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Sephirot HaOmer day 32
PSALMS OF MY SOUL and photos © Joy Krauthammer
Kabbalistic Sephirat HaOmer ספירת העומר
Day 32 if regular Omer counting toward Shavuot from Pesach.
Sephirot journey reverse set # 2 towards Rosh HaShanah from Shavuot, Day 18, Chai
SEPHIROT DANCE
- Joy Krauthammer
Dance of Netzach sh b'Hod
Dancing forward in the mode
Glory/Hod of Gratitude;
Day 32 or reverse
Dance of Life, Chai, Day 18.
Behold, Splendor of soul
will be seen, revealed
Month of Iyar or
as Elul enters. A month
to shine soul,
remove the schmutz.
Dance month of searching --
backwards, forwards -- cleansing, fixing
all within.
Netzach,
not only victory
in physical form --
Dance of warrior in battle,
to win in life, survive a fight.
Instead, a concept:
going forward
with all your might
for Dance of Joy.
Reach out
for what you want
in your soul.
Power of
Dance of forgiveness, of compassion,
of heart.
Dance of understanding, of wisdom
to impart.
Dance of integrity.
Dance of desire.
Stay on the path,
out of the mire.
Dance of Joy. Splendor of joy.
Dance toward what may not be seen.
Vision of truth, deep
Dance of justice, wide.
Dance of faith, high.
Dance of trust, surrender
toward the Holy One. Blessed Be.
Dance of creativity, dance of passion,
dance of planting, dance of growth,
dance of hope, and dance of connecting love.
Not only war to win in victory!
Sometimes powerfully,
on horses, hooves flying fast from within;
sometimes lightly, gently,
empowered
on iridescent hummingbird wings,
all along the Tree of Life, dance!
...and sing out
your abunDance of blesSings, and drum, even hum,
and dance again.
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above: Charcoal Dance painting by Joy Krauthammer ©
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"Ceci n'est pas une cantaloupe" by Joy Krauthammer ©
.I have included my fruit carving here, "This is not a cantaloupe", because the "Charcoal Dance" painting above reminded a friend of my cantaloupe carving AKA "Not Milk".
Sometimes we carve away (in Netzach) to reveal another level of G*d's concealed splendor (HOD) in our universe, including ourself. Thank you for the glory, G*d.
Joy's 'carving' story is available upon request. (Cantaloupe's concept title is based on artist Rene' Magritte's "...ceci n'est pas une pipe.") The word, the image, is not the same as it is described, nor named.
How can one say what can't be said, to describe one's love of and for the Holy One? Ahavat Hashem.
- Joy Krauthammer
PS
"Blessed Be.
Dance of creativity"
This poem understanding came from an important place within me. I was in retreat with Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi and Eve Ilsen on Shavuot at Elat Chayyim, and I realized that my Netzach can be and is used, not only for battle (as with hospital administrations and fighting for life, but after mourning in dancing toward JOY.
Quite a realization for me at that moment.
I thought about how I go forward in life...
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