TERUMAH Part 3

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TERUMAH by recounting the FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH that we occupy a UNIVERSE of BECOMING. The destiny of the COSMOS is to REVEAL the HIDDEN ESSENCE of the DIVINE in ALL, BOTH ANIMATE and INANIMATE. In other words, there is the SEASON of UNFOLDMENT, whereas the ONE BEOMES THE MANY, and likewise, there is the SEASON of INFOLDMENT, whereas the MANY BECOME THE ONE. The MANY BECOMING ONE is not ABSORPTION of ALL THINGS back into the PRIMEVAL STATE of NOTHINGNESS, but rather the ALL manifesting the HIDDEN ATTRIBUTES of G-d in EXISTENCE. As aforementioned in the preceding DEVAR TOROT, the PARASHAT TERUMAH is a PROPHETIC REVELATION of the DIVINE ESSENCE HIDDEN IN INANIMATE THINGS being made manifest, yea, the finished work of HEAVEN ON EARTH will manifest Itself in INANIMATE THINGS beyond what the MIND CAN CONCEIVE. Nothing appears as it is DESTINED to BE.

WITHIN the SEASONS of UNFOLDMENT and INFOLDMENT, there is a SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE that we are destined to OBSERVE. The SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE is that the APPEARANCE of CHAOS is indicative of a NEW BEGINNING. This SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE is demonstrated in BERESHIT as well as the PARASHAT TERUMAH. In the book of BERESHIT 1:1-5, it is written, “In the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth, when the earth was astonishingly empty, with darkness upon the surface of the deep, and the DIVINE PRESENCE hovered upon the surface of the waters God said, Let there be light, and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated between the light and the darkness. God called the light Day and to the darkness He called NIGHT. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.” In this passage of TORAH, it is disclosed that the appearance of CHAOS from the DIVINE PERSPECTIVE was the commencement of a NEW BEGINNING. The NEW BEGINNING was to create ORDER out of CHAOS. Likewise the MISHKAN laid in CHAOS until MOSHE REBEYNU received instruction on how to arrange the ELEMENTS thereof into ORDER. The ORDER that was given gave rise to the INFOLDMENT of the DIVINE ESSENCE that is HIDDEN WITHIN INANIMATE THINGS manifesting the SHEKINAH.

As co-creators with G-d, we must redefine the APPEARANCE of CHAOS in our experience. The APPEARANCE  of CHAOS is not to be viewed as the TIME for DESTRUCTION, but rather the OPPORTUNITY to COMMENCE a NEW BEGINNING whereas we may employ the PROCESS of ordering in order to manifest the DIVINE ESSENCE that is HID within our SPHERE of AUTHORITY.

TERUMAH Part 2

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT TERUMAH by placing our attention on the FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH that in the UNIVERSE OF BECOMING, even INANIMATE creation is destined to unfold the CONCEALED ESSENCE OF HASHEM that is HIDDEN WITHN. In our previous discussion, it was disclosed that this is one of the assignments that have been predetermined for the Jewish People. Indeed we are CO-CREATORS with the Holy Blessed One of Yisrael. The blueprint that we have been given, that is, TORAH, reveals that we are to CREATE HEAVEN ON EARTH.

The MOVEMENT of TIME in Space is one in which the ONE becomes MANY and the MANY become ONE. This flow of ENERGY is what is referred to as the RUWACH HA QODESH (the Holy Spirit0. Without a doubt, we are in the SEASON whereas the MANY are in movement to become the ONE. This movement will engender the HIDDEN ESSENCE of G-d to be made manifest in CREATION. In other words, the UNIVERSE is flowing in a way to manifest the ONE. As a people who have been given the CORPORATE PURPOSE of being TIKKUN OLAM (repairers of the WORLD), we shall discover that the TIME is NOW in which all things are working in behalf of fulfilling the DIVINE ASSIGNMENT. The instructions given to the NAVI MOSHE on how to construct a MISHKAN (Tabernacle) that will manifest the SHEKINAH is a PROPHETIC VISION disclosing that the CONCEALED ESSENCE of G-d HIDDEN in INANIMATE EXISTENCE is destined to be seen, it is written, “You shall make fifty hooks of gold, and you shall attach the curtains to one another with the hooks, so that the Tabernacle shall become ONE.” (Exodus 26:6) The ONENESS that is being spoken of can be perceived at different levels of CONSCIOUSNESS. At the HIGHEST LEVELS, the perception is MANIFESTATION of the CONCEALED ESSENCE of G-d.

To fulfill this assignment, it is necessary to submit to DIVINE PROTOCOL even as BENEI YISRAEL had to SUBMIT. In other words, without SUBMITTING to the INSTRUCTION that HASHEM gave to the NAVI MOSHE, the construct of the MISHKAN that would manifest the SHEKINAH would not have occurred. For this reason, G-d promised the Jewish People that He would SEND NEVIIM (prophets) that are like unto MOSHE REBEYNU. The coming of the NEVIIM is not only to aid with RESTORATION, but also in the CONSTRUCT OF HEAVEN ON EARTH. READ DEUTERONOMY 18:15-22.

TERUMAH

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing upon the title, TERUMAH. The IVRI transliteration TERUMAH carries with it the idea of a RAISED UP PORTION. In particular the reference to TERUMAH, i.e. a raised up portion, has to do with the contributions that were prescribed by the Holy Blessed One of Yisrael, Blessed be His Name, to construct the Tabernacle, its vessels and the priestly garments.

It is essential to our understanding of the relevance of these instructions for this PRESENT TIME, some FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS that have been made reference to in some of the preceding DEVAR TOROT. In particular the principle that we occupy a UNIVERSE of BECOMING. It has been noted that CREATION is the PRODUCT of HASHEM calling HIMSELF into BEING. In other words, HE IS THE WORD that HE SPOKE and came into BEING. This can be described as the ONE (ECHAD) G-d becoming the MANY. Thus at the ESSENCE of ALL EXISTENCE is HASHEM, Blessed be His Name.

Because the ESSENCE of ALL CREATION is HASHEM, the indication is that HIDDEN within ALL EXISTENCE is UNLIMITED POTENTIAL. This CONCEALED STATE of G-d, that is, UNLIMITED POTENTIAL has been predetermined to be REVEALED, its is written, “Bless is His glorious NAME forever, and may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.” (Psalm 72:19) The glory of G-d may be delineated as the VISIBLE manifestation of HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES. Thus the MIZMOR discloses that the ESSENCE that is HIDDEN within CREATION is destined to come into MANIFESTATION.

The instructions that were given to the NAVI Moshe concerning the TABERNACLE, ITS VESSELS AND THE PRIESTLY GARMENTS have to do with the UNFOLDMENT of the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is HIDDEN within INANIMATE CREATION, yea, following the INSTRUCTIONS gave rise to the MANIFESTATION of the SHECHINAH. In other words, they were ESOTERIC INSTRUCTIONS that had been given to the MYSTIC to UNFOLD the GLORY of HASHEM. Indeed this discloses the concept that we are responsible for bringing HEAVEN TO EARTH!

We are living in the SEASON that the NAVI DANIEL described as KNOWLEDGE INCREASING (READ DANIEL 12:4). The INCREASE of KNOWLEDGE is that of TECHNOLOGY. WHILE the INCREASE of TECHNOLOGY MAY offer some CREATURE COMFORTS, the abuse thereof gives rise to destruction. As Jews we have the CORPORATE PURPOSE of being TIKKUN OLAM, that is, repairers of the WORLD. An aspect of this preparation is achieved by EMPLOYING ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE to UNFOLD the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is HID within EXISTENCE to MANIFEST the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL in ALL.

MISHPATIM Part 4

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT MISHPATIM by contemplating the instructions given to the NAVI MOSHE in the establishment of the BRIT (covenant) between HASHEM and BENI YISRAEL. The instructions disclosed that the NAVI MOSHE was to approach HASHEM alone, and the people were not to go up with him. No doubt, this was based upon their request, it is written, “They said to Moses, You speak to us and we shall hear; let God not speak to us lest we die.” (Exodus 20:16) It is evident from this request that BENEI YISRAEL lacked the MOTIVATION to pursue TRUTH, yea, the desire to experience the FREEDOM that is the result of the PURSUIT, but there was a lack of an IMPETUS that would cause them to SEEK TRUTH regardless to the PRICE.

The NAVI MALACHI discloses that this event is destined to repeat itself, he wrote, “Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a path before Me; suddenly the Lord Whom you seek will come to His Sanctuary, and the messenger of the covenant for whom you yearn, behold he comes, says HASHEM, Master of Legions.” (Malachi 3:1) In this prophetic utterance, it is disclosed that just as the NAVI MOSHE came as a messenger of the BRIT, there will be another MESSENGER of the BRIT that will come. It goes on to reveal that the coming of the MESSENGER of the BRIT is yearned for. No doubt, this is based upon the lack of an IMPETUS to pursue TRUTH among BENEI YISRAEL. Once again it is not that there is not a desire for TRUTH, but rather the tremendous sacrifice which is required to experience an EPIPHANY is not there. Could it be that the PURSUIT of that which is known outweighs that which is UNKNOWN? Now is the TIME for NEW REVELATION that will give rise to the experience of MAXIMIZING the HIDDEN UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is LATENT WITHIN and MAKE a QUANTUM LEAP into LIFE WITHOUT END.

MISHPATIM Part 3

Shalom, Shalom. We continue with focusing upon the PARASHAT MISHPATIM. As previously suggested in this series, MISHPATIM which may be described as civil law is viewed in the HIGHER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS as COSMIC LAW. In other words, these LAWS aid the INDIVIDUAL in making an ascension that engenders the manifestation of the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is latent within.

The creation of FREEWILL within the human conscious experience came into being as a result of ADAM and EVE partaking of the TREE of  the KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and BAD, yea, their WILL could only be FREE by choosing to DEPART from the WILL of HASHEM. The departure from the WILL of HASHEM not only gave rise to the LIBERATION of their VOLITION, but also to falling below MAKSOM or the barrier. The falling below MAKSOM gave birth to INDIVIDUALITY, i.e. the EGO or a false perception of ONESELF. In other words, they descended into IGNORANCE giving rise to the EXPERIENCE of DESTRUCTION. This was necessary in the UNIVERSE of BECOMING, for it had been predetermined that HASHEM would manifest HIMSELF in form, and one of those manifestations is FREEWILL or VOLITION. As aforementioned, the VOLITION came with the PRICE of DESTRUCTION in order for HASHEM to manifest HIMSELF in FORM, the STATE of DESTRUCTION, i.e., DEATH, has to be overcome and BECOME IMMORTALITY. Thus the goal for those who are undergoing the human conscious experience in a UNIVERSE of BECOMING is to BECOME IMMORTAL.

As aforementioned, MISHPATIM or civil law, that is, COSMIC in nature, is purposed to aid in birthing UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is latent within. MISHPATIM are laws that when observed by a group of INDIVIDUALS transforms their actions into that of a COLLECTIVE WHOLE. It is ascension into the CORPORATE CONSCIOUSNESS of the COLLECTIVE WHOLE that dissolves the EGO, that is, the false identification with LIMITATION. As the individual makes the ASCENSION back into the COLLECTIVE WHOLE, the perspective is changed and the KNOWLEDGE of HASHEM is experienced giving rise to the TRANSFORMATION of MIND and BODY into the ETERNAL IMMORTAL STATE.

MISHPATIM

Shalom, Shalom. We commence this DEVAR TORAH by focusing upon the TITLE THEREFORE. The title is MISHPATIM. The IVRI (Hebrew) transliteration MISHPATIM may be interpreted into the ENGLISH TERM ORDINANCES. In particular the PARASHAT MISHPATIM is a revelation of CIVIL LAW that is destined to guide the MOVEMENT of the Jewish PEOPLE.

Torah is the CONSTITUTION GIVEN by HASHEM to guide AM YISRAEL (the nation of ISRAEL) in its UNFOLDMENT of BECOMING a GREAT NATION. Thus the ORDINANCES, COMMANDMENTS and DECREES that are written in TORAH are not just PURPOSED to GOVERN, but also to aid in the MAXIMIZING of the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL that is hidden both on INDIVIDUAL and CORPORATE LEVELS. What makes this CONSTITUTION UNIQUE is that it is not an expression of the separation of CHURCH and STATE, but rather the MARRIAGE of the CONCEPTS.

Without a doubt, TORAH discloses that the COURTROOM and the TABERNACLE are equal in AUTHORITY. This concept aids in understanding the MISHPATIM, CHUKIM and MITZVOT that are therein from the perspective of G-d, yea, they are destined to be viewed from different levels of CONSCIOUSNESS.

Many of the things that are WRITTEN WITHIN seem to be JURASSIC or outdated. In REALITY this is not TRUE, but rather, we are to LOOK at them at the HIGHER LEVELS of  CONSCIOUSNESS. Indeed they are PRINCIPLE in nature, i.e. basic truth in which all other TRUTH is to be based upon. Thus they are to be perceived in harmony with what is RELEVANT at the TIME, for the human conscious experience is UNDERGOING the PROCESS of EVOLUTION in a UNIVERSE of BECOMING.

YISRO Part 4

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus upon the PARASHAT YISRO by contemplating the PURPOSE of the giving of ESERET HA DEVARIM at MT. SINAI as HASHEM spoke to the NAVI Moshe and BENEI YISRAEL, who was in his SPHERE of AUTHORITY, was to WITNESS.

As aforementioned in the previous writings, there is DIVINE PROTOCOL that must be established so that those who occupy the LOWER LEVELS of CONSCIOUSNESS can experience communication with G-d. We are in a universe of BECOMING in which G-d who is CONCEALED is destined to be REVEALED. The unfoldment of the CONCEALED aspects of G-d are effected by the movement in SPACE and TIME. MOVEMENT in SPACE and TIME can either give rise to the UNFOLDMENT of the CONCEALED state or the INFOLDMENT of that which is REVEALED. Therefore instructions on the MOVEMENT that will give rise to the UNFOLDMENT of that which is CONCEALED is PARAMOUNT to those who desire to MAXIMIZE their POTENTIAL. No doubt this is the PURPOSE of the GIVING of ESERET HA DEVARIM, that is, that BENEI YISRAEL may MAXIMIZE the POTENTIAL that is LATENT within both on the INDIVIDUAL and CORPORATE LEVELS, yea, in the UNIVERSE of BECOMING everything is destined to move in a direction in which the GLORY of G-d, i.e., His REVEALED STATE, is made manifest.

The ESERET HA DEVARIM discloses that to MAXIMIZE one’s potential or that of a CORPORATE GROUP, MOVEMENT must be in harmony with RESPECT to G-d and those who are undergoing the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE. In other words, MOVEMENT must create UNITY. HASHEM is One and we are LIVING in the SEASON in which His NAME is ONE. MOVEMENT towards experiencing ONENESS with the COSMOS is what will engender ASCENSION far beyond TIME and SPACE where there is pure consciousness that when focused upon will transform the SHEAVES of the SOUL into that which will manifest DIVINITY. The MANIFESTATION of the DIVINITY in the HUMAN CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE is TRUTH and IMMORTALITY, yea, we become that which we focus upon.

To keep ESERET HA DEVARIM requires that one maintain focus through the practice of INTROSPECTION. The maintenance of FOCUS will cause the TRUTH of ONE’S BEING to shine brighter and brighter until it begins to manifest in the SHEAVES of the SOUL. Indeed the MYSTIC comes to INSPIRE the people to make this JOURNEY, even as the NAVI MOSHE was instructed to BRING BENEI YISRAEL in His SPHERE of AUTHORITY, that they might receive instructions on how to MAXIMIZE their POTENTIAL.

YISRO Part 3

Shalom, Shalom. We continue our focus on the PARASHAT YISRO by contemplating the instructions given by HASHEM to the NAVI Moshe concerning the PREPARATION to be made for the RECEIVING of TORAH. The concept that preparations were to be made before the receiving of TORAH by BENEI YISRAEL reveals that the NATURE thereof is of DIVINE ORIGIN. Since these instructions were given to MOSHE, this also discloses the NAVI to be as a MYSTIC. The term MYSTIC is descriptive of one who professes to undergo profound spiritual experiences. As aforementioned, the NAVI MOSHE professes to BENEI YISRAEL, that he had received instructions on the preparation that was needful in the receiving of TORAH.

MYSTICISM is belief in the possibility of attaining direct communication with G-d or knowledge of spiritual TRUTHS. A MYSTIC may be looked upon as a TRUTH SEEKER. While as Jews we do not recognize PROPHETS outside of YISRAEL with the exception of BALAAM, it is evident that there are MYSTICS of other TRADITIONS. In other words, there are those who in PURSUIT of TRUTH ascend into CONSCIOUS LEVELS that gave rise to their followers deifying them. The DEIFICATION of these TRUTH SEEKERS have been based upon the MANIFESTATIONS of their experiences of ENLIGHTENMENT. The NAVI MOSHE himself ascended into such a HIGH CONSCIOUS STATE OF ENLIGHTENMENT that HASHEM declared “the people will also believe in you forever.” (Exodus 19:9b) To aid BENEI YISRAEL to engage with the experience of MYSTICISM, HASHEM gave MOSHE instructions on how to prepare for it.

The instructions that are given disclose what should be done in the outset of an individual or a corporate body who desires to PURSUE TRUTH. What was given would not permit them to ascend into the HIGHER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS obtained by the NAVI MOSHE, but to put them in the PROXIMITY of where MYSTICISM could be experienced, yea, the PROXIMITY was within the SPHERE of AUTHORITY of the MYSTIC. Their experience was based upon their RELATIONSHIP with the MYSTIC, the NAVI MOSHE. They were destined to benefit from the ENLIGHTENMENT experienced by the TRUTH SEEKER, MOSHE REBEYNU.

This experience is relevant to that of the Jewish people in this SEASON. It is confirmed in the REVELATION of the NAVI MOSHE who wrote, “A prophet from your midst, from your brethren, like me, shall HASHEM, your God, establish for you - to him shall you hearken. According to all that you asked of HASHEM, your God, in Horeb on the day of the congregation, saying, I can no longer hear the voice of HASHEM, my God, and this great fire I can no longer see, so that I shall not die. Then HASHEM said to me: They have done well in what they have said. I will establish a prophet for them from among their brethren, like you, and I will place My words in his mouth; He shall speak to them everything that I will command him.” (DEUTERONOMY 18:15-17) MYSTICS are sent to every generation to aid in the ascension into a CONSCIOUS UNION with G-d. The attainment of ENLIGHTENMENT experienced by the MYSTIC is for the benefit of ALL. Yea, when you are READY the MYSTIC TEACHER will be revealed to you.