“Seperation”

The spiritual masters described Divinity as boundless awareness that fashioned creation into a place where it can be sequestered and masked amidst the respective roles of “giver” and “taker”. At an early age, we are prompted to reconcile the mysterious ways of Divinity — a force that both grants life and inevitably collects it. Divinity separated itself between expressions of ”Creator" and the embodiment of its’ realizing light encased in ”creation". 

To launch creation’s stage, the Eternal light of this boundless awareness is projected through a lens of “otherness” that polarizes it onto “latent” and “realized” states. It is through the “void” of this divide that creation is cultivated as a fertile medium for individualized creative fulfillment. 

The void of this divide casts the shadow of “separateness” into awareness.  The spiritual masters called this “shadow” spiritual “darkness” — this being the underlying meaning of the spiritual archetype depicting humanity as being “made in the shadow of God”. 

The spiritual masters taught their students how the void projected into creation at light’s divide gave rise and influence to spiritual “darkness”. That this spiritual  “darkness” compels creative forces of obscurity to amplify perceptions “separateness”, “limit” and “pedigree” to bind humanity from unified states of Greater Soul awareness. They too explained that these forces of obscurity are compelled to bind humanity’s awareness from readily realizing their underlying interconnectivity of the light. The secret justification being — that these very conditions of veiled separation prepare this world as a place for individual realization and the discovery of exceptional diversity, meaning and autonomy. 

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A Love That Is You

Love is a word that is so misunderstood in these times. Some aspire to acquire love , while others aspire to give love. But love can neither be acquired nor given. As one can only give what they own, and there can be no ownership or dominion in the expression of love.

Love is an expression of creation, it is a state of flowing, a unifying force, and a light of existence itself. This light called love can be shared as one becomes a more active conduit to the celestial expression of love, that love emits a vibrance and flows through them to another.

Those that find themselves deprived of love are individuals that are either attempting to tightly hold on to love, or are trying to give love. But love cannot be given, and love cannot be held onto, as love is a perpetual expression of the active unconditional light of creation. Those that wish to imbue love within their circle and rediscover the love that was always there resonating through the light of their soul need only to expand their perceptions. But know, should one attempt to grasp the light called love, it quickly disperses, as the light of love cannot be grasped. Instead, one must flow within it.

This is akin to one trying to grasp a flowing river of water. One cannot grasp it, and should one extend their hand in an attempt to do so, they will discover the drops of water running though their reach. As one can only immerse oneself in the river and become one with its flowing. Similarly, one cannot grasp or give love at all, instead, one can only immerse oneself in it and share its flow.

Love is the very chord behind all of creation, it is the spark of intimacy of the creator that imbues all form, and all that has manifested is all a concordant symphony to imbue and actualize the constructs of that indelible stream.

From the perspective of eternity's eye there is no give and there is no receiving. There is only a grace, an awakening and witnessing of the light of love that resonates within all.

So dear friends, one will benefit much by remaining mindful that love's light is never lost, instead when you are within a constricted state of consciousness, it lingers around the peripherals. As you attempt to grasp it, it quickly disperses from your reach, because the eternal light of love can never be contained. Instead, awaken and expand your soul and perceptions to grow from within. As you do, you shall witness that this light called love has always been the divinity that is you.

Faith, Reason & the Tree of Life

Faith, Knowledge and the Tree of Life

There is little access to the "Tree of Life" without first developing refined analytical abilities through logic and reason. These refined analytical abilities aid the individual in creating "vessels" (/networks) for abstract "understanding" to retain the higher (insight of) "light".

There are three major stages one must enter before obtaining consistent access to the intimate and corrective light of the "Tree of Life".

"Faith Below Reason"

The elementary level of spiritual development is "Faith Below Reason". At this stage one perceives the world within the framework of a stable "tradition". One does not filter these traditions to discover or isolate their essence (what is eternal and selfless from what has been wrapped in perceptions of cultural and individualistic ego and their material /fractured consciousness). Instead the individual follows these "traditions" with a blind faith and yearns to draw closer through blind sacrifice and personal devotion.

When found to be sincere and worthy, the Divine will through "nature" send blows (perceived existential chaos/ discord) to the individual to prompt the awakening of a re-calibrated perception that filters one's intention and "understanding" through a new matrix of "truth" and "reason".

This is akin to a young child who is taught language and concepts. If you teach a young child what "water" is, or what "light" is; the child readily accepts the given tradition of what water and light is, and how they operate. Young children will not demand explanations about how their mind interprets light waves, or what prevents water from turning into vaporous gas etc. Instead the young child readily accepts the given tradition and attempts to sincerely adopt it. In this way, a child accumulates an incredible network of concepts and language to reference the reality of their experiences, but all of these are unquestionably adopted through the cultural "tradition", without personally filtering these explanations through reason (this stage of development is called "Faith Below Reason").

"Faith & Reason"

Once empowered with the tool of reason, the individual is able to begin reintegrating all previous knowledge and perceptions through the filtering matrix of "reason" and "understanding". This process "renews" the knowledge as it is being reacquired through "understanding". This lays the foundation for a reliable infrastructure to build successive deductions for future expanded attainment. In this way the individual begins to taste a level of the (eternal) truth by extracting from previous "traditions", separating their "truth" (/life energy) from their surrounding (/shell of) ego, superstition and superficial perceptions (This stage is called "Faith and Reason").

"Faith Above Reason"

Once the individual has refined and activated his "reason" filter, he is then able to begin comprehending, appreciating and "feeling" higher insight (/light) of the "Tree of Life".

Due to the very fact that the individual has already completely reintegrated his knowledge base, filtering it through a matrix of logic and reason ("knowledge" has thus become "understanding"), the individual is able to further refine these tools of logic and reason to where he is confidently able to apply them within abstract "thought" terrains. Then, the individual is prepared to modify his "intention" (and align his perception) to ascend to the higher knowledge rubric of the "Tree of Life".

The beauty of "Tree of Life" wisdom, is not that it is without reason. In fact, it is a profoundly logical system, with symmetrically elegant teachings. However, because this portal of highly abstract and concentrated insight would never have been discovered through mere reason alone, this stage is called "Faith Above Reason".

"Tree of Life" insight has been imparted to mankind through rare souls that have attained an abundantly loving, yearning and transcendent level of spirit. These unique individuals are able to "merge" their intellects their higher self (yechidah) that are able to impart higher teachings to our material life through the spiritual portal of consciousness (/perception) within the individual.

Hence, it is only after the individual has truly mastered and reintegrated his "thought" through reason, and adopted the disciplines of inverting the ego to altruism, and maintaining a singularly aligned transcendent perception that he will transform his spirit into a truly benevolent and attuned "soul", able to access and attain "higher knowledge" (This stage is called "Faith Above Reason").

Mon, 26 May 2008 / 21st of Iyyar, 5768 - Parshat Bamidbar (Diaspora) /36th day of the Omer