The Month of Menachem Av - Leo
Today is 1 Av, 5766.
Av is called 'Menachem Av'. Av means father, and menachem means comforter or consoler.
Av is one of two months who have a prefix - the other month is Scorpio, Cheshvan, which is called 'Mar Cheshvan'. Av is spelled aleph bet - the first 2 letters of the alephbet, gematria 3.
Av is the 5th month of the hebrew calender. As we move forward in the calender, it must be understood that what came before is a part of the new month, and the month itself is a preparation for what is to come. The Now is the Midpoint between 2 Extremes. Nothing stands alone.
The letter for the month of Menachem Av is the letter Tet, 9th letter of the aleph bet, gematria 9. The sign is aryeh - the lion.
Av - Leo is ruled by the sun. The letter for the sun is the letter kaf, 11th letter of the aleph bet, gematria 20. Menachem Av - Leo is left column, fire , of the fire signs. Left column is feminine energy, and - pole. The gematria of aryeh is 216, which is also the gematria of gevurah - left column - red - might, strength, judgement. The energy itself is fire x 3. The waters of life flow from Binah. Gevurah from Binah is unsweetened. To sweeten the gevurah the yesod of chochmah (chochmah - av- the father) needs to be illuminated by malchut of binah.
When fire and water are mixed you get steam. Another form. Paradox and synchronicity at the same time.
The letter tet has the shape of an open vessel with an inward point. The esoteric explanation for Tet is that the energy is one of openness to the inner. What is concealed must be dealt with.
It is the shape of the letter which defines it. We are all vessels. Now is the time to connect with the inner, with the concealed, and to bring it forth in the form of light and peace, not chaos and destruction.
As I study and write the post, I cannot help but be totally aware of the current crisis in Israel and the Middle East. Things are getting worse and worse. I said in my post for Tammuz - Cancer, which begins the period called'the three weeks' which have bred negative and disasterous resuts throught the history of the Jewish peoples, that when the negative is what is concentrated upon, negative results will prevail. We are already dealing with the negative - pole. Left column energy in the form of fire with the fierceness and intensity of the lion is being thrust down upon us, the open vessels.
It is only by looking inward, both within ourselves and in a quantum sense, that we can reveal our inner light.
The metaphor is that of great amounts of light being revealed by connection to the concealed.
It is the same concept as the schechinah being in exile - what does being in exile mean? It means concealed. So, the basis of the energy during this time is that of concealment. Inwardness. Or pinimi - inner light.
That darn paradox again - only through darkness can light be revealed.
The letter gives us the opportunity to connect to the peace that is always within, although it may be concealed it is accessable , and send that peace outwards.
Still has to happen in the global consciousness. Hasn't happened yet.
In Judaism, the 9th of Av is the most negative day in the hebrew calendar. It is the day that both the First and Second Temples were destroyed in Jerusalem. Kabbalah teaches that the temples still exist in the supernal, but in order for that amount of spiritual energy to be made manifest upon the Earth again humankind needs to reach the consciousness of mashiach. Some believe that Mashiach is a person. Some believe that it is a consciousness. Whatever the belief system, it is an energy of peace and completion where all wrongs will finally be righted.
9 Av is a Major fast day . There are 5 no's.
No drinking, no eating, no washing, no leather, no sex.
The days leading up to the 9th of Av are days to connect to the mourning for the loss of the Temples .
On the 9th {just to point it out - see the simple gematria in play here? tet is the 9th letter, an open vessel pointing inward - we are being given the ability to connect to the energy in a positive sense, see?}
the Book of Lamentations is read. Last year I lamented. Put myself out of commission for quite a while doing that. Whoa boys. Don't tell me to lament . I know how to do that. And i can do it very very well. This year I will fast, but I'm not doing Lamentations. Nopers.
Anyway
back to the teachings.
As the day the 9th of Av contains the most negative incident, it also hold the power to give birth to mashiach. Darkness and light again.
Nothing good is going to happen with the crisis in the Middle East for a while. Right now the news is saying that the conflict will go on for weeks more. The issue of the UN's anti-semitic attitude is also being mentioned. I found out about that during Davos - The UN gave a bound agenda to all the participants in Davos and there was a piece about sanctions and boyotts to Israel. The UN said it was a mistake. History is rewriting itself again.
I can't help but make the connection - it is staring me right in the face.
The 1st of Av, today, is the death anniversary of Aaron HaKohan. The 5th of Av, Hei B'Av, is the death anniversary of Rabbi Yitzach Luria, the Ari. { In kabbalah the death anniversaries of the great Tzaddiks are observed because it is taught that when a Tzaddick leaves this world he reveals all his light.} The 9th of Av, Tisha B'Av, is the fast and lamenting day. The 15th of Av- Tu B' Av is a kabbalistic valentine's day - the day one should connect with one's soulmate. Actually, energetically, it is the day when the balance between the Sun - physical manifestation of Menacham Av - and the Full Moon are both in full power, and a natural balance exists between the energies contained in the planetary bodies. There's also a biblical metaphor about Moses and Joshua - Moses is the Sun and Joshua is the Moon. That's another esoteric explanation when they want to completely disregard the feminine energy.
Connecting to the energy of the letter in a state of meditation helps to calm me.
These times are Full of Fire - The Wrath of the Feminine Strength -
But it doesn't have to be that way. It just has been that way for a long time and whilst humanity adapts so easily to chaos, peace is always seen as a 'future' situation.
I don't want there to be a WWIII. Lot of fire and hatred is manifested in the physical. What is happening is that we are being given the opportunity to replace hatred with peace, to convert the energy of fire into the purest of light - the energy of peace, love and respect, apprection and human dignity. But we like to use that fire to breed chaos. Paradox. Not paradox.
The controller for Av is the left kidney, the sense is hearing and the Tribe is Shimon.
Ariel Sharon is Almost Dead - his kidneys are failing.
We begin Deuterotomy - Devarim - the 5th of the 5 books of Moses with this first Shabbat in Av.
The number 5
is very much in play
but that's another midrash.
May the concealed peace within become revealed for each and every one of us and for all the worlds.
Chodesh Tov Menachem Av
Av is called 'Menachem Av'. Av means father, and menachem means comforter or consoler.
Av is one of two months who have a prefix - the other month is Scorpio, Cheshvan, which is called 'Mar Cheshvan'. Av is spelled aleph bet - the first 2 letters of the alephbet, gematria 3.
Av is the 5th month of the hebrew calender. As we move forward in the calender, it must be understood that what came before is a part of the new month, and the month itself is a preparation for what is to come. The Now is the Midpoint between 2 Extremes. Nothing stands alone.
The letter for the month of Menachem Av is the letter Tet, 9th letter of the aleph bet, gematria 9. The sign is aryeh - the lion.
Av - Leo is ruled by the sun. The letter for the sun is the letter kaf, 11th letter of the aleph bet, gematria 20. Menachem Av - Leo is left column, fire , of the fire signs. Left column is feminine energy, and - pole. The gematria of aryeh is 216, which is also the gematria of gevurah - left column - red - might, strength, judgement. The energy itself is fire x 3. The waters of life flow from Binah. Gevurah from Binah is unsweetened. To sweeten the gevurah the yesod of chochmah (chochmah - av- the father) needs to be illuminated by malchut of binah.
When fire and water are mixed you get steam. Another form. Paradox and synchronicity at the same time.
The letter tet has the shape of an open vessel with an inward point. The esoteric explanation for Tet is that the energy is one of openness to the inner. What is concealed must be dealt with.
It is the shape of the letter which defines it. We are all vessels. Now is the time to connect with the inner, with the concealed, and to bring it forth in the form of light and peace, not chaos and destruction.
As I study and write the post, I cannot help but be totally aware of the current crisis in Israel and the Middle East. Things are getting worse and worse. I said in my post for Tammuz - Cancer, which begins the period called'the three weeks' which have bred negative and disasterous resuts throught the history of the Jewish peoples, that when the negative is what is concentrated upon, negative results will prevail. We are already dealing with the negative - pole. Left column energy in the form of fire with the fierceness and intensity of the lion is being thrust down upon us, the open vessels.
It is only by looking inward, both within ourselves and in a quantum sense, that we can reveal our inner light.
The metaphor is that of great amounts of light being revealed by connection to the concealed.
It is the same concept as the schechinah being in exile - what does being in exile mean? It means concealed. So, the basis of the energy during this time is that of concealment. Inwardness. Or pinimi - inner light.
That darn paradox again - only through darkness can light be revealed.
The letter gives us the opportunity to connect to the peace that is always within, although it may be concealed it is accessable , and send that peace outwards.
Still has to happen in the global consciousness. Hasn't happened yet.
In Judaism, the 9th of Av is the most negative day in the hebrew calendar. It is the day that both the First and Second Temples were destroyed in Jerusalem. Kabbalah teaches that the temples still exist in the supernal, but in order for that amount of spiritual energy to be made manifest upon the Earth again humankind needs to reach the consciousness of mashiach. Some believe that Mashiach is a person. Some believe that it is a consciousness. Whatever the belief system, it is an energy of peace and completion where all wrongs will finally be righted.
9 Av is a Major fast day . There are 5 no's.
No drinking, no eating, no washing, no leather, no sex.
The days leading up to the 9th of Av are days to connect to the mourning for the loss of the Temples .
On the 9th {just to point it out - see the simple gematria in play here? tet is the 9th letter, an open vessel pointing inward - we are being given the ability to connect to the energy in a positive sense, see?}
the Book of Lamentations is read. Last year I lamented. Put myself out of commission for quite a while doing that. Whoa boys. Don't tell me to lament . I know how to do that. And i can do it very very well. This year I will fast, but I'm not doing Lamentations. Nopers.
Anyway
back to the teachings.
As the day the 9th of Av contains the most negative incident, it also hold the power to give birth to mashiach. Darkness and light again.
Nothing good is going to happen with the crisis in the Middle East for a while. Right now the news is saying that the conflict will go on for weeks more. The issue of the UN's anti-semitic attitude is also being mentioned. I found out about that during Davos - The UN gave a bound agenda to all the participants in Davos and there was a piece about sanctions and boyotts to Israel. The UN said it was a mistake. History is rewriting itself again.
I can't help but make the connection - it is staring me right in the face.
The 1st of Av, today, is the death anniversary of Aaron HaKohan. The 5th of Av, Hei B'Av, is the death anniversary of Rabbi Yitzach Luria, the Ari. { In kabbalah the death anniversaries of the great Tzaddiks are observed because it is taught that when a Tzaddick leaves this world he reveals all his light.} The 9th of Av, Tisha B'Av, is the fast and lamenting day. The 15th of Av- Tu B' Av is a kabbalistic valentine's day - the day one should connect with one's soulmate. Actually, energetically, it is the day when the balance between the Sun - physical manifestation of Menacham Av - and the Full Moon are both in full power, and a natural balance exists between the energies contained in the planetary bodies. There's also a biblical metaphor about Moses and Joshua - Moses is the Sun and Joshua is the Moon. That's another esoteric explanation when they want to completely disregard the feminine energy.
Connecting to the energy of the letter in a state of meditation helps to calm me.
These times are Full of Fire - The Wrath of the Feminine Strength -
But it doesn't have to be that way. It just has been that way for a long time and whilst humanity adapts so easily to chaos, peace is always seen as a 'future' situation.
I don't want there to be a WWIII. Lot of fire and hatred is manifested in the physical. What is happening is that we are being given the opportunity to replace hatred with peace, to convert the energy of fire into the purest of light - the energy of peace, love and respect, apprection and human dignity. But we like to use that fire to breed chaos. Paradox. Not paradox.
The controller for Av is the left kidney, the sense is hearing and the Tribe is Shimon.
Ariel Sharon is Almost Dead - his kidneys are failing.
We begin Deuterotomy - Devarim - the 5th of the 5 books of Moses with this first Shabbat in Av.
The number 5
is very much in play
but that's another midrash.
May the concealed peace within become revealed for each and every one of us and for all the worlds.
Chodesh Tov Menachem Av
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