SHOFTIM

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our attention on the opening scenario contained within the PARASHAT. The narrative unfolds with instructions on the establishment of just courts. The basic foundation of a just court is that of JUDGES and OFFICERS. Their purpose is to reveal righteous judgment.

It is important to note that TORAH is not speaking about this Present World, but rather OLAM HA BA, i.e., the world to come. This present world is the product of the EGO’S superimposition of itself on OLAM HA BA within the limitation of space and time. On the other hand, OLAM HA BA is eternal in nature where what is predetermined by ECHAD is disclosed. In other words, the instruction to establish just courts has to do with the structure of the UPPER FORCES.

The UPPER FORCES are qualities in PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS. PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS is a sensation experienced as being everything, i.e. the ALL. The SOUL is perceived as grades beginning with the lowest are NEFEST, RUACH, NESHAMAH, CHAYAH and YECHIDAH. Understanding the qualities of these grades will reveal that the SOUL is the CREATOR of the ALL. When the highest level of the SOUL is experienced, i.e. the YECHIDAH, the sensation of the ALL is the result. This result is being one with ECHAD.

Within the grade of SOUL termed YECHIDAH is the force termed SUPERNAL JUDGMENT. SUPERNAL JUDGMENT may be described as a determinate counsel that ensures that what ECHAD, Blessed be His Name, has predetermined will unfold. It is the force of Supernal Judgment that will give rise to the dissolving of the EGO’S superimposition of this PRESENT WORLD thus revealing OLAM HA BA.

The instructions to establish just courts are a disclosure of the unfoldment of the SYSTEM created by the SOUL to reveal It’s concealed nature in the manifestation of the GOAL of CREATION, yea, it is to aid in the transformation of the EGO into a vessel of light.