POETIC PARSHA TEACHINGS
MAKING PEACE
[**part one---the fusion way**]
{** 'And Yehuda drew near to him and said my master is in me…'[Bereshit 44\18]}
***Dear peace lovers ---dear sisters and brothers---children of the forefathers and foremothers seekers of the healing ways of the wise ones of old---
***it seems potential peace making these days is on the lips and in the hearts of everyone---but no one seems to know how….how can we come together with the other side ?!….how can I embrace someone whose views of life—are diametrically the opposite of mine ?! ---How can we even get near to someone who threatens the way we see and do things around here?!
***and when the brothers saw him from afar [Bereshit 27 \18]their hatred and jealousy led them to toss him into a hole ---to throw him into the waiting hands of those who would take him into another land---but with the passage of time---Yehuda came near and he and they began to see him in a different light---even though he didn't yet realize that this viceroy—was himself the other one who he and his brothers despised]
***and when he drew near—and inspired voice of holy intimacy spoke through him profound words of peace 'Vayomer Bi adoni…'he said to his still unknown brother—'You are in me …'-------and his righteous brother could hold back no longer---because he knew that his brother was in him as well---and he broke down to tell him and his long lost tribal brothers –that he is Joseph ----and all the walls of sibling rivalry and age old division cam tumbling down
***and we too in these divisive crazy times----when people of the other side nearly drive us out our minds---and it seems that the other half of humanity mean nothing more to us than some kind of annoying obscene narrative of illusions and bad dreams---that threaten or whole way of being
***but if we can dare to come close and truly see each one –not as demonized creatures ---but instead—with fully human features—and see how each and every one of you and them is really inside of me—and I am inside of them---then---just maybe then---we can begin to embrace the keys ---the keys to a true and lasting peace…..
MAKING PEACE
[PART 2 –THE 'PUPPET SHOW WAY'—inspired by a Chasidic interpretation]]
{"…and Kel Shakai will be merciful with you…' bereshit 43\ 14---…and He said to his world –enough… }
***Dear inheritors of the tribal ways---lsten to what your ancestors have to say-----first listen carefully to the words that their father Yaakov prayed---when his sons made their way to go see their as yet unknown long long lost brother---the newly crowned Egyptian viceroy---who they hoped would provide them with their daily bread----but instead---underneath the happenings and in between the lines---there lies a lesson we can strive to live at all times
***instead of seeing life as happenstance and coincidence and common-place ---notice that all that takes place is a personal message custom sent to you by the One above –--and all the other characters and happenings surrounding you are mere puppets in His Holy puppet show---and the Divine puppet master is hoping that you will notice this extraordinary way of seeing and thereby transform all that seems to the onlooker as being just ordinary---and all indications to the contrary---despite your rebellious inner cry –screaming why am I the guy that deserves these things all the time---but the puppet show master is showing you how to look behind the curtain and thereby live a life of Paradise all the time
***and listen carefully to the prayer of the Patriarch who had eyes to see—-when he prays that the Holy One who says to his world –to His hidden Olam---to his ever increasing hiddenness---enough of this!---I will reveal to the one who opens their eyes to truly see me ---that I am the one pulling all of the strings in this puppet show reality
***and when Joseph saw that his holy brothers ---the shivtei Kah ---embraced these ways of seeing---he could not hold himself back anymore---the tiem for the sublime unification had arrived---and he said remove from us anything that separates us ---and he declared –"I am Joseph.." and they were all united insuch profound holiness---that this lowliest of lands was made ready to be touched by the hand of His Divine presence
***and the healing and the peace that results in seeing your former enemy as a messenger of the Holy One –blessed be He----will sweeten up all of your reality and raise it up to be a perpetual revelation of His glorious majesty
YAAKOV DIDN'T EVER DIE
[**Our Sages teach us that Yaakov didn't ever die**]
Dear searchers for the innermost meanings---inheritors of extra-ordinary seeing---resonators of the most intense feelings—blessed ones of the Patriarchal seal-ings
Yaakov didn't ever die
If you ask me why they can even say such a thing---when the Holy verses say explicitly and outright that he was buried by his family –the tribes---and other dignitaries in broad daylight---I tell you neverthe less that he is alive and his being alive has a whole other understanding---that can help all of us be eternally alive
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov was the choice one of our forefathers---he left us with pure and holy progeny—who with his inspiration—eternally—guide our nations life
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov found the life in the midst of the darkest nights---he showed us how to always survive
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov became Yisrael---He showed us how to always draw from the well of expanded mind
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov –the ultimate father taught us how to live in a place called 'Maase Avot –siman l'banim'—how everything you do is a lesson for the children who come after you---showing them how to survive and thrive
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov represents Torat Chaim---- Torah that is alive— Torah that teaches us the how and why of everything
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov is the one who ultimately brought his very different for one another children to reunite—when they recited –Shema Yisrael---Hear Yisrael [our beloved father] ---Hashem our G-d –Hashem is one---and this declaration transcends space and time
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov found the voice of the Divine---in wells and sheep and everything that G-d sent his way---and he showed us how the mudane became holy and Gd was found in everything all the time
Yaakov didn't ever die
Yaakov opened up our eyes how to to see that from the One Above we receive an endless inheritance---a 'nachala blo metzarim' ---and endless stream of the G-dly that we always can bring into being—drawing down—measure for measure an endless treasure inheritance from The Holy one----and because of this and so much more---we can proudly declare to anyone that walks by
Yaakov didn't ever die
PATRIARCH-ING
[**some poetic transcendent lessons]
***Dear children of the transcendent ones-----we stand on the precipice---connecting the era of the patriarchs and matriarchs to the era of the Egyptian and all other exiles-----between the era of life lessons of seeing G-d guidance 24\ 7 in everything that we do everyday----and the subsequent code of oral and written laws and Divine guidance of life that we received and receive at Sinai
***so, before we step into the Egyptian abyss—let us review some of the transcendent lessons of bliss----blessed gifts that we have been given---the most awesome lessons of the art of living----and we can thereby try our best to answer the perennial challenge---'when will my actions be like those of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob's teachings----when will my life reflect the Patriarchal state of being ?!'
1. KNOWING ALL OF TORAH –PRE-SINAI -----so hear me and listen—beloved ones---to the still small voice inside of you---informing you what G-d is asking of you ---at any given time of day----and take special care to see Hashem everywhere---in everything you do ---and how –at all times ---he is speaking to you
2. COME WITH 'YOUR DAYS'----come with your days into the the next phase of your eternal life---by seeing how all that is sent your way –is there to be redeemed and elevated by you-
3. MAASE AVOT , SIMAN L'BANIM----THE ACTIONS OF THE FATHERS ARE LESSONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN------do all that you do for the sake of your children and progeny---who are looking to you to show them how to see---and how to break through in life's constant trials and tribulations
4. RECTIFICATION OF THE FALL FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN---------especially—be aware that all of reality and everything we do and see--------is directing us to get back to the Garden of Eden---to live the I and Thou ----the Hashem and me reality in perfect harmony
5. SEFIROTIC ALLIGNMENT AND RECTIFICATION-----and focus on how your life is constantly guided and constantly demanding to be played out and rectified according to your personal Sefirotic profile
6. IVRI—THE HEBREW—THE ONE WHO LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE-----------focus clearly and deeply on your legacy as an Ivri---a Hebrew----------and find the courage to live out your destiny ---even when all the rest of humanity stands on one side of reality –and you on the other side
7. ONE G-D REALITY-----and perhaps –most important of all---is to realize that the primal cause of all the effects of your life—is to see with wide open eyes---that the primal core Divine reason of everything is the Holy One blessed be He
8. ABOVE NATURE-----and don't forget this---the key to living in Patriarchal bliss----is to realize that the ultimate recipe that has been entrusted to you and me is to see and live in above nature reality---in all that you do and see and feel and hear and do and say---and to the extent that you do----you will see that the limitations of 'nature' will have nothing to do with you
9. NIGHT-----and Yaakov---the chosen of the forefathers taught us that just as the night precedes the day---so it is by your life too------you can always find the way to see the light in the darkness----the sweet in the bitter---the good in the bad and the hope in the hopeless
10. 'BAKOL MIKOL KOL'---ALLNESS AND WHOLENESS SEEING AND LIVING----and maybe the deepest most profound secret recipe that our patriarchs left for us ----is the concept of allness or wholeness----see the past present and future at once---see the whole story in all of your encounters and decisions and challenges---see with eyes of the Divine---and you will find that things will work themselves out all right every time
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