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I wrote a response and then accidently erased it .... so I'll try again .... but this time it will be short .... anyway, it seems to me that although there are some differences between all traditions of Judiasm, they all have the same essence and that is what is important .... the last of the...

Happy New Year everyone .... aloha nui, poh

aloha nui in-love, I meant to write back and say thank you for your kind words of support .... In the book "Secrets of the Future Temple" by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (which was written in 1729 and just translated into English) he speaks of the third temple in depth and said that it will be...

Thank you for your precious and kind words .... while the thread may be quiet for a while, I suspect it will not be that way for too long .... aloha nui, poh

Hi flow - always a pleasure to hear from you .... please feel free to share your thoughts on the holy of holies .... and trust me, I am no expert on these matters .... what I can do well is interpret symbols and meanings because it is what I have done for well over 40 years on chants and legends...

although this thread has probably gone into exile because of lack of participation, thought I would post a few additions to bring it full cycle .... I just received a new book "Secrets of the Future Temple" by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (written in 1729 and recently translated into English) ...

Birthing creations Opens our inner wisdom to begin the change

Received both books yesterday and started to look at some background on Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (who wrote both books).... it is said he had complete mastery of the entire Biblical, Rabbinic and Kabbalistic literature, was educted in sicence and literature, and was the author of three full...

The mighty jet soars, but it is nothing compared to our brains at work

I'm not knowledgable enough about Judiasm to enter into this dialogue, but I'm still learning and find this thread very fascinating. There is a woman Rabbi at the synagogue near my home and I'm going to save this discussion to share with her.... aloha nui, poh

Hi Lunamoth - love your new picture and your statement that "we have to get back to the garden" .... seems to me, in my humble opinion, that this is what we all seek and one of the great messages in any dialogue on comparative religions .... to my thinking gnosticism and/or mysticism are paths...

dauer - many, many thanks for the reference .... it offers so much insight, I've ordered two books from the site "138 Openings of Wisdom" as well as "Secrets of the Future Temple" and am looking forward to receiving them .... aloha nui, poh

aloha e dauer - I always enjoy your perspective .... and flow, I agree with what you said about the "ladder" and the "tree of life" .... the other metaphors used very frequently are the "rope" and the "spiralling snakes" .... if you ever have a chance pick up a copy of "The Cosmic Serpent ...

I thought I would add a few more comments about Kabbalah and will quote from "In the Shadow of the Ladder" (Introductions to Kabbalah by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag, Translation from the Hebrew by Mark and Yedidah Cohen) In some additional explanatory chapters Mark and Yedidah Cohen state about...

I believe simply that if we change our minds we can change our world .... each of us one-by-one can begin the change in the way we live our lives .... unconditional love (without definition) will take us there .... he hawai'i au, pohaikawahine

I've been subscribing to a series on the Kabbala by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman out of Jerusalem .... he poses a question related to the "Oneness of God vs. the Ten Sefirot" and said this question was posed to the Rivash (14th Century) "Do you Kabbalist not also believe in many Gods, as you postulate...

quote from flow "That's why, I believe, that the horned altar for burnt sacrifices was in the courtyard "outside" of the tent of the tabernacle in the desert in the days of the ancient Hebrews. That signifies to me that while it is contiguous to the realities of what went on inside of the tent...

peace to you also flow .... science certainly has its place in and I agree with your statement about sacredness, it is just that I don't see science in the opening of our "inner seeing" to be able to ascertain the depth of the ancient ocean of knowledge .... but who knows, we each have our own...

aloha e flow - there was so much in your postings, mahalo for sharing something of who you are .... just a few quick notes and then I'll get back to this .... my reference from The Zohar (Kabbalah) regarding the "flow" of streams (and from the Song of Songs) is much of what you sense and write...

flow - thank you so much for researching the word "Lebanon" .... I saw a reference that the word "lubnan" is one of multiple derivations of white (referring to the white snow, and also the word comes from milk) .... I really like your perspective of the word as the center of our reality when it...