In the beginning, Infinite G-d (Ein Sof) was all that existed. There was nothing else but G-d, who is absolute goodness and love. It was necessary for there to be something "other" than G-d to receive this goodness and love. Therefore, G-d withdrew, into Itself to make room. Leaving in Its wake an area of "not-G-d." This action of withdrawal is called in Hebrew, "Tzimtzum." Next, G-d sent a ray of light into the vacuum in order to initiate the process of creation. This ray is called Primordial Humanity, Adam Kadmon, not because it was itself human but because it contained within it the potential of all creation to come. Thus,Tzimtzum roughly parallels the human experience of the contractions in child birth.
This can be considered in three stages, the secret of "contraction": the "removal" of G-d's Infinite Light; the "impression" that G-d "withdrew" from creation; the "ray" of Divine light radiated into the primordial darkness.
First, concept of tzimtzum, the contraction and "removal" of G-d's infinite light in order to allow for Creation of independent realities. Second, the reshimu is the residual impression of the infinite Divine light that G-d "withdrew" from Creation through the process of tzimtzum. The reshimu is compared to the fragrance of the wine which remains in the glass after having been poured out of it. Lastly, the Kav, the "Line" or "Ray" of infinite light. Into the primordial darkness, the "night" of the vacuum created by the tzimtzum with the "point" of the reshimu therein (filling the vacuum with "potential" being), G-d radiated a ray of Divine light, the ray of "morning."
"Now the earth was void and without form." "Was" in the verse implies that the earth had been previously. This void had been transformed and became Chaos (Tohu) and Desolate (Bohu)[formlessness]. What is Chaos (Tohu)? Something that confounds people. What is Desolation (Bohu)? It is something that has substance.
Further into the text we read the word "darkness" alluding to mighty fire, and this darkness covered Tohu(Chaos). "Darkness" is a black fire strong in color. There is a red fire, strong in visibility; a yellow fire, strong in shape; and a white fire, the color which includes all. "Darkness" is the strongest of all fires, and this is what took hold of Chaos (Tohu). Hence, this fire is called "darkness" because it rested upon Chaos (Tohu) and took hold of it; this is the inner meaning of the words "and darkness on the face of the abyss."
"Spirit" is the voice which rests on Bohu (desolate, formlessness), and grasps it and guides it as required... Contained within Bohu is a mystical force which is called "quaking"... "After the quaking there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire."... "And after the fire there was a small still voice." (Zohar 16a-16b; The Bahir).
"And G-d said, Let there be light; and there was light." From this point we can begin to discover hidden things relating to the creation of the world in detail. Up to this point the whole was suspended in the void in direct dependence on the limitless. All the potentials of heaven and earth were completed on the first day, but each were set into place on the day that it was commanded (Rashi). Throughout the narrative the creation of the items under discussion were completed.
Whenever we hear, or read something new, we awaken cells, which have been dormant in our mind. The second time we hear, or read the same idea we understand it a little more. These cells start to move, and review the idea, until it suddenly becomes a "light" in our mind, as, we accept, and automatically practice the concept. This is the start... to awaken, learn, and evolve.
Global Climate Change
World Population
Mass Extinction of Species
Depletion of Natural Resources
Genetic Engineering
Pesticides ingested with your fruits and vegetables.
The unhealthy pollutants in the drinking water of many U.S. cities.
Better education in public schools.
Attempting to curtail the flow of narcotics. "This we know: the Earth does not belong to the humans. The humans belong to the Earth. This we know. All things are connected, like the blood that unites one family. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth." --Attributed to Chief Sealth (Seattle), 1854
There may be no more important subject, in the dawn of a new millennium, than the environment. Protecting our precious resources of air and water, conserving natural areas and preserving biodiversity; these are vital issues to everyone. The future for generations to come will depend on the decisions we make and the solutions we reach today. It is, therefore, our responsibility to Listen, Question, Think, and Act.
Planet Earth's importance lies in the balancing of the spiritual with the physical.
Native American Religions. Okanogan Creation.
The earth was once a human being: Old One made her out of a woman. "You will be the Mother of all people," he said.
Earth is alive yet, but she has changed. The soil is her flesh, the rocks are her bones, the wind is her breath, trees and grass her hair. She lives spread out, and we live on her. When she moves we
have an earthquake.
While everything around me is ever changing, ever dying, there is underlying that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates. . . For I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists...
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Alicia's Web site is my personal interpretation as redacted, cited, compiled, and edited by myself. They are not to be misconstrued as representative of any particular religious organizations, denomination, doctrine, or dogma ... other than my own. I have cited various sources: Adin Steinsaltz book - The Thirteen Petalled Rose, The Zohar - translated by Harry Sperling and Maurice Simon, The Bahir translation and commentary by Aryeh Kaplan, B.S. Ashlag (1906-1991)also known as The Rabash, The Ari- Rabbi Isaac Luria; and Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi; The Master Plan - The Baal Shem Tov's Unique Conception of Divine Providence. |
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