THE CABALA OF BLUE MOON

A rare blue moon occurs tonight; a blue moon is the second full moon in a month – the previous full moon happened on Aug. 1, an event that happens about once every 2.7 years

All ancient peoples calculated time according to the phases of the moon every 28 days; later the progression of the sun was measured by imploring the minute movements of a shadow cast by a stationary object – but, the moon is everywhere to everyone – a simple calendar between God and the human being.

Besides the monthly and yearly cycles there are also the 19 year cycle of the moon and the 21 year cycle of the sun reflecting the discrepancy between these two celestial bodies requiring a leap year. The Hebrew calendar adds a month every few years making for a 13 month year, like the Mayan calendar.

The 365 day year divided by 13 is 364 leaving a day from where the calendar migrates eventually causes holidays to occur throughout the year, like Ramadan. The Cabala describes the moon as having an inner light ignited by the emanations from the sun - the sun is male while the moon is female.

The blue moon is an optical illusion brought on by the imperfection of the calendar causing the full moon to occur twice in a month; the blue moon only exists in the figment of man’s imagination – also, the moon is not blue, as the Beatles once noted, Because the sky is blue it makes me sad.

THE CABALA OF SWEET SPOT

Astronomers have discovered sugar in a gas cloud surrounding a young 10,000-year-old star similar to the sun; the team of European and American astronomers says, This simple sugar molecule forms ribonucleic acid, or RNA, which is similar in function to DNA.

The building blocks of life are abundant throughout the universe, but what makes life different here on Earth is the inherent ability to choose – the free choice practiced by the human beings. Animals who lack or possess a limited amount of knowing are bound by their instincts.

According to the Cabala, There are worlds without end and lifeforms as diverse as the creatures of the sea; but, the works of prophesy drawn from the heavens promise: Earth is the lowest place in creation – place of the least light. Where spiritual light is prevalent freedom of choice is diminished.

Creation, the combination of heaven and earth, is a bubble of water burrowed within the infinite light of the Creator called OreAinSof/LightWithoutEnd. Within the bubble are all the ingredients needed to bring forth life; it was here on Earth where God commanded, out of the ground, for life to live.

On Earth, not only is there sugar but there is also sour; the third eye, the place of knowing, is divided into two parts because – what we know and how we know, determines what we choose. The universe is the womb of creation from where the human consciousness evolves in our understanding of God.

THE CABALA OF KATRINA REVISITED

Hurricane Isaac headed inland towards New Orleans as a Category 1 storm on the 7th anniversary of the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina.

It has been seven years since the hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and with it brought down the Bush Regime; this seminal moment in history is reminiscent of the Spanish Armada who 500 years ago, during their invasion of England, was destroyed by a storm.

The Midrash-Book of Metaphor says, The last king of Rome will be named Irom/Naked because of the embarrassment he will bring upon his people during a time of great opulence when gold and silver had little value – Bush in the Hebrew language means embarrassment.

Seven years later on the same days as Katrina a new storm, not as powerful or destructive, again hits New Orleans, but the levies are holding. The Cabala explains, The seven lower Medot/Measurements of the Ten Sefirot represents a cycle, like the seven days of the week.

Over these seven years, America has ended two wars and turned, as a nation, from violence to peace. New Orleans will weather this storm like America has weathered 500 years of Roman influence, which continues to decline. When Moshiach comes the whole world will be free from Rome.

THE CABALA OF TEEN POT SMOKING

Teens who smoke marijuana regularly may suffer long-term damage to their brains, new research suggests; the key variable was the age of onset for marijuana use and the brain's development.

The Talmud-Book of Law denotes the different stages of life according to age – at 20 the human being begins to reckon their life according to decades; the first 20 years is time of growth – physical, emotional and mental. Children are extremely sensitive to their environment.

By introducing a strong substance into a child’s life, from sugar to pot or from poverty to wealth, will have a distinct affect on the child – without question. The internal substances and external environment of a child, to great extent, determines the final picture of the person.

According to the Midrash-Book of Metaphor, Punishment from heaven happens once the person reaches the age of 20, until then the person is growing to completeness. Some children live with war and famine or TV and video games – the resulting person is a conglomerate of disparate forces.

The brain is the last to mature, as the Cabala points out, The smaller the vessel the greater the light; the term for a blind person in talmudic language is Sogi Ore/Too Much Light. Marijuana introduces more light in the brain – for one still growing, pot is an unwelcome crutch.

THE CABALA OF WAR AND WEAPONS

American arms sales hit a record high in 2011, a congressional study found; foreign weapon sales brought in $66.3 billion for American companies last year, triple the amount from the previous year and totaling 75 percent of the total global arms market.

In the end, We will beat our instruments of war into plowshares to feed the poor. America is the newly anointed sword of Rome who has for 2000 years ruled the world through the politics and economics of war. This disturbing statistic says more about America than all the other facts.

These Masters of War propagating violence throughout the world for the big buck are the cause of immense suffering in the world, as if life was not hard enough without constant war. To soothe their wretched souls the Masters of War take on religion as a front for their wickedness.

The religion of Rome espouses peace while secretly promoting war and division – the last ancient Pontiff was Julius Caesar. With their money these Masters of War manipulate the masses; young men are eager to fight and die for the latest motto – the only Hell is war, made by man.

But, in the end, We will beat our instruments of war into plowshares to feed the poor. The Cabala explains, The real war is within; the Talmud-Book is Law teaches, all things are arranged in Heaven except Fear of Heaven. Fear come from Riah/Seeing. Peace comes from open eyes.

THE CABALA OF CIRCUMCISION

Older fathers are more likely to pass on new mutations to their offspring than older mothers, researchers from Iceland reported; they added that this could partly explain why a higher percentage of children today are born within an autism spectrum disorder.

Autism is the scientific term given to the new souls destined to be born during the End of Days occurring in our time. These new souls lack the memory that souls acquire through reincarnation – new souls bring a new light to the world in preparation for the arrival of Moshiach.

Moshiach is a present from God, according to Zohar-Book of Secret, at the end of the six thousand year process of human beings on planet Earth. These new souls, coming to the world in preparation for this time, require a particular gene deformation to enter into a body.

God created every part of creation with a purpose but the foreskin was the result of the first human disobeying God and eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Since it was during the sixth of the Six Days of Creation, the Orla/Foreskin grew from the energy of man’s misdeed.

Removing the Orla/Foreskin on the eighth day, when the blood of the child coagulates the best, returns the human being back to the purity of the first man, Adom/One Blood who was created circumcised. No wonder circumcision turns out to be good for men’s general health.

THE CABALA OF NEIL ARMSTRONG

Former astronaut Neil Armstrong, whose 1969 moon landing transformed human exploration spent the following decades shunning the limelight; he died today at 82, rekindling memories of that timeless achievement.

According to the Cabala, Spirituality begins halfway between the Earth and the moon; this is born out by the necessity of space suits – a human being can not touch the moon and live. Thrusting our vehicles into space is a great technological achievement, but there is the downside.

Space exploration is similar to religion thrusting their images and objects into the spiritual realm where they are unwelcome; Neil Armstrong got the closest to the moon but did not actually touch the moon – though they did bring back some artifacts, alien stones from another world.

I remember this incident; I recall thinking, There are some many problems in this world why can we as a nation afford the luxury of human space exploration? I feel the same today. Dovid, the first king of Israel, writes in Tehilum/Psalms, The Heavens to God, the Earth to man.

Yet, the tempered steel of this man to venture into space and stand on the moon is a proud achievement. The audacity the human being wanting more is in our nature. The letters of Adom/Human can be rearranged to read Maod/More.