALIVE

alive!

interface with the transitioning

into the gray mist

where the old notion of aliveness

pales in comparison with

the new one

and when we flirt with the image

of a new

un-familiar

[and at the same time -painfully familiar]

all encompassing home world

then suddenly

all of the old fears and concerns

melt away into the inconsequential past

we are born we die

into a new birth

headed towards

a new death-birth

constantly indelibly

inevitably
and the beat goes on

and the pulse of life

beyond life

beckons......

a Heavenly Voice

hiding in the shadows

reminds us

invites us

engrosses us

captures us

subtlely

secretively

surreptitious-ly

show us

how to choose

the most important selections

how to go in

the most meaningful directions

how to bond with

the most loving connections

how to be so alive

that we have no doubt

that all we do and say

and think and feel

will plant seeds of endless

purity and alive-ness

and love and light

that will last forever



BEING TRULY ALIVE

*Being truly alive

is the knowing that I've got to do it again

till I get it right ---despite all opposition

*Being truly alive

Is constantly growing Into something that

I never dreamed I could possibly be

*Being truly alive

Is seeing death

as the beginning of

a whole new level of living

*Being truly alive

Is harmonizing my Body and Soul

In perfect harmony In all that happens to me

*Being truly alive

Is seeking to grasp what

I don't yet know and to

Grow and glow and flow With this new knowing

*Being truly alive

Is to be ready to die to

Live a life that is way beyondThe life that I live now

*Being truly alive

Is celebrating every single Experience I experience

With complete focus of mind and heart

*Being truly alive

Is harmonizing my

Body and Soul

In perfect harmony

In all that happens to me

*Being truly alive

Is seeking to grasp what

I don't yet know and to

Grow and glow and flow

With this new knowing

*Being truly alive

Is to be ready to die to

Live a life that is way beyond

The life I live now

*Being truly alive

Is celebrating every single

Experience I experience

With complete focus of mind and heart

*Being truly alive

Is sanctifying all the mundaneness

Of life by revealing the inner G-dliness

That keeps it all alive

*Being truly alive

Is elevating everything

To it's source

And drawing down it's

sweetened abundance

*Being truly alive

Is helping someone

Who is not truly alive

To begin to feel truly alive

THE OLD NOTION OF ALIVENESS PALES IN COMPARISON WITH THE NEW ONE



**we interface

with the transitioning

into the gray mist

where the old notion

of aliveness

pales

in comparison with

the new one



**and when we flirt

with the image

of a new

un-familiar

[and at the same time -painfully familiar]

all encompassing home world

then suddenly

all of the old fears and concerns

melt away

into the inconsequential past



INSIDE OF US

And we have to find all the people outside of us
And bring them inside of us

All their truths and all they have to say
And all their feelings And all the ways they walk in in the world
And all their thoughts
And all their contributions
All the different puzzle pieces
that make up their whole being

And bring them inside of us

so that we can see
truly see

so that I can see
that though you may be you
and I may be me
if I can see thee
when I see me
than we can be as
one

THE POETRY OF REKINDLING LIFE

Dear life kindlers…..dear precious begin again-ers…..dear darkness turned into lifers….your image dances in front of my inner eyes today and all days….your vision is the vision that we all need to draw from in order to light up the dark exiles of our lives tonight and all nights…..share with us your insight ---about life and about being alive and about rekindling life---so deeply and so profoundly that the aliveness will last forever and the decision to start living again will carry us into a new year with no fear ---but only hope and a craving to be so alive at all times ---that your very breath will breathe life to anyone and everyone who comes your way ….may this new collection of poetry rekindle our lives in ways we've never experienced before …..

AND TODAY WE DECIDE TO START LIVING



**and I sigh

and you sigh

and another day

goes by

**and you cry

and I cry

and we don't even

know why

anymore

**and life

waits

around the corner

hiding

waiting

patiently

in some dark

corner

of our being

**and I dare

and you dare

to let go

of these habitual

chains

of these

same old games



**and we fearlessly

leap into the unknown

and let go

and give it over

to The One

and dare

to trust the process

**and today

we decide

to start living

TO BE SO ALIVE THAT OUR ALIVNESS LASTS FOREVER



**we interface

with the transitioning

into the gray mist

where the old notion

of aliveness

pales

in comparison with

the new one



**and when we flirt

with the image

of a new

un-familiar

[and at the same time -painfully familiar]

all encompassing home world

then suddenly

all of the old fears and concerns

melt away

into the inconsequential past



**we are born

we die

into a new birth

headed towards

a new death-birth

constantly

indelibly inevitably



**and the pulse of life

beyond life

beckons......

a Heavenly Voice

hiding in the shadows

reminds us

invites us

engrosses us

captures us

subtlely

secretively

surreptitious-ly



**show us

how to choose

the most important

selections

how to go in

the most meaningful

directions

how to bond with

the most loving

connections



**how to be so alive

that we have no doubt

that all we do and say

and think and feel

will plant seeds of endless

purity and alive-ness

and love and light

that will last forever

IN THESE SACRED DAYS

***in these sacred days
when the Creator
desires primordially
to bring into being
a whole new way of seeing

***In these sacred days
when life itself is on trial
whether what was
is meant to be

**in these sacred days
the wise ones
the masters of emulation
reach down deep
into their hearts and souls
to re-discover
where they've been
where they're going
who they are
and who
they want to be

THE BREATH OF LIFE

***when the mad race

at the mad pace

of life's copings

and creatings

and healings

and fixings

and adjustings

come to a halt

come to a completion






***all that is left to do

is to breathe

into all that was done

the breath of life

the breath of soul

the breath

that raises you and

all that's been created

to a place

above it all

***and only this

and this alone

is what gives you

the ability to come home

and start all over again

THE POETRY OF SELF TRANSFORMATION

Dear self transformers…..relentless stormers of the Heavens---in search of something more….something that you have not experienced before….this monotony filled diet---screams at you to try it-------to try something that represents your deeper being......there has to be more than this….we surely have not come into this existence with such listlessness------there must be something that is not getting through ---some kind of blocked up part of you ---not allowing you to speak your truth-----only thing I can suggest that you do is to try to break through to the core---to the mystery root that can inform you what you have come here for---to the nothingness that gives rise to your ultimate somethingness---and when you touch this place ever so lightly-----you will find that the words will never stop coming ---and you will step into a state of transformation…..hopefully some poetic words of inspiration will tickle your imagination and ignite your inspiration


THE NOTHING-NESS SOURCE OF ALL TRANSFORMATION


invisible
what they can't see
they can't touch

impenetrable
there's no way in
for those who seek
to inflict harm

nothing-ness
the unfathomable dimension
--the source of all transformation
and re-birth

and the palmaliya shel maala
remains intact
the interconnected Divine network
connecting all the dots
remains secure

but there is one condition
that the sacred mystery
be left alone
be left in it's
holy state of AIN
of nothingness
of interinclusion
with all
yet at the same time
far removed
way beyond

and when the
retreat back to
not knowing
is held
in place
is kept
in reverence

then we make room
for The One Above
and for ourselves
to walk together
down this magic
pathway
that we call LIFE

TORRENT OF LIQUID FLOW INSIDE OF ME

***And my senses
implode inside me
like a million stars
Bursting
in a super-nova spectacle
When I finally
hear the voice
That allows me to be
Who I’m meant to be
That sets me free
That shows me how to see
I can now see the inspiration
That lies beneath the surface
That’s been waiting
for a thousand years
For that golden gate
to finally open
And unleash
the charging
thundering herd
Inside of me
That has been waiting
And anticipating
For so long……

***And someone special told me
“Say what your soul
sings to you”
And I take a chance
And I see
what my soul has to say
And I can wait no longer
And the words never stop coming
All night and all day,
In a torrent of liquid flow
I know not from where they come
I know not where they will be

TRANSFORMATION

alone

she knew the feeling well

misunderstood

noone had ever suffered the way she did

love lost

it seemed like every time she let go-she lost her soul

broken

despite all her efforts , she couldn't put the pieces back together

overwhelmed

how in the world could anyone make it through

confused

twisted and conflicted and tangled up in blue

sobbing

begging for anyone with a knowing heart to listen

exhausted

shadows lulling her into a deep sleep

dreaming

of a simpler and happier time

awakened

by a distant spark of hope

stood up

and saw the dawn's early light

reached out

for the end of her endless night

embraced

by a warm and compassionate one

courage

dominated her waking hours

starting over

allowing herself a second chance

receptive

allowing life's flow to carry her where it wants


WHEN THE WORDS POUR OUT OF YOU

…. ****and those rare moments
when the words pour out of you
faster than you can imagine
and you have to say your peace
and you are on the verge of tears
and you cannot stop
absolutely not
because it is for these rare moments
that you have been waiting all your life
you were created for this
and all the connections are made
and all of the mind's referential processes
and associative intensiveness
have been waiting
for these rare moments

****and the love
comes pouring out of you too
like the ancient desert dried up river bed
that fills up in all of it's ancient glory
with the winter flood
it is the most glorious sight
and when we are gifted
with a visit
of one of these rare moments
we must not lose a drop
because--who knows?
perhaps it is this
that we and the Universe
and everyone we know
have been waiting for

POETRY OF CROWNING THE KING

Dear holy children of The Holy One…..dear partners of the Only One---- who really makes it all worth it …..for you—dear children --- this whole Universe exists….and the time has come--- when we go back to square one ---and we realize that time and space and soul ---are all whispering to us---- in a silent scream ---that the only thing that we should be focusing on---is how to crown the King ----Crown him over everything that we do ---and over everything that we are -------because whether we are close or far from his majesty---the deepest insight that we can ever hope to see—----is that He is the reason for all that we know and see------that's when we can step into joy of partnerizing our everything with the King….let's pray that these poems will guide us with the deepest feelings in crowning the King

CROWNING THE KING

Help us crown You
The king
and be able to see
that Hashem is with us
In every single move that we make
Help us see that no matter
what kind of mood we are in
Or what kind of situation we are in
On Rosh Hashana day,
that its the best possible thing
and its all designed
Its all customized
For our living pleasure

Help us understand
Help us open up our hearts
Open up our minds
open up our eyes
in a way that we can see,
that the way that we are
and the way we want to be
And everything that we aren’t yet
He is inside
He is going to be right there

To be right there to be with you
To guide you
to root for you
To love you
To take your hand
To lead you into a whole new transformation
To a whole new place that you have never been before

Help us in this
exquisite way
to crown YOU our King

REACH

Towards YOU

we reach out

and when we do

we grow

we illuminate

We want you

to come into our lives right now

We want you to grace our lives right now

We want to be able to see

through your see-ing

Hear through your hearing

Smell through your smelling

Walk through your walking

We want you to speak through us

and when you do

We will be able to communicate

That which is semi communicable

That which is quasi-communicatable

That which is

absolutely

clarifyingly

intensely

passionately

communicable

SHECHINA [DIVINE PRESENCE]

We’re asking Hashem
we’re asking Him ---please

We’re asking him to come down
Inside of every meaning
and understanding
of every word we speak and learn

We're asking Him
To help us feel the Shechina
The divine presence
to be with us now
To draw Shechina into our world
Into our thoughts right now
Into our lives right now
Into our creativity right now
Into the essence of who we are
To draw the shechina down into this room

May these words of our mouths and the meditations of our mouths be acceptable before you
Tonight and all nights
For the rest of our lives
for the rest of the year
For the rest of our lives