Examine the loving aspect of your compassion.

The third week of our journey focuses at the sefirah of Tiferet, the Heart Centre, where Energy and Form find balance and Heaven and Earth meet. We feel Tiferet, our own heart space, awaken and bathe it in the full glow of Light.

On any journey, the awareness of the goals we choose at the beginning tend to dim as our energies diminish. This week invites us to reassess the journey, to remember our purpose and renew our resolve.

At Tiferet, we can unite that which our senses continually fragment. Tiferet, is the place of our Higher Ego awareness. Whereas the “I” at Yesod is exclusive, the “I” at Tiferet is inclusive.

At Tiferet we encounter the soul our tradition calls Ruach—the identify within us which mediates communication between our highest Self, Neshama, and our animal-(or base)-self, Nefesh. Ruach is the place of breath, and it is through the calm breath of awareness that we experience of the energies of the heart. The level of soul called Ruach sees, feels and knows the larger “I” of our being. Our vision expands from its contracted state of our Nefesh that it might perceive a fullness in which our path once again becomes clear.

On this first day of the third week, bringing Chesed into Tiferet, we receive the outpouring of emotional energy from that sefirah, blessing Chesed’s expression in the greater “I” of Tiferet. Through their interaction, we can celebrate the true Heart of our being.

Today I am more aware of the Greater Life within me. The Light of Tiferet radiates in my heart space filling me with vibrations of Compassion and Wholeness. My greater self is blessed with Lovingkindness today. In all I meet, I witness this greater Life.

Reflections