Hi everyone! Another great week! On Wednesday night we will have a terrific opportunity to connect with the hidden Light of miracles, with the "whole-y day" (as our teachers call it) of Chanukah.
Why call it "whole-y" instead of holy? Because these cosmic times bring us energy of wholeness to complete our corrections or karma.
So let’s examine the deal of this week…
At the start of this week the moon is in fiery Leo and we notice a very strong presence of planets in the eighth house, which is the place for regeneration, transformation, and is also considered the house of mysticism, or seeing the unseen. There is still a remarkable amount of water in the cosmos, particularly in Scorpio and Pisces. This points to the energy of the week. And you guessed it! It’s all about revealing the unseen, peeling back the layers of illusion from our lives.
Let’s talk about perceptions. The truth is every one of us has a completely different filter. Some of us filter our Light with ego, some with low self-esteem, and some by avoiding interactions with others. There are thousands of ways we filter the Light and energy that comes to us.
The problem is that we are all very self-centered. According to our teacher, Karen Berg, if we want to feel people better and understand their needs better, we need to literally clear our minds! Our brain is like a talking machine; it analyzes, speaks, and sometimes screams. Often times, we can't even hear ourselves, I mean our TRUE selves, i.e. our souls. All this internal talk is a real opponent and challenge to our souls.
The kabbalists explain that our body is like the temple of our souls; it’s the housing. The job we have in this life is to become more in touch with our real self, with our real work, which is our soul’s work. Think about it, how difficult is it to speak from the heart and to be completely 100% genuine, to be transparent? It sounds really scary doesn't it? According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, our souls know everything. They know why we struggle, what lessons we need to learn in our lives, and so much more.
This week, we can truly establish a connection with our inner Light. We can really open up our intuitive Light and become a more genuine self.
So how can we do that?
First of all, we need to get some silence in our brains! So this week, let’s try practicing more deep breathing. The kabbalists call our lungs, “the wings of angels.” A beautiful metaphor! Our lungs actually look like wings! While our hearts are like over-heated engines, the lungs are the organs that can make us fly, and cool off the fire of our hearts.
Through deep breathing, we can feel better, calm down, and become a lot more connected to our souls. A simple exercise is to breathe when we feel angry, just to walk away and take a couple of deep breaths—we already feel better! Why? The air is considered the balancing element of the universe. Or as we call it in Kabbalah, the central column energy of the universe.
Secondly, realize that most of what we see is an illusion. We connect the dots through our (distorted) perception. So this week, let's just attempt to seek the good everywhere we look, to perceive the Light in all things. Combined with the powerful energy of miracles and wholeness of this week, our work will lead us to more real sight and understanding.
Meditate this week on one of the 72 names of God called “revealing the concealed,” and let’s open our hearts to the real Light.
Much love and Light to everybody! Happy whole-y day of miracles!
Yael
