Spirit Against Wind

In a new setback for a controversial wind farm proposed off Cape Cod two Massachusetts Indian tribes say the proposed wind turbines would thwart their spiritual ritual of greeting the sunrise, which requires unobstructed views across the sound, and disturbs ancestral burial grounds.

In explaining opposites the Cabala utilizes the elements of fire and water that combine through air–the invisible element. Water and fire are opposites in their nature, one going up and the other drawn down–it is air which draws them together to form rain to sustain the earth.

Metaphorically, the wind and the spirit are one–both invisible and both essential for life on earth. The Midrash-Book of Metaphor states the world can not exist without wind. The problem like always is the exploitation of the physical elements without regard to spiritual consequence.

The Zohar-Book of Secret portrays the element of fire and water as two flat planes that come together forming a corner; the corner is consider higher than both planes since the corner has the capacity to meld opposites together without adding or subtracting from the two parts. This invisible force is responsible for the cubic nature of creation.

These two disparate sides between exploitation of nature and recognition of the Creator are constantly bumping into one another without a solution. The Torah/Teaching identifies humility as the invisible attribute which connects opposites.

Money Can’t Buy Ya Love

Obama administration said Tuesday they had agreed to pay $1.4 billion to a group of more than 300,000 American Indians, settling a long-running suit over the government's handling of lands held in trust for Indians since the 19th century.

A poignant admission from the government with a particularly painful past decimating the indigenous people of this land for money. Now the money has to go back, but no amount of money can restore what was lost.

The importance of indigenous peoples is two fold; first their connection to the land and second their transmission of ancient knowledge and ritual. The remnant which is left needs to be preserved with respect.

The Jewish People are also indigenous to the our land and the remnant that remain needs to be preserved for the sake of the Torah and Mitzvot/Commandments many of which can only be accomplished on the land of Yisroel/Israel.

The Torah teaches the land was given to the people while the Indians understand they were given to the land. Each practiced animal sacrifice to the Creator and used smoke to connect with the heavens. The American Indians believe life to be 104 years four times the YHVH/26 Name of God.

The Cabala explains that eventually the entire world will be called by the Name Yisroel meaning we will be obligated to the rest the earth every seven years.