Monday, October 31, 2016



IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. WE MUST GET OUT OF THE BOX WITHIN THE BOX WITHIN THE BOX WITHIN THE BOX...THAT ARE NEXT TO THE BOXES THAT ARE NEXT TO THE BOXES THAT ARE NEXT TO THE BOXES...

I had a night horror last night. Seriously. The worst one of my life. I got into bed and the full force of just how synthesized my "childhood" was hit me. I've been aware of it, but not to the full force of the depth of the total illusion and deliberate delusion.

I realized that we don't need to just think out of the box. We need to think out of the Cracker Jacks box, the dry cake mix box, the box that Jello came in, the box that every "gift of love" that we got for our birthdays and celebrations came in and the jack-in-the-box box.

Then, of course, there's the box that all of the cartoon characters and TV show characters that we loved and identified with were beamed to us through. Even though even as a kid, I thought the old ladies sitting on folding chairs talking about the latest installment of Peyton Place were nuts to be talking about a show instead of reality; I wonder how many times flickers of the TV I stared into hypnotically.

Then I thought about the Aboriginals and tried to imagine what is it to be Natural Man - to sleep in nature and awake in nature. And I realized I have only seen them on a square, flat, flickering screen.

It all hit me at once. I totally freaked. When we really awaken from the boxed dream - only to find we are still in a square room on the 10th floor of a rectangular structure made of concrete slabs - we freak.

When we die, we will be put into another box.

Saturday, October 29, 2016



Derekh Eretz Comes Before Torah

The "Derekh eretz (literally the way of the land, or the path of the Earth) comes before Torah" (Midrash Vayikra Rabbah 9:3) is a very famous teaching in Judaism.
It is usually taken to mean, nowadays, that one must know how to be polite and behave with respect in order to learn Torah.

While this is most certainly true, it is only the very most surface layer of understanding what "derekh eretz" really means.

 When we walk, we pave the road that comes before us. It is very, very important for us to know how this is accomplished, because it is accomplished whether we are aware of it or not. If one is not aware of how one is paving their path and does so mindlessly, or carelessly, or without an attitude of deep respect and awe; one will most certainly encounter unpleasant surprises in the world. They that person will say: Why did this "befall" me?! How cruel life is! How unpredictable!

So let us know how to walk through life so that unpredictable surprises are obviated before they occur.

The pupils of the eyes are the Gates of Heaven. They dilate and contract no only in response to how much light is present. The pupils will dilate when we see something that is very beautiful to us
as when someone sees someone to whom they are very attracted.

Light is not "out there" it is produced by our Consciousness. We live in the light of our Consciousness. That is the light in which we see everything and the level of our Consciousness will determine the quality and quantity of the light we see
how strong it is, how penetrating it is, how meaningful the colors and so on.

It is, therefore, very important that we gently discipline our Hearts, over time, to genuinely love beautiful and loving things. That way, our Mind will generate beautiful images and our Hearts will beat with love. In that way, our pupils will dilate (the Gates of Heaven will open) when we imagine the beautiful and contract (the gates of Heaven will close) if we imagine something unlovely.

As we walk, we breathe. We also create sounds. Our Hearts beat. Our blood flows. The biological processes continue and, also, we step down on the Earth and that creates vibrations in the entire Earth
and beyond.

Eventually, we arrive at a level of self-awareness and self-discipline whereupon we are able to control all of these processes at will.

Until then, it is very important for us to know that the light that proceeds from our Consciousness and exists through the pupils of the eyes interacts with the vapor of our breath and the sound waves we are producing and creates the reality that we encounter. Sound and light are one and the same. (Yes, I know the physicists have a different, I should say equivocal and unclear, version of how light work and sound and what their origins are, but they are incorrect). If we are walking without someone else, we likely speak with them. The quality of the conversation will also determine the shapes and forms that the light, sound and vapor issuing from us will take.

When we touch that which has been formed by the light, sounds and vapors exuding from us, we imprint on them the final seal of what characteristics they will take. It is absolutely crucial that we step gently on the Earth and touch objects with love. How much more important is it that we touch one another with love?

Though light and sound and vapor are very fine, the objects and events they form can be hard and obdurate and so it is very important that we do not create harsh and demanding realities. We have to know that it is incumbent upon us to obviate ugly vagaries in life at the source
our own thoughts, feelings, words and deeds as we walk on the path of life.  

These are the truths of Creation that we must know before we attempt to learn Torah
all of us, Jew and Gentile alike. If we are not already in a state of exquisite awareness of the fact that we are creating our own realities, whether we are aware of it or not, whatever our intentions may be, and knowing, at the very least, generally how we do it, then we will not be in a the proper place of sacred awe required to understand Torah properly.

Those who are in the place required to understand Torah (Terra) correctly and to teach Torah (Talmud Torah => giving birth to Terra) walk in Peace, breathe in Peace, and tread upon the Earth with Love and Sacred Awe because they are exquisitely aware of the fact that they are walking on the dust of our Holy Mothers and Fathers who walk before us - always.

Most Jews have lost this knowledge. That is why they think that derekh eretz is just "being a mensch" and that is why most Jews think that Yisra'El is a geographic locus, or, God help us!, a place that can be made into a state. That is why most Jews can only see the high moral mountains of Torah, but cannot contend with the valleys and with the boulders.

The Native and Aboriginal Peoples are much more aware of this than Western culture.
The do not do things haphazardly. They do not engage in meaningless activity. Everything they do is mindful and deliberate.

It is worthwhile to learn how to relate to the creation with sacred awe from them. It is worthwhile to experience how to move into the sacred places from them. After that, one may learn Torah properly.

Rabbi Samson Rapha'El Hirsh speaks of Torah Im Derekh Eretz - Torah *with* Derekh Eretz. He understood. He found The Land.



ב"ה

דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ קָדְמָה לַתּוֹרָה

אודות אמרה זאת כתוב בוויקיפדיה: דרך ארץ קדמ‏ה לתורה היא אמרה של חז"ל לפיה, אם אין האדם נוהג בדרך ארץ - בנימוסים ובהליכות המקובלות בחברה שבה הוא חי - לא ניתן ללמד אותו תורה ומצוות‏‏.

הבה נראה את משמעות הדברים, כי בימינו הם לגמרי לא ברורים. לא מובן כיום מהי דרך ומהו נִמוס.

נס = 110 = יעל = עלי = העלה = כל ימי

נמוס = מנוס = 156 = כל ימי תהלים
= 1155 = 156 = צו עולם גשמי
= צא העולם גשמי = מוליד היה הוה יהיה

וַאֲנִי אָשִׁיר עֻזֶּךָ וַאֲרַנֵּן לַבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ כִּי הָיִיתָ מִשְׂגָּב לִי וּמָנוֹס בְּיוֹם צַר לִי – תהלים נ"ט : י"ז

דרך = 704 = דן = קדם

דורך* = 710 = קים = קדום = שתי

*דּו
ֹרֵך (זכר מניח רגלו וגם הדור שלך בנקבה) וגם דּוֹרְךָ

מולך* = 576

*מו
ֹלֵךְ ומוּלְךָ

מוליך = 586 = פרוש = פורש

רגל = 233 = לברא = יהי אור העתיק הקדוש
= 1232 = 233 = אור הויה = אור הקדושים
= דבר העתיק הקדוש הויה
= ראה העתיק הקדוש כל בית ישראל יחד
= 2231 = 233

דרך ארץ = 1805 = 806 = ציון = משכילות
= שכל אדם קדמון = עפר אדם קדמון

הולך = 541 = חג לך = ישראל
= המצות

צועד = 170 = לפני = לעיני = גוף שני
= 1169 = 170 = צו עד = צו מתגלם

צועדים = 780 = עין = עשית
= צו האדם מתגלם = 1779 = 780
= עולם מתגלם = עד עולם

כדי להגיע לארץ ישראל אדם חייב לדעת איך ללכת כדי לסלול את הדרך לפניו בקדושה.

מִן הַמֵּצַר קָרָאתִי יָּהּ עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ – תהלים קי"ח : ה

אישון = 1017 = 18 = חי = בהוה
= הדהד

אישוני = 377 = שבעה

שני האישונים = 1342 = 343 = גשמ

זז = 14 = יד = דוד = הגו

כאשר אנחנו הולכים בדרך, העינים שלנו זזות והאישונים (שמי השמים) מתנרחבים ומצטמצמים. האור יוצא מעינינו לפי הכוונות והמחשבות ורחשי לבבותינו. אנחנו גם נושמים כאשר אנחנו הולכים.

נושם = 956 = ספר התורה = ספר יום = ספר דורות

נושמים = 1006 = 7 = ז = או = בה = גד = הב
= כל ספר התורה

רוח מאפי = 345 = משה = גופי מדבר

רוח מאפינו = 401 = את = ישעיהו
= כל הצדיקים שהלכו לפני =1400 = 401

אד = 5 = ה = גב

האד = 10 = י

מאד* = 45 = מה

* מְא
ֹד וגם מֵאֵד

אדים = 615 = הים = האדם אד
= גב האדם

האדים = 620 = כתר

אם אנחנו הולכים יחד עם מישהו אחר, יתכן שנדבר זה עם זה או זה עם זו.

מדברים = 856 = נוף = כל ציון = כל דרך ארץ
= 1855 = 856 = אדמה דרך ארץ

המדברים = 861 = לאלף = אסף
= ראש השנה = אשר המחשבה = בית המקדש

האור היוצא מאישונינו, הִדהודי צעדינו, גלי קולותינו כאשר אנחנו מדברים, הרוח היוצא מאפינו והאדים היוצאים מפינו יוצרים וסוללים את הדרך לפנינו. קשה מאד להגיע לרמת שליטה על הגוף די הצורך כדי  לנשום כרצוננו וגם לצמצם ולהרחיב את אישוני עינינו כרצוננו. עד שנגיע לרמה זאת, חשוב מאד להקפיד כי כל כוונותינו והִגויינו הם יהיו מלאי רצון טוב ואהבה לבריאה.

הגוף = 814 = צדיקים = צוחקים
= ציון בו = דרך ארץ בו

רק היודעים זאת, מבינים מהי יראת השמים ורק יראי השמים מסוגלים ללמוד תורה ומצוות.


Thursday, October 27, 2016



Please look deeply into the equivocations and ambiguities in the following sentences concerning Time and Place:

It is past your bedtime.

Your whole future lies before you.

Once upon a time there was a town here.

What is your age?

This is epic (epoch)!

Why do I always have to tell you the same thing?

Be still.

Are you still going to the game tonight?

It is very difficult to talk about time without equivocations and strange uses of the language. Those ambiguities are the gateways. It is where your mind finds a fuzziness that you can move from one time and place into others if you notice them. Accustom yourselves to moving into the equivocations.

The world the dinosaurs inhabit is becoming extinct - still. One needs to know how to walk out of that world. Don't worry that this information will "get into the wrong hands". The dinosaurs can't get through the portals. They've accrued too much mass. Just as they are extinct here and now, they are extinct on all the levels of finer mass. There are just a few dry bones there to remind us of a sad time long ago. Nothing more.