tzippiyah

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He described the medium of interconnectedness as tzippiyah, which could be translated as “contemplative observation.” Tzippiyah is mystical awareness, what we experience when the sense of past and future dissolves and we are fully present, totally in the moment. This, I believe, was Isaac the Blind’s personal experience, and the basis for this powerful insights into the mystical nature of the universe.

Tzippiyah, when we ponder it, lures us into a new way of relating to the universe. Each time we move our arms, our supernal arms are being moved. Each time we write a word, a word in the heavens is being inscribed. We interact with the world and all along are simultaneously stimulating the upper worlds. Not only are we never alone, everything we do, say, or think moves universes beyond our imagination.

This is a highly provocative contemplation. It is compelling. How am I living my life? To what extent is the world balanced on my next action? If everything reverberates in the universe, how do my actions, words, and thoughts affect who I am, who I have been, and who I will be? It is imperative to ask ourselves these questions. Kabbalah is quite clear on the answers.

(excerpt from "God is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism" by Rabbi David A. Cooper)

Forbidden love reclaimed

Love knew no boundaries
As our journey began
Questions left unanswered
Two souls in torment
Could a love so pure, so right
Be so wrong?
Turmoil abounded
But love shone through
Together at last
Our hearts beat as one

Building the plan