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by Miykael Qorbanyahu aka The End Time Scribe
Torah: Deuteronomy 3.23-7.11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40.1-26 Witness: Luke 22.13-38
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“Hear, O Yisrael, יהוה our Elohim; יהוה is one” (Devarim 6:4). The commandment is to declare the unity of the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, below; for as the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, is unified below, so it is unified above. Thus the Holy One, blessed be He, is one and only above and below. Whoever declares the unity of the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, should direct his attention and will to the meditation (lit. ‘unification’) we mentioned, NAMELY UNITE HIS NAME BELOW, and connect all His limbs, NAMELY THE SEFIROT by means of the meditation so that they will all become one. For as one arranges all the limbs OF THE NAME according to a mystery below, so one connects all the supernal limbs by means of that meditation so they will all become one.
Zohar. Va’Etchanan 9.61
And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6.4-5
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The science of quantum physics, or quantum mechanics, which is the study of the smallest particles – called quanta – has turned the world of physics completely upside down. So much has the research and findings of quantum particles rocked the domain of physics that it has done the almost unexpected in that it has seemingly merged the lines of delineation that once existed between the worlds of science and spirituality. The old compartmentalized laws of physics that had been proposed by the likes of Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei have since become outdated and antiquated models of thought, now replaced by what is considered a unified field theory that was popularized by Albert Einstein and a few of his colleagues in 1915. According to Wikipedia, this view holds the idea that allows all that is usually thought of as fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of a single field. Also known as the Grand Unified Theory (GUT), the basis of this proposal is founded upon the notion of
a model in particle physics in which at high energy, the three gauge interactions of the Standard Model which define the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions or forces, are merged into one single force. This unified interaction is characterized by one larger gauge symmetry and thus several force carriers, but one unified coupling constant. If Grand Unification is realized in nature, there is the possibility of a grand unification epoch in the early universe in which the fundamental forces are not yet distinct.
One of the most profound findings in the field of quantum physics was the discovery that all sentient beings, including humans, are composed of the same basic material that exists throughout the universe. They also found that our composition as humans included what physicists have identified as “packets of quantum energy”, or the particles that exist within the Universe, and that they exchange information with what they call the field, or the universal physical domain (i.e., electromagnetic field, gravitational field, wave field, etc.). It is this field, whose points cannot fully be quantified in time and space, that we will later seek to identify. To demonstrate the symmetry that exists throughout the Universe within this unified field, Lynne McTaggart in her book entitled The Field, details this unique nexus discovered by physicists which they have conclusively stated shows the inter-connectivity of particles and their exchange of information. In the prologue of her groundbreaking, investigative work, she stated that
Most fundamentally, they [physicists] had provided evidence that all of us connect with each other and the world at the very undercoat of our being. Through scientific experiment they’d demonstrated that there may be such a thing as a life force flowing through the universe – what has variously been called collective consciousness or, as theologians have termed it, the Holy Spirit. They provided a plausible explanation of all those areas that over the centuries mankind has had faith in but no solid evidence of or adequate accounting for, from the effectiveness of alternative medicine and even prayer to life after death. They offered us, in a sense, a science of religion.
The Field. Prologue, pg. XII
For the ancient Israelites, the reality of this grand unification of existence was not theoretical, rather it was an experience that they matter of factly encountered empirically. Scientists in their own right, it was the field of the sacred that the ancient Israelites observed and tested which yielded an exponential increase of cosmic consciousness. Experiencing both noumena and phenomenal occurrences, it was because of the attunement of their mind’s eye that allowed their physical eyes to perceive the all pervading presence of יהוה in whom we we live and move and have our being. In fact, the ancient Israelite cosmological paradigm is steeped in the principle of oneness and the interactivity between cosmic and human forces. This oneness was most clearly contained and expressly articulated with the Torah. To explain this Torah-based maxim, Barbara A. Holderage writes in Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture
The notion that the Torah constitutes a plan that reflects the laws and structure of the cosmos is pointed to in several Midrashim. An anonymous Midrash in Leviticus Rabbah identifies the laws of Torah with the laws of nature by means of which [Elohim] brought forth the universe, implying that the social and moral order laid in the Torah reflects the cosmic order…The notion that there is correspondence between the laws of Torah and the structure of the universe is expressed in a different form in a tradition in Pesiqta de R. Kahana, which maintains that, of the 613 commandments (mitzvot) in the Torah, the 365 negative precepts correspond to the number of days in a solar year, while the 248 positive precepts correspond to the number of members in the human body. [Therefore, t]orah is represented in classical Amoraic Midrashim as having a role not only in bringing forth the creation, but also in sustaining it. The revelation of the Torah at Mount Sinai…is portrayed as a crucial turning point in the final establishment of creation, for if Israel had not accepted the Torah, the universe would have reverted to the original state of chaos from which it emerged.
Chapter 2 – Torah and Creation, pg. 166-167
To describe what he perceived as the process of creation, Rav Berg in his work The Energy of the Hebrew Letters, explains how it was
…within the full spectrum of the Creator’s Thoughts, the universe began to take shape. As any master craftsman does when commencing his work, the Creator very carefully considered the tools He would need to fulfill His intention. He began to design these tools out of His imagination, whereupon He experienced a marvelous holographic phenomenon: As He wrenched the images of His tools out of the concealment of His Mind, they began to spring into existence! The Creator saw His work, and He was pleased. The designs fairly leaped out of His consciousness. Twenty-two sublime tonalities emanated, and it pleased [יהוה] to use them to fashion His universe. These were the twenty-two emanations, from Alef through Tav, which have come down to us today as the Divine characters of the Hebrew Alef Bet. With these twenty-two characters, the Creator planned His Creation, even as He beheld it in Thought-intelligence in an endless world, devoid of time, space, and motion, where past, present and future were undifferentiated aspects of the vast panorama of Now.
Chapter 1 – Thought and Mind, pg. 41-42
There is a shared insight among Israelites who have been able to perceive the inner depths of existence that the Hebrew letters are the very DNA of the universe. These letters, when combined, form powerful realities that have the power to shape existence according to the will of the Creator, so as articulated through the individual, in alignment with the Divine Will, who then is able to wield the consciousness of unity in order to manifest the reality of unity. It is this consciousness and manifestation of unity that is spoken of in this week’s parashat, Va’Etchanan, which means I pleaded. Derived from the word chanan, which suggests the bestowal or seeking of favor, it is the gesture that Moshe makes to יהוה as a result of seeking entry into the Promised Land after being told that he would not as a result of his single act of disobedience. Yet before his transition, he provided the nation with crucial discourses and interpretations of the Torah, and the definitive proclamation of Israel; the Shema.
As the quintessential prayer made twice daily, this unifying pronouncement contains the divine name of the creator of the Universe which is, unequivocally, the essence of existence. The statement of יהוה being our Elohim and being one (אֶחָד) is not only the acceptance of the sublime unity of the Creator itself, but of existence in its entirety. This is a reality that our ancestors long have known prior to the findings of what quantum physics have to discover. In fact, Rav Berg informs us of this ancient experiential knowledge with these words,
The cosmic bond and unifying force of the universe is Echad (one) אֶחָד, a most awesome superstructure. The combination of the three letters -Alef, Chet and Dalet – spelling Echad accounts for the basic features of a unified force field.
The Energy of the Hebrew Letters. Chapter 7, pg. 132
As the differentiating declaration setting it apart from all other traditions, this statement contains the hidden force that holds the universe together. It is through the acceptance and application of Israel upon which this contingent manifestation of unity is dependent. The mutual interdependence of the Creator and his people in establishing this reality is the basis of Israel accepting the yoke of the kingdom of heaven when this prayer is said.
The unity of the Sephirot expressed in the last word of the Shema: Echad. The word Echad is made up of three letters: aleph, chet, dalet. The rabbis explains that the aleph refers to the sefirah Keter, because the letter aleph represents the number “one,” and God is One. The chet, corresponds to the number eight, and hence, the eight sefirot that follow Keter. The dalet always symbolizes Malchut, because it corresponds to the number four, which emphasizes God’s kingship over all four directions of physical existence. One of the fundamental questions that the Shema brings forth, concerns the unity of Elohims’ Name. The Shema says that יהוה is One, as if to say that this is an established fact. The prophet Zekaryah, however, states that the unification of the Name will come in the future:
Zekaryah 14.9 – And יהוה shall be king over all the earth: in that יהוה shall be one, and His Name one.
It is this reality that the entire creation is anticipating in full suspense. This is what quantum physicists are seeking to explain, a reality that the ancient Israelites, and even other cultural traditions, were well aware of through their sacred sciences. It requires the removal of ego and an involution of consciousness, of which have spoken of on several occasions here at Hebrew Vision. This is ultimately made manifest when we love the Most High, in us and in creation, which is demonstrated by the keeping of the commandments, statues and judgments of the Torah. When this takes place, then the world will know that there is only one life and one love that exists throughout the universe. And it is this life and this love that we are called to exude, as Maran Rabbi Mashiyach Yahoshua responded to his inquisitors when they asked him
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Torah?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22.36-40
Selah…
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