For this week I wrote about how to bring more blessings into your life, which is outlined in the beginning of this Parashah. I brought in elements from Jon Batiste’s speech at the Grammy’s and some deep lyrics by Kendrick Lamar, and epic teachings by the Alter Rebbe and Rebbe Nachman, and as always, lots of Kabbalah around the Parashah!
The two aspects of the ה (heh) in the Havayah bring to mind this necklace that I received. Much like this Torah portion outlines the two ways we could choose to act in this world, one bringing blessings and the other blocking them, the necklace signifies how we can emulate our Source. The upper and lower ה depicted in this necklace and in the world are about giving, receiving, and oneness.
The letters that spell out the Divine name represent aspects of our inner consciousness: the upper ה represents our desire to give and the lower ה represents our desire to receive. Our Source perpetually gives without the need or desire to receive, and this correlates and is mirrored in the extent to which we give.
The lower ה ascending to the upper ה represents our spiritual awakening to pure giving and unconditional love. This inner transformation when manifested enables us to experience the infinite goodness that's the source of all reality.
The lower ה is empty because if we focus simply on receiving, we are hollow. When we recognize the giving nature of the universe and that it’s imperative to be in alignment, we can discover that, as we attain deeper levels of giving and love, we attain wholeness and deeper levels of divine union. This is why the Hebrew word for love, Ahava, has ‘hav’ meaning “to give” at its root. You’ll notice the upper ה is engraved into the necklace. It’s only when we attach ourselves in such a way to our Source, through learning the Torah & keeping the mitzvot lishmah, that we can become love, become light and manifest blessings for ourselves & each other.
que freestyle;)
don’t trip
on the finite
minutia
don’t take
ad nauseam
just
give
love
live
the world
is infinite
&
gives
to the giving
loves the
truly living
&
shines light
on the ones who create
space for it.
Dive deeper in my ‘𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞’ book, “𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚡𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜.”
Book - “𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙸𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.”
- https://amzn.to/3uvdfxw
or read it online @ https://lightofinfinite.com/faith-fuels-the-future-fear-stirs-the-past/
Story Time: Faith fuels the future, Fear stirs the past (bechukotai)
https://youtu.be/f3wgu7j3NdI
Shabbat *Shalom*!
*Love* y'all!
- @ErezSafar