Netzach she'b Yesod
הָיום תשׁעה וְשׁלושׁים יָוֹם שֶׁהֵם חְַמִשָּׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וְאַרְבָּעָה יָמִים לָעוֹמֵרֹToday is thirty-nine days, which is five weeks and four days of the Omer
Endurance in Connection1
An essential component of bonding is its endurance. The ability to withstand challenges and setbacks. Without endurance there is no chance of developing a true bond.
Demonstrate the endurance nature of your bonding by confronting a challenge that obstructs the bond.
Into this week of Yesod, the Foundation of our being in the world, we bring Netzach, the reverberation of Physical Energy. The channel of Light connects the pubic area with the right hip of the body.
We allow our lesser self to be revitalised by Netzach, that it might acquire the ability to express its uniqueness more authentically in the world.
The ego, our sense of separate self, is the precious identity in which we live most of the time. Our task is to create an ego able not only to support our own emerging self, but also those around us.
We seek to avoid the trap of simply comparing ourselves to some external model, and instead reach deeply inside to discover our own truths. At the same time, we need to mindful of the search of others. We are not meant simply to replicate one another, but to co-exist and cooperate with honesty and with caring. It takes great courage to be able to bring ourselves into the open.
This courage flows from Netzach. Our energies are renewed and deepened. We allow ourselves to feel this revitalisation through every cell of our bodies. The exhaustion of our journey lifts. There is now strength to move ahead.
We particularly honour the Vitality which allows us to create a self worthy of the Self Who lives in us. Today gives us space to appreciate the fuller strength of our individual being.
Today I am filled with new vitality and Spirit. A deep self-acceptance allows a new flowering of awareness now. I am at peace with the world.
Footnotes
Could also be expressed as Ambition in Connection or Desire in Bonding. ↩︎