Boundaries and Judgment, Nine Days Omer 5783
Today is nine days, which is one week and two days of the Omer in the year 5783. גבורה שבגבורה, Gevurah ShebeGevurah, Boundaries within Boundaries, Judgement within Judgement, Discipline within Discipline.
The Core of Gevurah is Pure Strength
Strength, judgment, boundaries, discipline.
Gevurah is righteous indignation.
Gevurah is perfect vision.
Gevurah defines the path of strength.
Gevurah is the guard rail against destructiveness.
Gevurah alone travels beyond the system
Those guard rails go on into infinity.
Judgment without compassion destroys everything in its path.
No one can live up to the standards of pure Gevurah.
The Shadow lives here.
Things grow in the Shadow.
The Sitra Achra, the Other Side is born
Just as we are relishing the pure joy of Shabbat,
Evil is born.
There is a spark of the Divine in everything.
There is godliness in evil.
We must hold fast to our values,
while helping it to evolve into goodness.
Make space for parts abandoned
Everyday we make choices about who to be.
Some aspects get left behind —
in childhood
in young adulthood.
Reflect on who you were before you became who you are now.
Explore something that used to bring you joy.
Help heal the wounds of the Shadow within.
Together, we transform reality.
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