NASSO

Shalom Shalom. This week’s DEVAR TORAH is NASSO which means to take.
•    The worlds of ASSYAH, YETZIRAH and BERIAH have 3 qualities. These qualities are found in Bereshith1:2: Astonishing - TOHU, chaos, affinity and aversion; Empty - BOHU, equilibrium, balance; Darkness - KHOSHEK, stillness. Everything in Creation has these 3 MIDDOT in different combinations. The 5 senses are different combinations of these qualities.
•    We need to discern between intellectual and spiritual. Intellectual is instinctive and reasoning. Spiritual understands the methods to ascend and maintain. Intellectual instruction is to be overseen by those who are spiritual. The intellectual person can administer intellectual instruction under supervision of someone spiritual. Intellect doesn’t change anything. Intellectual information is necessary but there must be something higher to fulfill the Goal of Creation. This realm is to be transformed.  
•    There is but one Life and that one Life is what we term G-d. There is nothing but G-d. Understanding this changes our perspective.  
•    The something that we view is nature. What we experience around us is nature. It is transient; it has a beginning and end. Our experience is mental. What we sense is temporary in nature. Our ability to sense came after the Fall. It was the beginning of suffering. Suffering comes from sensing nature, opposites. Clinging to one end of the spectrum is clinging to the opposite end. If you keep the Law to receive the blessings (rewards), you also receive the punishment. You need to rise above it into the Truth of Being.
•    Cycles (circles) have no beginning. We complete a cycle from understanding purpose. We go from education to administration into counseling. Complete the cycle and jump to the next cycle.
•    Whenever God does something, before moving to the next cycle, He looks back to see if what He did could be improved. He has the spirit of excellence. If your life is not one where there is improvement going on, you are not in harmony with the one Life/G-d. Improvement is not knowledge. It must move to experience. Just saying you are one with G-d is still being in degeneration. Look for improvement on the inside. It is not physical or corporeal. Improvement is measured by how long you stay in the Upper Levels of Consciousness. Each day you should stay longer.  
•    Mishkahn David has 3 courts. The 1st court and the 3rd court are similar: there is no thought. But there is a  very distinct difference. The 1st court is dull. You don’t bring anything out, no sharpness. You remain the same as before going into that state - place of no thought in meditation.  
•    Life is intense, moves with a spirit of excellence. We come out of it into body consciousness. We are trying to transform the physical body. If you really come into contact with it, it is the spirit of excellence. It pushes outward. This is not knowledge.
•    It is called treachery against ECHAD. It is treachery to be like this: to be in a state of dullness and say it is G-d.