IN SEARCH OF A HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
1. Have patience
with me dear friends. I'm searching and
exploring for the highest
lights. I'm also
trying to open up in myself and in you of
course if you care to jump on
board, a higher
consciousness - if not now, then WHEN right?!
This consciousness
needs to be something that connects all of me
with all of the people and the world with
whom I daily
engage. This consciousness must inspire me to jump
out of bed in the
morning. This
consciousness must inspire all those I encounter.
It must represent my
Ratzon
[my innermost will]. This consciousness needs to reflect the best of
me, my own
masterpiece in the
art of living, my greatest hits, my higher
self as well as my lower
self, a person
fully expressed, all of my capacities opened up
from a standard 4% level
of to a 70% or 80%
level - and yet ,at the same time, all of
this ME - ING needs to be
bridged in the
ultimate paradoxical- ME-LESS-ING to G-D-ING,
where all that I do and
become is aligned
with the Divine, an extension of Him, my
personalized attempt to
reveal Him in his
hiding, specifically His hiding in the ME, and
the totality of my
expression, me
being a simple messenger or courier to drive this
world into becoming a
Divine majestic
Kingdom! All in all 'PARADISE ON EARTH' !
So we've tried a
few things to try to make all this happen....
for a few years, we were
exploring Torah,
turning its wisdom into tools, meditations,
experiential, artistic and
creative
expressions - we developed a seminar and a healing
methodology called
Sefirotic
Alignment Therapy. We created
numerous formulas for instant-yet constant
'paradising'. What
I'd like to explore at this point is a topic
that is so vital and crucial to our attaining this higher
consciousness as
well as crucial in simply coping in all day to
day life situations, that we
oftentimes
overlook it, even though it's right underneath our
noses....the topic is
'HEARING OUR INNER
DIVINE VOICE'...
I approach this
topic with a mixture of trepidation and
exhilaration.... On the one
hand, I don't want
to teach what's false or shady or
untrue....our people have a long
standing tradition
of being a nation of prophets and conduits of
'Ruach
Hakodesh'...we're no
strangers to the inner Divine voice that speaks out
inside of us -
we know that there
are endless levels of purity and clarity
involved in receiving this
Divine voice - G-d
Forbid that we should misrepresent the deep
and enduring wisdom
that our nation
has inherited and knows deep on a collective
subconscious
level.......
....on the other hand, the heyday of prophecy is
distant past history, but
there is an
awakening going on, a massive undercurrent of people
being
Divinely guided,
spoken to, dictated to, involved in Divine
channeling, in Divinely
guided healing, in
connecting to G-d through their own personal
Divine voice, in so
many different
ways, that it's hard to keep track....our Holy
Books speak of the
Messianic times as
being a time of reawakening our ability to
hear this Divine Voice, to
prophesize...a
time when the knowledge of G-d will cover the
face of the earth like the
sea covers the
land....
People's levels
and abilities to hear their inner voices are as
diversified as their personalities
are from each
other. So too are the varieties of inner voices
that are
available to us to
hear. One person is an expert in one area,
but is in need of the
expertise of
another who is outstanding in an area in which they
come up lacking.
Keeping this in
mind, I'd like, with Hashem's Help, to try to
open up our Inner Divine
Voice in as
wide-angled a way as possible - I'd like to present
a list of various types of
Divine inner
Voices, drawn from a wellspring of sources -
- the Parsha Tools essays
of the last year
and a half, as well as other tools I've
collected over the years [my own
as well as others
] and various Torah sources ......... the idea
is to see if we can
create [or better
yet, co-create] out of these lists, a master
formula for how to
maximally receive
and act upon our inner Voice in all aspects of
living [hopefully
directly drawing
from the lists we will bring]........ since the
work is extensive, we will
begin this week
and carry on next week [and perhaps the week
after].....I myself, at
this point don't
yet know where all this will wind up, but I'm
very curious and excited
with anticipation
to find out...... in that spirit, let us begin
our explorations....
As usual, I
brought last year's Bhaalotcha Parsha Tools essay at
the end for
those who are
interested.....
THE
PARSHA TOOLS INNER VOICES
In each of the
following Parshas of
the Book of
Bereishit [the 1st year's Parsha Tools], I am
bringing the 'voices' in the
following format:
Hear [ in each of
the following entries] your Divine inner voice
that informs you about
_______[use the
entry to fill in the blank];
1...... what, in
any given challenge in life 24/7, Hashem would
advise you to do in His Torah [...just like Abraham was able to do...]
2....... what will
be a given person's fate based on the fluency
of the prayer [on your tongue] you are saying for them
3....... what the
correct life direction there is to take, based
on what your soul says NOACH
[Seeing the positive in negative people]
4.......what is
this [negative] person's redeeming and positive
trait to focus on LECH
LECHA [Holy selfishness giving]
5........what is
your strongest 'peopling' trait that you can
use when giving of yourself to people VAYEIRA [Grooving on giving]
6......... the
deep pleasure that there is in giving to people
CHAYEI SARAH [Never missing a day]
7...........whether
each act, thought, feeling or spoken word
that you do, enhances your connection to Hashem or not TOLDOS [Bar
Mitzvah-ing]
8............whether
or not your present activity can be
transformed and \ or elevated to be in the category of a Mitzvah or
Divine
command...
and if so,
picture yourself surrounded by Divine Light, Favor and Well-Being
VAYEITZEI
[Jacob's Ladder - My personal Divine Coach]
9............what
Hashem is guiding you to do, based on the
experiences of your day [collected and analyzed]
10..........what
is the impact of your good deeds, that are
being drawn down from on High into your life VAYISHLACH [Yaakov's
constrictive
state of consciousness]
11...........people's
unique needs in any difficult or unpopular
situation, that you have been to before, and can therefore understand
well
12...........what
is the Divine redeeming factor or gift [i.e.
...'spark'] in an otherwise very lowly, hopeless or ugly situation
We will B"H
continue with more Parsha based inner voices
next time, but I would like to give you a taste of other types of inner
voices
drawn from some of my life tools - Here too, we'll use the same format
as
above;
Hear [ in each of
the following entries] your Divine inner voice
that informs you about
_______[use the
entry to fill in the blank];
1........ anything
that you experience in others being inside of
you and that you can identify it and utilize it
2.........any
trait in a person which repulses you, is actually
a trait that came in handy for yourself at some point in your life
[and you
can therefore free up your repulsion]
3..........hundreds
of new ways of being in the world that are
available to you only open
up your mind
to choose such a way
4..........the
best possible direction to take in life [my own
personal coach]
5.......... the
absolute preciousness and Holiness that each and
every person you engage possesses [... from R. Shlomo Carlebach's way]
6..........when
you are in your 'zone', you are being infinitely
empowered from above
[the same
is true always, even when you're not in your zone]
7............
whether the person that you are connecting to is a
kindred spirit or soul brother or sister
8.............the
essence of the person you are connecting with
9...........the
pure primal essence of any idea that you are
thinking about while chanting a musical note at length
10..........the
level of being 'here and now' that you are at
presently and that you are capable of being at
11..........the
level of healthy integration of your little boy
or girl inside of yourself in your present situation or challenge
12..........the
level of unification of all the many-varied
components of your life are presently in, and can potentially be in
13..........the
level of pleasure that you are taking on all
aspects of life presently, and can rise
to
14.........the
level of Infinitizing all the various aspects of
your life that you are presently holding by, and can potentially be
holding by
15.........the
level of salvaging and taking advantage of all of
your past and present
personal
resources that you are presently doing and could potentially be doing
16..........what
G-d leans towards, regarding many different
possible choices that are available to you [ the 'race-horsing' tool]
17..........how
everything is just perfect the way it is
18......... how
all the many accomplishments that you achieved
in the last week, were really not your doing at all, but rather all
done
through Divine assistance [a Shabbos
meditation]
19..........how
inspired you are and can potentially be
20...........how
you want 'your cake and eat it too' and you
want it with all your heart
and you
believe that Hashem can inform you right now how to get it , and then
you can
just close
your eyes and the solution will pop into your mind [the chutzpadik
mastermind tool]
21...........how
much your lower soul as well as your higher
soul resonates with doing any activity.