THE CABALA OF CHARITY

The Vatican has launched a rare criminal investigation to uncover who is behind leaks of highly sensitive documents that allege corruption and financial mismanagement in Vatican City.

The religion of money or the money of religion is antithetical to spirituality. The Cabala expresses this sentiment in a metaphor: the soul is compared to a pane of glass but once in this world the pane of glass requires a veneer of silver to survive, producing a mirror.

When there is too much silver on the pane of glass the mirror turns black; instead of reflecting the light the mirror absorbs the light. The soul is sent to this world with a mission – lift up physicality by reflecting back into heaven beyond the place from where the light emanated.

Religion is in the business of money by virtue of selling heaven to the unsuspecting and the naive; all souls go to heaven when the mirror of life is broken at death – there is nowhere else to go. Religion propagates fear through the myth of Hell and eternal suffering.

But, God is good; the only suffering after death is the embarrassment felt by the soul for the way they led their life. The greatest use of money is to perform the commandment of Zdaka/Charity; the greatest charity is to help another human being obtain a job thus achieving independence.

$1.1 Trillion for World Crisis

At the Group of 20 summit meeting a call to fight the financial crisis, announced at its conclusion that the leaders had committed to $1.1 trillion in new funds that would greatly increase the capital available to the International Monetary Fund. The goal would be a revival in trade, which is expected to contract this year for the first time in 30 years.

It is said in the Torah/Teaching the greatest charity is giving needed resources to help the disadvantaged achieve independents. In the Cabala 11 is a number relevant to essence—that which is beyond particular; the Ten Sefirot/Luminaries the cabalistic atom as portrayed in the sun and the nine planets, the seven continents and the three oceans and in the form of the human being built upon three pillars distributing three triangles leading to speech are the particulars.

The number 11 shows on the hidden springs of Pleasure and Will the two essential components of life. For those struggling to survive will is essential and every pleasure provides sustenance to continue life feeding the will like a woman feeds a man when he returns home weaken by the toil of life.

The Charity of Business

Nonprofits are seeing an alarming drop in funding and increased demand for help this year, setting the stage for a complete shakeup of the sector in 2010.

In the Torah Ztadaka/Charity is called HaMitzvah/The Commandment since the concept of Ztadaka is a unifying theme of all the 613 Commandments given to the Jewish People—the Chosen People, chosen to do the Commandments. The institutionalism of Ztadaka has served an expedient end—to make non-profits big business.

The Rabbis originally opposed an institution replacing the common obligation of the individual with an expedient way of fulfilling one’s monetary obligations—giving a piece of their pie to the poor. Eventually, even the Rabbis gave in and started their own institution called religion—a concept unknown to the Jewish People, previously.

The word Ztadaka/Charity comes from Ztadik/Righteous indicating that the act of charity is only a part of the obligation while the remainder rest in the heart and the mind of the giver. It is the intention and the face to face interaction that fulfills the obligation.

Speed and Smack

A new study from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California suggests that methamphetamine takes an economic toll nearly as great as heroin and possibly more.

Heroin has the affect of dulling pain while methamphetamine or speed, like cocaine, induces an energetic euphoria—both take a clear toll on the body which innately injures the soul. The cure to this dangerous epidemic is charity because charity mollifies extreme situations as does love and understanding when freely given.

In the Torah/Teaching charity is known as HaMitzvah/The Commandment; the word for charity is Ztadeka from the world Ztedic/Righteous. The inner source of charity is compassion. The fact that these harmful drugs are taking such a serious toll on society is indicative of a lack of compassion during difficult times.