| Kabbalah Meditations & Resources From the Kabbalah Centre's book 72 Names of God by Yehuda Berg |
| Weekly Meditations (from Kabbalah Centre's Conciousness Tune-Ups) November 28th - December 4th, 2004 Falling Asleep On the Job |
| With the energy and Light that is available to us this week, we are able to connect to a higher form of understanding that is not ordinarily available in the physical dimension. To do this, we can begin with a basic insight into the wisdom of the Light. From the Light's perspective, the beginning and the end of any event takes place at the same instant. Every detail of the full-grown tree exists within its seed. Kabbalists call it �the end in the beginning.� For us, however, the final result of an action is mysterious at the time of its undertaking, and the way things start out is often very different from the way they finish. Sometimes this works out for the best, but often even a very positive start leads to a negative end. It's not enough, therefore, for the beginning of an enterprise to be good. Even with the best beginning, there is no certainty of the outcome, for the distance between the start and the finish may be much greater than we imagined. Our spiritual work is to maintain our strength and to manifest that strength until the end of all our undertakings. This is by no means easy. As we've discussed, the Light sees the cause and the result at the same instant, but we must often proceed along the path we've chosen without a clear vision of where it will lead. This week we can connect to an energy of certainty and courage that empowers us to meet this challenge. With this energy, we can maintain our worthy intentions until the completion of everything we do. In effect, we can gain the divine power of uniting �the end with the beginning,� for we will know that negativity will not transform and corrupt our endeavors. This is a truly wonderful gift and a great opportunity -- and it comes with an equally important lesson. Progress along our spiritual path requires consistency and commitment until the end. Too often, we become self-satisfied and complacent in our spirituality, which can have highly destructive consequences. This is not the week to take it easy in our spiritual development, 'to fall asleep on the job.' Every time we push through our self-imposed barriers (laziness, doubt, insecurity, hatred, apathy) we will gain the power to put that wisdom into action. All the Best, Yehuda Berg 72 Name Meditation: CLICK HERE for the Name to meditate on. Use the meditation found below: I am endowed with the power to conclude everything I begin, especially tasks and goals of a spiritual nature. |