NITZAVIM

Shalom Shalom. This week’s DEVAR TORAH is NITZAVIM meaning standing.
•  In Bet development there are 4 exiles that deal with governments/culture that are mortal in nature. Culture is social behavior based on knowledge and belief in common in a group of people. This is an external influence. Because of this, it is necessary to renew the Covenant. There will be a change in culture to that which is immortal. Daniel saw the 4th beast wage war against the holy ones and prevailed until Atik Yomim (ascension). We defeat the beast by ascension. Our weapons are patience, wisdom and judgment. We destroy the mortal culture, controlling influence; it is the enemy. Those assimilated into it must be converted. The Covenant must be renewed because of the influence on the physical body.
•    Warfare is against culture. We have to liberate ourselves - recognize the enemy and fight against it. Every generation should have renewed the Covenant, moved away from cultural influence into the influence of TORAH. There is an impetus in us to search for truth, to return to TORAH, His Voice, then He returns us home. The Voice is before the zavah (army). It is all about the Voice. You don’t hear the Voice for yourself because of identification with the ego. The Voice comes from Binah. To learn to hear the Voice, you need to practice discrimination. 1) a blow/vibration comes i.e., a word, dream, etc.; 2) the vibration becomes a current (meaning) in the body; 3) the current hits the screen and becomes knowledge. This happens very quickly. Meaning comes before the picture. Recognize vibrations, currents and how your mind works. Be patient and take your time to discriminate. This is how to tell whether your dream is one of clarity or karmic. You don’t want to guess, you want to be clear. You start out listening to a Voice outside of you (your teacher). Mishkahn David teaches you how to hear for yourself.
•    The Creator’s Voice is what we follow in doing Mitzvot. The Voice has no words, it is not heard. It is a vibration. Practice discrimination in meditation. Attention - focus, then move to contemplation where questions and meaning come about what you are meditating on. Concentration - you become what you meditate on. The blow from the object (vibration) travels as a current in mental waves. The current is the meaning which then formulates in the mind as knowledge.
•    Above the barrier is Root Language - the different Names of God. The Sefirot are qualities of God; they are light not words. Words are below the barrier - Branch Language. Words are combinations of letters that are the Names of God. Vibrations above become words. The meaning comes before the word/form. Understand how to get to the answer that is within you.
•    Sefer Torah has stories that are combinations and arrangements of the qualities of the Creator. They are different combinations and arrangement of lights that form words that made the stories. We are OHR AYIN (endless light) that shines through the lens of Malchut - letters that produce stories. Your life is the same thing. In body are memories that go through the lens and makes your stories. We want our stories to be like the Creator. The memories within (letters) have to be corrected. Get rid of memory and change the story to reach the Goal of Creation. You create your own stories.