Sefer Yetzirah Class No 22

last week we completed Mishna 3.5

Here are Mishnayot to complete Chapter 3.

Mishna 3.6

שלש אמות אמ"ש חקקן חצבן צרפן יצר בהן שלש אמות בשנה, ושלש בעולם, ושלש בנפש, זכר ונקבה:

Transliteration

Shalosh Emot Amesh Chakakan Chaziven Tzarfen Yatzer bahen Shalosh Emot Bashanah; Veshalosh BaOlam VeShalosh Benefesh, Zacor VeNukvah.

Translation

3 Mothers Aleph Mem Shin, Engraving, Carved, purified, formed from them. 3 Mothers in the year, and 3 `in the world, and 3 in the soul, male and female.

Mishna 3.7

המליך אל"ף ברוח וקשר לו כתר, וצרפן זה בזה וצר מהן אוי"ר בעולם, רוי"ה בשנה, גוי"ה בנפש, זכר ונקבה, זכר בא"ש ונקבה באש"מ

Transliteration

Hamelech Alef Baruach Vekesher lo keter,m Vetzarphen Zeh BeZeh, Vetzar Mahen Avir BaOlam, Raviya Bashana, Gaviya banefesh, Zachor VeNukva, Zachor BeEmesh VeNukva BeEShem.

Translation

He made the letter Alef king over Breath and He bound a crown to itand He combined them one with another and with them He formedAir in the Universe, The temperate in the Year, and the chest in the Soul:The male with Alef Mem Shin and the female with Alef Shin Mem.

Mishna 3.8

המליך אות מ' במים וקשר לו כתר, וצרפן זה בזה וצר בהן אר"ץ בעולם, קו"ר בשנה, ובט"ן בנפש, זכר ונקבה, זכר במא"ש ונקבה במש"א

Transliteration

Hamelech Ot mem Bamayim Vekesher lo Keter, VeTzarphin Zeh BeZeh Vetzar Bahen Eretz BaOlam, Kavir Bashana, VeBatine BaNefesh, Zachor VeNukvah, Male BaMaEsh Venukva BaMashiah.

He made Mem king over water and He bound a crown to it and He combined one with another and with them He formed Earth in the Universe Cold in the Year and the belly in the Soul:The male with Mem Alef Shin and the female with Mem Shin Alef.

Mishna 3.9

המליך ש' באש וקשר לו כתר, וצרפן זה בזה וצר בהן שמי"ם בעולם, חו"ם בשנה, רא"ש בנפש זכר ונקבה, זכר בשמ"א נקבה בשא"מ

Transliteration

Hamelech shin Baesh Vekesher lo Keter, Vtzarphon Zeh BaZeh Vetzar Bahen Shemayim BaOlam Chom Bashana Rosh Banephesh Zacor Venukva, Zachor BaShamia Nukva Bashiamay.

Translation

He made Shin king over fire and He bound a crown to it and He combined one with another and with them He formed Heaven in the Universe Hot in the Year and the head in the Soul:The male with Shin Alef Mem and the female with Shin Mem Alef.

Take a minute to understand what the teaching will be tonight.

Mishna 3.6 starts a discussion about male and female. Then Mishnayot 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9 is similar to what was shown you last week. Start with the Aleph and permutate the Shin and Mem; then start with the Mem and permutate the Aleph and Shin; and finally start with the Shin and permutate the Mem and Aleph.

Here is the chart from last week to start with.

אי אה או אה יא הא וא הא

HayAh WaAh HayAh YoAh AhHay AhWa AhHay AhYo

מי מה מו מה ים הם ום הם

HayMay WaMay HayMay YoMay MayHay MayWa MayHay MayYo

שי שה שו שה יש הש וש הש

HayShi WaShi HayShi YoShi ShiHay ShiWa ShiHay ShiYo

Do you need me to permutate the order for you here? what items are being created?

Lets learn intellectually a little and then you will be on your own to practice.

No! not on your own totally. Call me with questions. Realize that next week we will start learning about the Double letters from Chapter 4.

There are 22 lines in the Tree of Life that connect the 10 Circles of the Sephirot within the Tree of Life. There are many versions which put certain letters with certain lines that connect certain Sephirot. which ones are correct and which ones are corrupt?

You are going to be surprised by the answer. They are all are correct. Let me repeat this. They are all correct. this is because the letters actually include all of the letters within all of the other letters. Therefore the essence of the letters is what is important. The shape of the letters are not important only the essence. Unless the picture you are dealing with is dealing with the essence of the letters the glyff that it presents is immaterial. What line goes with what essence may be significant. That is up to you to determine for yourself. How? through practice. Through asking the Sephirot questions when you meditate using the meditations taught in Chapter 1. and the meditations taught in chapter 3. You should be meditating using the tools from Chapter 1 and asking the sephirot specifically what they think. Do you understand? then you don't understand. Just experience the above. Then you will know.

Fundamental lesson from balance of Chapter 3. The mind of man integrates in space and time.

Hakara is the Hebrew word for consciousness, which is the fundamental element of Mind and Heart. Our job is to integrate the two so that we can speak of the mind of our hearts. These two things seem to be opposites when they actually are not opposites but different views of reality.

In any sequence, one letter needs to dominate the other two. This is especially true of a 3 letter sequence.

This is so that you are able to create your hearts desire.This is so that we can have a beginning, a middle, and an end. A Rosh, A Toch, and a Sof.

the first letter in the reverse order spells Seter, Samech Taf Resh = concealment. The vowels give us thew word Pach from some of their initials.

Pey Chet is a can or a garbage can. this is the secret of connection. Connection is the concealment of the garbage can?

Actually it is a bad joke. Connection is concealment of the vessel. If you need me to explain this more fully. Ask me next week after you work with the meditaions.

the Amesh sequence represents many things. To understand Aleph Mem Shin we need to understand what is being said below.

Every sephirot have within it 10 sephirot; every thing has within it a beginning a middle and and an end. within everything there is an opposite. every man has an inner female; one above and one below and something in the middle that keeps everything connected. Find the middle. to connect

this is a very philosophical statement yet it is much more than that.

Astrological sign of libra is balance. Rosh Hashana is the Day of judgment. This means balancing the scales. Aleph is air; tiferet; heart and emotions. Shin is intellect; Mem is intuition. Mem creates the earth; Assiya;

Who wrote the Zohar. Rabbi Shimon; who wrote the Sefer Yetzirah. Avraham Avinu. who edited the Sefer Yetzirah Rabbi Akivah. Who was the teacher of Rabbi Shimon? Rabbi Akiva. Is there a connection between Sefer Yetzirah and Zohar? What is the beginning Avraham, what is the middle Rabbi Akivah, what is the end? Rabbi Shimon. When was the beginning of the age of Aquarius which is the beginning of the end. The ARI who gave us a new system of and for the Zohar.

Abba (father) makes the daughter. Chochma creates the daughter. Atzilut must be revealed in the physical. The first thought emanates the last deed. the highest becomes the lowest. The mem is male and below is female. Shin is female and then becomes male. Our world is the mirror of the above. There is no duality. it is not water water. A famous verse from teh Pardez. Why is the Tzitzit is blue. The reflection of the sky is reflecting the sea.

There is no duality there is only unity. there is always concealment prior to revealment. This is the reason why we wear clothing.

Intellectual or intuitive or emotion. Is there a difference?

Mem begins the perception. Male perceives different than female. because the aleph and the shin are reversed.

Male and female think differently. they start with the shin and reverse the aleph and mem.

emotion of men and women are different. aleph starts but mem and shin change.

Our sages say the time to speak to the wife is after 4 in the morning. from 4 to 6. is it referring to speaking to the wife or is it speaking to the inner female or the inner male of the female.

man marries a physical women to reflect back his inner women. this is psychology what is this have to with the sefer yetzirah. go into our unconscious. know your inner opposite women of men and men of women. know your self by knowing your wife. that is why we say one needs to be married.

Hitbodedut isolation is male intuition mem abstract non construct. imagary and visions coming to your mind.

hitbonedut is contemplation.

thinking about something is meditation.

contemplate until you go deeper until you see truly see visions and pictures. This is called running and returning. We discussed in Chapter 1. We are discussing anew.

Secret of the Amesh.

Both must be present within each other. male in female and female in male. there is no true duplicate only reflections which is another way of speaking of relativity. that class from the basic class. Do you remember it? go hear a recording.

He rules (from the mishnayot above) in Malchut witch is Kingdom.

Keter is Anee "I" becomeing Ain "Nothing".

Contemplate till you reach keter. when you become nothing you can reach keter where you change the source and return to the physical and lead becomes gold.

Intellect is powered by emotion. where is the middle point?

Your hot in the sunlight "see" the glacier. Your cold in the wind "see" the sunlight reflecting of the sand. or you can wear more clothes or take off your clothes.

Which path will you follow? technology or mind it is up to you.

Mem is opposite shin yet you always need the aleph. to emotionally arouse. How do we arouse our passions? take wine to arouse passions. Music. not drugs.

Creation of the world. Tshirai is in the Aleph in the heart. World was created on Nissan why man is created in Tishrai. Love Hashem with all your heart. Inner feelings. true passion of man this integrates the Neshamah with the Nefesh and thereby it is balanced with the neshama. right and left above and below.

Aleph rule is emotional focus - air

Mem rule is phsyical focus - water

shin rule is mind focus. - fire

Where is the earth? concealed within the water? Chinese medicine and Ramban medicine are almost identical.

Mem aleph shin is male

Mem shin aleph is female

this does not make sense from our understanding

cycles represent which is dominant.

psychology movement. there is a time for everything.

male and female. Teach a women the Sefer Yetzirah? Most people (Rabbi's) today will not. My teacher does but will not do so privately. only in a group. why? group sex? just joking

Contemplate teh essence of each letter.

Aleph is air mem is water shin is fire. source power within the letter is the action. manipulate the phsyical by manipulate teh psychic. How connected are you?

When we live in cities it is not the best location to accomplish these things taught in the Sefer Yetzirah. live on a limited physical level. No one can be limited on the physical level. Sages lived on limited diets except on Shabbat. Budda statue show a big belly. the older ones do not.

very limited due to how we live

let go - be disconnected to be reconnected upon the higher levels.

aleph is the vav

Mem is the Yood

shin is the Hay

the above is from the teachings from the Ramak Rabbi Cordovero.

permutate the yood hay vav

six permutations - go back to chapter 1 and see the connections.

One is the letters and one is the sephirot .

Applications in all things relate to the Amesh.

lower intellect to lower intuition to higher intellect to higher intuition.

see the world and then shape the world using your emotions.

Male and female

descending light male

returning light female

inner light male

surrounding light female

different metaphors produce the same result.