Beginning Again

In the Garden... Fred the pheasant puts us in touch with the Nefesh.

On September 21st 2011 the Wednesday evening Kabbalah group started a new term of meetings. We were glad to welcome both new and familiar faces and to start together a deep and slow journey through the extended Tree of Life, also known as Jacob's Ladder.

So we are beginning again at the base!

Here are Joyce's notes from the evening:

"What is the purpose of Life" asked Sam at the beginning of our first meeting of the Autumn term.  A silence fell on the room as each of us pondered the enormity of the question, and for me, the struggle to verbalise any coherent answer! We all eventually gave account of our personal picture, which as always was very thought provoking.  Sam took us on a quick tour with questions and answers down through the four worlds to the Malkut of Assiyah, the physical world, where we were to start our study up through the Tree.  Sam then guided us through a meditation focusing on our bodies starting  with our breath, moving up the body from the feet and finishing with the heart. A period of reflection followed and an opportunity to write our thoughts in our journals.  I personally appreciated the time and space which allowed me to contemplate the extraordinary complexity of my body and the myriad functions it performs without my consciousness, which I find both awe inspiring and sobering.

 and Eddie and Doreen's:

The body meditation was most helpful to me and l have lain in bed before sleep and early morning and repeated the exercise. Also, just to be studying Kabbalah, the Hebrew one, is really wonderful and takes me back to times of bible study and the' getting nearer to God.' feeling. Thank you. Being in your gardens among the natural world both outer and inner is very lifting. Both Eddie and l look forward to our next meeting and to meeting up with our new and old friends again.