Sefer Yetzirah Class No 29

Mishna 5.3 and 5.4

ג) י"ב פשוטות, י"ב ולא י"ג, י"ב ולא י"א. חקקן חצבן צרפן שקלן המירן, וצר בהן מזלות וחדשים ומנהיגים:

(ד) שנים לועסים, שנים לועזים, שנים עליצים, שנים עליזים, שנים נועצים, שנים טורפים, שנים ציידים. עשאן כמין מריבה, עשאן [נוסח אחר - ערכן] כמין מלחמה, גם את זה לעומת זה:

Transliteration

5.3 Yood Bet Peshutot, Yood Bet VeLow Yood Gimmel, Yood Bet Velow Yood Aleph. Chakkaken Chatzaven Tzerphin shekalen Hameran, vetzar Bahen Mazalot Vechadashim Vemanahegaim.

5.4 Shanim LoAsim, Shnim LoAzim, Shanim Oletzim, Shanim Olezim, Shanim NoAtzim, Shanim Turaphim, Shanim Tzadim, Oshaan Chamin Marivah, Oshaen (Nosach Achar - Archan) Camin Milchamah, Gam Et Zeh LeOmat Zeh.

Translation

5.3 Twelve Elementals: not thirteen, and not eleven, Hey, Vav, Zain, Cheit, Tet, Yud, Lamed, Nun, Samekh, ‘Ayin, Tzadde, Kuf. Their foundation is He engraved them, carved them, permuted them, weighed them, and transformed them, and with them He formed twelve constellations in the Universe twelve months in the Year and twelve directors in the Soul, male and female.

5.4 Twelve constellations in the Universe: Aries (Tale’, the Ram) Taurus (Shor, the Bull) Gemini (Teomim, the Twins) Cancer (Sartan, the Crab) Leo (Arieh, the Lion),Virgo (Betulah, the Virgin) Libra (Maznayim, the Scales) Scorpio (Akrav, the Scorpion) Sagittarius (Keshet, the Archer) Capricorn (Ghedi, the Kid) Aquarius (Deli, the Water Drawer) Pisces (Dagim, the Fishes).

Tonights material should also include Mishna 5.5 but we do not have time to include that material and may not have time to complete even Mishna 5.4. These Mishnayot are dealing with Astrological influences, as well as some other correlations. Months of the year are in Mishna 5.5. How do you separate Months from Signs?

These Mishnayot are dealing with the Astrology and most commentaries do not ever touch the meditative aspect of these Mishnayot. My teacher did the opposites. The Astrology is surface body level. The Meditative is internal soul level. Lets proceed.

In order to truly get this material, one must understand the Mind Set of the Author and the Times.Otherwise you will not be able to comprehend the correlations. That includes the Astrological and also the medical science of the ancient times. Here is something you are going to have difficulty accepting.

We are told that the Ancients did not know about the outer planets because they could not see them with the naked eye. Not true. They knew! How did they know. All knowledge is available through meditation. they were told. They were also told that the outer planets represent the upper sephirot which do not work in our world except as we geet close to Mashiach. the outer planets work through the lower sephirot the inner planets. Today we have current knowledge of the outer planets and the western astrologers still imply a relationship working through the inner planets. I would tell you the relationships but it does not matter as we will come to see. This same discussion applies to the body parts and the purpose of those body parts. They each relate to the Sephirot. What did the ancients know about medicine and body parts?

Today, we know that oriental medicine works. We have to put these relationships of the body parts within that knowledge in order to truly learn this Sefer.

This whole discussion is dealing with the Mind Body connection. Something modern western medicine does not deal with. Yet even stubborn modern medicine is coming around to this way of thinking. Studies have shown that the attitude toward healing affects the speed of healing; Prayer impacts healing and many other issues of Mind Body connection.

The Oriental medicine starts with the premise of Mind Body connection. Study an acupuncture chart and you will see connections between parts of the body. The Sefer Yetzirah is actually dealing with the Biology of Energy!

Since we in the west are beginning to deal with this why do you continue to think that these meridians do not run through the earth just as they do through your body. As above so below. Should i spend more time on this to prove it to you? i wont prove anything to anyone i will show you how to experience it. Come and See as the Zohar always says.

When we look at the correspondence dealing with body parts, there is no discussion of the brain, the heart, the lungs. What kind of body do you have without these body parts? This is because it is dealing with Mind Body energy issues that come from the level of Olam Yetzirah and that is where you will find the body parts that are discussed. Why? Ask me later if you do not understand it yet.

Oriental medicine says the energy of the body is in the level between tiferet and yesod or the belly button and the male organ. That is why the body parts are primarily dealing with that area of the body.

Here is an amazing little published fact. There were the equivalent of acupuncture needles found at kumron almost exactly the style and manufacturing technique as ancient oriental acupuncture needles. Did we have Oriental medicine as part of Jewish medicine and knowledge?

The Hebrew word Essene used in the New Testament which corrupts what is spoken about there. The word Essene might come from the Aramaic word for Healers.

12 not 13; 12 not 11.The 12 elementals are the lower manifestation of something from the higher levels. What does this mean?

The 12 lower levels must connect to a higher power and so we might think it is 13. Yet we do connect to a higher level of energy called Yetzirah this is not part of our phsyical world 12 and not 13.

12 and 11 is seeing the 10 sephirot plus the negative system as the 11th. It is not Kadosh. It is not Holy. It is what is called in eastern religions the Chakra system. they have 11. the 10 negative sephirot plus the energy to activate it which comes from Kedusha. 12 and not 11.

Traditional Chinese Medicine does not have chakras. This comes from India and Hindu. Yoga started in India.There is a 3 step process to bring what is coming from the negative side to the Kadosh side. That method is taught by the Baal Shem Tov and one day i will give a class on the Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov which are truly amazing.

12 is the concept of the 6 sephirot of Zeir Anpin as it relates to its mirror image of above and below. that is why there are 12. Also 12 comes form Tetragramaton of 4 letters on the right 4 on the left and 4 in the balance point.

Same actions of meditations on these letters as we did with the 7 double letters and 3 Mother letters. Permute them calculate it and the others.

From the letters came the Mazelot astrological , Chodashim months and the Guides. This is the space, time and soul from the earlier chapters again. The guides are body parts. 2 hands, 2 feet, 2 kidneys, liver, esophagus, stomach, spleen, gall bladder, and intestine.

Why are they referred to as Guides?

Here is a hint. The word comes from a shoresh that means "to drive", "to lead", "to be in the habit of". It is time you changed your consciousness - body parts drive us not our thoughts. True or False? This is a good question to meditate upon.

Here is a great secret: Nefesh or soul or consciousness deals with thought. The Name is Ehyeh - Aleph Hay Yood Hay and it has 12 permutations. Shanah or year or time deals with emotions and the Sepherot in Zeir Anpin. The Name is the Tetragramaton which has 12 permutations. The Mazelot or stars or Zodiac deals with the physical space and it has 24 permutations of the Name Adonai - Aleph Dalet Nun Yood.

Here is tonights meditation

It is similar to last weeks meditation and do it in the same way. It uses Names of God associated with Binah and with Malchut. Use all of them Ehyeh, Hashem, and Adonai.

Pronunciation uses root vowels which are as follows : Aleph is Ah; Dalet is Da; Hay is Hay; Vav is Wav; Yood is Yo; Nun is Nu or Noo.

Have the consciousness to unify Binah, Zeir Anpin, and Malchut into one unified whole through the use of a knot.

Connected to Binah

א ה י ה

א ה ה י

א י ה ה

ה א י ה

ה א ה י

ה י א ה

י א ה ה

י ה א ה

י ה ה א

ה י ה א

ה ה א י

ה ה י א

Insert what you know from class sy27; the chanting of Hashem permutations which connect to Zeir Anpin

Connected to Malchut

א ד נ י

א ד נ י

א נ ד י

א נ י ד

א י ד נ

א י נ ד

ד א נ י

ד א י נ

ד י א נ

ד נ א י

ד נ י א

ד י נ א

נ א ד י

נ א י ד

נ ד א י

נ ד י א

נ י א ד

נ י א ד

י א ד נ

י א ד נ

י ד א נ

י ד נ א

י נ א ד

י נ ד א

or you can use the following knot order:

this is incomplete. as i was doing it i found that i missed some combinations and did not have time to complete it. I will do so after the Omer. You can build your own and send a copy to me by email attachment and that would save me some time. I would appreciate it. If you want to know when it is complete send me an email requesting this info and i will let you know.

א י א ה ה ד י ו נ ה ה י א י א ה ה ד ה ה י י ו נ א י א י ו נ ה ה ד ה ה י ה ה ד א י א י ו נ ה ה י ה ה ד א י א ה ה י י ו נ ה ה ד י ו נ א י א ה ה י י ו נ א י א ה ה ד ה ה י י ו נ ה ה א א י י ה ה ד י ו נ ה ה ד ה ה א א י י ה ה י י ו א ה ה ד א י נ ה ה י ה ה א א י נ י ו ד ה ה י ה ה ד א י א י ו נ א נ י ד ד נ י א נ ד י א י ד נ א א י ד נ ד י א נ נ י א ד י נ א ד א י נ ד ד י נ א י נ ד א

Flow of energy through Time and Space

One of the great tools we are given, i show you each month. That is the permutation for the Tetragramaton as it correlates to the months of the year. These permutations come from various verses in the Tanach. Sometimes they are the first letters of the words and sometimes the last letters of the word. when i have time i will add these combinations and verses etc to this page.

Now we will go on to Mishna 4. Actually we will do so next week, as we have run out of time.

This Mishna 5.4 is unique to the Ramak commentary. It appears in no other version of the Sefer Yetzirah. There is a great secret involved and we need to understand some other material to approach this secret.