MORE ON LOVE & OTHER POLARITIES AS REMEDIES FOR THE 3 DEADLY SINS
As we said in a previous blog each sephira on the Tree of Life has its light and dark side. We need to integrate both through their three basic horizontal triangles representing contraction of the left and expansion on the right. We balance the different polarities through the center of the Tree which holds the balance.
The top triangle of
Understanding, Wisdom and Keter the Crown
has a separate energy center just below it which is
Daat - which depends on Faith.
This is not a true sephira but can give one direct access to the Divine.
Of Understanding and Wisdom the Ancestors say;
"Information is not to be equated with knowledge, knowledge is not to be equated with understanding, understanding is not to be equated with wisdom and wisdom is not to be equated with virtue."
Faith, belief, trust, hope and surrender at Daat can supersede all these and gain access to Keter and Ayin - Nothingness (? similar to Buddhism's emptiness - beyond Keter.)
The sephira most central to the Tree is Love - the gateway to Keter. This energy center is balanced on either side by
Mercy and Judgment,
& key to managing the three deadly sins of karma.
Mercy and Judgment,
& key to managing the three deadly sins of karma.
The Ancestors
to the object of our desire.
Balancing this triangle allows us to open our hearts more easily to allow energy to flow upwards. We have to give the power of Ego its rightful place but nevertheless it should not be allowed to rule. Doing things for their own sake will allow us to open up to the higher sephirot.
Below Love we have the triangle of
Attachment - Ego - Non Attachment to the object of our desire.
Balancing this triangle allows us to open our hearts more easily to allow energy to flow upwards. We have to give the power of Ego its rightful place but nevertheless it should not be allowed to rule. Doing things for their own sake will allow us to open up to the higher sephirot.
The Ancestors make distinctions
between attachment and detachment
very clear.
"Detachment is hopelessness, resignation
and not non-attachment"
Moreover, we can be attached to
many tricky energies & not just
material possessions such as;
power, sex, pride and fame.
To help us subordinate ego to non attachment
we also need to understand
impermanence
The Ancestors
Non attachment also has many faces.
If done for its own sake...
If service to others has a personal agenda
it is still preferable to no service
but this will carry a negative
karmic implication
It is important that we do not
become attached to
& mortified by our failures.
We should shake these off but
resolve to do better next time.
No comments:
Post a Comment