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(וּמִשּׁוּם זֶה לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא יִטַּמָּא, וְזֶהוּ סוֹד מִי שֶׁמַּכְנִיס מֵרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד, וּמִשּׁוּם זֶה אָמַר)
Tikkun 67 – 5
Leviticus 21:11
“וְעַל כָּל-נַפְשֹׁת מֵת, לֹא יָבֹא: לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ, לֹא יִטַּמָּא”
“neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;”
This verse is part of the instruction given to the priests, sons of Aaron to keep them on purity so they would be able to channel the light.
The Zohar explains that ‘his father’ refers to the Holy One and ‘his mother’ refers to the Shechina. Impurities can not be brought to the Holy place or connection because it blocks the light from spreading out.
Jeremiah 23:29
“ הֲלוֹא כֹה דְבָרִי כָּאֵשׁ, נְאֻם-יְהוָה”
“Is not My word like as fire? Said YHVH”
The Holy One and the Shechina can not become impure because the words of God are like fire that can not carry impurity. But our impurities can contaminate the place of the Shechina, which is the aspect of our body and the name of God that is the aspect of the soul.
Our body and soul should be made as a pure dwelling place for the Shechina and the light of God. When we do so, we become like a priest channeling the light of God to the world.
Why fire can not carry any impurity?
Fire is a force that transforms physical matters from one state to another. It creates a NEW state of existence for the matter in the process. The sacrifices in the Holy Temple were brought to the altar and a fire from above came down to burn them and create cleansing energy that removed impurities from the people, the nation and the whole world.
Nowadays, we do not have the Holy Temple or the priests to do the work for us. We can create a cleansing energy by going through transformation. Burning desire to change ourselves with connecting to the light of the Creator through the Zohar helps us achieve that goal. When we renew ourselves, we remove past impurities.
One meditation to help us achieve that is from Psalms 51:12
“לֵב טָהוֹר, בְּרָא-לִי אֱלֹהִים; וְרוּחַ נָכוֹן, חַדֵּשׁ בְּקִרְבִּי”
“Create in me a pure heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
You can use this for renewal meditation before scanning the Zohar and when immersing in the Mikveh (or alternatively large body of water).
When you dip under water, bend your back forward with your head between your legs (as physically possible) like a fetus position in a womb. On the way up you slowly bring the body to an erect state while meditating to have a renewed body and soul.
WHY?
Before we go into the Mikveh we meditate on the verse from Zechariah 13:2
“וְאֶת-רוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה, אַעֲבִיר מִן-הָאָרֶץ”
“I will cause the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.”
Under the water there is a temporary state of death and the spirit of negativity can not touch us. (it is important to immerse completely under the water not letting long hair float above the water.)
The water has the energy of Chassadim, especially in a valid Mikveh that holds water from above (rain) and from below (regular). We come to the world after a growing process in the water of our mother’s womb. We connect to a new life when we take our first breath outside the womb.
I can’t recall the reference, but one Kabbalist suggests bending forward until the 18 links of the spine (from the neck down) crack (if permitted by your physician). This is done in order to connect to the renewal of life that comes with the number 18, חי, ‘Life’ and also the number of Sefirot from Keter to Malchut times two for coming and returning.
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Simply greate, Zion, kol hakavod.
Many blessings and lots of Light to all,
Lea
Wow this is amazing, thank you Zion
Zeta
Amazing dear Zion
May you be blessed
always le olam
Love & Bliss
Sarah
By burning desires to change ourselves and remove impurities do you mean the eradication and elimination of bad character traits?
Thanks again and BW,
Chris
Dear Zion
Many blessings
“with the number 18, חי, ‘Life’ and also the number of Sefirot from Keter to Malchut times two for coming and returning.”
if i understand correctly in 18 ( from sentence above) Keter not included or Malchut represent the vessel for 9 sefirot
Malchut is not included because it doesn’t have light of its own.
The Sefirot of light are Keter, Chokmah, Binah, Chessed, gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach and Yessod.
The light comes down from above to Yessod. If we connect and restrict the light (push it away) then the light is in return state as
Yessod, Hod, Netzach, Tiferet, Gevurah, Chessed, Binah, Chokmah and Ketter. The light is then revealed and the energy of life can flow down to us.
If we stop the light in Malchut with the desire for the self alone then it creates darkness like the black color ‘swallows’ all the other colors.
Dear Zion thank you
Toda raba Zion. Ata malach! Thank you for your time, support and understanding for everyones needs. G’d bless Daliah
Burning desire is when we feel we really want very much “to achieve that goal”, no matter if material or spiritual.
It will be long lasting only if we do it in good intentions, paying its the price without “dirty tricks” as evil eye, envy, profit for the self alone, jealousy, etc.
Connecting to Zohar and meditating on the psalm 51:12 helps us avoid from our own evil eye and from other’s.
Thanks for the explanation Lea.
BW,
Chris
Good luck Chris, lots of Light to all,
Lea
Gratefull for this,
>>>meditating on the psalm 51:12 helps us avoid
wow, that was amazing! thank you zion!
Thank you for such a detailed instruction on the Mikveh. Your site has helped me so much. I learn from it everyday. simply love it!
thank you Ziion
it a blessing and much wisdom to know why a mikved is used to cleanse your imperfections and bring life wow! thank you for your blessings all who comment in enyoy it all
love and light
Shalom Zion. ¿Una Mikve válida es únicamente la que contiene agua de la lluvia? o puede ser también meterse en otro tipo de agua como en un río, o el mar… se puede realizar ahí la inmersión también? Gracias Zion.
Juan, Mikveh is a combination of upper waters (rain) and lower waters (regular). This makes it a powerful tool for spiritual cleansing.
Any other large body of water is good, Sea, lake, pool, large bath and long hot showers.
The important thing to remember is to have a proper consciousness and to have your body totally under the water.
Dear Zion
How do you remove a desire, that you know will be your spiritual downfall, but can’t get rid of it?
Thank you
G’d bless
It is very hard to get rid of strong desires or addictions. The simple and easier solution is to transform them from negative to positive.
For example a person that desires creamy cake can replace it with a small bowl of fruit and yogurt or similar things that will give similar satisfaction but without the negative effect.
Gradually One can take better control over his desires.
People can apply the same formula to different and hard to control desires or addiction.
Desire is a vessel and we can not just empty it ‘cold’. Use positive light for that vessel and /or gradually shrink it.
>>>For example a person that desires creamy cake can replace it with
>>>a small bowl of fruit and yogurt or similar things that will give similar
>>>satisfaction but without the negative effect.
But this can become manipulation and trait of Ego. Then one can deliberately foul himself and play the game with intensifiying and diminishing desires. This activity then become the pattern and run away from the question why having the those desires. Where are the seeds.
Cake and Sugar and starch addiction is very good example.
Before I change myself to switch from sugar and starch to fructose ( another form of sugar ) based …I need to know how I entered in desire for cake. Because my whole metabolism and hormone system and on this basis brain function is reprogram on fulfillment that desire.
>>>Gradually One can take better control over his desires.
Yes but this could involve another addiction in the one’s Life: battle against desire with another desire and compensation of that differences of those two desires. Then spiritual work as the pillow or compensating tool to compensate the charge difference between desires is on very Personal Agenda like a drug. And consiousness is not intensifying but false worship and idolatry.
This story about desires has to do with the question that was already discussed and mentioned:
Does and What if the Light comes on the negative apropriated vessel ( when we use the term negative it seems we are able to distinct negative from righteuos )?
Diminish the desires without consiousness whare are those desires comming from, presuming this is the tool of RESTRICTION ?
Presuming many desires ( maybe most ) are sourced in the fear, tiredness, to get the recognition, to remove the pain without finding out why pain come. On the other way there are desires based on experience of path. Path of growing, path of creativity with consiousness creativity does not hurt neighbour or other in one’s circle.
There are desires based on the force to make correction because there was something in previous Life with someone in entourage ( group of people related in because we already met in past Life and maybe do something ugly or terrible and now this force attract us to make correction ). But this correction to be without thinking just like that just with one goal not to cause new pain? Again consiousness.
So changing the addiction for cake with the addiction for fruits could seem negligence. Statement that is not good for someone’s other tikkun. Not empathy enough.
Sugars and all carbs relate to the element of fire in the body and the ego. Pain on a spiritual/psychic/mental level usually drives a person to eat sweets. It compensate for lack of spiritual light and replaces by increasing physical existence to draw more light.
That is why it is the fastest way to grow your body with ‘fat’ that feed the ‘fire’ inside.
The addiction comes when the body enjoy the quick and instant gratification of the new fire in the body.
To stop this addition a person should use a lot of ‘water’ to put out the fire. The Torah study through the Zohar is the necessary water that helps us transform and get rid of addictions. Without this connection a person can not elevate above himself and control the body.
Hello Ivan,
I couldn’t help myself but to write to you something.
I guess somehow I related to what you were saying.
I ALWAYS tried to find the answers/causes to misbehavior’s in my life, that is why I went to study psychology. After all that, and many great messengers that came into my life, and me finally listening to them, I finally acknowledge that fact that you DON’T need to know what the ROOT is in order to release it.
There are great spiritual people that can help with various ways/techniques to release things from our consciousness and more. Hashem says I will help you but help yourself.
I still don’t deny the fact that negative desires are hard to stop, I’ve been through many in my life. It is a process, life is a journey. But I do believe that when you are ready, Hashem will be there to help you.
I do agree with filling the vessel with something positive. You simply transform the behavior for the good, our consciousness responds to conditioning.
Like The Lubavitcher Rebbe once said that he eats the same time everyday, with a schedule, because it helps him.
Much love and light to you all,
Lisa
Thank you and bless you Zion. I do understand. Cold turkey is not the right answer. What has become worse is that one is so possessed by a desire andpreviously knowing is not good for them feeling the guilt staringt to convince themselves that is maybe not so bad…and even think yes I can always do teshuvah. Is this the ‘snake talking’?
Thank you Ivan for the long explanation. I will need to read a few times to take it in much better. I have discovered the seed of the desire already but won’t be able to change the source of the desire…this is my problem because it is not in my hands but Hashem.
“this is my problem because it is not in my hands but Hashem.”
Desires are vessels and as such we can alter/transform/change them. God gave us the power to control our desire. It is not always easy but it can be done. You expressed the desire to change a desire that you define as something that brings you ‘spiritual downfall’. This is the first step to control it and it comes out with the help of your connection to the Zohar.
The more light you bring in, the more control you will have.
sometimes it helps me to translate the text into my mothertounge which is German and I will do it this time…Thank you
>>>sometimes it helps me to translate the text into my mothertounge
I am joining you in the altitude of translation and rewriting the text as wonderfull method. Rewriting the exceprts, letters, words, sentences and translating just for myself gave me also tremendeous certainty.
Grateful for the recognition ( because of this default behaviour was seeded in my daily professional life as student or at job until the appeareance of computers ) when I read on Kabbalah lecture:
Rewriting and translating is like child is doing first steps and learn to walk.
It is the process that you are doing ( learning in as much as small and slow building
components ) that is blessed. Returned innocence without intermediaries that do not have your tikkun. That process of receiving…
“Without this connection a person can not elevate above himself and control the body.”
So beautifully said. May Hashem bring us Light through the Torah and the Zohar.
>>>There are great spiritual people that can help with various ways/techniques to release
>>>things from our onsciousness and more. Hashem says I will help you but help yourself.
What higher gift I can offer to Hashem then consiossed of my desires and find the seeds and still study Torah and give myself to Hashem?
Why should I run away from my desires ( whether thay are sourced from bad habits or from yearning for wisdom ) and forget and leave that to some spiritual miracles?
Is not in Torah written: Why are you calling me for what you already have?
I agree that it is a great blessing to serve Hashem by not giving into our evil inclination (selfless desires).
To clarify what I said : “Hashem will help you, but help yourself” -- When you decide to help yourself, he helps you -- he is the one helping us through those “spiritual miracles”.
He is the driving force of the world, nothing can be done without Him.
Sometimes these desires could have arisen from an emotional blockage (or spiritual or..) that needs to be released from us -- that is why there are people that can help us, not through any specials powers -- but by being vessels (and not “healers” as some might say) for Hashem to heal us -- and yes great miracles happen this way, and it is a blessing to have these miracles happen in our lives.
As you say, some desires could be simply sourced from bad habits (and yearning for light) -- I guess this is where every soul has it’s own correction to do and it’s own path.
“Why are you calling me for what you already have?” -- Thank you for this, I had never heard it.
May Hashem guide you in your every deed,
Lisa
>>>Sometimes these desires could have arisen from an emotional blockage (or
>>>spiritual or..)
Yes but we Kabbalah students were given more freedom.
We are learnt not to limit ourselves and focus on emotional blockage ( what should be manifestation of that ) but behind every emotional blockage is spiritual reason. So i read that as that ( OR spiritual …is not necessary. I read that I am free of my daily limitations in psyychology, society stigmatization, judgement and do the change with spiritual work. And it seems we all are witness of that otherwise we would not be so cooperative on DZ.
>>>that needs to be released from us – that is why there are people that can help
>>>us,
sorry in my present moment of understanding my tikkun and present situation it is not in my mission to accept that. But see what changes will bring further. But at the moment it is essential to be free of intermediaries between knowledge, Hashem and …we are all GOD’s children each one with its own tikkun. Maybe your explanation is acceptable that us so called unhealed people or blocked people as you called them or us are blessing for those special people because they can do their correction. Like the doctor is there and he is happy while there are patients. When there are no patients there is no sense to have doctors. But if the society is keep pushing with the idea to have more doctors then society will have more illed people and intentionally produce illnesses so that doctors will be justified.
DZ is not for healing but it is successfull site and will be succesfull place because
it joins people, meet person’s opinions, meet person’s experiments, exercises, experiences, exchange…when this will turn to one way process of just writing and reading and make worships then this will not be anymore third most succesfull zohar site. It is alive because person are active in their growth, there is no such artificial proclaimed healer who should be worshipped or give in fron of him. then I would not be here , rather worship some Sai Baba or Maharishi and be passive and just forced to accept everything in myself with switch off Creator’s equipment and work.
>>> not through any specials powers – but by being vessels (and not “healers” as
>>>some might say) for Hashem to heal us
ok,
>>>– and yes great miracles happen this way, and it is a blessing to have these
>>>miracles happen in our lives.
Maybe this way, but it is not recipe what you say because then this is no miracle anymore. Then this is demanding and I put myself in study of the system to demand of the miracle. This is then contradiction.
>>>As you say, some desires could be simply sourced from bad habits (and
>>>yearning for light) – I guess this is where every soul has it’s own correction to
>>>do and it’s own path.
ok,
Hello,
- behind every emotional blockage is spiritual reason -
I agree
I respect the fact that you wish to use the Torah and Hashem knowledge in order to . I admire that. As we are told, not to rely on miracles.
To clarify about miracles -- I believe a miracle is someone becoming aware of a seed in their Life, it is someone acknowledging the wrong they have done, it is someone applying and doing good deeds instead, and it is also someone being cured of an illness -- that’s all miracles. They all come from us and Hashem.
- But at the moment it is essential to be free of intermediaries between knowledge, Hashem -
I agree.
Although, some don’t have the Torah YET as a Light in their life -- I do believe these people can benefit from someone who can show them Light and guide them to It.
We are blessed to be where we are in our path.
May we all strive in our individual and global tikkun,
Light and Love to all,
Lisa
>>>Sugars and all carbs relate to the element of fire in the body and the ego.
It makes sense. From the microbiological aspect what is happening in our intestinals.
The sugar that is not possibly to burn into energy. Our intestinal microflora
( bacterias and yeasts so as beneficial as socalled harmfull ) is changing. There is war happening on the lining of the intestinals. Yeasts that previously lived humble in collonoy structures called biofilms in coexistence with other microflora suddenly come into help for metabolize those overgrown amounts of sugar. So these collonies of previously not numbered collonies become out-numbered and prevail other microflora cultures. Even more they are harming host body cells in epithelium of the intestinal. These new collonies does GOOD -- RIGHTEUOS job, they metabolize excessive sugar that would otherwise burn and even more damage internal tissues. But there is some side effect. The result of metabolism is not lactic acid ( which is less harmfull in excessive quaintites ) like probiotics and other beneficial bacteria but they produce alcohol and other toxic vast that is harming not only intestinals but also spread to livers, blood even brain. Human with different or collapsed microflora is behaving totally different. Such human can confront with waving in his behaviour or daily because in him there is constant battle between waves of life cycle of yeasts and bacterias. And vast products of that battle is influencing such human. For example : when yeasts are in growing phase, such human is in good mood, feel ok, like on some drug. Perhaps he could feel blessed with Light. But when there is collaps of such harmfull collony ( this effect is known under the name Herzheimer effect ) collonies of harmfull microorganisms are dying and a lot of toxins is released. Such human is suffering from bad mood even some serious ilnesses or internal intoxification. This is the same or similar process as at fasting with green juices or cleansing from heavy metals when body releases internaly bound toxins and try to get rid of it. This the battle against the addiction on sugar. As matter of fact this is inverse battle as it was when we start our addiction to sugar. After we made decision to detoxify our first step is to confront with toxins we already get used to and our vessel body is adapted to just in whish or Love to continue our function.
>>>Pain on a spiritual/psychic/mental level usually drives a person to eat sweets.
Yes but it is not so simple. It is the loop process. Because when eating sugar and starch food we initiate also psychic changes back. It is sloppy if we reduce these changes and malnutritions only on sugars. This is also happenings with starch. Same process : starch in wheat , starch in potatoe. found very sensed the story of Bread of Shame while in Israelites in Egyptian slavery: wheat that is slowly poisoining the body even though we can presume that in those era the food was much more blessed as healthy because of the different structure of the sunshine oscillation that provide higher protection of harmfull microorganisms in warehouses for wheat and people maintain their beneficial microflora easily than today.
>>>It compensate for lack of spiritual light and replaces by increasing physical existence
>>>to draw more light.
Yes but carbs ( sugar and starch ) do not produce aditional physical matter of human tissue like proteins. They just fuel , fast burning fuel. And if body is not possible to consume it, yes if the process is healthy everything is metabolised to fat. What should ok because this is reserve for the time of the year or month when the nature law force us to burn that fat. But infortunately those amounts of fast fuel is inititate aditional unnormal behaviour of our intestinal microflora and that infleunce after to our psychic behavoiur like narcotic drug or any other form of addiction ( similar as workholics, pornography, addiction to be always worshipped, or addiction on being secure with money or with many cars … )
>>>That is why it is the fastest way to grow your body with ‘fat’ that feed the ‘fire’ inside.
It is sloppy that we relate fats to something negative.
Some fats can help to ease the battle in the intestinals. like coconut fat that is containing fat that is also in human mother milk and protect baby during breast-feeding as protection against harmfull microorganisms ( lauric acid ). Some fats are inevitable for inflammation diminishing.
>>>The addiction comes when the body enjoy the quick and instant gratification of the
>>>new fire in the body.
This is only outside indication, symptom. Inside the body there is always new program running in biochemical processes, living creatures living in us that we are hosting are already behaving differently for the long time. Even such person can get pray for the Light, meditate, …but the internal program is still craving for the starch and sugar. Such person could be adapted to daily work, even good worker but focused on his goals, not looking right or left….There was some sentence that surprised even me on some Kabbalah lecture because that knowledge was overlooked ..the sentence that Green FOODis raising consiousness. Of course it it is simple, because green , clorophylle ( blood of the plants ) is acceptor of the light for photosynthesis, microflora that lives on sugar and in anaerobic ( without oxygene ) can’t stand it.
>>>To stop this addiction a person should use a lot of ‘water’ to put out the fire.
Yes but that is not enough in present days. Water is mostly contaminated with heavy metals. And water is problematic in countries where water is calcified ( hard water ).
The water that is soft or liquid from the plants.
>>>The Torah study through the Zohar is the necessary water that helps us transform and
>>>get rid of addictions. Without this connection a person can not elevate above himself
>>> and control the body.
Gratedul for that.