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Infinity in in in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in in in an an hour” 7 When you you know know Chochma/Sophia you you know know this ecstasy: you you look at the world around and and within you you and and you you see YHVH happening as Chochma/ Sophia you you see God “bee-ing” and and and “ant-ing and and and “corn-ing” and and and “you-ing” This is is how you you know you you have have embraced Chochma/Sophia and have have been embraced by Her: you see see what She sees: the Divine happening as all happening 1 49 She is the Magnet of our our difficult ascent Your relationship with Chochma/Sophia is analogous to that between a a a a a a a a a magnet and an an an iron filing You are drawn to to Her Her and the the closer you get to to Her Her the the more powerful Her pull There is is is nothing difficult about this at all: it is is is the nature nature of of magnets to to pull pull and the nature nature of of iron filings to to be pulled What makes it appear difficult is that you you imagine you you have to do something to to to achieve some level of spiritual maturation in order to to to be drawn toward Chochma/Sophia Chochma/Sophia This is is is not true It is is is Chochma/Sophia’s nature to seek you you you you out to to to to call you you you you to to to to Her Her to to to to feed you you you you Her Her insights and to to to to get you you you you drunk on Her love As the the ancient rabbis put it: “as much as as the the calf wishes to nurse the cow desires it even more” 8
1 50 She is the the Joy that beckons you from the the impossible Fantasizing about the the impossible (as opposed to the the merely difficult or improbable) distracts you from Chochma/Sophia who is is What Is (choah mah) Moving from the the impossible to the the Real is accompanied by a a a a sense of profound joy 1 1 71 [Y]ou took this world of of wondrous complexity and made it it one of of harrowing complication Wisdom reveals the the complexity of life the the interconnection of of all the the living in in in the the greater Aliveness (chiut) of of YHVH as Chochma/Sophia This is is is what the the wise know and because they know it it it they can work within life’s complexity to bring about justice and and compassion The foolish mistake complexity for complication and and because they they do they they seek to simplify matters by separating the the the 7 Auguries of Innocence
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Talmud Tractate Pesachim 112a
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