Monday, June 13, 2011

The Connection / Correction Correlation

In Kabbalah, we are taught that our realm of Assiyah is full of the illusion and delusion of complete separation amongst ourselves, our environment, and our Creator. As we delve into the teachings of ancient kabbalah sages, and modern teachers such as Dr. Laitman, we see that unity and our collective consciousness is a common theme. Ultimately, the purpose of Kabbalah is to restore the shattered vessels, a unifying function.

This connection works like many systems we see in our physical world, especially when we consider the human-body. If one part of our body gets sick, it will eventually affect the entire body, and may even lead to death. In this situation, there are only two options : That body part must be corrected, or removed from the body. The first option is the most

desirable. In the Tanakh (Old Testament) and even parts of the Christian New Testament, we see many accounts of

correction by YHVH the Creator. The most obvious example is found in the book of Exodus , when YHVH raises Moses to correct the Pharaoh, and the Israelites themselves are given extremely harsh correction during their exile. Psalm 90, written by Moses, is a good reference to this period. It's a topic that most kabbalists prefer to avoid, because it seems to contradict the image of YHVH being the Source of love and light, or does it ? When we look at the Etz Chaim (Tree of Life) we can see that geburah and chesed (justice and mercy) are at opposite ends, so we can conclude that there is a perfect balance. This balance is so perfect, that it maintains our world's very existence. Because we are all connected, we all breathe the same air and use the same resources, this connection also demands a correction, otherwise all of humanity could potentially be destroyed from the actions of only one part of the whole. This is not to say that we, as humans, are to judge. History has shown us the results of our less-than-perfect judgements. Ultimately, YHVH will judge to the benefit of the whole and not the fraction. These judgements take many forms, but their outcome is never predictable because our perception is limited to constraints of time and space, action and reaction. We as kabbalists must strive toward connection, while acknowledging divine correction, and knowing that mercy is greater than judgement especially when the source of judgement is divine.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is a Sabean Holiday
This Holiday is most sacred in Rastafari.
Maulana Karenga
did not invent Kwanzaa contrary to popular belief.
Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration it is the Afro-Religious Winter Holiday.
Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa (Nguzo Saba) is dedicated to
one of the following principles, as follows:

#1 Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, Sabean-religion, and African-race.

#2 Kujichagulia
(Self-Determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves by way of both African culture and Sabean.

#3 Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems, and to solve them together.

#4 Ujamaa (African Pride Growth): Ensure that it is known and Understood that Sabean Culture is African and only Africa this is Rastafari and anyone even non Africans can Join Rastafari if he or she devotes themselves to Sabean Religion and pledges themselves to African Culture.

#5 Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to maintain our people in the Original Sabean greatness and to restore the lost among our people to our traditional greatness by way of Rastafari.

#6 Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

#7
Imani (Faith): To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle and we know and understand that Haile Selassie I was and is the promised Messiah of the Sabeans.

This Revelation was revealed by Will Huston the Father of Jason Huston.

Message deviled by Dex the Sabean of Mesa