Monday, September 21, 2009

9/21/09, 40 + 41, meditating on 'commandment'

it's now simply effortless to glide into the natural flow of the breath. meditation is a must-have activity in the day and i make sure the daily schedule revolves around it. it is within this context that i have an experience of what the rabbi has been saying again and again, that in Hebrew the word that has been translated into 'command' is also the word for prediction. and so that which moshe brought down from sinai is really a set of predictions. if we stick with our covenant with yhvh, when we love our god with all our heart, all our soul and all our might, then, of course, it is inevitable that we will not murder, we will not steal, and so on and so forth. they are not restrictions that are imposed upon us, but, rather, spontaneous responses springing from within. i wouldn't live my life any other way, just like i cannot imagine living without meditation and the way of living that goes with it.

when i share this with shivaa over sunday morning chai, she says, so it is an invitation. wow, beautiful.

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