Jewish Meditation
Introduction to Jewish Meditation – P...
The Point Within In terms of the space-model, this mitzvah is the point of self-consciousness situated in the middle of the six-sided cube of Divine-consciousness outlined above.
Introduction to Jewish Meditation – P...
Prayer — The Seventh Commandment We have now constructed a meditative space in which one is to experience himself moving at all times, i.e., a
Introduction to Jewish Meditation – P...
Sunset As "front" and "back" correspond to east and west, they symbolize sunrise and sunset in the consciousness of the soul. As one's "sun"–one's clarity
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Loyalty At the back is the commandment: And you shall not stray after your heart and after your eyes…. This is the mitzvah of guarding one's mind
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Three Levels of Fear Just as the flame of love possesses three levels of ascent to God–"with all your heart, and with all your soul,
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Fear To the left is the commandment: And now, O Israel, what does God your Godask of you, but to fear…. This is the commandment to fear God (yir'ah),
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Three Ascending Levels of Love In particular, our verse speaks of the three levels of ascending love for God: "with all your heart, and with
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Love To the right is the commandment: "And you shall love God your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might."
Introduction to Jewish Meditation – P...
Israel: The Experience of Divine Mercy According to the sages, the ineffable four-letter Name of God, Havayah (which we here translate as "God," –italicized), signifies God's attribute
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Relying on No Other Beside Him This mitzvah is placed below, for a rectified "below" means that only God is beneath me, only He supports me, and