Shema Israel
| Mysticism comes from the Greek word meaning, "to conceal." It is the pursuit of achieving communion with or conscious cognizance of Ultimate Reality, the Divine, Spiritual Truth, or God through direct, personal experience rather than rational thought. It is an experience of the existence of realties beyond perceptual or intellectual comprehension. This is normally out of one's usual experience and is a direct embodied experience. "Embodied" means to make the experience concrete in the body-mind-spirit self, not just an idea in our minds. Many of the well-known spiritual teachers had these direct embodied mystical experiences with God. Some of the outstanding religions were formed as these spiritual teachers related their connection and experiences with the vastness of God. What is interesting is to detect how the respective mystical traditions have teachings that are almost identical to one another. Much of the world is seeking what could be called "faith in God." There is a divergence amid faith in something distant from you and an embodied experience of this vastness. In today's world, mysticism seems to have a bad name, denoting magical spells and scary ritual dances. Mysticism actually is a continuum in each religion. Although the Kabbalah, the Jewish mysticism, has been touted by celebrities like Madonna as being a "set of rules and a life-plan," study of the early Kabbalistic text charts a gorgeous path to follow our yearning for an ever-present God. The galore Christian mystics were all monks and priests who took the time, energy, and focus to achieve this connection, experiencing the oneness with God. Following is a verse from the Old Testament, if you are Christian, or the Jewish prayer, called the Shema, in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, "Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One," speaks of God being "One." Hindus and Buddhists likewise speak of the experience of being one with everything that ties the universe together. In science, physicist David Bohm, speaks of the same, describing the manifest world as the "unfolded world," and the unseen world as the "enfolded world." A poem by the Islamic mystic and teacher Mevlãnã Jalãludd)n Rumi expresses the love that is experienced as we learn to embody the experience of this oneness with God.. The Meaning of Love Love has no cause; Lover and Loving are inseparable Although I may try to describe Love Although I may undertake to write regarding Love Every moment is made glorious
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Please aid me with my speech. Ok, So i am writing my bat-mitzvah speech. and my parsha is the "Shema". Literally, It translates into "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God! The LORD is One!" It is the most important prayer in all of Judaism. I need one lesson to pull out of the shema and use as a life lesson. So, my question is, What is one life lesson out of the Shema? My rabbi used to say that we must come to synagogue not to talk to G-d, because we may do that anywhere, but that we will have to come in order to listen what G-d has to say to us (meaning, Torah). He said the Shema was such an indispensable prayer because it calls us to LISTEN. A prayer which reminds us each and everyday to listen to G-d will keep us mindful of what G-d intends us to do, will aid us to live ethically and be righteous people. And Mazal Tov on your Bat-Mitzvah! |
