THE CABALA OF ESSENCE

New research from NASA suggests, Prolonged periods in the bluey-black beyond might cause serious damage to the eyes; often, American astronauts returning from space cannot focus their vision properly – for some the problem seems permanent.

Written in the Torah is the statement: The heavens are to God and the Earth is to the human being. There was a time 6000 years ago when transmigration between heaven and earth was common, but now each is relegated to their place – as this cycle of creation solidifies and concludes.

The eyes, the brain and the bones are significantly harmed by prolonged space travel; interestingly, the eyes, brain and bones each has a connection to essence – the eye projects an essential light, the brain connects to the soul and the word Atzmot/Bones also means Essence.

Darkness is a metaphor for essence because the definition of essence, according to the Cabala, is that which is not revealed – once essence is revealed, it is no longer essence. People who are very devout often times wear black as a sign of being connected to the essence.

The eyes, brain and bones are essential to life here on earth, but once entering into heaven begin to erode in the same way the body disintegrates after death; the power of sight, cognition and stature in the spirit world requires no vehicle or vessel to see, understand and be.

God’s Brain

Michelangelo’s depiction of the human brain and brain stem appears to be drawn on the neck of God in a panel high on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

The reason why the Sistine Chapel was commissioned by the Vatican to be painted by Michelangelo was because the people were ignorant and could not read; an illustration was substituted though it clearly states in the beginning of the Ten Commandments: do not make an image of God from the forms of heaven or earth.

This atrocious act of hubris perpetrated by the Church has inspired many by the pure artistry, but to think there is some kind of message embedded within the art is alluring. What did Michelangelo mean by depicting the brain of God in the neck?

The Cabala uses the human anatomy as a guidepost through creation separated in four sections like the human body; the head, torso, limbs plus soul provide the format for spiritual understanding known as the Four Worlds–three of body and one of soul. Matter and spirit have form, but God has no form.

The Cabala explains how cognition is an extreme contractive form of the light; the neck is the most contractive part of the body called Mitzar/Confinement. The brain of the emotions arise in the neck in the form of external cognition through which the heart is inspired.

In Praise of Women

The Obama White House marked International Women's Day on Monday, a highlight of women’s History Month. President Obama and the first lady, Michelle were generally upbeat.

The Cabala traces the seminal beginning of male and female to the brain which is divided primary into two hemispheres called Chochma and Bena. Chachma/Clarity is right and male side of the brain while Bena/Builder is the left and female side of the brain.

The soul enters into the body from the right side of the brain which is only able to recognize something indistinct which is then seeded into the left side of the brain where cognition takes place. The Zohar-Book of Secret says that women have Bena Yetera/Extra Understanding, but the Cabala explains Extra as the ability to bring from the deepest depths something completely new–like a baby.

The Midrash-Book of Metaphor says, when Avraham the father of ancient peoples was first in the world 4000 years ago he thought that God was woman because all light comes from the darkness. The darkness is greater than the light as seen in the ability of darkness to hold the light or for a woman to receive a man.

In the Torah Woman’s day is celebrated at the end of summer known as Tuba Av called in the Talmud–Book of Law the greatest of all the holidays.