Gevurah she'b Netzach
הָיום שְׁלוֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים יָוֹם שֶׁהֵם שְׁלוֹשָׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וּשְׁנֵי יָמִים לָעוֹמֵרֹToday is twenty-three days, which is three weeks and two days of the Omer
Restraint in Victory
Endurance and determination, focused and directed toward productive goals, expressed in a constructive manner. cultivates good patterns and breaks bad ones.
This is the second day of the week of Netzach, the week that focuses our energies at the sefirah of Physical Force. On this day we bring Gevurah into Netzach, experiencing the flow of Light between the left shoulder and the right leg.
To express our energies creatively, they need to be given form, even though that form always limits their possibilities. Gevurah is the great limiter on the Tree. As such, it draws to itself names like Judgement and Severity. It is seen as the place of “evil”, because of its potential for creating forms too rigid to change, as well as forms which hide an emptiness inside.
Yet Gevurah holds the key to all the expression of the One Energy. So we bring it into Netzach gently, that it might help (in)form our physical existence in truly fruitful ways. Gevurah holds the secret of true receptivity, which provides the means for what might, without it, be the proliferation of unusable energies.1
Often in our lives our own energies are in need of more productive forms. We exhaust ourselves without it; our energy scatters in all direction, and we manifest little.
We welcome Gevurah as blessing into Netzach, yearning to bring proper form that we might continue the great process which we call Creation. At this point in our journey it is not possible to know what forms will be appropriate for our greater learning and our greater sharing this year. We trust that the proper forms will emerge as we hold ourselves in an attitude of gratitude.
I welcome the flowering of my physical energies this day. With deep and easy breathing, my energy is renewed with the Light of vitality. I trust these energies will enable me to share my vitality in creative ways. I celebrate the energies which flow through me every day of my life.
Reflections
May Ha’Shem support the flowering of my physical energies this day. With deep and easy breathing, my energy is renewed with the Light of vitality. I trust that with His Divine Guidance and Compass, the insight to share my vitality in deeply creative ways will emerge. I celebrate the energies which flow through me every day of my life.
Footnotes
This is the true concept of “waste” or “wasted” energy. ↩︎