BEHAALOTCHA Part 4

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT BEHAALOTCHA by placing our ATTENTION upon the following passage found in the SIDRAH, it is written, “It was in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from upon the Tabernacle of the Testimony. The Children of Israel journeyed on their journeys from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the Wilderness of Paran.” (Numbers 10:11,12) In this passage of TORAH, it is disclosed that the JOURNEY of BENEI YISRAEL through the WILDERNESS was effected by DIVINE PROVIDENCE, that is to say that they followed the THE CLOUD rather than the CROWD. No doubt, the teaching is that the Jewish People are not to seek the APPROVAL of OLAM (the world) in MOVEMENT, but rather be willing to step out of the COMFORT ZONE when making DECISIONS. The question is, what does “FOLLOW THE CLOUD” imply when it comes to making DECISIONS?

As aforementioned, the DECISION making of the Jew is destined to be based on DIVINE PROVIDENCE. DIVINE PROVIDENCE is represented by the CLOUD that they followed. The CLOUD was located in the UPPER ATMOSPHERE. Likewise to be relevant to the perspective of an IMPERSONAL G-d, the CLOUD is indicative of the revelations of the CAUSAL WORLD which is termed as PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS. In other words, in the HIGH LEVELS of Consciousness is contained the revelations which are destined to appear in the world of EFFECT, that is, CREATION. Thus the revelations that are CONTAINED within PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS are PREDETERMINED EVENTS that will occur in OLAM that give rise to unfolding the INFOLDMENT of the UNIVERSE of BECOMING.

To one who is not gifted to visualize the REVELATIONS of the CAUSAL WORLD, that is, PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS, there is a way of gaining ACCESS. The way is to build a SIXTH SENSE that will give insight into the HIGHER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS. The building of the SIXTH SENSE is the result of REFINING THE MIND. The REFINEMENT OCCURS as the SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL is purified by employing TESHUVAH (repentance) and the CORRECTION that is needful revealed in KARMIC DREAMS. When the REFINEMENT OCCURS, the MIND will perfectly reflect the PURE SOUL CONSCIOUS LEVEL disclosing the revelations that are CONTAINED THEREIN. When this occurs, one is able to MOVE in harmony with the ENERGY of THE UNIVERSE of BECOMING, then being empowers to fulfill DESTINY.