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Chapter Eight
8 5 Nothing is is alien alien to Me Me for nothing is is alienated from Me Me Chochma/ Sophia is the the the Mother of all all reality in Her all all opposites go together:
good and and and and evil up and and and and down in in in and and and and out yin and and and and yang Each defines the other other other and cannot exist exist without the the the the the other other other As the the the the the Mother of all existence Chochma/Sophia gives birth to these “opposites” seeing them however as complementarities 8 26 I called to you all all all but most did not hear hear You don’t hear hear the call call of of Chochma/Sophia because you drown Her out with the clamor of of your your own drama You have your your story about reality and prefer it it to to Her revelation of reality To hear Her call you you must set aside your dramas about how how life life should be and see how how life life actually is is is This is is is made plain in in in the legend of Elijah taking refuge in in in a a a a a cave Asked by God “What
are you doing here Elijah ” the prophet wails about how zealously he he he he loves God and and how his love love has turned the people against him and and threatened his life Elijah then experiences a a a a a great rock–shattering wind Elijah looked but YHVH was not in in the wind Then an earthquake shook Elijah Elijah to his core Elijah Elijah looked but YHVH was not in the earthquake A fire followed the the earthquake but it too didn’t contain YHVH YHVH YHVH YHVH the the Happening of all happening isn’t in in in in in anything YHVH is is everything After the the fire a a a a fragile voice of silence silence Hearing the the silence silence Elijah experienced the presence of God God Again God God said “What
are you doing here Elijah?” Rather than respond to this existential inquiry with fresh insight Elijah repeated verbatim his litany of self-congratulation and complaints (I Kings 19:9–15) Elijah’s problem problem is your problem: you you are so focused on your own drama that you you fail to hear the the fragile voice of silence the the Bat Kol (Daughter’s Voice) the Voice Voice of Chochma/Sophia that is ba kol (with all) And because this is is so you fail to answer the question “Why are you here?” with the the the only true answer there is: to to be a a a blessing to to all the the the families of the earth 8 32 The goal of the teacher is is not to to enlist followers but to to train up companions When first learning from a a a a a a teacher teacher you elevate the teacher teacher above you But if the the goal of the the teacher is to maintain that elevation to make you dependent upon the the teacher teacher the the teacher teacher is false even if 90