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The Times They Are a-Changin’
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The world possesses three features. These three define everything and everyone. These three digits constitute the sum total of all. Three clues to a Cosmic riddle: “What is three but is everything?” Answer: Space (Makom), Time (Shana) and Consciousness (Nefesh) – as taught in Kabbalah.
Let’s consider the dimension of time. Time is not what is described by the position of the hands of the clock. The hands of a clock merely describe the relative motion of Sun and Earth. Time is a statement of change. Nothing stands still. Everything is constantly in a state of flux and motion. Hence time.
Motion is not random. The Hassidic teaching reminds us: not a blade of grass grows without a directed energy force providing its ongoing change that we call growth. There is a grand template out there to which all existence inclines towards, whether it be a stone, a leaf, a bird or elephant, or a human. The deflection towards the template is what we call change.
The template was created by the Cosmic Mind (Chochma). And through the brain of the world flow the primary influences. Each month of the year is energized by a new flow of influence. Similarly each week, each day, each hour, each minute, each second etc. But these all stem from the Mind of the world, in the same way as each organ and limb of the body drives its functionality though the directions of the brain.
There are times when we experience a ‘brainwave’, meaning, a new flow of insight. Likewise the world also experiences ‘brainwaves’ – occasions when time is impregnated with a new spiritual flow from Chochma. The primary occasion is called Rosh HaShannah – ‘the head (brain) of the New Year. On this day there arises a new spiritual flow that changes the quality and character of the subsequent year.
And that is why it is celebrated with such intense introspection, contemplation, meditation, and prayer. On this day we tap into a totally new aura that will characterize the whole of our coming year.
The human brain directs the flow of creative energy that animates the lungs, the kidneys, the ears and the eyes – each body organ channeling the flow in its own characteristic manner corresponding to its biological machinery. So does the ‘head’ of the year direct its energy through its ‘limbs and organs’ – the twelve months.
Some people spend a whole year totally oblivious of this ‘secret’ – these truer ‘laws of attraction’. The secret is not a secret at all. To invite insight and wisdom into your life, incline your consciousness towards the cosmic template that Rosh HaShanna provides.
May the energy of this coming year animate you and the world in a truly enriched manner. And may we possess the humility and readiness to accept the change that takes place in the world – heralded by the sounding of the Shofar on Rosh HaShanna. See you there where the action is heralded by the long-playing Ram’s Horn Medley in real time.
Come blow your horn, sound the trumpet and play the magic flute. Fast-track your body and soul into 5774
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