The Spirit of Prayer

Justice and the Kabbalah regarding the Spirit of Prayer Posted on   October 25, 2014 by   In My Anguish The Tree of Life, commonly called the Kabbalah, associates Mercy with Judgement, as  they are opposite each other : Mercy is the 4th sefirot and Geburah or Judgement is 5.  These are two of the divine attributes of Yahweh. The Hebrew Alpha-bet reads right to left, and so does the tree.   The left side where  Judgement (Geburah) resides is Feminine, while the Right is Active and Masculine (Chesed #4).  This means that even numbers are active while uneven numbers are unstable and passive – like the atom they receive instructions. Then there is the Middle Pillar or the spine of tree,.  If one reads up  Malkuth #10 to #1 Kether, as you ascend the tree,  you must be one of the Kingdom i.e. a believer.  Nothing happens without that first step towards God.  From there, you need solid foundation (yesod) in Hi...

William Law and the Spirit of Prayer... [Pryr-1.1-11] "Therefore, my Son, be content with thy angelical  Nature , be content, as an Angel in Paradise, to eat Angels’ Food, and to rule over this mixed, imperfect, and perishing World, without partaking of its corruptible, impure, and perishing Nature. Lust not to know how the Animals feel the Evil and Good which this Life affords them; for if Thou couldst feel what they feel, Thou would have to be one of them and since Thou canst not have their Sensibility, unless Thou hast their Nature: thou canst not at the same time be an Angel and an earthly Animal. If the bestial Life is raised up in Thee, at that  same Instant the heavenly Birth of thy Nature must die within. English: Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil עברית: חטא עץ הדעת - ד"ר לידיה קוזניצקי (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Therefore turn away thy Lust and Imagination from a Tree of Knowledge as  that can only help Thee to gain  Knowledge of ...