TUNE to Spirit
with Jerry Green
Modalities and Services that uplift the spirit and bring you back to center.
And when Abraham looked, saw.
understood, probed, engraved and carved.
He bound the 22 letters of Torah
He drew them in Water; He flamed them with Fire.
He agitated them with Breath
Three Mothers, Alef Mem Shin.
In the soul, male and female,
are the head, belly, and chest.
The head is created from fire,
the belly is created from water
and the chest, from breath,
decides between them.
- Sefer Yetzirah
Sounds of Healing Peace in Journal/Spiritual Literature
“Mazal Tov! Excellent presentation and a wonderful 'bezel' for this jewel! The program below also recounts the history of my Shema Journey, from the Aquarian Minyan to Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon, to Kol HaEmek in Ukiah, and back to the Aquarian Minyan Yeshiva, and out to make for a better world.“
- Neil Douglas-Klotz
“Kol haKavod for organsiing a wonderful and gracious discussion yesterday. It was an excellent time and you put a LOT of work into this. It shows dedication and good teaching and heartfelt sharing, in the spiritual trajectory of Kaplan and others Perhaps a talk on imagery, Shivitis, focus, meditation and the Letters next time very nice..and particular thanks to Reb Lavey for the depth and breadth of his contribution yesterday which totally enhanced the entire hour…with appreciation and respect.“
b'kavod Reb Yonatan
Jan 12, 2021
“The program you put together, Yitzak ,was a delight, beginning with your thoughtful introduction and the questions you asked us to consider. Thank you for inviting me to join with you and Jonathan. I enjoyed being with both of you so much, and I learned much from both of you. I wish I could have stayed with you both for the whole hour or more, just for the pleasure of talking together and learning together. Blessings to you both!“
Rabbi Lavey Y. Derby
Jan 13, 2021
Sh'ma: An Encoded Meditation Key to The Oneness
Jerry Green with Panelists Rabbis Jonathan Seidel & Lavey Derby
In the 1980's and 90's the works of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan generated new practices in the Jewish world, that are still in use today. “Looking at the entire field of meditation from a historical viewpoint, we find that the closer one gets to the present, the less dangerous and more universal the methods become.” Rabbi Kaplan suggests working with the Sh'ma as a meditative focus, and elaborates this theme in greater detail discussing the Mother Letters in his translation and commentary on Sefer Yetzirah, teachings attributed to Abraham.
The commonly accepted translation of Sh'ma Yisrael is “Hear O Israel, God is One.” But the “ is” is only implied; if we translate the phrase, “Listen, Yisrael, to God’s Oneness” or “to your Oneness with God,” where might the sounds of sh'ma lead? Neshama… Hashem…Hashamayim... Shalem… Shalom….Shhh… Hmmm…. Aleph = Silence/One….Manishmah? Might this help us to know God's Oneness? In this presentation and panel discussion with Rabbi Jonathan Seidel and others, we will study verses from Sefer Yezirah and also practice a Sh'ma meditation.
Three Mothers: Aleph Mem Shin
Mem hums, Shin hisses
and Alef is the Breath of air
deciding between them.
Sefer Yetzirah
Mem hums, Shin hisses
and Alef is the Breath of air
deciding between them.
Sefer Yetzirah
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