When we first get into the water, we want to stay in the shallow end of the pool. The fear of drowning is intense. It's a ballon to a blimp if you want to compare the desire to sink or swim. Then, we learn how to float.
The word for Light in Hebrew is "Or". I reckon that is connected somehow as I now laugh out loud. The Disney movie "All Dogs Go to Heaven" just popped into my head as I pictured how I first moved in the deep waters, the doggie paddle. <smiles>
Here goes: This is an authentic introduction to what Kabbalah is in actuality from Opening #1 of 138 Openings of Wisdom by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (RaMChaL)...
God's supreme unity is the foundation of faith and the root of wisdom. Accordingly, this is what must be explained first. For the entire Wisdom of Truth (çëîú äàîú, Chochmat Ha-Emet, the Kabbalah) comes only to demonstrate the truth of Faith (àîåðä, Emunah). It comes to explain how all the created realms and beings and everything that happens in the universe all emerge from the Supreme Will (äøöåï äòìéåï, HaRatzon HaElyon). It shows how everything is governed in the right way by the One God, blessed be He, to bring the entire cycle of creation to complete perfection in the end. The component details of this wisdom provide detailed understanding of all the laws and processes by which the universe is governed.
Thus the first axiom of this wisdom is that everything we see, including all created beings and all that occurs within time, is under only One Master, blessed be He. God alone makes and does all this, and He governs everything. The purpose of this wisdom is to explain the ways in which He acts to make and govern the creation. If so, the oneness of God is what we must explain first, since this is the very foundation of the creation, as will be explained. If we can understand this subject, we will have an understanding of the foundation of the creation, its root and purpose. Accordingly, it is certainly proper to explain this first.
Now, the notion that each culture has their own God is simply vanity as I see it. As Michael Berg states in a synopsis of article #15 in Beresheet A from the Book of Zohar: Our civilization includes many branches of knowledge. Though they appear to be separate and distinct areas of study, we must never forget the penetrating unity of the Creator, for He is the root, seed, and source of all understanding. Without this realization, a connection to the Light of the Creator is impossible, no matter how many systems of knowledge we master.
"See now that I, even I am he, and there is no Elohim with me" (Deuteronomy 32:39).
Now I want to spend some time telling about my perception of the Christian faith. When I was 13 years old, I was attending a Baptist Church with my cousin and his family. The message being preached was about asking for increase in the name of Jesus. Something in me said, "Well, what have you got to lose... what this Jesus taught is absolute. It's obvious that you get what you give, and this person made the ultimate sacrifice to make sure that this truth will never be forgotten on earth with His blood. Why did Jesus weep? Love. And that is what we all want, right, so... go to the alter here. Let it be known that you, Joshua Adam Haltom, will profess and seek this Great Cause forever and ever." So, I knelt down to pray right there in front of the congregation.
My prayer was almost like a taunt. I forced myself to shed a couple of tears, but really, I didn't know why people were crying at the thought of the offering of Salvation through the shedding of blood by God in human form. At the time, I associated crying with suffering and wasn't so aware of God's Longsuffering for us, I mean, I was 13 years old. I knew and still know that HE IS ALIVE! So, I made my requests. "Jesus, God, I know you are real, and I trust you to listen. What Pastor Stan Smith has said here moved me to be here now. I can have anything my heart desires. Great. So, I want what everyone wants...": true, lasting love with which to build a legacy, my soul mate (the merit which I mentioned in my last blog)... a lineage (still waiting on that).
I made a very detailed petition for a lady named Lady that I will meet @ age 27 (I picked that number because I was currently studying a list of famous musicians who had died @ age 27, and I wanted to be a rockstar). I thought it was a humeous request. Be careful what you ask from God. Sometimes the answer comes inthe most ironic fashion. <smiles>
So, after that, I was baptized a week later, and spent the next 13 years searching for the one I for whom I had prayed. The thing I figured out when Kabbalah found its way into my life around the start of the 21st century was that everything is dependent upon the intention for which you are seeking. So, I started thinking about how to correct my desire's intention. The thinking got very deep sometimes, and I lost my sanity a couple of times. Yes, I have seen the world end. It's okay, because that was just a hallucination (a very tangible one). God is always ready to bestow life if you don't give up on life. I am so thankful that I went to that alter, because it became my immoveable cornerstone. And I met a lady named Lady. Yeah, the world had to end again, but now this is a new heaven and a new earth after Lady had me recommit my life to Him, 100%. I guess this is being born again. It's not as easy as some televangelists try to make it sound. Life finds a way.
So, I will end this blog entry saying the role of Jesus Christ through the eyes of a Kabbalist. He is called Yeshua ha Mashiach ben Joseph. Yehuda Liebes said there exists in Kabbalah:
"... a messianic figure who is actively engaged in the process of the world's tikkun [restoration]. While he is not the Messiah himself -- the latter will come only after the tikkun -- it is he who paves the way for redemption and makes it possible."
Messiah ben David is the Messiah that Christians will call 'the second coming'. When peace is restored to the world. And this whole transformation begins with the individual. The appearance of the Lion of Judah laying with the Lamb of God is something I wrote about in a petition I put on a Care2 webpage back in 2008.
Here is the link to it: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/heralding-world-peace/ <smiles> Your signature will be appreciated much, and any questions or comments, please do post here.
Romans 8:18-23 ___For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
May the Reforming Light of the Creator, the One and ONLY Master of the Universe fill your heart with the desire for Authority over all perceived bothers.
Here is a meditation on this I make with the 72 Names of God:
#21. נלך = NUN LAMED KAF (Eradicate Plague) -- #26. האא = HEY ALEPH ALPEH (Order from Chaos) -- #61. ומב = VAV MEM BET (Water)
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:2-4)
~ALL the Best~
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