Meditation – The World of Kabbalah

Kabbalistic Meditation

Meditation is a means of releasing oneself from the bonds of physicality. In the ancient Kabbalistic tradition, going back as far as Abraham, it is believed to be a way to achieve closeness to the Divine.

On a lighter note,

In the East they say “Don’t just do something, sit there”.

In the West we say, “Don’t just sit there, do something”.

These approaches to life itself are reflected in Eastern and Western meditation traditions.

Essentially there are two types of meditation.

Eastern Meditation

Eastern meditation focuses on no-thing.

In the Eastern tradition we attempt to empty the mind. This is extraordinarily difficult for Westerners. We don’t seem to be calibrated to ‘empty our minds’.

Western Meditation

Western meditation (Kavanah כוונה) focuses on something.

‘Something’ can take many forms, including

Focusing on something within, for example, one’s breath, which is considered to connect one to the original force that created life.

Focusing on one’s emotions, or an intellectual concept, or on something living, like a field of

grass or a tree.

Meditating on a problem or a personal issue

In Kabalistic meditation, Kavanah כוונה, we believe that by meditating on a problem or a personal issue the solution will come to us.

The meditation that follows has been created to lead one into focusing on the deepest levels of life itself, the light of the soul of male and female.

In the tradition of ancient Kabbalah, we call this a Merkabah, a vehicle of light. The male component points upward connecting one to the source of spiritual or non-physical life. The female component points downward toward the earth, deriving the energy that sustains physicality.

The upward and downward tetrahedrons rotate one within the other, in the Phi ratio of perfect harmony. The entire Merkabah rotates through space at the speed of light.

As it rotates, the Merkabah reveals sacred names of the energy of the Divine, as written in Hebrew. The Hebrew words can be represented by musical notes.

One has only to look at the words, and listen to the tones to begin one’s journey.

Climb into the centre of your own light vehicle and travel through the centre of the sun if you wish, and beyond, to the stars.

(The following link is a Hebrew prayer / Meditation. Switch on the sound in your computer)