July 30th, 2010
Comments and a question from a friend of the Daily Zohar. It is posted here with her permission and my answer is below.
I invite to share your experience and ask any questions that you may have or just came to your mind.
Hello:
My name is Phyllis and I love your DailyZohar messages; it makes it easy for me to scan everyday with my busy schedule.
However, I am curious and wanted to put this question out there for your observation and possible later comment.When I first received my personal Zohar book set I would try and scan them daily. After the first week one of my co-workers asked me, “What are you doing, your face is glowing?” Now, I almost never scan from the books, only scanning from your Daily Zohar messages when I perform my morning prayers.
I know there are countless reasons why my face should glow or not glow and it cannot be proven to be the Zohar scanning.
It just seems that after a week for someone to come and say that to me was usual and my first thought was the Zohar.I am wondering if there is a difference between electronic scanning vs. book scanning. If it is so important for the (is it Rabbis who draw them for mezuzah or torah, I’m not of the Jewish faith) forming of the letters to be perfect for their power to be correct, to be revealed, then is the fact that electronic writing is just dots, pixels, a problem? The actual lines are not connecting lines? Do you know what I mean?
Do you scan both print and electronic? Maybe some of us should test to see if we can discern the difference. No matter what, the Daily Zohar is wonderful and the commentary well worth reading. I admit I do not understand all of it, but in time I hope too.
I did not post this publicly because I did not want to influence peoples’ use of your daily message.
Sincerely,
Phyllis
Book or eBook?
Everything that we touch is affected by our energy, for positive or negative. This is the reason why we get attached to things that remind us positive memories and experiences. It’s the energy of the moment that we connect to. Whatever we do and wherever we go we leave a signature of our energy.
Whatever we see with our eyes absorbed internally and affect us spiritually and physically. It can lifts our spirit and energy or makes us terribly sick.
When we scan or read the sacred text we activate its inner energy and bring it into our lives. As a material channel, it retains the energy of our consciousness when we use it.
There are two aspects, one is the effect on us and the other is on the object or place.
The electronic device holds the energy of all of its experiences. The book is a dedicated channel, focused on the Zohar and its own spiritual energy. The more we use it for scanning, reading and studying it accumulates more of the same energy. Always respect the book and avoid leaving it on the floor.
When a sacred book is far from reach, it can’t help us much but if we have a digital replacement that can ‘feed’ us the energy, then it is better.
The Daily Zohar was created initially on the idea of giving people access to the Zohar on the daily basis. Most people buy the Zohar and rarely open it for reading or scanning. I didn’t even think about writing commentaries because the important connection is ‘sucking’ the sacred text into our mind and sub consciousness. The logical mind needs its share so I added the translation and commentaries to ‘magnify’ the Zohar experience. The Doctor can prescribe a pill but it will works ‘better’ when it comes with explanation.
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Tags: our energy
Zion Nefesh 
Thank you for your explanations, I was having the same question about the electronic version, I almost never miss reading your Daily Zohar and I also have the printed Zohar, but for some reason or other, I rarely read it.
During the week I study from the Zohar books that I have scanned into my netbook computer. I write the daily zohar commentary on my commute to work. If I don’t work directly from and to the computer, I wont be able to have enough time to write the daily commentary. Only in Shabbat I ‘relax’ with the books.
In many ways when we use the Internet to channel the Zohar light in the speed of light it travels through the networks all over the world. It clears some of the negativity that also run through those Internet networks.
Thank you Phyllis for opening this forum. Me as you and Juan Boveda had the same question in my mind, sometimes for timeless or due to my limited English I never put this on the table. In my case it was influenced positively, now I know more, I try to scan both daily, The Book and the Site, not always I can do it; sometimes I do it electronically and most of time I do it in the book. In both cases I feel a strong energy running my body (I don’t know how to explain) what I feel is good and help me in my daily duties; even if it a hard day. My daughter mentioned something a few days ago, she had a circumstance in her house, and she told me, “Thanks to The Zohar we solved it patiently” Thank you Zion, once again your wise words are clear and very understanding even for me. Showers of blessings for you and your beautiful family.
For me, as a writer and as a teacher, I prefer books to e-learning, but that’s simply habit. If I couldn’t have Zion Nephesh’s Daily Zohar and commentary I’d be the poorer in spirit. I do scan the Zohar itself, and recite silently and aloud the Ana Bekoach and scan the 72 names daily, as well as recite the prayers. Some of my actions are related to books; some are memorized; some are e-learning. I’m still the one doing it. The book and the comuter aren’t.
I don’t think it matters what the medium is, as long as your eyes see it, and your heart and soul registers it.
If you have blue eyes and I have brown, what matters is only what we see and how we behave. If it’s on the web or in a book, our response is still going to be visual and heartfelt.
I think the older we are, and the more we love to read, the harder it is to read works on a computer. I still don’t have a Kindle or a Nook, but I know that I will get one shortly, and train myself to learn to read from it. As it is, I have a hard time getting through six pages on the computer, although I read 2-3 physical books a week, and never would walk around without one!
My students, on the other hand, don’t know what a book is, and can live in a computer in a way I can’t even imagine – metaphorically.
Thank you!
As I see it, clearly scanning does not have the same effect as reading does. yet scanning allows this energy to be absorbed, and incorporated in a mostly physical way, reading on the other hand uses ways and means beyond the scanning and the penetration is far deeper. Same as reading Torah. One can stand and scan the writing, or stand and scan while somebody else reads, or stand and read and understand even if it is partial. Even if the letters are pixilated, even if they are not perfectly symmetrical, it still works, cause it has the freedom of the minutia. It works better especially after repeatedly scanning, as it will get the mind used to do this and almost automatically incorporate it. Perhaps in a meditative state like condition.
Thank you Isaac for a great addition.
Regarding your statement, “…In many ways when we use the Internet to channel the Zohar light in the speed of light it travels through the networks all over the world. It clears some of the negativity that also run through those Internet networks…” I think this is a beautiful sentiment and a powerful statement. I have always tried to scan with the consciousness that the energy was leaping off of the page as I scan and rippling out into the rest of the world. The idea that delivery of the Daily Zohar to my inbox helps to clear negativity over the internet is brilliant. I will at that new level of consciousness now when I scan online.