Saturday, February 23, 2013

Nugget #14


Deuteronomy 6:4, “Love YHVH your Elohim with all of our heart, all of our soul, and all of our might.”

This is one of two passages considered to be the core of the Torah.  This verse is speaking of our relationship with the Creator.  We are to love, which means we are to give.  Our ego is to be transformed from self-centered receiving to an altruistic giving, which is the same nature as the Creator. We are to give over our heart to the Creator’s desire, meaning taking on the Creator’s desires as our own.  The heart is the sum total of our desires.

The Hebrew word for soul, used here, is the lowest level of the soul.  This is where our soul interfaces with and is compromised through the influence of the world.  This soul is also to be turned over to the desire of the Creator.

Finally, with all our might, our actions should be those for the betterment of the Creator via advancement of the Creator’s desire within our world.  Our actions are to reflect our changed nature.
When we apply this verse we start experiencing the equivalence of form.

Ask yourself: Why do we sometimes see “YHVH our Elohim” and other times we only find “YHVH” or “Elohim”?

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