Dark matter is transformed into dust by the flame of desire

In order for this redemption to occur, my heart and my soul must be filled to overflowing with desire for the Divine. In this case, it means that in order to draw closer to my Divine self – to that which I really am – I need to transform the matter that holds me, into energy. Energy that can feed me and those around me, that is actually the enactment of the Divine in me — my נשׁמה, my breath. That which in me is capable of taking the food that I eat, or the air that I breathe and transform – or rather extract – it into energy for my existence here.

A more literal meaning is “while still alive, i.e., with my flesh, I would like to grasp, that is, experience, my G-d.”

In that nexus of transformation, all the myriad elements that come together to transform air into breath that animates the body is an event filled with mystery — the mystery that you, and I, embody.

There is a place inside each one of us where the Divine resides. Our existential journey is to find that place. For if I focus on the Divine — with all my heart and all my soul — I will find that place. I will then constrain the Divine into my own “image” thereof. Which is why I have to be constantly vigilant. On the one hand, I may not have any pre-conception or projection of what the Divine Is — often referred to as “entering a space of emptiness to apprehend the fullness”. On the other, my very foundation consists of an conception of the Unlimated.

It was a place made all of light. It was not ordinary light, but light that lit up the jewels. They were not that bright for it was not the light that reflected off them, but the light that was contained in the jewels itself that seemed to have been wakened by the light glittering in the space. It shimmered and glimmered, not quite still. It was very quiet, but filled with wave of intent. Like being in water and all the movements in the pool were felt by all, becoming a part of the pool itself.

That is now in the realm in which the Yud is immediate, yet you have space. Just be very careful, very humble, very aware. For this is the realm of subtle energies, the spiritual realm.

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