sat nam (True Identity)

Sahasrara- thousandfold

We’ve reached the realms of the 7th chakra on our journey
Where the top of the head is crowned with thousand lotus petals
rooting in the spirit.
This is were we recognise the world is our teacher,
the Guru communicates with us through everyone and everything.
Remembering our True identity
and our Home in the infinite
We are able to perceive the form in the formless and the formless in the form.
Our belief system determines our experience and our understanding of the experience.
Are we open for new ideas?

Through the door of the dark circle

The night I’ve spent outdoors by the fire with the light of the full moon has been queit intense.
It feels like it took me from the strong experience of light and movement - of both the fire and the moon,
and their reflection in the inner landscape,
into the door of the yantra of Akasha.

The transition was unclear, I wasn’t sure were I’m transitioning to.
the dark circle was both very tight and tiny as well as very vast.
The intensity of the transition is followed by an unexpected release,
as many transitions are…

Saturday

SHABAT שבת

Earth in the 7th chakra

It is Saturday. The 7th day.
The Jewish tradition that has at its core a rhythm 7 days, considers this day to be a holly day, the day of rest.

In Hebrew it is called Shabat - which comes from the root Shin Bet Taf שבת, from which words like: to strike, to cease, to stop working, to return, to sit - are sprouting.

It is a day of remembrance: Remembering the creation of life on earth, and the exodus from Egypt, the transition from slavery to freedom.
There are different ways and rules about how to observe the Shabat on a traditional religious level.
The principle behind these traditions is to define a sacred time for remembrance of liberation, for pleasure and for elevation of the spirit.

The origin of this tradition is said to be rooted in the natural cycle of creation:

1 Now the heavens and the earth were completed and all their host.
2 And God completed on the seventh day His work that He did, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work that He did.
3 And God blessed the seventh day and He hallowed it, for thereon He abstained from all His work that God created to do.

-Genesis chapter 2

א וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם:ב וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה:ג וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת:

בראשית ב

It also implies allowing everybody to rest on this day, so that the hierarchy of the mundane market structures are not applicable. All humans, all animals, and all of nature that the humans are normally using , are all given this rest.

14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall perform no labor, neither you, your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, your ox, your donkey, any of your livestock, nor the stranger who is within your cities, in order that your manservant and your maidservant may rest like you.
15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out from there with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore, the Lord, your God, commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

-Deuteronomy chapter 5

יד וְיוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שַׁבָּ֖ת לַֽיהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹא־תַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה כָל־מְלָאכָ֜ה אַתָּ֣ה | וּבִנְךָֽ־וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־וַֽאֲמָתֶ֗ךָ וְשֽׁוֹרְךָ֤ וַֽחֲמֹֽרְךָ֙ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתֶּ֔ךָ וְגֵֽרְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ לְמַ֗עַן יָנ֛וּחַ עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַֽאֲמָֽתְךָ֖ כָּמֽוֹךָ:טו וְזָֽכַרְתָּ֗ כִּ֣י עֶ֤בֶד הָיִ֨יתָ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜ יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם בְּיָ֥ד חֲזָקָ֖ה וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַֽעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת:

דברים פרק ה

It makes me wonder… could the experience of the 7th chakra be a ‘Shabat’ of some kind?
After the intensity of the work throughout the week, the six days of labor, after the work through the 6 chakras, igniting the consciousness in each one of these centres, is it time to rest? A time for pleasure, liberation and spiritual elevation?

shalom aleichem malachi ha’shalom
שלום עליכם מלאכי השלום

This song is traditionally sang at the ceremony on Friday evening, receiving the Shabat,
Receiving the blessings of the presence of the angels.

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת מַלְאֲכֵי עֶלְיוֹן מַלְאֲכֵי רַחֲמִים
מִמֶּלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא
בּוֹאֲכֶם לְשָׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי עֶלְיוֹן מַלְאֲכֵי רַחֲמִים
מִמֶּלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא
בָּרְכוּנִי לְשָׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי עֶלְיוֹן מַלְאֲכֵי רַחֲמִים
מִמֶּלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא
בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶם לְשָׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי עֶלְיוֹן מַלְאֲכֵי רַחֲמִים
מִמֶּלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא
בְּצֵאתְכֶם לְשָׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁלוֹם מַלְאֲכֵי עֶלְיוֹן מַלְאֲכֵי רַחֲמִים
מִמֶּלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא

כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ
ה' יִשְׁמָר צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם

Day of Saturn

The English word Saturday is derived from Latin and refers to the planet Saturn which was named after the Roman god Saturnus.
As we know, the Saturnian qualities are such of boundaries and discipline.
We relate to Saturn as the “Tough Teacher”, it is about learning from our mistakes.
How does that relate to the spiritual pleasure of the Shabat?

Although being tough, the saturnian teacher has the same objective as any other real teacher; the aim is to bring one back to Ones’s Self.
In that sense the pleasure of the Shabat holds the fruits of the labour in the 6 days, the fruits of the labour of daily discipline.
Here as well, Saturn creates boundaries: it defines a sacred time.

COVID 19 - A collective Shabat

We can see it in this way as well, can’t we?
An invitation from the spirit to cease working and to remember that which we have forgotten.
It is a time for allowing all people from all positions of the market to pause and rest.
Nature has become another asset in that market, and time has come to cease the overuse and abuse of the divine creation.

Do you think we understand the message?
What are we going to change?

A Long weekend retreat

For Israelis:
The opportunity for a small retreat here at Lev Hamidbar has come up.
You are invited for a long weekend on May 20-23 - Wednesday at 18:00 - Saturday at 16:00
Spaces are limited as we are still under the instructions regarding the corona, but please stay tuned as things are changing rapidly here…

IMAGINE

Sending Love,
Simrit- Sarit Maor

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