LECH LECHA

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing our attention on the opening statement of the SIDRAH. It is written, “…ויאמר יהוה אל אורם לך לך מארצך”, which is interpreted, “HaShem said to Abram, Go for yourself from your land…” This statement is the product of an epiphany experienced by our father AVRAHAM. The experience disclosed the truth of being which is that the soul is an individual aspect of ECHAD. The EMET is based upon the principle that G-d only speaks to G-d. In other words, the Creator speaks to the Creator within the vessel, and the EGO witnesses to the event.

This event influences the words and actions of ABRAM, giving rise to the revelation that would unite his disciples. The union would be based upon the truth of Being, that is, that we are individual aspects of the CREATOR. Since there is only one CREATOR, the unifying principle is based upon the SUPERNAL, yea, ascension into PURE SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS is the unifying state. The STILLNESS of AWARENESS that is in ALL is the common CONSCIOUS of ADAM RISHON. Thus as One SOUL made up of many, we become ONE, i.e. the image and likeness of ECHAD.

The PARASHAT opens with the primary instruction to institute in the ASCENSION. It commences with leaving one’s past. To become conscious of the Highest level of the SOUL, i.e. the YECHIDAH, requires the revelation that the SOUL is an individual aspect of ECHAD, followed by a commitment to leaving one’s past behind. It is clinging to the past that hinders the ascension into ONENESS, yea, it is the D’VEKUT (attachment) to one’s past which sustains the EGO. As long as one is EGOTISTIC, there is a state of duality that exists between the individual and the CREATOR. Abraham taught a method that would nullify the EGO empowering entrance into a conscious unity with PURE SOUL CONSCIOUS that can be obtained through the instructions of AVRAHAM is the foundation of Israel that reveals us as the model nation not reckoned among the rest of the nations.