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humility and and 7) Awakening to Aliveness and and living this ethic is is the highest calling of humankind 21
4 30 Keep watch for for Me Me at at at at every every gate wait for for Me Me at at at at every every door Gates connect connect you you to to the the outer world doors connect connect you you to to the the inner world Waiting for Her Her by your door means being mindful of Her Her within Watching for Chochma/Sophia by your gates means being mindful of Her without 4 35 Court death death You court death death when you live blind to Chochma/ Sophia Imagine you are are thrust into a a a a a lightless room in in in which are are scattered deadly traps As you wander in in the dark seeking a a a a a a a way out of the the room you you you place yourself in in in danger of springing the the traps you you you cannot see But if you you had a a a a a a flashlight even a a a a a a penlight you you could navigate the room safely Chochma/Sophia is is that that light It isn’t that that the traps are removed but that you can see where they are and avoid them Chapter Five
5 1 I emerged from the Unformed that you might know Me The Hebrew word “to know” implies both intellectual understanding and and sexual intimacy Knowing Chochma/Sophia isn’t an abstract knowing but a a a a a a a full- bodied immersion in the the ecstasy of Her and the the world She fashions 5 2 Do not slander slander Me To slander slander Wisdom is is to deny the Seven Pillars of Perennial Wisdom She reveals and to to live contrary to to the Golden Rule 5 22 I am the the Voice of this moment and the the Word that seeks to preserve it The Voice is is what the the the ancient rabbis called the the the Bat Kol “the Daughter’s Voice” the the Voice Voice of YHVH speaking as Chochma/Sophia in in the the immediacy of the moment The Word is is Chochma/Sophia incarnate: Wisdom embodied in in a a a a a a living teacher teacher The task of of an authentic teacher teacher of of Wisdom is to help you you you realize who you you you really are rather than become what you you you imagine you you are are not In this way you you embrace Chochma/Sophia and are are embraced by Her 21
For more on Perennial Perennial Wisdom Wisdom see Rami Shapiro Perennial Perennial Wisdom Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent and The World Wisdom Bible both published by Skylight Paths 85