Using the words, "Jihad" and "Holy War" in lecture at the University of Regensburg, Pope Benedict XVI the head of the Roman Catholic Church recently quoted criticism of Prophet Muhammad by a 14th Century Byzantine Christian emperor.
"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached," Benedict quoted Manuel II.
These latest comments will rapidly spearhead a terror attack by Islamic fundamentalists against the Christian world that will make past attacks seem mild. France and Italy, the primary supporters of The United Nations peace effort in Lebanon are the likely 'first strike' targets. However, after the damage is done and all is settled, Israel, their common enemy, will become the scapegoat that unites the forces of Edom (Rome/France) and Ishmael (Iran /Syria) against it. The will of this unified force will exert its attention to subdue Israel in every possible way, to contain it, to silence it, to put it back in the box, but their efforts will fail, because Torah prophecies declare this to be the final attempt to divert Israel's purpose. After this, only one 'truth' will be clear to all the world and Israel will progress to fulfill its purpose.
So, what is it about Israel's people that has caused them to be the subject of continuous reproach?
It seems reasonable, given Kabbalah's revelation; the soul of Israel is derived by G-d's special arrangement and blessing, that the Jews who descend from Jacob (Israel) would in some way stand out from the crowd. The revelation also declares the 'letters' of Torah as Creations' blueprint (spiritually and physically) and that its teachings hold the key to unlocking a perfect world. The history of the Jews, in some sense is a special history, but is it special enough that we can bear witness to its true distinction and purpose?
The 'genius fringe' of society provides a curious source, a statistical basis for the intellectual pursuit of secular objectives in the modern world. This is not representative of society as a whole, but indicative of this sectors performance. The statistical samples provide clues to whether Jews, primarily genetic descendants of Israel, perform at the high end of intellectual pursuit around which they integrate into societies and cultures. To analyze this lets look at the Nobel Prize list of 770 winners as at 2005;
Jews, approximately 14 million people or 0.2% of the world's population, have accumulated 127 Nobel Prizes (16.5%) for contributions to various aspects of society.
Muslims, approximately 1.2 billion people or 20% of the world's population, have accumulated 8 Nobel Prizes (1%) for contributions to various aspects of society.
Christians, Hindu's, Shinto's, Buddhists, Sikhs and people of other faiths (including Jewish souls who no longer consider themselves Jews), approximately 4.5 billion people or 75% of the world's population, have accumulated the balance of the 635 (82.5%) Nobel prizes.
Whilst this is in no way conclusive, it does indicate that Jews possess a disproportionately unique capacity at the 'genius fringe' of secular society to be inventive, innovative and to push the boundaries of logical and constructive thought beyond their expected statistical boundary. Let's take a deeper look at the soul construct of Jews and some reasons that may allude to answers;
In the first portion of Torah - The Book of Genesis dealing with creation, G-d's commandments are counted and interpreted as follows;
The words; "G-D SAID" are written on 10 separate occasions; The 10 Utterances, representing the 10 vessels or the essential attributes (Sefirot) of our soul or; 'The Spirit of G-d' [see Sefirot link in right margin -numbered 1-10]
The words; "G-D MADE" are written on 3 occasions representing the Three Mother letters of Hebrew, Aleph (א), Mem (מ) and Shin (ש) (the three sources of creative energy) - an analogy to Air, Water and Fire. These connect the attributes on the horizontal plane. [see Sefirot link in right margin - Horizontal lines each represented by a Hebrew letter]
The words; "G-D SAW" are written on 7 occasions representing the 7 doubles letters that can express 2 sounds. These connect the attributes on a vertical plane. [see Sefirot link in right margin - vertical lines]
The word; "G-D" is written on 12 occasions representing the letters that express a single sound. These connect attributes on a diagonal plane. [see Sefirot link in right margin - diagonal lines]
This represents the 32 times that G-D's name is mentioned, with an act of creation in the opening of Genesis (creation), reflecting the aspects of G-d and His energies that created the spiritual and physical universe in which we live.
Since their are no separate numerals in Hebrew, the number 32 = is written by joining the letters Lammed (ל) + Bet (ב) = Lev (לב). The word Lev means 'Heart' - known to be the 'King of the Soul' and Torah is analogous with the 'Heart of Creation'.
The bookmark letters of Torah are Bet (ב) - B (sometimes pronounced, V -Vet) = 2; being the first letter of the first word 'Bereishit' and Lammed (ל) - L = 30; being the last letter of the last word 'Yisrael'. Together they make the word Lev (לב)
The prefix Lammed (ל) means - 'to' - as - 'from me to you'
The prefix Bet (ב) means - 'in' - as - 'in me and in you'
The name of G-d that represents His absolute embodiment presiding unilaterally over His creation is reflected only in the Tetragramaton (י'ה'ו'ה) Yud' Heh' Vav' Heh = 26 = 'The Name' = 'The L-rd'.
Of the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet [see Gematria link] there are only two letters[1] to which each letter of the Tetragramaton can be applied as a suffix - Lammed (ל) and Bet (ב).
In context of the soul, that was "breathed into us" by G-d, apply the suffixes of the Tetragramaton individually;
Yud (י) = me
Heh ( ה) = her
Vav (ו) = him
...to Lammed (ל) revealing the Hebrew words;
Li (לי) = to me
Lah (לה) = to her
Lo (לו) = to him
...and Bet (ב) revealing the Hebrew words
Bah (בה) = in her
Bo (בו) = in him
Finally the Torah, which is considered to be 'one' with G-d's Essence, is the recognized heart of creation and is rooted in the concept of 'echad' (אחד) 'one' - reflecting G-d's ultimate state of oneness.
Echad meaning 'one' reveals, by multiplying its letters, the following;
1(א) x 8(ח) x 4(ד) =
The words 'goi (גוי) echad' (אחד) = 'one nation'; adding its' letters (3+6+10+1+8+4) = 32.
Now consider, the name; Eretz Yisrael (ארצ ישראל) = Land of Israel = 832;
832 divided by 32 =
26 is the number representing G-d's explicit name mystically reflecting His highest ruling state over heaven and earth (י'ה'ו'ה) Yud' Heh' Vav' Heh.
Finally, echad (אחד) meaning: One or Unity = 13 = Ahavah (אהבה) meaning: Love.
This is a tiny conceptual illustration, a glimpse into the hidden logic of Hebrews mystical construct. There are untold numbers of significantly more complex analogies between these bookmark letters. The Torah is filled with infinitely advanced mystical, spiritual, mathematic and scientific concepts which are sometimes revealed using Hebrew's numeric base structure.
When G-d matches a soul to a body He has a reason to do so, for you and for each of the 127 Jewish and non-Jewish Nobel Prize Winners. Somehow, the component mix of energy in each attribute (Sefirot) defines a soul. Perhaps it was Israel's (Jacob's) inherent birthright and covenant with G-d that imbues souls with a close proximity, an awareness and a fundamental ability to understand G-d's picture more clearly, perhaps it is the blessings which Israel brings into the world, either way, the Nobel Prize record stands firm.
So, do Jews know and comprehend their special purpose and are they fulfilling it? This perplexing question goes to the heart of geo political / religious issues confronting us in the world today. These issues are the subject of numerous 'End of Day' prophecies derived from Torah's esoteric wisdom. At the heart of the Jewish Nation is the Torah text. It is the glue that has kept Israel from assimilating and disappearing into the masses, its logic provides clear direction and instruction to all who study it. However, its spiritual and physical opponents fear the day when that direction is fully revealed and accurately perceived, because the purpose of their existence will be challenged.
1 comment:
This is spot on! The biggest spiritual challenge the world faces today, is to help Israel restore conditions that enabled Jews to refine their souls by holistically committing to Torah's ideals and objectives. In this equation Jews are particularly important because their souls are in a ready state.
This does not mean that Jews HAVE to become Torah devotees it means Jews WILL WANT to become Torah devotees because the benefits to them and the world are fully understood. Until these conditions exist, Jews and non-Jews will continue assimilating with cultures where emotional pleasure centers are the focus in which people make their godly devotions.
We all want to become better people, but we can only accomplish this by, what is known in Kabbalah as ‘circumcising your heart’; removing the harsh negative edge (the evil shell) of our emotional tendencies, the 'knee jerk' reactions, which govern our emotional core. Jews are inherently capable of making this change, a change that requires all people to ‘put the Aleph (א) before everything that we do’, not to stop doing what we do or being who we are, but to put G-d before our thoughts, speech and actions, to begin refining our world. It all starts by making a heart of stone into a heart of flesh by directing thoughts, speech and action in ways that are governed by intellectual wisdom and not by emotional power.
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