Friday, December 19, 2014

A Call for Healing of Between Citizens and Law

The greatest healing effort in 2015 should be devoted to healing the relationship between citizens and law. We are in such great conflict with our own legal systems. We most especially need healing in the relationship between the citizens and law enforcement. We need to come together as a collective society, both nationally and globally, and come to terms with the laws and legal systems we've created. Look at the laws that are on the books: do they really serve the purpose to help make our world more prosperous and protect against injustice?

Before any of this can happen, the individual must face the rules of their own personal living patterns. Do you do justice with yourself? Do you make rules for yourself and then break them? Is integrity a matter of slavishly following a decree, or does it take into account the justice of the circumstances of time and place?

When the citizens hate the laws and law enforcement, we throw fuel into the fire of injustice. Rather than hate law and law enforcement, pray for healing of law and law enforcement. Pray for a world where the citizens love the law, and there is peace and harmony between those who follow the law and those who enforce the law. But before this can happen, we need to decide what the law should be, and make every effort to recreate a new set of laws that we can honor and love.

And believing that we are powerless to change the law (us vs. them mentality) is probably the first place that needs healing.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Romantic Love and Divine Love

ROMANTIC LOVE : I'll love you as long as you love me back.
DIVINE LOVE : I'll love you even if you don't love me back.

Romantic love is based on affinity for the other person. If the other person should change and become a different person, which everyone is likely to do, then the affinity may no longer exist, and the love ends.

Divine love is based on existence. I love you eternally because what I love about you cannot change, it is your true self. I have no choice but to love you, because this love is part of who I am, and not a result of the will-to-love in action. Since this love is part of who I am, then you are part of who I am, and I am part of you.

Romantic love is 'heart-to-heart'. Divine love is 'heart-is-heart'.

Friday, December 5, 2014

Beit & Shabbat

Beit: first letter of Torah,
Beit: second letter of Alef-Beit.

Beit = BYT = 2+10+400 = 412 = 7,
Beit = 'house'.

A house defines inside,
And defines outside.

Work: outer processing,
Rest: inner processing.

Six days of outer processing,
One day of inner processing.

The completion of the outer Beit is Shabbat,
Shabbat is the beginning of the inner Beit.

The house is prepared to dwell inside,
The bride is welcomed into her home.

Friday, November 14, 2014

The Height of the Body of God in Proportion to the Size of the Universe

We can hardly imagine how big the universe must be according to the most recent astronomical data. 46 billion light years! But this is still only a microscopic proportion of the measurement of the body of God according to an ancient mystical text.


The units of measurement describe a mathematical system that can be used to leap between parallel realities, quantifying the exact measurements required to convert between one layer of higher dimensional reality and the next. The text reads as follows:

""And this is the size of the divine body as stated in the Book of Dimensions: 'Verav kocha'. This is the height of the Creator, may His name be blessed: 236 thousand ten-thousands of his parasangs. His parasang equals three mils, and each mil equals ten thousand cubits, while each cubit equals three spans, and each span is the size of the entire universe." -- Sefer Hashi'ur

This leads to the calculation of the height of the body of God as 212,400,000,000,000 lengths of the entire universe!

The actual lengths may be beyond our comprehension, but we can understand the numbers 236 and 2124. If we focus on these numbers, and activate their powers inside, it will help us shift between parallel realities. The numbers are a magical technology to help us achieve our goals.

"Great is our Lord and abundant in strength (verav koach), His understanding is beyond calculation." -- Psalms 147:5

A model of the size of the universe
 

Thursday, November 13, 2014

My Greatest Fear

MY GREATEST FEAR:

My greatest fear is that I have not completely eradicated my evil inclination.

This does not say that I'm not sure whether or not I have completely eradicated my evil inclination. I am saying that I know I have not, and I fear the evil that the Lord, in his compassion, has hidden from my sight. He has prevented me from seeing it because I am too weak to conquer it right now. And that is why I am fearful.

But I place my trust in the Lord, that he is guiding me in His ways, and teaching me to become stronger, so that I will be able to conquer every last trace of my evil inclination. Because I place my trust in the Lord completely, I am guaranteed of victory.

Friday, November 7, 2014

The 613 Mizvot of the Torah and the Metatronic Overself

There are 613 Mitzvot in the Torah, divided into 248 obligations and 365 prohibitions. We often hear about the importance of doing Mitzvot, and some even say that the coming of the Messiah is directly related to performance of the Mitzvot. But that is just the surface-level view (p'shat). But what is the secret (sod) of the Mitzvot?

From a higher perspective, the Torah is the collective dreambook of all Metatronic Overself programs of Adamic evolution. At this level, we see that the Overself is constructed out of the all the Mitzvot - it is always doing all 248 obligations and never does any of the 365 prohibitions. Esoterically, this is the Gan Eden - the state of being in which the performance of all 613 Mitzvot is a simultaneous reality. But does this mean that we should not practice Torah and perform Mitzvot daily?

When the Overself emanates an individual spirit, it must enter the dimension of time. This means that the state of resonance with the Mitzvot is variable and can change dynamically. Therefore, actual physical performance is needed to achieve vibrational resonance with the Mitzvot. This opens up Overself functionality to the individual spirit.

The study of the laws of the Mitzvot and the sections of the Torah in which the Mitzvot are defined is a major educational imperative in Talmud Torah. Understanding the principles and goals of Mitzvot observance are a key to unlocking the mysteries of our Overself.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

What is in Your Heart is What You Will Find in God

So, you want to find God? Which God do you seek? The God beyond time and space, or the God that is everywhere and in all things? The God of judgment and punishment, or the God of love and mercy? Do you seek many Gods or just one God? The God who sets the universe in motion and then takes a lunch break, or the God who pulls the strings behind historical events? The God of art and beauty or the God of intellect and intelligence? The God of law and order or the God of goodness and oneness? The God who listens to prayer or the God who doesn't give a shit about you? Or the God who is dead and the God who never existed? Which do you seek? 

You can find all of these Gods and more - they can all be found, even the God who doesn't exist can be found. You set out on your journey from where you begin right now. What you find in the end only takes you back to the beginning, the place where you started. What do you find in your heart? Only what is there right now. Change what is in your heart, and you will find a different God.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Zohar and the 32 Paths of Wisdom

Everything written in the Zohar is inspired by the mystical experience of the author into one of the 32 Mystical Paths of Wisdom. Any idea contained in the Zohar can be spectrally analyzed by its influence from one of the 32 Mystical Paths of Wisdom.

If you want to really understand a statement in the Zohar, you can find out which of the Paths are illuminating the thoughts of the Companions, ascend to these Paths through theurgic methods, gaze upon the concealed light of emanation, and, once you have arrived at this level, bask in the radiance of divine illumination, holding on not to what is your own but open to be filled with mystical insight, becoming energized thereby, and once this intellectual sanctification has been had, ascending yet higher to become unified and united with that spark of truth which has been kindled by those who shared in this unity before, and upon coming to this inscrutable height, comprehending the fathomless depth of insight revealed by the Companions in their discussions and conversations.

The following chart can be used to open up the Paths as a preparatory exercise before Zohar study.
 

Friday, June 20, 2014

Expression of Soul Vibration and Generating Resonance with Our Home Star

Each soul has a 'home' star, which is where they come from before coming to earth, and where they return in the period between earth lives. The home star is usually also the person's soul root, or the power that creates their soul. The vibration of their home star will be present to a greater or lesser degree in the person's energy field, depending on the type of resonance choices they make.

When a person expresses the inner content of their soul through creative writing, song, poetry, dance, art, speech, philosophy, etc. then their soul's creations will be in resonance with their home star. Thus, the vibration of a person's home star is not only detectable in their energy field, but also in their creative work. The idea of 'teshuvah' or returning, could now be interpreted to mean that we actively strive to generate vibrational resonance with our home star / soul root in all our actions.

Monday, June 9, 2014

What is METATRON?

The name given to represent the collective totality architecture of the structures of emanation is METATRON. It is the complete meta-topological space of parallel reality dynamics that unifies all overself programs within creation. It is the living meta-system that contains all sub-systems of linguistically coordinated vibrational patterns. Our current assignment is to learn how to adhere to the mathematical laws of meta-mind functions, so that our mind coheres to the meta-brain software that has been prepared for us at the beginning of our time-within-time.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Fractality of Torah Literature

All Torah literature is inherently interconnected with itself. This is mathematically modeled by fractal geometry.  Mathematically, a fractal is a self-similar geometric object that reiterates the global structure at every localized scaling perspective.

A Julia set fractal - a vision of Torah literature
 
Reading any of the teachings of the sages is like reading them all. Understanding any little bits of Torah wisdom is like understanding them all. But you can't fully appreciate the ramifications of each little bit of Torah wisdom unless you have first become familiar with the full spectrum of Torah literature.

The Torah, TaNaK, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Zohar, etc... are all interconnected in this way.  Fractal geometry is the easiest way to understand how to read and study Torah literature.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Tikkunei haZohar

Tikkunei haZohar - will anyone be translating it soon?  I pray that this will be done with as much loving grace as professor Matt's translation.  Perhaps professor Matt will have enough wind in his sails to translate the Tikkunim some day.

There are two Zohars: Zohar haQadosh (The Holy Zohar), focusing on the Parashiot sections of the Torah; and the Tikkunei haZohar (Rectifications of the Zohar), focusing on the esoteric interpretations of the 1st verse of Genesis, Beresheet. 

Why are there two Zohars?  Well, why are there two Talmuds?  Talmud Bavli and Talmud Yerushalmi.  This has to do with polarity principles, laws of the dynamics of spiritual energy, around which our physical reality is structured.

The secret of the two Zohars relates to the two spellings of the name Metatron.  Most are familiar with the 6-letter spelling - MTTRON.  But there is also a 7-letter spelling MYTTRON.  This is found in Hekhalot literature, but the significance of the two spellings was first revealed by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero in Pardes Rimonim, Gate 14 on the Four Worlds.  MTTRON is in Malkut, while MYTTRON is in Keter.

This is why there are two Zohars and two Talmuds.  MTTRON is the intelligence which creates the code structure of Zohar haQadosh and Talmud Bavli, while MYTTRON is the intelligence which creates the code structure of Tikkunei haZohar and Talmud Yerushalmi. 

This understanding reveals the secrets of many other pairs in Torah tradition: two Keruvim over the Ark, two tefillin boxes, two tablets of the law,  written & orah Torah, positive & negative commandments, this world & the world to come, Moses & Aaron, 1st & 2nd temples, Tree of Life & Tree of Knowledge, and perhaps most importantly for this discussion of the Zohar: the Shekhinah (Divine Presence) & haQadosh Baruch Hu (The Blessed Holy One) - the masculine & feminine personifications of divine energy - the Zohar aims to not only tell their romance story, but activate the energy of their romantic coupling in the mind of its readers.

The question is: if Zohar haQadosh is Shekhinah, and Tikkunei haZohar is haQadosh Baruch Hu, will the two Zohars be brought together in holy union, thereby completing the English translation of their love story?  Or will Shekhinah be waiting with no one to satisfy her longing?

"I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had hidden and was gone; my soul went out when he spoke; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he did not answer me." -- Song of Songs 5:5-6

Friday, March 14, 2014

The Seven Paths of Torah by Abraham Abulafia - A Model for Divine Revelation

Torah is a book like no other - endless in its mysteries, infinite in depth, able to be opened at any place and behold! - endless secrets are waiting there to be discovered.  But these secrets are not apparent on the surface.  We must ply through its outer layers before the light can shine through.  Torah hides herself within the clothing of stories and narratives, laws and commandments, but this is only so that those who seek her essence, to behold her light unadorned, must demonstrate their desire for her by careful study.  The type of study that is able to open up the hidden layers of the words of Torah is known as Kabbalah.

Sefer Torah


Kabbalah means "that which is received", that is, a system of tools and a method of study that requires full engagement of the mental faculties, and also, but perhaps most importantly, a kindling of desire to know her, to be touched by her, a heartfelt passion gaze upon her naked radiant beauty, a painful longing to "receive" her deepest secrets.  To the learned Kabbalist, Torah is no less than a love letter from God, but we must learn to read and comprehend in a way that is highly elevated if we are to perceive the deeper mysteries.

If we metaphorically see the Torah as a love letter from God, then opening the envelope that contains this love letter is not so simple.  To the Kabbalist, once the envelope is opened, there is another envelope inside, but we must learn new techniques to open the next envelope.  It keeps going like this ─ envelope within envelope, layer within layer, depth within depth ─ and we must learn a new set of techniques, a new set of skills to open the next layer.

But this is not done with the mind alone, for it is only the strength of desire, the heating of the flame of passion, to want to know God, to love God and feel the love of God, to be with God and sing His song with Him in timeless eternity ─ it is only these 'modest' requirements that can open up the next layer, for the divine love is so powerful it would annihilate those not strong enough to be completely permeated by it.

It is God's great mercy that these requirements are in place, for God would not want to destroy us with his infinite love if we are not looking for it.  But all will come in their appropriate time, with their befitting preparation, and their honest decision to be united in bliss, as every organ of the body, every layer of tissue, down to the center of every cell and atom, vibrate together with the heartbeat of God's boundless love of all that is.

The Kabbalistic model for the aspect of God that is the object of desire is called Shekhinah - the Divine Presence, understood to be a feminine energy.  The Torah is always described in female terms ─ indeed the grammatical marker for a feminine noun is the consonant Heh at the end of a word, making the word "Torah" grammatically a feminine noun.

The Shekhinah is understood to be the inner spirit of Torah.  The Kabbalist longs to behold Shekhinah by penetrating through the layers of Torah, a journey of descent through text that parallels the adventure of ascent in thought ─ this is the quest of encountering the Shekhinah naked and undressed, who is ready and waiting to meet those lovers who have proved themselves worthy to find her, to couple with them, to be inseminated by their desire to know the divine mystery, gestating their wish for knowledge of hidden things, and giving birth to new ideas which she departs into the minds of those who find her.

But if the Torah is what we know as "The Bible", then why doesn't everyone "go all the way", as it were, to reach the knowledge of Shekhinah, in the sense of "and Adam knew his wife Eve" (Genesis 4:1)?  The answer is that most do not have the awareness that there is a hidden dimension of Torah, a system of layers within layers, envelopes within envelopes, that must be opened up in sequence and with the proper techniques ─ the toolkit of Kabbalistic study, and the burning flame of desire to know God.

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In a small book titled The Seven Paths of Torah, Rabbi Abraham Abulafia presents a model of seven layers of depth of Torah, each within the other, each requiring greater skill and more intense desire.  He calls each of these layers "paths", the Hebrew word here is "netivot".  This term is also used to indicate the "32 Wondrous Paths of Wisdom" (c.f. Sefer Yetzirah 1:1) as well as the 22 paths of the Tree of Life diagram, corresponding to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.


Rabbi Abraham Abulafia (1240 - 1291 C.E.)


It is worth contemplating Abulafia's model, and using it as a roadmap for Torah study.  Let's examine what Abulafia has to say about the each of the paths (translation follows that of Sheva Netivot haTorah, 2006 Providence University Press):

"The first path contains the literal understanding of the Torah... This is the road that is suitable to the mass of people, men, women, and little children."

That is, the first path is the topmost layer of depth, the surface meaning which can be grasped and comprehended by anyone with the ordinary faculties of comprehension.  Here, we learn the details of the stories and narratives, and the specifications of laws and commandments.

But the important thing is not to discount the importance of this first path!  For it contains the doors and openings that will be pryed open as we venture further in to the mystery.  All of the details of people's names, places they travel, their ages at key points in life, the precise details of the commandments, the length of times decreed for festivals ─ all of this can be opened up to reveal secret knowledge, all can be used to discover hidden gems of knowledge and wisdom.  Even right down to the smallest details of how many words comprise a verse or phrase, or the individual letters and their numerical values, there are no insignificant details in Torah, for the whole Torah is an interface ─ if we can penetrate beneath the surface we may gaze upon the face of God.

"The second path contains the understanding of the text according to manifold commentaries.  What unites them is their revolving around the sphere of the literal meaning, which they surround from every side.  This is the function of the Mishnah and the Talmud, which expose the literal meaning of the Torah."

The Mishah is known as the Oral Torah, and together with its elaboration in the Gemara comprise the Talmud, of which there are two ─ Talmud Bavli and Talmud Yerushalmi.  These texts elaborate primarily on the system of legal ordinances given in the text of Torah, although there are many sections that deal with the meaning of the stories and narratives, as the Torah is a whole unity, a perfection which cannot be reduced to parts.  Thus, to fully comprehend the meaning of the laws, it is necessary to understand the context of the narratives though which those laws were given.

The Mishnah and the Talmud are used as the basis of Halakhah, the system of rules of daily living which specify the right way to live one's life to be in fullest harmony with Torah.  The Halakhah is seen by many as a highly restrictive and outdated legal system, but the real purpose is that the legal portions of the Talmud are really describing higher-dimensional laws and systems of organization that are the patterns of thought and transformation of mental and spiritual energy, such that by living one's life according to Halakhah, one is really living in harmony with divine patterns and structures that shape our reality.

"The third path contains the understanding of the text under the homiletic and narrative profile... This method is called Darash (inquiry, search), to show that by it you can investigate, inquire into, and then expound in public, in the presence of everybody."

Delving deeper into the text, we come to the method of Darash, from which the more common term Midrash comes.  The Midrashic literature is characterized by exploring the details of the text of Torah and looking for patterns that may be more or less apparent.  The sages of the Midrash present the peculiarities of these textual patterns, explore their significance, and look for clues to deeper meanings from other, perhaps even far distant, sections of Torah, as well as looking to the Prophets and the Writings for further insight.

"The fourth path contains the parables and the allegories, which exist in every book.  It is here that one begins to separate himself from the mass of people."

Abulafia goes on to say that the majority of people who read the Torah will only get as far as the first three paths, and specifically that many may be able to comprehend the Oral Torah and perform the mitzvot (commandments) accoding to the specifics of Halakhah, but that the path of Midrash is somewhat more restrictive, requiring disciplined study and an inquiring mind.  While the fourth path is still available to all who would like to go this far, only a few will have the patience and will to puzzle themselves over parables and allegories in order to discover a deeper layer of knowledge.

"The fifth path is the only one that contains the Kabbalistic roads of the biblical teachings.  The four methods that precede before this one are accessible to all... but this fifth path is the beginning of the stages of Kabbalistic wisdom."

This is an unequivocal statement that the real meaning of Kabbalah is a level of study deeper than Mishnah and Talmud, and deeper than Midrash!  Abulafia even states that "it is here that we separate from the masses of the world, from the wise of the nations and from the same wise Rabbis of Israel". Although the level of their wisdom is great and profound, they still do not penetrate to this fifth level.  This is highly intriguing, for if this is so, then what mysteries lie waiting beyond, into the sixth and seventh levels?!

Abulafia gives examples of what type of teachings are available along this fifth of the seven paths.  He observes that the first letter of Torah, the letter Bet of Beresheet, is written on the Torah scroll in a larger size than the rest of the letters.  Why is this letter written larger than the other letters?  Giving other similar examples, and citing other seemingly insignificant details of the Torah, such as "full writings and defective writings, bound letters and crooked letters", he says that the meaning of these peculiarities is a mystery only known to the Kabbalists.

"The sixth path is very deep: who will find it?  It is suitable to those about whom we spoke just above, who alone in their own will approach the Holy Name, so that His work, blessed be He, may be recognizable in themselves... to this method belong Gematria, Notariqon, permutations, substitutions (Terumot), permutations of permutations, etc..."

These are the standard methods of Kabbalistic exploration.  What could be construed by those lacking understanding as number and letter games, are actually part of a scientific method for opening up layers and depths of Torah.  As stated above, the first path, the comprehension of the surface meaning, would provide all the openings that would be used to penetrate to deeper layers.  Here we see that the names of people and places, the numbers of their lifespan, their ages when significant events happen, are all used as the raw material for applying the tools of Gematria (equivalence of numerical values), Notariqon (forming acronyms from consecutive strings of words and verses), and Terumot (subsitution cyphers and cryptograms).

But these methods cannot be applied by just anyone.  A competent Kabbalist is one who has penetrated to this sixth layer by mastering all of the previous layers as well, a full knowledge of Talmud and Midrash, and a keen eye for extracting deep secrets from seemingly minor, insignificant details of the text of Torah.  One is highly susceptible to err in this territory without first mastering the previous paths.

What now, after all this, could be said about the seventh and final path according to Abulafia's model of the "Seven Paths of Torah"?!

"The seventh path is a peculiar path that contains all paths; it is the Holy of Holies, it is reserved for the prophets: it is the wheel that surrounds everything... It is the influx that propogates from the Name... It is the path of the knowledge of the essence of the unique name, as much as it is possible for him who is unique among mankind, i.e. the prophet, to have understanding of it.  For it represents the principle that created the divine speech in his mouth...

"It is unsuitable to describe the formalities of this path... neither is it possible to transmit any tradition concerning it, even in general, unless he who wishes to know it has learned from a living voice the notion of the Name of 42 letters and that of 72."

The "influx that propogates from the name" could be understood as Shekhinah, the Divine Presence, the spirit of prophecy that puts the "divine speech" in the prophet's mouth.  Abulafia is not being unnecessarily dodgy about describing the nature of the seventh path ─ it is a mystery that is literally indescribable.  Although he does say a great deal when he says that it can be "learned from a living voice".  Here he is saying that it involves the divine energy that can only be accessed through the intonation of the divine names, specifically referring to the 42-letter and 72-letter divine names.

Manuscript of Abulafia's Chayye haOlam haBa
The 42-letter Name is shown in the right page,
the wheels on the left page are related to the 72-letter Name.


It is not the place to describe these systems of divine names here ─ that information can be found from many sources, especially in Abulafia's other texts.  But we must realize that it is one thing to read about the names and understand their construction, and it is a whole different reality to be in the presence of a Kabbalist while they are performing the intonation of the names.  The intonation of these divine names creates a frequency, a carrier wave, on which the Shekhinah can ride, and manifest the Divine Presence into the space in which the Kabbalist performs his miracles.

Abulafia's other works, such as Chayye haOlam haBa and Or haSekel are the practical manuals that give the specific details on how to perform the intonation of the Divine Names, the goal being that the Shekhinah, the spirit of prophecy, may rest upon the Kabbalist and put "divine speech in his mouth".

With these elusive statements, Abulafia is also alluding to many other Kabbalistic teachings regarding the power of divine names.  It has been said that the entire Torah is a divine name, and that many divine names can be discovered hidden within each and every verse and word of Torah.  I think it is reasonable to conclude that the nature of the seventh path is the mysteries of the divine names, their derivation from verses and words of Torah, their combination, their intonation, and the gift of prophecy they bring to the desiring Kabbalist.

Of course we must reiterate that advancement along the seven paths is not just a work of the mind, but also very importantly a work of the heart.  There must be long and difficult studies, patient and careful learning, and the skillful application of highly advanced methods and techniques ─ this is the work of the mind.  But it is only though the desire of the heart and the love of God that one will persist along these paths to become adept enough to properly intone the divine names.  It is not about just knowing how to say the words and intone the formulas, but it is the bonding with Shekhinah in the depth of one's heart that allows one to sing the holy Names together with Shekhinah in holy and loving union.

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Monday, March 3, 2014

Torah, Topology, and Midrashic Literature


Topology is the mathematical study of the structure of spaces, topological spaces.  A topological structure is defined by the system of neighborhoods of the points in the space.  The theory of topological spaces captures the intuitive notion of closeness: two points are close in the topology of the space if each of the points are in a neighborhood of the other.  In general, there may be many neighborhoods in which both points are found ─ it is the global structure of the system of neighborhoods therefore that represents the topological structure of the space.  Topologists develop tools for studying the structure of topological spaces.

How can we use ideas from topology to understand the higher-dimensional Torah?  This Torah is pure mathematical code, that is, linguistically coded vibrational patterns in the Metatronic thought-space.  There are no worldly concepts that apply to what is written in Torah.  Every event, every person, every name and every thing is not like anything in our sensory experience.

Every word of Torah is a topological subspace of the Metatronic thought-space.  The linear format of the written Torah is not an accurate reflection of the topology of the Metatronic thought-space.  The topology of these spaces is seen through the vibrational resonances between words and verses of Torah and the system of the 10 Sefirot.  Just because two words or verses happen to be adjacent in the text of Torah does not mean that they are close in the topology of the Metatronic thought-space.  Two words are close in the this topology when there is a vibrational resonance betwen them, even though they may appear in distant locations in the written Torah.

The aim of Midrashic literature, such as Midrash Rabbah and Sefer haZohar, is to explore the system of neighborhoods of words and verses of Torah and how these are connected to the Sefirot.  Students of Midrash are then able to perceive the actual structure of the topology of the Metatronic thought-space by understanding the patterns of vibrational resonance amongst the words of Torah.

I believe there is an aggadah that describes Rabbi Ishmael sitting and studying Torah and a great fire was blazing all around him.  His students approached and asked him what he was doing.  He said he was 'stringing together' words of Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim, and that the words of Torah were as wondrous as they were when they were given to Moshe on Sinai.  He really meant that he was mapping out the vibrational resonances between words and verses in disparate locations, and was amazed how they were topologically close, yet physically distant.

-- S.A.O.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Secrets of the 'Oral' Torah

We know that the Mishnah is the 'Oral Torah', but what really does this mean?  The word "Mishnah" means "repetition".  It comes from the verb "shanah" which means "to study, to review" and is related to the adjective "shanai" which means "secondary".

The secret is that the words of the Mishnah are meant to be recited aloud, to be repeated over and over.  In Eastern mysticism, this is called 'mantra yoga'.  By reciting the verbal formulas of the Mishnah iteratively, the mystic begins to "engrave" pathways into his mind.  By intense mental concentration on the Mishnaic verses, the mystic "carves" out the hidden inner meanings, leading to profound insight into the world of divine thought.

This formula is in reference to Sefer Yetzirah, which speaks of "haqiqa" and "hatziva", that is, engraving and carving.  Engraving means making a permanent impression into the mental substance of consciousness.  Carving means removing all that is irrelevant and unnecessary to the achievement of a goal.

The technique of using the Mishnah as a system of mantric verses was practiced by one of the great masters of halakhah, Rabbi Yosef Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch.  Rabbi Karo wrote about his experiences in a mystical diary called "Maggid Mesharim".  In this text, which was never intended for publication, but was published posthumously, Karo describes being visited by an angelic being as he would recite the verses of the Mishnah.  Karo wrote that the being would then speak into his mind, "I am the Mishnah which you have recited!"

The Mishnah is thus a massive repository of coded linguistic formulas designed to lead to states of intellectual illumination, expanding the mind into higher-dimensional thought-spaces.  By practicing the technique of oral 'repetition', one 'petitions' the system of divine thoughts to enter inside one's own mind-space.  By iterating the Mishnah's language of 'verses', one 'reverses' the hidden inner light so that it becomes outwardly manifest in one's own consciousness.


Saturday, February 22, 2014

Jewish Mysticism and the Original Meaning of 'Kabbalah'

I have been studying Beyond Kabbalah: The Teachings that Cannot Be Taught by Rabbi Joel David Bakst.  In the first few pages, he gives a surprising clarification of the meaning of the word 'Kabbalah'.  This is very significant to consider, because when we understand what this is saying, we realize that there is really no such thing as "Jewish mysticism": everything in the Torah tradition is mysticism, so it does not make sense to have a mystical tradition parallel to the non-mystical.

The dictionary definitions of Kabbalah as 'Jewish mysticism' is actually a misnomer. Kabbalah is the life force running through virtually every aspect of Torah, Talmud, Jewish law and ritual observance. Although not commonly known, originally the term Kabbalah referred to the entirety of the Oral Torah. Initially it was prohibited to write down that which was intended to remain only oral in nature and never to appear in written form. Consequently, the entire Oral Torah was referred to as Kabbalah, i.e., that which was handed down orally as opposed to being written down.

After much of the Oral Torah was written down, the most secretive mode of Oral Torah was then designated as the Kabbalah. It is even less known that long before the vast corpus of the Oral Torah was permitted to be written down, the original usage of the term 'Kabbalah' referred specifically to all the other Books of the Torah outside the Chumash (Five Books of Moses). The Chumash was the Torah proper and the remaining nineteen books, the Prophets and the Writings, were uniquely designated as 'Words of Kabbalah', a received tradition also rooted in the Sinaitic revelation and in the Mind of Moses, i.e., received from a higher-dimensional reality.


-- Joel Bakst, Beyond Kabbalah pp. 9-10




This is probably the first book in English that aims to initiate the reader into the Kabbalistic tradition.  Really, it gives the reader tools to work on their own self-initiation.  I have never seen anything else like this book.  It is highly recommended.

Also worth checking out are Joel's other books, which you can find on his website called "The City of Luz".

http://www.cityofluz.com/

Saturday, February 1, 2014

MeTa-Thinking - Metatronic Thought, Metatronic Mind, Metatronic Brain

The flow of the topology of MITatronic Thought-Space is the is the spirit of the mathematics of the METatronic Mind-Face. The radiance of the membrane of the MITatronic Mind-Space is the soul of the memory-brane of the METatronic Brain-Face.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Coating & Coding

We are looking at the back-side 'Coating' of the hidden view of reality. We are illuminating the in-side 'Coding' of the reality hidden from view. -- S.A.O.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Iamblichus on Sacred Language

"The language of sacred peoples is preferred to that of other men, and with good reason. For the names do not exactly preserve the same meaning when they are translated; rather, there are certain idioms in every nation that are impossible to express in the language of another. Moreover, even if one were to translate them, this would not preserve their same power. For the barbarian names possess weightiness and great precision, participating in less ambiguity, variability and multiplicity of expression. For all these reasons, then, they are adapted to the superior beings.

"And it is necessary that the prayers of the ancients, like sacred places of sanctuary, are preserved ever the same and in the same manner, with nothing of alternative origin either removed from or added to them. For this is the reason why all these things in place at the present time have lost their power, both the names and the prayers."

-- Iamblichus, De Mysteriis 7.5 (transl. Clarke, Dillon, Hershbell)