EIKEV

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our attention on the opening scenario of the PARASHAT EIKEV. The portion is a continuation of the NAVI MOSHE giving encouragement to AM YISRAEL (the nation of Israel) to trust in G-d to ensure the successful conquest of the Land and the entrance into the WHOLE of REALITY.

The WHOLE of REALITY is indicative of the ATTAINMENT of a conscious state whereas the fulness of joy is experienced as freedom from contrast and ascension into ONENESS. The ONENESS is the TRUTH of BEING.

The TRUTH of BEING is based upon the revelation given to the NAVI ISAIAH. It is written, “I am HaShem and there is no other, other than Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you did not know Me, in order that those from east and west would know that there is nothing besides Me; I am HaShem, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:5,6 In this prophetic utterance, it is disclosed that THERE IS NOTHING BUT G-d. In other words, CREATION is G-d being perceived in two STATES. Those states are REVEALED and CONCEALED. The TRUTH of BEING is that the human conscious experience is a CONCEALED STATE of G-d. Thus the GOAL of CREATION is that the CONCEALED STATE of the CREATOR be revealed in the physical body. The manifestation of the CONCEALED STATE of G-d in the physical body is the ELIMINATION of DEATH, i.e. IMMORTALITY.

The opening scenario of the portion EIKEV when viewed from the ROOT LANGUAGE of TORAH discloses that the MISHPATIM (ordinances) are manifestations of SUPERNAL INTENTIONS. In other words, they are inroads to some of the QUALITIES of the TRUTH of BEING. The CONCEALED STATE of the CREATOR that is contained within the CREATURE is connected to the MISHPATIM.

Understanding the principle that the CREATOR became the CREATURE in order that the CREATURE will become the CREATOR reveals the mechanics to be employed to reach the Goal of CREATION. As the mechanics are employed, the perception of the WHOLE of REALITY is ATTAINED engendering a new level of existence whereas we come to the end of CONTRAST (the experience of GOOD and BAD) and enter into the state of the fulness of joy. Yea, we were created to experience the eternal outpouring of the SUPERNAL.