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For me, I talk to Him all day. Sometimes as best friends laughing together. Sometimes in fear and reverence. Sometimes in a quick acknowledgment that He has already answered me before I had words to ask. Sometimes, like now that He give me words in due season for those who need them. That they be His and not mine. I pray in private and sometimes aloud. Sometimes I lay hands on people and pray..sometimes they know sometimes they don’t. Sometimes I just cry. Sometimes He takes my breath away. I pray I never be a stumbling block and that I may be a light that brings Him glory. He is and has always been with me. He is my constant…my being. He knows the desires of my heart. I don’t need words to pray. When I do use words they are for me. To align and remind myself. These are the words I pray the most. “Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu Blessed are You Lord our God King of the Universe who brings forth [reveals] bread [knowledge] from the earth [me/men] Father of Jacob Isaac and Abraham hear [receive] my prayer. Bless my family (or someone/something specific) protect them, give them wisdom and discernment in the Name of Yeshua I pray, Amen. Our Father [Creator] who art in Heaven [Spiritual world] hallowed [revered above all] be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom [sovereign rule] come, Thy will [desire] be done on earth [in me/men] as it is in Heaven [Spiritual world] give us this day our daily bread [knowledge] and forgive us our trespasses [ignorance] as we forgive those [show mercy/grace] who trespass [hurt, wrong, hinder our growth] against us. Lead us not into temptation [doubting of faith] unless it is to bring me closer to You. For thine is the Kingdom and Glory and honor and praise forever, Amen.
In reference to Gil’s latest teaching, Spiritual Meaning of the Hebrew Alphabet.
— The Light of Chochma & Chasadim, Questions–
Are these the two great lights created in Genesis 1:16?
Do the Light(s?) of Chochma refer also to the 3 vertical lines in the Tree of Life?
And likewise, do the Light(s?) of Chasadim refer to the 3 horizontal lines in the Tree of Life?
–The Letter Bet–37) The letter Bet entered. She said to Him, “O Lord of the world, it is good for You to create the world with me, for in me are You blessed above and below, since Bet is Beracha [blessing].” The Creator told her, “I will indeed create the world with you, and you will be the beginning with which to create the world.” (The Introduction of the Book of Zohar-The Letters of Rav Hamnuna Saba)
–Proverbs–8:22-31 I, wisdom, was with the Lord when he began his work, long before he made anything else. I was created in the very beginning, even before the world began. I was born before there were oceans, or springs overflowing with water, before the hills were there, before the mountains were put in place. God had not made the earth or fields, not even the first dust of the earth. I was there when God put the skies in place, when he stretched the horizon over the oceans, when he made the clouds above and put the deep underground springs in place. I was there when he ordered the sea not to go beyond the borders he had set. I was there when he laid the earth’s foundation. I was like a child by his side. I was delighted every day, enjoying his presence all the time, enjoying the whole world, and delighted with all its people.
Question: From these two passages they appear to tell the same story but, one refers to Binah (understanding) and one to Chochmah (wisdom). Please explain…I feel I’m missing something. Or is it that they Chochmah was/is with God performing creation and that Binah works with Chochmah to teach men?
Proverbs 8:1 “Doeth not wisdom cry and understanding put forth her voice?” …or is it that when forming the letter Bet the student begins its stroke at Binah (understanding) then goes to the right Chochmah (wisdom) and then through the Zeir Anpin to become the manifested knowledge of Malchut?
Thank you for sharing your time, insight and patience with me.
From the The Revelation of The Book of Zohar in Our Time.
“The Creator created one desire and we exist within it.”
(Except from the daily Kabbalah lesson, Nov 22, 2009; p.20).
Merek: I had to Google reshimot, thank you! A few days ago I began “reading” the Chumash in Hebrew. I saying “reading” because I don’t know Hebrew. But after learning that even in English I don’t know what it says because it’s written in spirit and not in flesh…I thought I mind as well read the Hebrew because that makes no sense to me either…but it does to my soul! So I read it with my soul and not my eyes.
