Tiferet she'b Chesed
הָיום שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים לָעוֹמֵר
Today is three days of the Omer
Balance in Love
True love needs empathy and fierce compassion which makes it a beautiful love. Love is often fostered in expectation of reciprocity. Tiferet is the path to forgiving those that have hurt you.
This day, we explore the influence of Tiferet upon Chesed. Tiferet is the Heart Space, translated as “Beauty” or Splendour. It is the sefirah symbolising the energies of the Greater Self, the Individuated “I”, that lives within each one of us. As it enters Chesed, our task is to balance the outpouring of emotion to support the fuller awakening of our Higher Self. In turn, this Self contributes to the reality of Chesed itself.
The central pillar of the Tree provides the place of balance between force and form.1 Upon this central pillar the basic identities through which we awaken are symbolised – from the ego-self to the inclusive Self to the Unlimited Self. The Tree reflects the function of identity: it is through the individual that the tikkun olam, the great healing, must express in the world. The Tree of Identity, which is the central pillar of the Tree of Life, speaks to the essential nature of the spiritual journey in which we open from the inside-out to the wonders of the One we are.
Experience each of the two sefirot as glowing spheres of energy, one at your right shoulder, the other at your heart space. Feel the connection between the two, allowing your heart to open to receiving and transmitting the harmony it expresses, this deeper centring infusing the energy at Chesed.
When my Heart is true, I am able to express the deeper message of Empathy in word and deed. Focusing my awareness on the channel between Chesed and Gevurah, I find balance when the light of the central pillar illuminates my entire being at Tiferet—discovering a deep sense of peace as I breathe these universal rhythms into myself. I nourish my self with the Universal Spirit of Love whispering to me from the depths of my own being. In this awareness I grow and shine.
Reflections
Being Paradox (Splitting the Sea)
"The water was a wall for them, to their right and to their left."
—Exodus 14:29
Freedom is not to the right. Freedom is not to the left. Neither is it at the centre. Any direction you take is just another form of bondage. Only by walking opposite roads at once can you be free. So if you catch yourself fitting into a definition, contradict it. Never say, “I am this.” Always be leaving the slavery of Egypt. Yes, it demands the supernatural. You are a divine spark. You are supernatural. Always be walking through the miraculous splitting of the sea.
—Likutei Sichot volume 3, page 969.
Footnotes
Force & Form: Wave/particle. ↩︎