KI TISA

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION upon the TITLE of the PARASHAT. The title of the PARASHAT is KI TISA. The IVRI transliteration KI TISA carries with it the idea, “WHEN YOU TAKE.” The expression is employed as the commencement of INSTRUCTIONS given by HASHEM on how to take a CENSUS of BENEI YISRAEL.

The human conscious experience may be described from the PERSPECTIVE OF MISHKAHN DAVID as the EVOLUTION of ONE SOUL comprised of many host and individual souls. The GOAL of the EVOLUTION of the ONE SOUL is to MANIFEST the unlimited potential that is concealed within. Therefore each HOST and INDIVIDUAL SOUL making up the ONE SOUL will EVOLVE into a SUPERNAL EXPRESSION of the QUALITIES of G-d.

The descension of the ONE SOUL comprised of MANY gave rise to the experience of EGOISM. The EGOISM is an experience of ISOLATION accompanied by DIVERS KINDS of SUFFERING. To transcend the ERRONEOUS EXPERIENCE of ISOLATION and SUFFERING, one must ascend out of the EGO into our TRUE IDENTIFICATION of a COLLECTIVE. The challenge of taking a CENSUS was one in which the counting of BENEI YISRAEL would not engender the feeling experienced as EGOISM.

It is also important to note that from the PERSPECTIVE of MISHKAHN DAVID, because in reality we are a COLLECTIVE, one cannot truly experience SPIRITUALITY unless one ASCENDS into a SUPERNAL COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS. Thus to believe ONESELF to be SPIRITUAL and yet EGOTISTIC, i.e., ISOLATED from others is to be DECEIVED. Therefore the challenge of taking a CENSUS without  causing the SOUL to take on this DECEPTION made the challenge even greater.
To maintain the ENLIGHTENMENT experienced by BENEI YISRAEL and yet take a CENSUS, the NAVI Moshe was given the following INSTRUCTIONS, it is written, “When you take a census of the Children of Israel according to their number, every man shall give HaShem an ATONEMENT for his soul when counting them. This shall they give everyone who passes through the census a half shekel of the sacred shekel, the shekel is twenty geras, half a shekel as a portion to HaShem. Everyone who passes through the census, from twenty years of age and up, shall give the portion of HaShem. The wealthy shall not increase and the destitute shall not decrease from half of a shekel to give the portion of HaShem, to atone for your soul.” (Exodus 30:12-15) In this passage of TORAH, not only do we receive the REVELATION of how to take a CENSUS of BENEI YISRAEL that avoids the EXPERIENCE of EGOISM, but also of what the PERSPECTIVE of the SPIRITUAL is when viewing the MANY as ONE, yea, we are to ASCEND into thoughts of G-d concerning the VALUE of those who are undergoing the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE. Regardless to the grade that the many souls occupy, all are of EQUAL VALUE. The color of skin, purpose, financial status, and the LIKE, is non EFFECTIVE. ALL ARE OF THE SAME VALUE. To successfully take a CENSUS and to ASCEND into the HIGHER LEVELS of THOUGHT commences with the EMET (truth) that all who are undergoing the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE are of EQUAL VALUE.

TETZAVEH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION on the TITLE of the PARASHAT. The title of the PARASHAT is TETZAVEH. The IVRI transliteration TETZAVEH may be interpreted as SHALL COMMAND. TETZAVEH begins with instructions concerning the LIGHTING of the LAMP in the TENT of MEETING. It is written, “And you shall command the children of Israel that they shall bring to you olive oil that is clear, crushed for illumination to light a lamp continually in the TENT of MEETING outside the PARTITION curtain that is before the TESTIMONIAL TABLETS, arrange it shall AARON and his sons from evening until morning before HASHEM a decree that is eternal for their generations, for the Children of Israel.” (Exodus 27:20,21) In this passage contained within TORAH, it is disclosed that the LAMP of the TENT of MEETING is to be lit ETERNALLY by all GENERATIONS. It would seem as though HASHEM was giving a COMMAND that would be impossible for BENEI YISRAEL to keep, in that the TENT of MEETING, as we know it, does not EXIST. This thought is INCONSISTENT with the REVELATION of HASHEM’S quality of OMNISCIENCE, yea, it is written, “You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar. You encompass my path and my repose. You are familiar with all my ways.” (Psalm 139:2-4) This revelation of HASHEM’S QUALITY of being ALL KNOWING, that is, OMNISCIENT, discloses that not only is He familiar with all of our ways, but that He also ORCHESTRATED THEM. In other words, HASHEM knew that a SEASON would come where the TENT of MEETING would not exist as revealed in the TEXT, but also that He orchestrated the CHANGE. Yet with the ORCHESTRATION of the CHANGE, He still COMMANDS the LAMP to be LIT continually.

To fulfill this COMMAND requires a REDEFINITION that gives rise to PERFECTION, yea, we are destined to EVOLVE in the EARTHEN REALM. A TIME has been predetermined by HASHEM when the EARTH shall be filled with His glory. The glory may be described as the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of His QUALITIES that are CONCEALED within. The NAVI MALACHI foreseen the event of a REDEFINITION and wrote the FOLLOWING, “Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a path before Me; suddenly the Lord Whom you seek will come to His Sanctuary, and the messenger of the covenant for whom you yearn, behold, he comes, says HASHEM, Master of Legions… He will sit smelting and purifying silver; he will purify the children of LEVI and refine them like gold and like silver, and they will be for HASHEM presenters of offering in righteousness.” In this passage of NEVIIM, it is revealed that a MESSENGER will come who will INSTRUCT LEVI in ways of presenting offerings that give rise to the MANIFESTATION of RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The MANIFESTATION of RIGHTEOUSNESS in the Jewish People is the result of LIGHTING the LAMPS of ILLUMINATION CONCEALED within the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE. The HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE is the product of COMBINING the FINITE with the INFINITE, yea, when HASHEM blew into the DUST, SOUL, what He did is married HIMSELF to the PHYSICAL BODY. LIKE the TABERNACLE, the PHYSICAL BODY contains an INDIVIDUALIZED ASPECT of HASHEM, sometimes referred to as a DIVINE SPARK. When the SOUL enters into the PHYSICAL body, it is clothed with a GARMENT (LAVUSH) that CONCEALS the SUPERNAL QUALITIES. Those SUPERNAL QUALITIES are the LIGHT of the SEFEROT. Thus it is the UNCOVERING of these SUPERNAL LIGHTS that must be done continually, that RIGHTEOUSNESS MIGHT BE REVEALED. It is the INSTRUCTIONS received from the MESSENGER of the BRIT (covenant) given to the COHANIM that will engender the performance of the COMMAND and the EVOLUTION of MAN.

The VISION

I beheld in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, while slumbering in bed the Navi Moshe as he led a multitude up the side of a mountain. The multitude formed a WEDGE behind him as they made the ASCENSION. I inquired of HASHEM, the meaning of the VISION and I heard these words in my HEART: Write the VISION that he may run that READS IT. The VISION speaks of the TIME THAT is NOW, that those WHOM I have sent may fulfill the SUPERNAL PURPOSE of assisting in the UNFOLDMENT of the EVERLASTING KINGDOM. “But judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion to be annihilated and to be destroyed completely. And the kingdom, the dominion and the grandeur of the kingdoms under all the heavens will be given to the holy supreme nation. Its kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey it.” (DANIEL 7:26,27)

GATHER MY PEOPLE from the people which HASHEM has scattered them, “Then HASHEM, your God, will bring back your captivity and have mercy upon you, and He will gather you in from all the peoples to which HASHEM, your God has scattered you.”  (DEUTERONOMY 30:3), and UNIFY THEM that they become ONE in MY HAND. “Then bring them close to yourself, one to the other, like one piece of wood, and they will become united in your hand.” (EZEKIEL 37:17) Yea, and I will CLEANSE THEM from all INIQUITY and they will ASCEND into the HOLY of HOLIES and become One with Me and they shall inhabit the LAND that I promised to their FOREFATHERS, ABRAHAM, YITZCHAK and YAACOB. “Thus said the Lord HASHEM/ELOHIM: On the day when I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the ruins will be built. The desolated land will be tilled, instead of having been desolate in the eyes of every passerby. People will say, This very land, which had been desolate, has become like the Garden of Eden; and the ruined, desolate and demolished cities have been fortified, inhabited! The nations that remain around you will know that I, HASHEM, have spoken and I shall act. Thus said the Lord HASHEM/ELOHIM: With this also I will relate to the inquiries of the House of Israel, to act for them. I will multiply them, the people, like sheep. Like consecrated sheep, like the sheep of Jerusalem on her festivals, so will the destroyed cities be filled with flocks of people; then they will know that I am HASHEM.” (EZEKIEL 36:33-38)

Therefore PREACH my WORD for I have anointed you with MY SPIRIT, that they may be called the planting of HASHEM in which to glory. “The spirit of the my Lord, HASHEM/ELOHIM, is upon me, because HASHEM has anointed me to bring tidings to the humbled; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for captives and release from bondage for the imprisoned.” (ISAIAH 61:1) Go to the places that I tell you to go and say the THINGS that I tell you to say. “HASHEM said to  Abram, Go for yourself from your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land that I  will show you. And I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you, and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and them who curses you I will curse; and all the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you.” (GENESIS 12:1-3)

Establish SPIRITUAL PROTOCOL that I may GOVERN THEM. “It was on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moses from the morning until the evening. The father-in-law of Moses saw everything that he was doing to the people, and he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? Why do you sit alone with all the people standing by you from morning to evening? Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek God. When they have a matter, one comes to me, and I judge between a man and his fellow, and I make known the decrees of God and His teachings. The father-in-law of Moses said to him, The thing that you do is not good. You will surely become worn out - you as well as this people that is with you - for this matter is too hard for you, you will not be able to do it alone. Now heed by voice, I shall advise you, and may God be with you. You be a representative to God, and you convey the matters to God. You shall caution them the path in which they should go and the deeds that they should do. And you shall discern from among the entire people, men of accomplishment, God-fearing people, men of truth, people who despise money, and you shall appoint them leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens. They shall judge the people at all times, and they shall bring every major matter to you, and every minor matter they shall judge, and it will be eased for you, and they shall bear with you. If you do this thing - and God shall command you - then you will be able to endure, and this entire people, as well, shall arrive at its destination in peace. Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law, and did everything that he had said. Moses chose men of accomplishment from among all Israel and appointed them heads of the people, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens. They judged the people at all times; the difficult thing they would bring to Moses and the minor thing they themselves would judge.” (EXODUS 18:13-26) And they will be TRANSFORMED into an ARMY of SAVIORS. “Blow the shofar in Zion and sound the trumpet on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of HASHEM has come; it is near - a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and thick cloud, spreading over the mountains like the dawn - a numerous and mighty people; its like has not been from eternity, and after it there will never again be, until the years of generation after generation. Before it a fire consumes and after it a flame scorches; before it the land was like the Garden of Eden, but after it a desolate desert; there is no remnant from it. Like the appearance of horses is its appearance; and like horsemen, so do they run. With a noise like chariots they leap on the mountaintops, like the sound of a flaming fire consuming straw; like a mighty people arrayed for battle. Peoples tremble before it; all faces become blackened. They run like mighty men; they scale the wall like men of war; everyone goes in his set way, and they do not corrupt their paths. A man does not press his fellow, each one walks his course; they fall upon the sword, but are not wounded. They stride in the city; they run on the wall; they ascend into the houses; they come through the windows like a thief. Before it the land trembles, the heavens quake; the sun and moon become blackened and the stars withdraw their shine. HASHEM has emitted His voice before the advent of His army, for His camp is very numerous, for those who carry out His word are mighty. For the day of HASHEM is great and very awesome; who will be able to bear it?” (JOEL 2:1-11); “And saviors will ascend Mount Zion to judge the Mountain of Esau, and the kingdom will be HASHEM’S.” (OBADIAH 21)

You shall tell them that My NAME is ECHAD, yea, it is the AUTHORITY of ECHAD in which I AM sending you. “HASHEM will be the King over all the land; on that day HASHEM will be One and His Name will be One.” (ZECHARIAH 14:9) You shall PREACH to THEM MISHKAHN DAVID. “On that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David; I will repair their breaches and raise up its ruins, and I will build it up as in days of old, so that they upon whom My Name is called may inherit the remnant of Edom and all the nations - the word of HASHEM, Who shall do this.” (AMOS 9:11,12), and they shall become ONE with ME. “HASHEM, Master of Legions, will make for all the nations on this mountain a feast of fats, a feast of lees - rich fats and concentrated lees. On this mountain He will eliminate the faces [wearing] veils, that are veiled, of all the nations, and the masks that mask all the nations. He will eliminate death forever, and my Lord HASHEM/ELOHIM will erase tears from all faces; He will remove the shame of His nation from upon the entire earth, for HASHEM has spoken.” (ISAIAH 25:6-8)

TERUMAH Part 2

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TERUMAH by placing our ATTENTION on the following passage contained in the SIDRAH, it is written, “You shall make the Tabernacle of ten curtains, lined, twisted, with turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, with a woven design of cherubim shall you make them… You shall make fifty hooks of gold, and you shall attach the curtains to one another with the hooks, so that the Tabernacle shall become one.” (Exodus 26:6,6) In this passage contained in TORAH is the SCENARIO disclosing the INSTRUCTIONS on the CREATION of “COVERS of the TABERNACLE.” No doubt, the purposes for the CREATION of the COVERS of the TABERNACLE is as stated, that is, “that the Tabernacle shall become one.” 

The goal of CREATION is that we would become ONE with ECHAD (G-d). In order to accomplish the GOAL, the SUPERNAL predetermined to pour HIMSELF into the human conscious experience. The process commenced as the result of the EMANATING LIGHT, penetrating the ETERNAL STATE of the UNLIMITED, creating SPACE and TIME. As the EMANATING LIGHT penetrated the UNLIMITED, it left behind in SPACE and TIME, RESIDUE. The RESIDUE is QUALITIES of the SUPERNAL. These QUALITIES were CONCEALED for the purpose of INDIVIDUALIZATION. Thus CREATION is a combination of both REVEALED and CONCEALED aspects of G-d.

The TABERNACLE is a representation of the CONCEALED aspect of ECHAD. The CONCEALMENT is depicted as the COVERS THEREOF, yea, the COVERS CONCEAL the glory that is within the TABERNACLE. This is a representation of the human conscious experience.

The human conscious experience is a COMBINATION of the FINITE (dust) and the INFINITE, that is, the SOUL. The SOUL is the INDIVIDUALIZED ASPECT of G-d. The clothing of the SOUL, that is, the PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL and MENTAL bodies, are coverings CONCEALING the QUALITIES of the SUPERNAL that are hidden within. As aforementioned, the necessity of the COVERS is for the purpose of INDIVIDUALIZATION.

The CONCEALMENT is not purposed to be an ETERNAL STATE, but rather, it is the INDIVIDUALIZATION that is without END. The GOAL of CREATION, which gives rise to the ACTUALIZATION of our CONSCIOUS UNION with ECHAD, is the process that the INDIVIDUAL is undergoing. This process which is ONE of UNCOVERING can be ACCELERATED by engaging in the CORRECTION. ENGAGING in the CORRECTION requires three components. Those components are a TEACHER, TORAH and a COMMUNITY of LIKEMINDED PEOPLE, yea, hid within our TABERNACLES (bodies) are treasures of UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that when uncovered give rise to the MANIFESTATION of the GLORY of ECHAD.

TERUMAH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION on the title of the portion. The title of the PARASHAT is TERUMAH. The IVRI transliteration TERUMAH may be interpreted to mean a “raised up portion.” The meaning of TERUMAH, that is, a raised up portion has to do with offerings given for the service of G-d. No doubt this seems to imply that the instructions that were given to the Jew is for the construction of a religion, but Judaism is far more than that, yea, it is a lifestyle that was given to BENEI YISRAEL.

Religion has to do with the performance of prescribed instruction for the purpose of appeasing G-d. On the other hand, a lifestyle is an individual’s whole way of living. Thus the portion speaks of the TERUMAH being given “from every man whose heart motivates him.” From this statement, we are able to discern that the requirement of the “MOTIVATION of the HEART” is indicative of a lifestyle. This is based upon the principle that a THOUGHT (heart) that is concentrated upon becomes a word, a word that is concentrated upon becomes an action, an action that is concentrated upon becomes a tendency, a tendency that is concentrated upon becomes a habit, a habit that is concentrated upon becomes a character and a character that is concentrated upon becomes a destiny. Thus from the MOTIVES of the HEART, i.e. THOUGHT LIFE, comes DESTINY or LIFESTYLE. Indeed the instructions given in TORAH are to MANIFEST a SUPERNAL LIFESTYLE in the Jewish People.

It is further disclosed that the fundamental principle of the Jewish People is based on SUPERNAL COUNSEL. Yea, it is written, “They shall make a Sanctuary for Me - so that I may dwell among them.” (Exodus 25:8) No doubt this concept of G-d dwelling among us is for the purpose of MANIFESTATION. Yea, we become what we FOCUS UPON. It is the GOAL of CREATION that those who are undergoing the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE would realize our CONSCIOUS UNION with G-d and actualize the ONENESS into being. The actualization of our ONENESS into being is fulfilled through SERVANTHOOD. Thus the LIFESTYLE of the Jew is based upon experiencing the SUPERNAL and becoming SUBSERVIENT to the experience. Without a doubt, the Jew is destined to be the VISIBLE MANIFESTATION of the INVISIBLE G-d in the UNIVERSE, which is the LIFESTYLE of G-d.

MISHPATIM Part 3

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT MISHPATIM by placing our ATTENTION on the following passage contained within the SIDRAH, it is written, “One who strikes a man, so that he dies, shall surely be put to death. But for one who had not lain in ambush and God had caused it to come to his hand, I shall provide you a place to which he shall flee.” (Exodus 21:12,13)  In this passage of TORAH, we are given a scenario that deals with causing the DEATH of another in particular. The scenario deals with premeditated or intentional murder and causing the death of another unintentionally. The LAWS revealed in the SCENARIO are an expression of the principles contained in the Holy of Holies, the is, the UPPER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS that govern CREATION.

According to CABALISTIC THINKERS, CREATION is the product of what is termed TZIM TZUM. TZIM TZUM is the force that caused the APPEARANCE of CREATION in what might be termed the UNLIMITED. CREATION is a combination of LIMITATION and that which is UNLIMITED. It is the result of an EMANATING LIGHT penetrating the UNLIMITED creating a SPACE containing the RESIDUE of that LIGHT. No doubt the purpose of this new creation that appears to be OPPOSITE of G-d was to give rise to the MANIFESTATION of the QUALITIES of G-d being the product of VOLITION. VOLITION would be the power to receive the OUTPOURING of G-d’s blessing giving rise to the revelation of His CONCEALED ATTRIBUTES latent within.
 The force that was employed in creating this new creation caused the manifestation of contrast. The manifestation of contrast required a spiritual law that would aid in the CONCEALED QUALITIES of G-d latent within to appear. That law is what is termed the law of RHYTHMIC SWING. Yea, the LAW would give rise to the experience of going from one extreme to the OTHER until BALANCE is achieved. When BALANCE is achieved, the CONCEALED qualities of the SUPERNAL are REVEALED.

The SCENARIO in the passage of this DEVAR TORAH is the product of the principle found in the UPPER LEVELS to achieve BALANCE, yea, to take a life is BALANCED by the giving of a life. It is JUSTICE executed by the JUDGMENT of the SUPERNAL.

It is JUDGMENT that will give rise to the Jewish people fulfilling our purpose in OLAM. The NAVI Daniel wrote, “But judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion to be annihilated and to be destroyed completely. And the kingship, the dominion and the grandeur of the kingdoms under all the heavens will be given to the holy supreme nation, its kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve it.” (Daniel 7:26,27) Yea, we are destined to move n harmony with the BALANCING of CREATION through the execution of SUPERNAL JUDGMENT.

MISHPATIM Part 2

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT MISHPATIM by placing our ATTENTION upon the following passage contained in the SIDRAH, it is written, “If a man will sell his daughter as a bondwoman, she shall not leave like the leave-taking of the slaves. If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master, who should have designated her for himself, he shall assist in her redemption; he shall not have the power to sell her to a strange man, for he had betrayed her. If he had designated her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the rights of the young women. If he shall take another for himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital relationship. If he does not perform these three for her, she shall leave free of charge; without payment.” (Exodus 21:7-11) In this passage contained in TORAH, we are given a scenario disclosing the CIVIL LAW concerning how a father is to handle the affairs that accompany a marriage ARRANGEMENT. A marriage ARRANGEMENT has to do with PARENTAL SELECTION of a marriage rather than the choice of the GROOM or the BRIDE or BOTH. The LAW reveals the SUPERNAL will in both MONOGAMOUS and POLYGAMOUS relationships. 

The SCENARIO reveals that both the father and the master are responsible for the welfare of the daughter involved in the ARRANGEMENT. From the SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE, we are able to discern the PURPOSE of SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY, yea, within the COLLECTIVE SOUL there are DIFFERENT GRADES. These DIFFERENT GRADES are LEVELS of AUTHORITY belonging THEREUNTO. In the SCENARIO, the father and the master represent HIGHER AUTHORITIES while the daughter represents the LESSOR AUTHORITY. The revelation is that the HIGHER AUTHORITIES are responsible of the welfare of the LESSOR authorities. Without a doubt, this reveals that one of the purposes of AUTHORITY is to be responsible for the WELFARE of the LESSOR AUTHORITY. 

Since there is no HIGHER AUTHORITY than ECHAD and ALL other AUTHORITIES are DELEGATED by ECHAD, we can deduce that G-d is responsible for the welfare of ALL. Yea, it is written, “… HaShem supports all the fallen ones and straightens all the bent. The eyes of all look to You with hope and You give them their food in its proper time. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.” (Psalm 145:14-16) No doubt, the revelation of the PURPOSE of SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY, that is, the HIGHER AUTHORITY, is to look after the WELFARE of the LESSOR, is to aid in deliverance for FEAR, the ASSURANCE of PROVISIONS and the establishment of SUPERNAL TRUST. We are destined to both experience the EMET written by King David declaring that “I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread,” and to be transformed into SUPPLY. Be ever mindful that to be RIGHTEOUS implies to let ECHAD be TRUE in ALL THINGS. An open hand both GIVES and RECEIVES.

MISHPATIM

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our ATTENTION on the definition of the title of the PORTION, MISHPATIM. The IVRI transliteration MISHPATIM is defined as the word ORDINANCE. An ORDINANCE has to do with what is termed CIVIL LAW. CIVIL LAW is an expression of a HIGHER LAW that governs the COLLECTIVE in the HOLY of HOLIES, that is, PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS. This EMET is based upon the PREDETERMINATION of the SUPERNAL to REVEAL HIS CONCEALED QUALITIES in TIME and SPACE.

The PARASHAT MISHPATIM commences with LAWS that govern SLAVERY. No doubt, from the HIGHER PERSPECTIVE, the idea of a human being owning another human being is expressing a mystery that requires uncovering in order to EXPERIENCE the SUPERNAL WISDOM. The question is Who is the MASTER and who is the SLAVE in this SCENARIO? 
 The MASTER that is being spoken of is the EGO. The SLAVE is the SOUL that is IGNORANT of its TRUE IDENTIFICATION. The EGO is the DESIRE to receive that also blinds the SOUL from the revelation that it is SUPPLY.

The CAUSE of this IGNORANCE of our true IDENTIFICATION is our descension into the LOWER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS. In the LOWER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS, the perception of SELF is one of ISOLATION, yea, the opposite of our SUPERNAL NATURE. As the EGO continues in SELF-DECEPTION, we continue to lose sight of our TRUE IDENTIFICATION held bondage in SLAVERY. The SLAVERY hinders the unfoldment of the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is CONCEALED within, thus requiring a LIBERATOR to experience DELIVERANCE from the EGO.
MISHPATIM commences with the revelation that it is the INTENT of ECHAD to effect LIBERATION in those who are undergoing the human conscious experience giving rise to the MANIFESTATION of the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is CONCEALED within.

YITRO Part 3

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT YITRO by contemplating upon the following passage contained within the SIDRAH, it is written, “God spoke all these statements, saying: I am HaShem, your God, Who has taken you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall not recognize the gods of others in My presence.” (Exodus 20:1-3) In this passage, which is the commencement of the Ten Commandments, we are given a REVELATION of a PRINCIPLE that is destined to GOVERN human affairs. The PRINCIPLE is the RECOGNITION of ONE POWER that is TERMED G-d, yea, it is the RECOGNITION of ONE POWER that gives rise to liberation. We are enslaved under the TASKMASTER called the EGO which employs SUFFERING to hold us in CAPTIVITY. It is the RECOGNITION that there is ONE POWER along with the revelation that the TRUTH of BEING is that we are that ONE POWER INDIVIDUALIZED that commences our exodus out of SUFFERING into the WHOLE of REALITY where we experience KNOWLEDGE, EXISTENCE and BLISS.

POWER may be defined as the ABILITY to INFLUENCE THOUGHT, OPINION and BEHAVIOR. This ability is what may be termed as the IMPETUS behind all FORCES. POWER is G-d and He delegates this AUTHORITY within CREATION to aid in the UNFOLDMENT and INFOLDMENT of the UNIVERSE manifesting HIS GOAL. The GOAL is that ALL would become ONE WITH ECHAD. The prophet described the MANIFESTATION OF THE GOAL in the following way, “The wolf will live with the sheep and the leopard will lie down with the kid; and a calf, a lion whelp and a fatling will walk together, and a young child will lead them. A cow and bear will graze and their young will lie down together; and a lion, like cattle, will eat hay. A suckling will play by a viper’s hole, and a newly weaned child will stretch his hand toward an adder’s lair. They will neither injure nor destroy in all My sacred mountain; for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of HaShem as water covering the seabed.” (Isaiah 11:6-9) In this passage of the NEVIIM, it is disclosed that the MANIFESTATION of ECHAD in Creation is experienced as the CESSATION of SUFFERING and the APPEARANCE of ETERNAL PEACE. It further reveals that it is the product of the KNOWLEDGE of G-d filling every available conceivable place on earth. Without a doubt, this filling of the EARTH with the KNOWLEDGE of G-d is the TASK of the JEWISH SOUL. Thus this implies a receiving of POWER.

As aforementioned, POWER is delegated by G-d, it is written, “For neither from sunrise nor from sunset, nor from the wilderness comes greatness. For God is the Judge, He lowers this one and raises that one.” (Psalm 75:7,8) Since G-d is the Judge, it is evident that He determines who He will delegate POWER to. When the ABUSE of POWER occurs, it is often experienced NEGATIVE. It is the NEGATIVE experience of POWER that gives rise to the TEMPTATION of ascribing the POWER to others. This error in judgment engenders being enslaved by the ERRONEOUS PERCEPTION of the POWER. Thus liberation commences with the perception of the EMET (truth) that there is ONLY ONE POWER, that is ECHAD, blessed be His NAME.