04.28.06
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Here we are being drilled in these Sephiroth repeating their central core in myriad ways.
Bahir 128. [The Kedushah is the verse (Isaiah 6:3) , "Holy holy holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is filled with His Glory."] What is the meaning of “holy holy holy”? [And why is it] foollowed by, “the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is filled with His glory”? The [first] “holy” is the highest Crown. The [second] “holy” is the root of the Tree. The [third] “holy” is attached and unified in them all. [This is followed by], “the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is filled with His glory.”
The Kedushah is another example of the appearance of the three Supernals, Chokmah, Binah and Daas. The first holy is the place where the initial conception takes place (Chokmah). It is the Crown or the idea in its highest potential. The second holy represents what will now hold this idea together as in coming from the roots of the tree (Binah). It is where once established the idea may take hold and send forth the sustenance for the rest of the Tree. The third holy (Daas) is where we attach ourselves to this idea and make it our own. It is where by doing so this idea unifies our understanding our the entire flowing process. Literally we are filled with the glory or the prime essence of the idea. It is earthed within our being.
Lets elaborate specifically with Daas:
Verse 129. What is the “holy” that is attached and unified? What is this like? A king had sons, who in turn also had sons. When the [grand]sons do his will, he mingles with them, supports them, and satisfies them all. He gives [his sons] everything good, so that they should be able to satisfy their children. But when the [grand]children do not do his will, then he only gives the fathers as much as they need.
Commentary: Daas is the holy that is attached and unified. You abiility to become one with an idea depends upon first your understanding of this idea intellectually. It has to resonate within you by linking up with what you are looking for. Your thoughts must then arrange themselves around this idea in such a fashion that they can collect the essence of the idea which is basically the Binah process. When the King which is the Chocmah component issue forth this idea it is up to the Binah component or your own intellectual thought process to arrange itself around the idea. What you are doing is creating the conneciton within for this idea by the structures of imagination that have been born through your meditations. The flowing forth of this idea depends upon there being a container (Binah) for the King or Chokmah to flow into. Then once this container is arranged just so the idea can be attached and unified. What this verse is saying is that once you have that initial inspiration think about it and find out what it means to you. Keep flowing from this inspiration through the meanings that it holds for yourself until you not only create a container for this inspiration you fix it within your own being. You own it and can then both teach it and allow it to flow into the emotional qualities that come up in the next seven Sephiroth. Don’t ever miss an opportunity to be inside of the connection of inspiration.
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The beginning of the explanations of the three inner Sephiroth are touched on here. Kether is not included because it is so much a part of the Mystery that we cannot begin to explain its essence and are left with what we can explain as we see below.
Bahir 127. Why are there three “holies” and not four? Because the holiness on high is three by three. It is thus written, “God is King, God was King, God will be King forever and ever.” It is also written (Numbers 6:24-26) , “May God bless you… May God shine upon you… May God lift…” It is furthermore written (Exodus 34:6), “God (YHVH), God (YHVH). ” The third one includes the rest of God’s Attributes. What are they? [As the verse continues], “God, merciful and gracious” & the thirteen Attributes [of Mercy
The three form the triangle of Chokmah, Binah and Daas configured on the tree as its upper most inner triangle. It is the seat of ideation. These three indicate the three considerations that every thought goes through as it becomes known to you. First there is the initial flash of inspiration or Chokmah The uniqueness of a thought is enough to completely charge the entire system as it considers (Binah) what to do with this thought in terms of what direction will the energy flow from and to. Then there is the identification of the self with this now fleshed out concept. Here is where you make it a part of you and have an emotional connection to this. When you make it your own and begin to realize it everywhere in your life you experience what is called (Daas). Notice that these emotional qualities are all descending from what is called Mercy above.
That initial idea, that spark you and the sense that now you have it is Chokmah. In Chokmah however all you have is the sense of the idea. You do not have its explanation nor can you explain it yet.
Then you begin thinking about this idea and add thoughts to it building up a superstructure inside of intellectual meaning and connection. This is called Binah. Finally you see an example of this idea occuring in your life and then you relate this experience to the idea. This is Daas. You bond with Daas in order to make this idea once and for all your own.
Compare now the flow of thought through these first three Sephiroth. You are thirsty then you discover the faucet and know that there is water that will come out of this pipeline. You are saved but have not taken a drop to assuage your thirst. If you walk away from the faucet at this time you will continue to be thirsty. Now you take a cup (Binah) and fill it with water making the idea into a practical useable form. At last you drink the water making it a part of you, (Daas).
It is important to notice how we have explained these three Sephiroth because in our explanation we have used the same process as that which is being explained. Wrap you mind around this and then watch how the flow of ideas takes place in your life and apply these three thought-forms to your experiences. We’re flowing now and will continue to do so as we enter more deeply into the realm of these flowing spheres of ideation.
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04.27.06
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This focus it shifts and then it moves on only to return. Remember that you are centered on a specific idea and then use your concentration to move ahead with this idea. You move ahead by invention. This invention is the result of both inspiration and persistence. Once follows the other like the moon the sun. At a certain point which we can even call the threshhold of focus your thoughts no longer need reminders. They return automatically to your focus because of its growing intensity. This intensity builds throughout the entire process of formation and is the impetus both behind its appearance in form and the sustaining energy that awakens the world view that must now correspond with this focus. Are there side roads you could take? Of course but then you would be deserting for the moment your focus. Is it necessary to think with intention at all times? No. It is however crucial to the growth of the forms of your awareness that you have sufficiently provided both enough emotion and thoughtful meditation to the task at hand. Then when you return to your focus it is there right where you left it ready to continue the process of unfoldment.
Imagine a wavy cloth blowing presenting itself to your vision through many different angles. It is hard to fix upon this image because of its many changes. Now visualize a line going through the center and watch the line as the shape changes. See how the line of course remains in focus now matter where you are looking at it from. Think now about the world you live in and your purpose in it in regards to what you do in your daily affairs. It may appear to you that events shape your life. You are happy one day because this happened to you or you are upset the next day because something else happened to day. Looking at it this way you are at the mercy of the world in which you live becoming merely an actor who plays his or her part without rehearsal hoping for the best but never really being sure when the curtain is going to be rung down.
What if you told yourself that your were the conductor, the director and the actor all at once? What if you said that you also ran the projector in the projecting room and also chose the reels that were going to be played on any given day? After a while you would begin to make more intelligent choices in terms of what was going to be happening in your life. As the conductor you would set the tone for the day by arranging your emotions to be expectant, joyful, grateful and certain of the day’s outcome. You would set the time right so that a groove would be established guaranteeing your success. Then throughout the day you would wave your baton keeping time with the vision that you have started out with keeping the band of your state of mind on time and on key no matter what the circumstances have presented you with.
First of all there are no coincidences. Everything that you experience is a result of the way you are either consciously or subconsciously looking for the experience. It is decidedly odd the way this occurs. Because there is usually a huge disconnect between the way you are thinking about something and its appearance in your experience you cannot make any connection other than some vague familiar feelings that are easily dismissed. If however you practice remembering not just your thought but your feelings as well you will surprise yourself with the events that take place somewhat according to your plan for each day. With greater practice you will come closer to seeing your world more the way you would like it to appear. The catch is that you are the both projector, the light in the camera, and the screen upon which it projects. This is all leading in to a comparison of you as the director of this whole shebang, megilla, or as the late Douglas Adams said, ‘Life the Universe and Everything.’
As director you must take in the big picture. You do not project your images but rather organize them to arrive at the place of projection in such a way that they support each other in the grand scheme of things. Your direction must not only be artful in a way to bring out the best from those thoughts you’ve been thinking it must also break new ground as in allowing for those moments of inspiration which move your visions forward as a whole before they are edited at the threshhold and then sent to the projection room.
Your first job as director is to learn how to look through your own eyes. Everything is not always as it appears to be which is why you have to take the initiative in seeing what you would have appear and not accept the status quo.
Intention is what you see and not what you are looking at. The difference is active imagination. There must be action within your imagination to recognize where you are in the moment. When you look out and are not satisfied with where you are then see what you will see and watch how then the moments then begin to reflect what you will have appear in your life.
It is because of this reflection that the light in the projector is able to send forth its rays of creation. In between one moment and the next you transform your relationship in mind from the knower of the vision within to the experiencer of the actions without. Watch how your thoughts flow in patterns throughout your day. See how certain thoughts keep coming back to you and others fade away due to your lack of attention. Experiment in letting go those thoughts you do not want to experience and grooving those thoughts you do want to experience. Everything is a part of a flow of energy. The waves of thought are generated similarly to those that we see on the shores of the oceans of the world. The sun and moon and the position of the earth in relationship to both determine the flow of our oceans. The sun of our understanding and the moon of the reflection of that understanding determine how our thoughts flow into the life experiences generated by those thoughts. Like the tides our thoughts have seasons of development and a low and high ebb. The nature of thought then can be said to be cyclical. If you are able to step back for a moment to watch this cyclical nature of thought you will be afforded an opportunity to participate in both directing its flow on the one hand and removing the debris that impedes its flow on the other hand. The essence of this process is to learn how to promote those thoughts you would like to see represented in your world while eliminating those thoughts that keep you from experiencing that representation.
The following story illustrates how focus can shift and alter the reality that is being perceived.
Semi Eternal Beings
Gladys and Phyllis were semi eternal beings. Semi because neither of them realized their immortality. In addition they were transdimensional beings able to move effortlessly between various versions of reality.
Because of this they had no conception of time. The main reason for this was that their memory only functioned on a short term basis. One day while they were sitting on their sunporch Gladys suddenly arose remarking,
“I must get some cake. Would you like some?” She asked.
“Oh yes that would do nicely,” Phyllis answered admiring the strange colored flowers growing along the fence. As Gladys was stepping inside a temporal fugue was passing by disrupting the space time envelope with its mournful tunes. A thousand years later Gladys returned with the cake in her hand.
“What kept you?” Phyllis said crossly as snow was falling all around them.
“Listen do you want the cake or not?” Gladys said.
“Well yes silly. Really what kept you,” She asked.
“I must have lost track of time?” Gladys said smiling wistfully.
“Time? What’s that?” Phyllis asked raising her eyebrows now beginning to frost over.
“Something I picked up along the way and then well you know how it is,” She said her memory already fading.
“What?” Phyllis asked her.
“Oh nothing,” Gladys smiled and sat in the rocking chair next to her as spring once again brought renewal to the year.
Anything can happen to you but you can direct what happens by allowing the flow of information to come effortlessly forward to you. As we can see above time cannot be the main factor in our experience.
For those who may wonder why I spend my time contemplating such things here is the kicker. Yesterday I had a five dollar bill left in both wallet pockets and had the passing thought,
‘Wouldn’t it be cool if fifty dollars suddenly appeared. I could bypass the ATM this way.’
This morning I checked and the five dollars was still there. I did not remember my passing thought at that time. Later when checking my wallet to pay for lunch. Yes you guessed it. Fifty seven extra dollars were there. I still had my five. The extra fifty seven??? (I should have asked for more:-)
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04.26.06
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Remember all throughout this discussion of Sephiroth we are discussing both the energy of creation and formation through all dimensions of existence. Energy or the flow of ideation throughout consciousness is the subtext that we see in front of us.
Bahir 126. And what are they? They are three. Among them are three troops and three dominions. The first dominion is light. Light is the life of water. The second dominion includes the Chaioth Ha-Qadesh , the Ophanim , the wheels of the Chariot, and all the troops of the Blessed Holy One. They bless, exalt, glorify, praise and sanctify the mighty King with the Kedushah . Arranged in the mystery of the great Kedushah is the fearsome and terrible King. And they crown Him with three “holies.”
Commentary: Here is a description of the mystical Above arranged in the pattern of three. We will be asked to consider the various aspects of the Sephiroth as they are viewed from within holiness and then outside of holiness and in those in between places in mind. Three troops and three dominions.
This is a military organization. Here discipline is alluded to. It is the discipline that must be learned to direct the flows in mind. We can only approach holiness within our imaginations. What we envision within takes on first the quality of light. Immediately we associate light with water become of the flowing nature of light, water and thought. We have to recognize how we influence or direct this fluid motion. The bless, exalt, glorify, praise and sanctify are all phrases of directing our vision on high. From this initial flowing of light we then direct the course of this energy upwards as in obtaining a high vision. This high vision is how we are to make or remake our world in the image of holiness or in the reflection of our good. Included in the organization of our good are the holy beings, ‘Chaioth Ha-Qadesh , the Ophanim , the wheels of the Chariot, and all the troops of the Blessed Holy One.’ These holy being are where our heart’s desire have taken root. They are the spiritual perfection of the good that we know is there and only have to promote in order to see it take form. The Kedushah is there to further accentuate these direct sendings of our intention. We’ll talk more about the Kedushah further on in one of the upcoming verses. What is the ‘fearsome and terrible King?’ It is our heart’s desire that which rules over us. Our good that we aspire towards and are learning how to bring not only into focus but also we are growing in our awareness of what to do with this focus. This ‘crown’ is certainty. It is the knowing that what we are putting forth will be arising up out of nothing to become our heart’s desire.
You can only crown your heart’s desire with this certainty coming from all three aspects of holiness which will again be discussed further on. Wow. Such a beginning.
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04.25.06
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Lets learn about the Sephiroth and where they come from and where we are going to as a result of this information.
Verse 125. Why are they called Sephiroth ? Because it is written (Psalm 19:2) , “The heavens declare (me-Saprim) the glory of God.”
In a sense we are souls immersed within bodies or spirits encased in forms. What we need to realize is that despite the seeming permanence of this relationship spirits and form move within and without each other on a regular basis. Spirit is continuously changing its aspect to the form in which it resides. It is because of this changing aspect that life can at times become stressful and confusing. The concept of the Sephiroth gives us a path to track the center of our expression during any given moment of time. The above verse teaches us to look up for the location of our spirit for it is on high that our connection truly lies. ‘The heavens declare’ because that is where our knowledge comes from. It is the source of certainty. If we then proceed according to this certainty then all of the rest, i.e. ‘the glory of god’ is then shown to our awakened eyes of focus.
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The funnel of sound has the special properties of permeability between the current status quo and the raised measures of invention proposed by the the singers songs and corresponding upward glances. An audience used to accompany the Masters of Lyrie but they were discouraged recently when due to their lack of applause a very large opening in the ground underneath the ledge they were standing on suddenly whisked them away to places unknown. This is however not the real reason these ceremonies occur without audiences.
The presence of even an applauding audience has been known to influence the upward ethers in ways that have produced cataclymic events in the valley below. For example one year all twenty five members of the Leap Tenders association decided on a lark to accompany the Masters of Lyrie during their yearly invocation ceremony. They were a raucous bunch partying all the way up the mountain. Once seated above the main chamber they became very silent as the ceremony began. The sounds of such pure harmonies were cause for the instantaneous rapture of the entire group except for one of the members who happened to be tone deaf. This one particular misinterpreted the events below as a cause for consternation. He thought that the sky was falling which in a way it was because of the involuted currents of sound now being reflected into the chamber. Due to the immediate reflective response of the valley to these thoughts of fallings skies the participants and audience were shocked upon their return to find that the valley had indeed been flattened by what appeared to be the sky. The Masters of Lyrie were not put off for long by such ill news. They simply packed up and went about the surrounding countryside troubadouring until the following year when sans audience they made things right again.
The members of the audience did not bear the year long hiatus with the same equanimity as the Masters of Lyrie. In fact they all spent the year in prison for trying to impersonate the Masters of Lyrie. They were doing passably well in a tavern just north of the valley when their tone deaf member betrayed them by attempting to sing loudly just a point in the song where silence was caused for. Immediately they were whisked off to prison without trial. Counselors were called in to treat the patrons of the tavern for cases of ugly ear syndrome. Thankfully they recovered very quickly especially following an open free bar the next night as a token to prevent the patrons from suing the tavern owner. Due to their remarkable drinking capacity the tavern was completely drained of all its booze by three in the morning. All the patrons had passed out including the tavern owner who would not completely be restocked for another five months.
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04.24.06
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Membership need not be applied for in the usual sense. The watchword here is don’t call us we’ll call you. Those who ascend the mountain are sometimes known as the Masters of Lyrie. In order to become an apprentice lyrie you must demonstrate proficiency in at least two alternate voicings known as stellar modes. An aspiring student should be at least able to sing a single note true for the count of four tarpins. An additional requirement used to be the donation of a large sum of wepels payable by note. This large sum would waive the usual requirements. However experience has shown that a wepel doesn’t a lyrie make so that even the most prodigious donation cannot compensate for a lyrie with no lyr to offer.
Article 14, footnote 20 ibid The Grand Book of Lyrie
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The singers were camped at the bottom of the mountain. Despite the focus of the unrelenting sun the air was cool. The ceremony would begin shortly and then they would all walk the pathway leading to temple base a large circular area with two areas of exit. One of them led back down the mountain. The other ascended higher in a serpentine fashion and led to a causeway that ran around the rim. A large alcove was set inside of the causeway. It was there that the lead voice would take its place. The entire construction from temple base to causeway and the large alcove were one gigantic sound chamber. The voices from below would ring the etched crystalline marble sides vibrating the enclosure so that in the thin air the vibrations would cause a distinct funnel of sound energy. In this way the higher forces could be entered into and creation would be filtered according to those thought forms which had been raised on high. Then vibration would match vibration as the myriad worlds parted and then came together again. In an instant it was over. At the conclusion of the ceremony everything had completely changed in the valley below. It was a different world they descended to more abundant, hopeful and miraculous then they had left it. Some of the changes matched perfectly the visions that they had held in mind. Others were seen to be a blend of their vision and the addition of the unexpected boon that occured when creation starts jamming on a theme.
(Taken from Chronicles of the Myriad Universe – Section 20, part III)
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04.20.06
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The fruit had ripened overnight on the tree. Tom reached for it already tasting it in his mouth but then stopped. Men were marching by carrying rifles trudging wearily to the sounds of a battle in the distance. He drew closer and heard one of them say,
“We need you to fight with us. Heck we need everyone we can get,” The lieutenant said his face grimed with the dirt, his eyes full of sadness tinged with regret. A few of the soldiers turned their heads then to look at him.
‘Why? Tom asked looking at the lieutenant with clear innocent eyes. The lieutenant looked like he was about to answer as the column slowed imperceptibly to hear his response. Instead he shook his head and signalled for them to move on as he rejoined the formation.
Tom stood there watching and after a while when they were gone reached up and plucked the fruit from the tree.
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04.19.06
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Daat is that mythical place in between the worlds of inspiration and action. It is referred to as Knowledge but it can also readily be thought of as the bridge between the thought and the form. Daat is where the concept matures and then becomes recognizable as a form or the actions leading to the appearance of the form.
The bridge is certainty. It is both the way out of the darkness of doubt and also the way over to the center of unity. This unity contains both ideation and its subsequent corollary the appearance and experience of form. It is very important here to note that our internal focus is the instrument of our certainty. We have to first learn how to change our focus from doubt to certainty. In order to do this we must recognize doubt and then be able to move away from doubt at a moment’s notice By definition doubt is when we are having thoughts about anything other than the fulfillment of our heart’s desire. It is preferable and even most productive of that heart’s desire’s fulfillment if we are able to assume a stance of no mind for noticeable instants during the day. In this no mind condition our good or our intended focus easily comes to the foreground. We are then able to achieve the subtle movements in mind that cause the operation of the fulfillments that we are both looking at and then assuming into the body of our experience.
‘Yes I can’ sets into motion a whole host of things. Thoughts that have been edging in and out at the periphery or status quo of our consciousness suddenly receive the impetus for a determined course to follow. Then as a result these outer thoughts unify with the central core of our heart’s desire unifying from within both the internal and external structure so that the flow of thought goes from a series of small streams to a quite considerable body of thought all moving purposefully in the same direction. Once this direction is established for even a few moments it begins to take on more and more of the periphery. This periphery includes the status quo. It is in this way that our life experiences get to change so dramatically from each moment to the next. As this periphery is transformed everything else follows in tandem. As the song says, ‘Everything must change.’ All we are doing by virtue of directing our consciousness into the desired conduits of our intention is to ride with this change all the while revealing the outflow or demonstration of the arrival at our chosen destination.
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