Dalai Llama News must be Posted

Exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, has criticised pro-Chinese comments made by a younger spiritual leader.
The remarks were made by the Panchan Lama, who is just 16 years old. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from Beijing.

BBC NEWS: VIDEO AND AUDIO Dalai Lama rejects spiritual leader's praise of China

On his 70th birthday, His Holiness the Dalai Llama said he would not reincarnate again.
I may be a student of Kabbalah, but at this point at this time on this planet there is only one person i trust completely
His Holiness the Dalai Llama

Yup. I think we're in for a wild ride. Even more wild than we can imagine in our wildest imaginations.

A Quantum Review of the Year

A Quantum Review of 2005

Deep Impact - Comet Temple 1

Everybody is doing their Year in Review now. I decided I will also. I've been following the story of NASA's Deep Impact - Comet Temple 1 mission throughout this year. The implications of what scientists were doing alerted my quantum synchronicity system.
In The Deep Space Impact mission, NASA blew up a comet. The collision happened on July 4, 2005. Energy was released from the comet that has never been released since creation. I've been musing upon this phenomonon for some time now. The reason for this mission was for scientific data. Quotes from BBC article dated January 11, 2005 :
"We know so little about the structure of cometary nuclei that we need exceptional equipment to ensure that we capture the event, whatever the details of the impact turn out to be. The Impactor will also carry a camera to take pictures . The washing maching size projectile is composed of copper because this metal is not expected to appear in the natural chemical signature of the comet itself. The energy release by the explosion is equivilant to that released by exploding 4.5 tonnes of TNT."

I read it and thought, I don't think this is such a good idea. Since the beginning of humans and record keeping, comets have been viewed as celestial bodies that are the bearers of prophecy. Comets always represented Supernal Forces. All the ancients studied the paths of the comets, and revered them. Releasing energy hithertoo unreleased might prove to be something other than what is expected.

The impact blew up all the equipment. All they got was the picture of the impact, and readings of the susbtance emitted from the comet. And the Comet released its energy into the universe. On July 4, 2005 , after Impact was achieved, the scientists were thrilled. Their mission was successful - they blew up the comet.
"What do scientists hope to learn from this mission?
Comets travel around the Sun in long, oval orbits, releasing dust and gas. They consist of a solid, icy core - or nucleus - surrounded by a cloudy atmosphere called a coma and one or two tails. Though scientists suspect that the material inside them is unchanged since the formation of the Solar System 4.6 fbillion years ago, very little is known about the true nature of this material. Neither do they know much about the sructure of cometary nuclei. Analysis of different forms, or isotopes, of hydrogen in water on Earth suggests that much of our H2O was brought here as ice on comets. Scientists think Earth was bombarded by asteroids and comets early in its history. "

Their quest was for knowledge of creation.

It would now take some time for the data to download. Most of the equipment was destroyed in the explosion of the impact . The impact was much larger than expected. They couldn't measure the size of the crater because there was no more equipment to relay data.
Information from fly- by spacecraft relayed that there was no entropy in the emission of comet substance. Comet Temple 1 just kept on spewing out comet essence into the universe.
I suspect it still is.
In September 2005 the news is released from the analysis they have been doing on the particles released.
"Researchers analysing the data have found the comet is mostly made up of loose powder-like particles. The comet is mostly empty, mostly porous. Probably all the way in, there is no bulk of ice. The ice is all in the form of tiny grains. The material is unbelievably fragile. Scientists say comets are prime candidates for seeding planets, such as Earth, with water and organic material. An anyalysis of material in the impact plume revealed it contains a large amount of carbon. This suggest comets like Tempel 1 contain a substantial amount of organic matter."

OK. So we have the release of a massive amount of energy that is associated with carbon based life forms. The energy of the comet core is still releasing. They can't define it. The information they received from Deep Impact wasn't enough. There is still a mission called The Stardust mission, which is grabbing debris from around comets. At least they aren't blowing them up.
Kabbalistically musing in the realm of quantum synchronicity, I believe that the energy of Comet Temple 1 is the energy of Da'at - the first Sephirot to emerge. Da'at is knowledge.
The dust from the comet is now reaching Earth. Energy frequencies are shifting.
If we take into consideration other celestial events which have been occurring, a pattern emerges.
The Earthquake which preceeded the Tsuamni caused the Earth to stop. The Earth stopped, wobbled, then resumed its spin. Each day becaume 1/10,000 of a second shorted. Always notice 10, and its squares.
Mars is now going backwards, back out to space, in an elliptical orbit which started in August 2003, at which point Mars was closest to the Earth as it had been in 60,000 years. Mars approached 2nd closet distance to Earth this past November. Venus is in a Transit which will end in 2012. The natural distasters which have been occurring on the planet are revealing ancient knowledge. A temple in Indonesia, unearthed after centuries. A Mayan relic in Guatamala, unearthed after the hurricane devistation. The poorest of the poor element in the United States of American revealed after Hurricane Katrina.
Da'at is the Sephriot that reveals what has been concealed. Da'at is knowledge.
That's why I followed this story. Very impacting. (pun intended).
We're being bombarded with stardust. I won't even presume to muse upon what that might mean.
But I do think it might be exciting. Something is happening which has never happened before.
Great Changes are Afoot (Slartibartfast)

Happy New Year to those who celebrate it.

Candelighting is 5:20 tonight + 4 minutes. 6th light of Chanukkah. Chanukkah candles are lit first, because no candles can be lit after Shabbat candles. Shabbat always maintains is Holy ness. Tonight is also Chodesh Tov Tevet. The letter for the month of Tevet is the Ayin.
Peace on Earth
Rabbi Ginsburgh is coming to Miami!!!!!!!
p.s.
seems miss vicki is back B'H
Good Daily Dose from Chabad today :
"B"H
Exposing the Light
All the world's problems stem from light being withheld. Our job then, is to correct this. Wherever we find light, we must rip away its casings, exposing it to all, letting it shine forth to the darkest ends of the earth. Especially the light you yourself hold."

Happy Chaunkkah
Shabbat Shalom

13 moons Video

Thanks to teri for sending this to me. I'm posting it because not only is it visually lovely, but because it is based on 13. In Kabbalastic gematria 13 = echad = one = ahavah = love. Isn't Quantum Synchronicity Grand !!!!!

Enjoy.

http://www.13moon.com/cosmic_seed.htm


B'Shalom

A Piece of Peace :)

A Piece of Peace
Title Courtesy will powers
of course you know I've been trying to get these pics up for days, but it seems to be a mathematical equation for this blog that I need will in order to do that. Talk about Circular Quantum Synchronicity, will ya? Gotta love it. Just gotta love it.
Thanks will. :)

sunset winter solstice dec 21

House Lights - Christmas Eve

fire by the pool in Florida Christmas Even - see the flame rising up? Fire is Light

thank you Manny and Doreen for inviting me into your home for Christmas Eve. You guys have one of the most wonderful families I've had the honour to know.

Venus is the Evening Star Dec 25th, 1st night of Chanukkah. I like how you can see 3 colours of the sky. love this Nikon coolpix digital camera.

Mars is at the Top of the Sky when it appears at dark now - much much smaller to the eye

Florida Blue Sky in December - blue skies looking at me nothin but blue skies do i see - the secret is you need to look UP

Chanukkah Menorah 4th day - that is today 28 Kislev

if we all makes pieces of Peace, then we put our pieces together, we have put the puzzle together.

Light Shining through the Darkness is part of what this Season is all about.

B'H, we shall continue to shine our light and create our Peace within, then shine it outwards as the light of the Menorah does. I've learned a lot about the principle of fighting darkness with light, and how the aspect ratio of resistance fits in. Just like Jacob and the Angel - we're always fighting with ourselves. In order to create the piece of Peace within ourselves, we need to feel what it is like without it. It is the pleasure principle - pleasure comes before desire. Pleasure ignites the passive spark to active - to desire. When I look deep within, the silence is there. So is the total connection. When I look without, I get lost a lot. The secret is, I think, to be within and without at the same time. That is why the sybolism of Light is so prevelant now. We need to know. Da'at is knowledge. Da'at was the first sphere to emerge. Somehow it makes sense.

will has me writing with the Thesaurus open now.

Thank you will for getting this post up.

B'Shalom

Peace

Stop War

Just

Stop

Is Peace really such an abstract concept?

Is Peace really such an abstract concept that it cannot be attained? The Middle East is erupting , as usual. It seems that they can't last 9 seconds without blowing something up.
Because, there is only one answer. Stop. Just stop. How can that be so profound that it has been unattainable since the beginning? Stop.
Every generation has a War. In my memory, there was the WWI generation, the WWII generation, then it was Korea, my generation is the Viet Nam War generation, and now there are so many I can't even keep track. Persian Gulf War, Afganistan, Iraq, war after war after war. Everybody is at war. In case you don't know it, we're at war.
This is the BBC article that initiated these thoughts.

Israel to enforce Gaza no-go zone

Israel has dropped leaflets in Gaza to warn Palestinians that they will face lethal force if they enter a newly declared buffer zone near the border. The Israeli-imposed restrictions will come into effect from 1800 (1600 GMT) on Wednesday, the leaflets say.
"Anyone who will not heed this warning is placing his or her life in immediate danger," the leaflets say.
The buffer area will be about 2.5km (1.5 miles) deep and is intended to stop rocket attacks by militant groups.
Palestinian officials have rejected the proposed buffer zone and called for Israel to re-engage in meaningful peace negotiations.
"The ways of buffer-zones, militarism, incursions, attacks, assassinations will just ... add to the cycle of violence and counter-violence," said senior negotiator Saeb Erekat in a BBC interview.
The leaflets, signed by the Israeli army command and dropped by air onto northern Gaza, include a map of the security zone and said it would be enforced "until further notice".
"For your own safety, read this statement carefully and act accordingly," the leaflet says in Arabic.
"Know that the terrorists have made you hostages and human shields and safeguard your interests," it continues.
Israeli troops and settlers were pulled out of Gaza earlier this year after 37 years of military occupation, but the territory's coastline and airspace and its borders with Israel remain under Israeli control.
Rocket attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave the order to impose the buffer at a meeting with cabinet colleagues and security officials on Sunday.
The move followed talks on Thursday in which the prime minister told the army to do everything possible to stop rocket fire from the territory.
A rocket attack that day wounded four Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian man was killed when the army responded by firing artillery shells at the launch site in a field it said was empty.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has asked militant groups to stop firing rockets.
But Islamic Jihad, blamed by Israel for the majority of the attacks, has reportedly rejected Mr Abbas's call, blaming Israel for a recent escalation in violence.
They say the rocket attacks are retaliation for raids in the West Bank, as well as air strikes on Gaza.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4564084.stm

They just keep going on and on and on. It upsets me.

We should be evolved enough as an intelligent, sentient species by now to be able to see that this way doesn't work. And then again, I could be completely and totally off the proverbial wall.
Ha. Thinking that Peace means Stop War.
Well, I'm posting it.
And thinking it and dreaming it and desiring it.
humpf.
humpf and arrgh.
We just came out of the Silentest of Nights, Christmas Eve.
And now we're lighting Chanukkah Candles to shed light upon the world.
What ain't workin?

Silent Night

Silent night.

as long as you are human on earth now, this will move you i'm sure.

the Covenant of Peace.

http://www.asilentnightmovie.com/

thank you Lori for sending this to me to blog.

Peace on Earth

HAPPY
Holidays
Happy Chanukkah
Merry Christmas
Peace on Earth
it is all about shining light. The thing I love the best about the Menorah on Chanukkah is looking at the lights reflected in the window.
we have to look at ourselves as light and reflect it.
May those who are in a state of lack find Peace and Light.
Joy from the Heart
Soothing of the Soul
These pictures are various representations of the light of the season displayed.

Shalom

Holiday Celebration in Budapest courtesty Zsofia in Hungary

New York City Transit Strike Over

Rockefeller Center Tree




The New York City Transit Strike is over. B'H.

For will

for will
William Blake - Jacob's Ladder
I've been trying to get this pic up for days.
Shalom my friend.
Peace.

Yeah Rabbi G B'H

i get so excited. musing girl loves aquiring knowledge. www.inner.org Rabbi Ginsburgh has a new article entitled "Six Levels of Healing - Kabbalah and Medicine". haven't read it yet. Just found it.

Chappy Chaunkkah chet nun vav kaf hei

The Holiday of Lights
Fill
your soul
with light
cause,
why not?

Love those New Yorkers

great link, thanks to Elio

http://www.aish.com/a/JustJewIt.asp

The Transit strike is still on, but nothing stops New Yorkers. I spoke to a friend who lives in the City last night, and she said everything is moving as it always does in New York.
It started me thinking about the principal of resistance and that the more resistance, the more light revealed. New York is constantly full of resistance. Crossing the street requires that you use all your physical senses, plus your so called 6th sense, because there is always something coming at you. Hailing a cab can be like going into battle :) You are constantly surrounded by hordes of people, therefore you must learn to conceal yourself. If you loose pace with the walkers in the street, you're left behind. So, every step is a step which encounters resistance. And it seems to follow that because of this, you have a very stronge collective psyche.
There is constant resistance. I can see that now. When I was a part of it, it was difficult to see. If you imply to a New Yorker that there is a task they cannot accomplish, they will immediately look at you like you are crazy. Because that is the energy of that City. Constant motion, nothing can stop New York or New Yorkers. It's fascinating. The City is full of Tourists now from all over the world, and New Yorkers, despite the constant motion , are very friendly. Tourists are asking which is N,S,E,W, because NY is set up as a grid. Which way to the East River? Which way to the Hudson? Manhattan is an Island. That's the thing. In order to get in or out, you either have to cross bridges or go under the water in tunnels. Very vulnerable. But strong. I see a connection here with Israel. That tiny little country that causes political upheaval throughout the globe. New York is this tiny little Island with such strength.
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Everybody is still going on and on about the difference between Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings and all this rubbish. Yes, words have consciousness. But a greeting from the Heart, filled with love and light, is beyond words, isn't it?
We need more connection, less fragmentation. We need to walk in each other's shoes. Imagine working in NY during the Holiday season with a Transit strike.

JOY TO THE WORLD

PEACE ON EARTH

STOP

WAR

JUST STOP.

B'Shalom

NYC Transit Strike

New York City Transit Strike hits home for this blogger.
Unusual post for this blog, but I must.
I was a commuter you see. Did it for 15 years. Now that I am down South in Florida, and I'm reading about the New York City Transit Strike in the news, I have a totatally different perspective. I now am an observer rather than a participant. Seeing with different eyes.
They said that the last Transit strike was in 1980 and lasted 11 days. I was not involved in that. But I do remember the communter trains, New Jersey Transit being on strike for a long time.
Here are my observations based on New York Times videos.
Commuters are walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to get into Manhattan.
They're all wrapped up because it is cooooold.
One thing about the energy in NYC - nothing stops these people. The energy is so strong, so many people, so much motion all the time, nothing stops it. NYC is definitely not suffering from entropy.

There are no subways or buses running in Manhattan. The people walking over the bridges seem to be sympatheric to the Transit Workers, but hope the strike doesn't last too long.

The picture is surrealistic for me. Something out of the movie "Escape from New York" with Kurt Russel. I've never seen a closed subway station.

The New York Times reporter said "commuters are finding creative ways to get to work". Ha ha ha. Wonder if we'll see people on horseback in New York City. Maybe the Central Park Horse Carriages will take over now.

The Strikers are being very overt.

New Jersey Transit and LIRR are running, depositing their passengers into Penn Station. Trains hold a lot of people. Commuter trains usually have 6 to 10 cars. Coming in from all parts of Jersey and Long Island. The amount of people commuting into New York City every day is massive. Unbelievable. I know. I used to be one of them. Penn Station crowded is not a pleasant experience.

Companies were supposed to be providing buses to take their employees to work, but at this morning's rush hour there were no buses. Hospital and health care workers are the first priority. Commuters agreed that if the buses showed up they would let the health care workers have them, and they would head on home.

I never would have tried to go into the City at all. I would have stayed home. And gotten into trouble with work, as usual.

In the Times Slidshow they showed pictures of Penn Station. There are armed Transit Police - fully clothed in battle gear, black cloth over their mouths, carrying autmatic weapons, fully booted and weaponed. I couldn't download those pics.

New Yorkers seems to just keep on going no matter what. That energy only exists in the City. I can vouch for that now I'm out of it. One of the stranded communters at Penn Station said, This is New York. Things happen.

I will be following this story because, you see

Everything is Connected.

Remember Syriana.

If this is happening now, during the Season of Light, in New York City, something is being revealed.

I will also be aware of sending blessings of light and safety to these people who are trying to live their lifes.

Personally, I'd rather be on a one horse open sleigh.

But I do know that everything is connected. And New York doesn't have the reputation as the greatest city in the world for no reason. So best we watch and see, because it is all a reflection.

Pics attached above this post.

B'Shalom

Menorahs

Menorahs
for
The Season of Light and Celebration






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The Season of Light and Celebration

Jacob and the Angel, Kabbalah and Metaphor

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This is a long post.
We are coming up on the holiday of Chanukkah. As part of my circular metaphoric musings, I'd like to do a little presentation. What kind of student of Kabbalah am I? How dare I call myself that? I like to muse circularly, and Kabbalah is the most circular modality I know of because it is based on the energy of spheres, the Sephirot. Now, I'm studying online withRabbi Ginsburgh www.inner.org. I am so thankful that Rabbi chose the venue of the internet to reveal his teachings. B'H.
In my quest for truth and knowledge, I'm trying to study the original texts themselves. Of course, this is quite difficult as I am not a Hebrew speaker. I've taught myself enough now to be able to follow and to understand the lectures. Rabbi Ginsburgh teaches Kabbalah and Chassidut. Chassidut is the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. Before Baal Shem Tov , the Ari, Rabbi Isaac Luria, 16th century Kabbalist, was the reigning authority. He still is . The Kabbalah we study today is Lurianic Kabbalah, based upon the revelations of the Ari. Everybody is still trying to figure him out. I love the Ari.
The Ari was a teacher. His students wrote down his teachings. Rabbi Chaim Vitale was the Ari's student, and it is through him that we have the works of the Ari. Original manuscripts were all lost during WWII .
Now, when I read the translations, most current translation of the Ari into English is SHAAR HAGILGULIM - THE GATES OF REINCARNATION Translated from the Teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria 1534-1575. It starts off with the Kabbalistic levels of the soul. Heavy duty stuff. I love it. Part of why I study Kabbalah, is because it is through the study that you receive the gift of connection. Kabbalah defines itself as an active modality. You have to do your work to receive the data. Studying is part of the work.
Before the Ari was Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who wrote the Zohar in 70 AD. It was not revealed until the 13th century when Rabbi Moses de Leon of Spain took Rabbi Shimon's manuscripts and compiled them. The First Quintessential Text of Kabbalah is Sefer Yetzirah, Book of Formation. Sefer Yetzirah is accredited to the Partiarch Abraham. Rabbi Ginsburgh refers to Sefer Yetzirah a lot in his lectures.
Rabbi Ginsburgh's lectures require a lot of previous knowledge. He is translating everything into the metaphor. This week's lecture wasn't on gematria, but on Letter and Word Permutations. Fascinating.
One thing I try to do when I study is to relate the Torah portion to what is currently going on now, in real time, on both a global and a personal level. Students of Torah are supposed to do this. You are allowed to think your own thoughts, and to expound upon the knowledge. Torah is alive, and she grows with Her people, Her people being those who study Her. Torah is always referred to in the feminine. A lot of Orthodox Judaic sects won't let women anywhere near Torah. They're afraid we're going to blow it up or something. But women were the original keepers of the oral tradition. It is still very difficult for a woman to study Torah, unless you were born into the genre. I'm self studied, even though I am Jewish by birth.
In this past Torah portion there is a lot of action. When I read the literal story, it is very harsh. But you have to go beyond that to the metaphors, and the connectedness of the entirety of Torah. I'm glad to have Abraham and Isaac behind us. The energy of Abraham and Isaac is very difficult to integrate. Now, we're with Jacob, Yakov, Tiferet in the Sephirot. Central Column Energy. The left is in the right, the right is in the left, and neither can exist without the center.
Briefly, here's the Action in Vayishlach. Yayishlach means ' messengers'.
Jacob is leaving Laban's land to go back home. He needs to re encounter his brother Esau. Jacob sends messengers ahead, and finds out that Esau is on the way to meet Jacob with 400 men. Jacob then divides his family, and sends the women, Leah Rachel Zilpah Bilah and 11 sons and 1 daughter ahead. Then Jacob battles with the stranger - the Angel. Jacob wins the battle, asks the stranger his name, but the stranger will not tell him. The stranger then names Jacob Israel. Then Jacob and Esau meet, and everything seems to be ok. Dinah, Jacob's only daughter , birthed by Leah, gets raped. The brothers castrate/circumsize all the men, then when they are in pain they go and slaughter them all, and rescue Dinah. very violent....
It is mentioned that Rebecca's nurse Deborah died and was buried in the valley of Beth El.
Then the sons, the tribes of Jacob are named. Then Isaac dies. He lived 180 years. Then Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin and is buried on the road. Then the sons and daughters of Esau are named. Lot of women in this chronicling.
So, we have a lot of deaths and a lot of naming of tribes and descdants, and a lot of women named in this portion.
I find that whenever a lot is going on in a Torah portion, a lot is going on in my life.
The most important metaphor is the battle with the stranger.
Rabbi Ginsburgh's Lecture is entitled "Battling the Stranger in the Darkness". Ok. here we go.
The sages teach that the stranger , the angel, is the spiritual root of Esau, who symbolizes the enemy within us. "The purpose of this angel is to motivate us to overcome and triumph in goodness". The actual wrestling between Jacob and the Angel is an existential fight. Again, it is the action of tzim tzum - the Ari goes into that a lot in his commentaries on Vayishlach. How evil came to be manifest in the physical.
According to Baal Shem Tov, every element of reality contains 3 dimensions:
worlds - the outer dimension, created reality
souls - the inner dimension of souls within the worlds
Divinity - God is One and God is all within creation.
"WE are created with both a good and evil inclination in order to perfect the first two dimensions of reality and to manifest the third dimension of Pure Divinity". The purpose of 'being' created with good/evil is in order to rectify the 3 realities. The energy of rectificing worlds in through the psychological process of elevation.
"The most significant and potent word in the description of Jacob's encounter with the angel is "vaye'avek" (Genesis 32:24) which means, 'and he wrestled'. 'vaye'avek is a very rare word. The root of this word is alef, beit, kuf.
There are 3 interpretations of the root of alef beit kuf.
dust - alef beit kuf = avak- corresponds to worlds
When Jacob and the Angel wrestled, dust was stirred up reaching the Divine Throne.
" All of created reality is symbolically referred to as dust and sparks. When the sun shines through the window we see specks of dust in the ray of light. Meditation on that dust is meditation on the worlds. In Jacob's triumphant battle with the archangel of Esau he struggled to elevate and rectify the world, kicking up dust that ascended all the way to the Divine Throne."
embrace - chet beit aleph - chavak - corresponds to souls
the aleph and chet and interchangeable in a phonetic gematria. In the context of combat, the combatants embrace with the purpose of throwing each other to the ground. In the realm of souls, embracing and connection is required rather than rectification.
torch - alef beit kuf - Rabbinic Hebrew - avukah - corresponds to Divinity
"The torch lights up the night, which symbolizes the world. We must reveal Godliness throughout reality, as a torch in the night. As the light of the torch shines more powerfully, the darkness of night disappears and we experience the pure, brillant and potent light of God in the world."
Our job is to ignite and reveal light.
"The secret of Jacob's wrestling bout with the archangel of Esau is the secret of elevation of the worlds, the embrace of the souls, and finally the revelation of the Divine torch of God's light in all reality".
www.inner.org
Thank you Rabbi.
This is just one metaphor on one word.
The study is endless. That's why I love it so much. It fascinates me, and there is always more, another level.
When I'm studying Torah and Kabbalah, time does not exist.
I'm trying to show how by studying this modality, I have a part in revealing the concealed. I've read some of the blogs where students are really doing Midrash - but I'm not trained in that. Yet I do believe that Hashem is giving me an opportunity to reveal light by doing this.
Yes, I do believe.
B'Shalom

B'Shalom

Quantum Synchronicity

because there is a point where everythingness and nothingness exist simultaneously, where all that ever was is or will be exists in one singular point.
beth shalom means House of Peace. quantum musing means that I'm broadening my perspective to encompass all - as much of the concept of all that an individual can see - to try and point out connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm. By a student of Kabbalah, my intention is to show the quantum connection between all life. Because Kabbalah itself is very quantum.
I'm infatuated by the energy of the Hebrew letters, by the signficance of the gematria and how it plays out, and by the connection to the Divine that one can achieve through the study of Torah.
So I'm musing.
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Water Crystal

Dr. Masaru Emoto's water crystal work.

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I love Snowflakes

this is the 42nd post. 42 is the answer to the question What is Life , The Universe and Everything according to Douglas Adams. He didn't realize how correct he was, or did he? The 42 letter name of G-d, according to Kabbalistic interpretation, is the key to Divine Connection. To meditate upon this, one must have achieved a very high level of learning, otherwise brain fry.

B'Shalom
Vicke

Jacob wrestling with the Angel

Rembrandt - Jacob wrestling with the angel.
This really stuck me. I've never invisioned this angel as feminine. Interesting.

this is Gaughin - Jacob's Vision

Gut Shabbos

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Moon Phenomona

BBC Headline is UK sees biggest moon for 18 years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4533670.stm

here is the BBC Moon pic, and the moon pics I've been taking here in Florida. I'm much further south, so I'm not experiencing the' large 'phenomonon. No more digital pics of Venus and Mars - they've moved away. This full moon has gotten my attention nonetheless.
fascinating.

last night's moonrise

moon reflected in pool

Candelighting time is 5:13 tonight - forward 2 minutes.

The most prominent metaphor in this week's Torah portion, Vayishlach-Genesis 32:4-36:43 is Jacob wrestling with the angel.

Shabbat Shalom

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Light and Chanukkah, Jerusalem

good Chanukkah link

http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media.asp?AID=335975

I found something that may allow me to study and live in Jerusalem for a year. Kabbalah teaches us that the more restistance, the more light revealed. It is a scary thought. But it might be what I need to do. Rabbi G revealed to me that I never found my chush. Oh my.
Here's the link
http://www.pardes.org.il/home/

B'Shalom

Tzim Tzum

the circle unbroken

B'H
Musing girl was privileged to get an insight into tzim tzum - the Kabbalistic equivilant of the Big Bang - while pondering upon the solstices in the different hemispheres we have here on Earth - in the Southern Hemisphere the season is the longest day, the beginning of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, which is where I am in the real world, and from whence Torah metaphors emit, it is the shortest day. Either way, it is a celebration of Light. tzim tzum. A seeming contradiction, yet really the opposite ends of the same thing, because there is no end only beginnings. That is why we celebrate this month with the Samech - the connected circular Hebrew letter. Because everything is circular.

I'm so happy. Whilst surfing the web, I love the internet, for a picture of the letter Samech to post, I came upon an explanation of the letter Samech in relation to tzim tzum. See? I know inside. B'H. Thank you for this blessing.
'The shape of the letter Samech is a circle, and in Judaism, as in many other cultures, a circle symbolizes the Infinite since it has no beginning and no end. The circle also represents the Tzimtzum, the contraction that created a space in which our finite world could exist.'
Fascinating isn't it. Because it is more real than the reality we call real.

It has been cold, very cold in the Northern Hemisphere. I've been musing upon snow and lights. The mornings are coldest, after the dark of the night when the sun is shining on the other hemisphere. Just try to imagine no sun. Can you?

new planet orbiting young star

Alaska's Northern Lights which are being compromised by Global Warming which isn't occurring.

Lights and Colour. Bring in the Joy and sense of Miracle and Wonder.

It is our responsablity to reveal light.

Circles and Colour

Greetings of the Season

galaxy forming interpretation by Chandra ( the computer)

oy. In the meantime, this Jewish musing girl, student of Kabbalah is in total fiber optic bliss.

The lights remind me of the soul state, where we are total light and colour.

Rabbi (Ginsburgh www.inner.org) taught me a lot yesterday when I listened to his lecture.

It is hard to go that deeply within sometimes. Bless you Rabbi. I feel that I can share Rabbi's teachings, and interpret what he is revealing. This blog is part of my teaching. I have such a desire to teach, and no students. oy. But I am not doing nothing, and I'm not being apathetic , which is the worst thing. Now I understand better some of the distinctions between the Orthodox Judaic 'sects'. I'm studying, Torah reveals her Lights to me, I study and I learn and speak of it. I can almost deal with the fact that I'm not able to study with Rabbi because of certain whatevers.

I HAVE AN INNER CALLING TO GO TO JERUSALEM. TRAVELLING COMPANIONS WELCOME. COMMENT ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, OR IF YOU CAN LINK ME TO SOMETHING.

I'm interested to see if this week's Torah portion has any secrets that will connect to my obsession with fiber optic lights. Haven't studied it yet this week.

Peace on Earth

stop

war

just stop.

eye nebula. this photo was emailed to me as I was doing this post.

See?

Majestic Sunset

No snow here
but a wonderfully majestic sunset this evening to share.