The description of being a mystically searching teenager trying to build a cosmos-view with limited, pre-internet, but somehow an almost perfect hanful of limited books and ideas is something I could relate to so strongly I feel like weeping. You were not alone, I was not alone, sonehow none of us were ever alone, but the feelings of intense aloneness punctuated by treasured moments of deep insight….perfectly said!! Break out the goodies indeed!

Thanks zevi can't imagine how much work went in to you bringing this programme.

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes indeed. But a real gem, definitely worth it. Thank You for appreciating it.

AMAZING! THANK YOU

I recommend these talks and this teaching in particular to my atheist friends

His physical shifting of the body, I have been there as well. We rock to and fro when we're definitely onto something.

90th to like and thank you so much for the conversation. Reverential humility and silence instead of naming an experience 'G-d' seem like the best answer to how to find mystical atheism. Thank you for showing us a glimpse of what can't be said. and i love the idea that we're always listening to the wrong G-d as long as we breathe. The world's hope is that religious people take personal responsibility for how they interpret their scriptures, duties, doctrines and creeds and it is my hope that mystical atheism is the best way to do so. Much love!

Oh Wow! This was a supreme 56 minutes...My mind is blown. Thank you. Many blessings to you.

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the beautiful feedback. Glad it blew your mind 😊

A flower opened her petals to brave the wind. The gardener bent down embracing her stem between thumb and forefinger. "This too, these petals crown the glory that has no name. And blessed is that name." And a dew drop alighted on the gardener's calloused fingers. And I heard the flower speak, "here, a tear of joy." עטרת אחד של אור זהב

Beyond attributes the student becomes free...the teacher then teaches in his ways the folly is when we try to know what the teacher knows....keep learning keep progressing the teacher will define the end of the lesson.

That was brilliant...especially that final note on Ayin!

Looking fwd to this one! 😀 I'll be listening this afternoon. Thanks so much!

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome. Hope you enjoy it ☺️

Thank you so much for your work Zevi! It is truly inspiring.

@SeekersofUnity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Frank 🙏🏼 Glad to be doing it with you around.

I really enjoyed some of the concepts that you discussed in this interview. I believe I heard this before. But it seemed more pertinent to where I’m at now this time. thank you, Zevi .

@SeekersofUnity

Жыл бұрын

You’re most welcome. Bezalel is a gem. I’m glad this found you where it did.

Wow this was profound!

What I learnt from this episode and this pious man is that we are all crying out for unity hence one movement to another, and all our saviours which many differnt cultures spreading from east to west beleive in, all our saviours will come with justice and peace, now we are at folly when we start fighting over their names when we all agree their duty to be the same so why not work towards their duties,and in this way the perennial message which we all hold to be THE TRUTH individualy can be understood as PART of THE TRUTH which we all interpretate differntly and so beutifuly....nature is very important which he started with in the beginning with the mention of woods and emerson because emerson said in the forest we all return to reason and faith and it is so profound this statement that nature teaches us unity without bias sun shines on everyone(except us british lol) rain falls for all and so forth so yes hail unity in the name of peace!

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful Ali. Thank You.

@LAILA-2816

3 жыл бұрын

@@SeekersofUnity ALL FOR PEACE AND PEACE FOR ALL.

YES! 🔥🔥🔥

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

😘😘😘

Seeing the truth in creation is knowing what is known not THE TRUTH. fine line between pantheism and monotheism.

Another mind-blowing convo! I learned so much. Not only do differences and multiplicities definitely exist in this world of "lower unity" , but they themselves are the very way through which we are to seek ultimate (upper) unity. Maybe G-D can only be revealed in this world davka through searching within paradoxes and the appearance of duality and contradiction. It seems that somehow unity is hiding within all this multiplicity. The world is so full of apparent contradictions and paradoxes: good vs evil peace vs conflict soul vs body intellect vs emotion self vs other conflicting views within a single individual etc etc... It cannot be that unity exists independently of all this multiplicity, for then it is not really unity. Perhaps we should recognise that multiplicity is an opportunity to search for the unity within it. Unity and truth must also include the possibility of falsehood and duality. Any dogma that rejects the legitimate existence of multiplicity cannot be the way to truth. I remember seeing another quote from Rav Kook saying that " reality is not afraid of contradictions" On the other hand, those who seek a shortcut to the upper unity can find it through their appropriate tzemach😜😉

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Basil. We really appreciate your thoughtful (and funny) feedback. Really really glad you got so much out of the conversation.

@groovybasil197

3 жыл бұрын

@@SeekersofUnity Good on ya mate. I notice that you often tell your guests that initially you were impressed by how much the world's mystical traditions have in common but now you find it more interesting to explore their differences. As I mentioned above, unity is to be found through and within multiplicity. Rabbi Sacks a"h called it "The Dignity of Difference" I reckon that listening to your show makes one more tolerant, understanding and respectful which G-D willing will lead to brotherhood and unity.

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely. We’re allow about that. Unity in diversity and identity in difference. 100%. Thank you so much. That’s the kindest compliment anyone could have said. I sure hope we’re having that effect. Baruch Hashem.

"ועפ״ז יובן גם דיוק לשונו של הרמב״ם: ״ואם יעל על הדעת כו׳״ - כי ידיעה זו ״שהוא אינו מצוי״ היא קס״ד דידיעה (במדריגה) נעלית יותר מהידיעה (שכתב לפנ״ז בה״א) ״שיש שם מצוי ראשון״. ולכן מדייק ״ואם יעלה על הדעת כו׳״." הדרן על הרמב״ם - תשל״ה drive.google.com/file/d/1GrQKd8iNgO0xr7N30zqzAOTIV0FiC-nK/view

The transition from the Lower Unity/Yesh to the Higher Unity/Ayin in which the last qliphoth are being removed makes me think of Meister Eckhart's mystical ideas of breaking through the Godhead in order to enter the Abyss, which is beyond our theistic conceptions of God and beyond being as is being put here. Is there some connection here between these two schools of thought possibly?

Be you there: meaning is place, you are *where* you are. Respect your loved ancestors and repent the error of your place, there and then. Anyone in your place would be exactly you. Ayin.

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@SeekersofUnity

Жыл бұрын

😉

If you do it in Bangor, Maine; it's called *Vision Quest* . All due respect👍

Break out the goodies!!! i had a meditative experience in 2000 but, everyone i know thinks i'm crazy cuz everyone else is keeping secrets!!

Bytheway very humble hassidic which means pious if am right 😊

You didn't cover much of the questions that we're outlined at the beginning

@SeekersofUnity

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes we set intentions for a conversation and then let the conversation take its own directions, as it needs to.

@nisanhak4691

Жыл бұрын

@@SeekersofUnity Understandably, maybe you should consider doing a follow up with the questions. Rav Kook seems to play a large role in unity seeking I feel like theirs a lot more to gain from understanding his perspectives.

This image of walking backwards intrigues me as I experienced it in a dream and haven't been able to decipher it. Can someone shed some light here?

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ruth, Walk away backwards and bowing is a sign of respect, as codified in Halacha (Jewish law) by the Rema (Orach Chaim 132:2) and the Magen Avraham there (6). See the source here (in Hebrew): hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=9729&st=&pgnum=419 Hope that helped, Zevi

@ruthlewis673

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. The image it seems wasn't referencing this. Intriguingly it was of a bridegroom walking backwards to meet the bride who was standing, waiting and facing forward. Time, l feel, is the key.

@ruthlewis673

3 жыл бұрын

I have a long history with Jung read him decades ago then went into analysis with a Jungian. The response, from the deepest level when intending to follow a Jungian path was quite simply, no. Since then it has been a slow passage back to my Jewish roots. I'm rereading Memories, dreams and reflections at the moment, interesting after all the years.

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm

I had a vision when I sat in my church in the last years and I had it during the worship of God , that showed me those leaders would keep me spiritual immature , so I left the church . I came across my name sake rebbe who claimed to come from a sabbatian frankist background I learned from him

These are the threads of where Spinoza was treading. Do we really need to call it Atheism?

@SeekersofUnity

2 жыл бұрын

We don't need to do anything :) but sometimes doing things helps. (In this instance it may have served to provoke thought or distance one from theism. I can't remember exactly what the point was).

@BcClarity

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeekersofUnity I'm all full of emptiness and non-duality and all I got was this T-shirt

See how close fascism is to success? Only universal socialism is not fascist.

The statement that God does not exists because existence implies corporality is false. Existence is not equivalent to corporality.

@SeekersofUnity

3 жыл бұрын

51:16 "Anybody who comes out of the the Kabbalistic tradition is going to view existence as _a form_ of corporealization of God." I don't believe he was saying that existence implies corporality, but rather that it is "a form of corporealization", or more precisely, a form of _hagshama,_ insofar as it constricts and limits God to the containers of our own finite conceptions, akin to what happens what we corporealize or anthropomorphize God. Also, _"Hagshamat Elokut"_ has its own meanings and host of connotations and implications in it's Kabbalistic and philosophical context, which i think you're aware of and don't need to elaborate, which unfortunately do not accompany the term as it's translated into English as "Corporealization of God", as with all translations, and particularly translations of philosophical/theosophical terms.

@barrydeville

3 жыл бұрын

What or who *knows* existence. Whatever knows Is prior to whatever is. No way around it. 😘

so what does that actually mean?🤔

I dissagree with the first statement the Rav said. God Superexists !!!!!!!!!!

ayin . no man. nothingingness. shed the concept of god; the insight in all religions; that of Buddha

So God does not exist? Is that a true statement? The rebbi simply doesn't understand the definition of "exist" there's no such a thing if there is a God, then god exists, because it's synonyms