Is it time to awaken the Shaman?
When Adam and Eve first arrived in The Garden of Eden, The Light of the Creator; God; The Divine Source was not concealed. Their bodies were made of light. There was no flesh (physical/material paradigm) so the light of the soul was fully revealed. The physical and spiritual worlds were perfectly united. Death, pain and fear did not exist. Space and Time did not exist. Cause and Effect was one connected circuit, so to speak. In other words, THE WORLD was in a perfect state of perpetual motion.
“Total Accountability and Total Feedback Constitute the Minimum and Only Perpetual Motion System.” Buckminster Fuller
Your physical body, whether consciously or unconsciously, is always responding to the feelings and desires of your soul. Your soul’s core mission is to accomplish the things it came down here to do. In order to achieve your soul’s core mission your conscious and subconscious beliefs, thoughts, emotions, assumptions, conclusions and the actions that come from them, must start aligning with the purpose and desires of your soul. How do we do this? Have you ever asked your soul what it desires? Do you know? How Can we be sure?
Before we proceed let’s recap. Something happened in The Garden of Eden to disrupt the seemingly and apparent perfect connection that the soul had with The Light. This connection was a perpetual giving and receiving of fulfillment and desire. What happened?
It is my current working assumption that, right now-right here, before you/we move forward we might want to ask a question…….
What Happened?
Do you have an answer? Is the answer important or is asking the question more important? If you have never asked the question then it is the question that is your task at hand.
If you have asked the question then the next step is to make a choice. It is a simple choice. It is a binary choice. 99% of the time we choose to either disregard, label the question as not critical to address, come to an answer that satisfies the current state of our identification as a separate self/Ego. There are many more reason and excuses we use.
However, there are those 1% moments and opportunities that arise when the seeking mind is awakened. It always happens during a time of deep disruption either positive or negative. Could be a great windfall like making a lot of money or being accepted to the college you most want to attend or getting married. It most often comes during challenging times like the death of a relative or friend or being diagnosed with a serious and/or chronic illness.
The choice is a fork in the road and the choice is yours to make and yours to make alone. Nobody can make it for your you…And to those who have been practicing and doing inquiry into yoga and vipassana and other metaphysical “maps of the territory” this choice is at the heart of The Buddha’s primary lesson… “Ignorance is the root of all suffering. Ignorance yields momentary reactions of liking and disliking. Momentary reactions of liking and disliking results in craving and aversion. Craving and aversion creates attachment. And where there is attachment there is bound to be suffering because everything is impermanent; everything that arises is bound to pass away.”
Have you asked the question? Have you awakened the mind that seeks. The next step in the process is to follow the mind that seeks “THE WAY”.
Good News!! I have found the master blueprint of creation itself!!! Would this not be a good place to start the inquiry???
Have you ever watched the movie, or, read the book. “A Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy?” In the movie, a question is posed ….”What is the meaning of life, universe and everything?” An answer is provided. Watch this clip ….
I am taking a strictly scientific approach to this presentation. What I mean by this is that I will first, state my theory. Then, I will provide some discussion to support my theory. It is such a big subject to look at; The elements and purpose of Creation itself?
Here is my theory;
The first five books of the Bible (Old Testament) lay out a map of Creation. There are five levels of interpretation which correspond with five phases or steps or levels in the Creation Process. T
“The Torah was never meant to be an accumulation of stories merely describing something that happened 3,400 years ago, but rather the code for the secrets of the universe and life itself.” Rav Berg
Remember, I am taking a scientific approach. This means it does not involve blind faith or belief. It does require an open mind that can be objective, curious and focused. It is not a far fetched theory is it???? Put aside your current beliefs, understandings and assumptions of how things work in this Universe we find ourselves in. The Bible is the best selling book of all time. Why? It addresses the question. Many look to it and study it and spend time “in the word.”
The first five books of the Bible; The Five Books of Moses are called
THE TORAH.
Before discussing the five levels of Torah interpretation we must look at how the various levels of Divine emanation manifest themselves.
Our Universe consists of four general worlds: Atziluth the world of Emanation, Briyah the world of Creation, Yetzirah the world of Formation and Assiyah the world of Action.
Atziluth is the world in which the Sefiroth are still absorbed in the Light of the Infinite and no independent existence is felt. It is the world of total goodness.
Creation ex nihilo takes place in the world of Briyah. It is the world of the Throne of G‑d in which independent existence is first felt, though completely subjugated to the Creator. In this world we first find vestiges of evil, albeit totally dominated by good.
The third world is Yetzirah, the world of Angels, were there is equilibrium of good and evil.
The fourth world, Assiyah, consists of two levels: Assiyah Ruchni the spiritual world of action and Assiyah Gashmi the physical world in which we live. This world is dominated by evil.
Above Atziluth exists the domain called Adam Kadmon Primordial Man, the archetype of the Creation. This is sometimes referred to as the fifth world or the zero phase.
Interestingly, there are five levels of the soul:
The lowest level called Nefesh (Breath of Life), which is responsible for the motor function of the body. Then follows Ruach (Spirit), which is responsible for the emotive faculties. Neshamah (Soul) is responsible for the intellect. These are crowned by Chayah (Living force) and Yechidah (Singular soul).
The Torah may be viewed (interpreted), generally speaking, on five different levels. The first four levels are called PaRDeS, which is an acronym for Pshat, Remez, Drush and Sod.
The first level…Pshat, is the most basic literal meaning of the Torah text. It is not necessarily identical to the apparent plain meaning of the text, but is an explanation of the text based on the tradition as it has been handed down in the Oral Torah (Mishnah and Talmud) following closely the literal meaning. Most traditional Jewish editions of the Torah are published together with Rashi’s commentary, which is the classic example of Pshat exegesis.
The second level, called Remez, departs from the literal meaning of the text in search of hints and allusions. Linguistic analysis of the text and gematria are basic techniques of the Remez exegesis.
The third level, Drush, is the homiletic exposition of the text. It includes moralistic homilies as well as derivation of legal rulings based on the text. It is typically found in aggadic and halakhic midrashim.
The fourth level, Sod, literally means secret. It involves esoteric interpretation of the scripture and is the subject of Kabbalah.
Finally, the fifth level, Sod of Sod, the secret of secrets, is the innermost meaning of the Torah as it is expounded in the philosophy of Chassidism.
As stated in the Zohar,
“Three things are bound up one with the other: Israel is bound with the Torah and the Torah is bound up with G‑d.”
All of the levels of Torah exegesis as well as the levels of the soul are related to the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, the Proper Name of G‑d: Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei.***
Oh, I could go on and I will. Remember…..”The Tao that can be spoken is no The Tao.” Truth is much like a matrix within a matrix within a…..The Truth is Fractal. Its Cause is found in The One; Unity. It first emanates as two. Creates in Threes. Makes the journey through the desert in Fourth Phase. And, in the end, returns back to The Promised Land.
***Credit to Chabad.org.