Long before I was born, there already existed a natural cycle that was part and parcel of the creation of the Universe from the beginning of time. This cycle allows the order that we enjoy to every extent to manifest itself from within our perceptions from whatever it seems to be, to the degree of how well we can perceive each new state that we attain.
As it is written by our sages;
“To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven”(Koheleth 3:1)
The governance of this higher purpose of creation makes it imperative for us to understand these times and seasons within which all manifestations are clothed. Everyone is affected in one way or the other through everything that happens around us, and this integral nature of the whole system, directly or indirectly leaves the whole of humanity with some sort of responsibility towards the whole system.
In recent times, humanity has had its fair share of earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and other forms of natural awakenings from different parts of the globe and it raises a general need within everyone to try and understand the why of it all. It is simple.They are all corporeal depictions of the broken connections between the whole of humanity. We are in the year 5778 according to the Hebrew calendar and it signifies the number of years after the first man discovered the entirety of the whole of creation, Adam HaRishon the first man, leaving us with a series of answers to all the questions that never stop awakening in us.
TIME EQUALS ACTIONS
These times and seasons are what Kabbalists call HOLIDAYS. These holidays depict new territories within our perceptions to help us discover new realities within ourselves. Man is a small world and all that we discover around us is nothing but a depiction of each one’s internality on this background of light outside of us, the still, the vegetative, animate and the speaking degrees of perception shown to us from within. Each new season comes with its new energy and new opportunities for us to alter what we discover and for that matter steer ourselves towards the right direction based on what we collective seek as humanity .
Our collective desire for love and connection above all differences is what must define our relationships and we can hasten our development through the engagement in the right actions. The actions we engage in is what gives us the sensation of time. If they are egoistic, then our development will seem as though it is slow. If our actions are altruistic then our development will seem as though it is being expedited. Our desires can be fulfilled through specific internal actions and it requires the right intention and efforts correctly aimed in the direction of how altruistically the whole general system can benefit from it. Kabbalists write that it is only a collective altruistic prayer that gets a response and this needs to be studied and properly understood,as it is in the general interest of every individual to know how each one can play his unique part within this general system to help the system of nature perform its role on us. The purpose of creation is to delight the creatures and we will be doing ourselves a great favour if we invest efforts in discovering how we must act as a collective towards our collective benefit.
Our egoistic nature is what stands in our way and each season gives us a new opportunity for
self -analysis and all sorts of reflection on how we can rise to the next degree of our human development. We can harness and awaken the good force concealed within the connection between us through the method of Abraham known as the Wisdom of Kabbalah.
The famous Kabbalist The Vilna Gaon (GRA) writes;
"REDEMPTION WILL COME ONLY THROUGH THE STUDY OF KABBALAH"
–Even Shlemah(A Perfect and Just Weight),Chapter 11,Item 3
According to the sages, only through the study and the dissemination of this method of education,can the whole of humanity reach redemption, for it contains the light that can reform us.
