VLVL2(8) 116 Kaballah and Motorcycles

[Simon Bryquer-RR]

Yet Kabbalah is essentially concerned with balance.  Each Sefiroth is
emblematic of various qualities and attributes but the emphasis is on each
others opposite influence and force.  Thus Chesed is indeed Lovingkindness,
of giving without limits.  And here Kabbalah would indicate this might also
be indiscreet.  So the opposite and balancing Sefiroth of Gevurah on left of
the Tree of Life represents Judgment and Severity. Which informs Chesed
exactly how much to give.  Like poring water into a glass unless you are
aware of the size of the glass you'll just keep on poring and the overflow
is waste.  So Kabbalah says giving indiscriminately in spite of the best
intentions can be waste.

SCB




----- Original Message ----- > pfm2 wrote:
> >
> > Chesed
> > "Lovingkindness"
> >
> > Chesed is the fourth of the ten sefirot, and the first of the emotive
> > attributes within Creation.
> >
> > Chesed appears in the configuration of the sefirot along the right axis,
> > directly beneath chochmah, and corresponds in the tzelem Elokim to the
> > "right arm.''
> >
> > Chesed is associated in the soul with the desire to embrace all of
> > Creation and bestow upon it goodness. As the expansive force which
> > impels the soul to connect with outer reality, chesed inspires, and thus
> > implicitly accompanies, all the other expressions of emotive force which
> > succeed it in the soul.
> >
> > Some Chesed-related crises are more about HOW TO BLESS OTHERS than how
> > to help oneself. Strongly humanitarian personality types (such as
> > teachers, healers and therapists) are quite prone to this.. as are
> > parents, lovers and friends of someone who is undergoing a life-changing
> > crisis or trauma AND WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO HELP their loved-one get
> > through the problem.