A Gang of Girls Radio Tree of Life - Show Notes
Tree of Life -
Various Tree if Life are recounted in folklore, culture & fiction often relating to immortality or fertility. Origins religious symbolism. Here are some accounts of the Tree of Life from other cultures -
Ancient Slavic – Tree of life stands on the rock Alatyr located on the island Buyan – similar to Norse mythology
Ancient Iran – Haoma – a tree that its vivacity would certify continuance of life in universe
Ancient Mesopotamia and Urartu – The Assyrian tree of life was represented by a series of nodes and crisscrossing lines.
Urartu the tree of life was a religious symbol and was drawn on walls of fortresses and carved on armor of warriors.
Baha’i
The concept of the tree of life appears in the writings of the Bahai’I Faith where is can refer to the manifestation of God, a great teacher who appears to humanity from age to age.
For more information follow the Wikipedia link -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life
Kabbala
The Tree of Life is not something we can hold. It is within us.
Adam -
Raziel the Angel book describes the system of souls - matters of intention
Raziel is an angel within the teachings of Jewish mysticism who is the "Keeper of Secrets" and the "Angel of Mysteries". He is associated with the sephirah Chokhmah in Beri'ah, one of the Four Worlds of Kabbalistic theory
written in code
5780 years ago
Abraham Book of Creation - 3800 yrs ago
10 circles describes the structures of 10 Sefirot structure
written on code
Moses - the bible
3200 yrs ago
written in code
pointing to a spiritual object of a spiritual source
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai the Zohar = 1800 years
describes the reaction we get from above for our thoughts written in code
The Ari - Tree of Life Etz - tree Hayim - of life
1534-1572
First time suited for the masses
Laws of creation to clear a scientific method
Started the last phase of human development
Baal Husulam - 1884 -1954
the study of the 10 sefirot (interpretation to the Ari’s Tree of Life)
Formed a ladder
All of these men are one soul incarnating each bring more depth to what we now call the Tree of Life.
Making the Tree of Life more and more acceptable for us.
Understanding the Tree of Life - Serifot
The Serifot are the disks we see that make up the Tree of Life
Sefirot? - Hebrew - Sapphire - ability to receive/send light
it is a spiritual structure
it is within us
What are Sefirot - non corporeal -
All sefirot is a quality, the potential for a corrected state
once it is corrected it can illuminate.
sefirot complementing each other. - goal
building blocks of reality - self similarity
built as a seed inside of us - point in the heart of corral desires. It needs to be developed/ nurtured
Attaining the upper 9 is through a system called Massach
bottom sefirot - black - lack of color Malchut (Malhut) egotistic desire
Massach - rejects the light is cannot receive to reflect - Depth
change your attention to attain the upper 9
Sefirot complementing each other - goal
building blocks of reality - self similarity
Clearing out the layers as you have your realizations
This phase is the flow to creation -
Desire to Give - Creator - Light/ Keter - crown thought of creation
1.) Kli - - state of hochma - wisdom - wants to give
2.) Bina - Understands the creaive force
3,) Zeir Anpin - Zeir - small/ Anpin - Face Small face - receiving with the intention to give. appreciation = pleasure - contains the last six sefiroth
Hesod is the glue that holds it together
Gevurah
Hesed
Tiphereth
Hod
Nezach
Jesod
4.)Malchut - fulfillment of the light - the search to be like the Creator/ wants to be like the creator. absorbs light - void
correct the relationship between you, Malchut and the upper nine Sefiroth
Tree of knowledge - obtaining the idea of good and evil.
Everything that exists comes from the Creator. Learning to use good and evil correctly.
Everyone has the Tree Life within them - nurture and expand it.
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