July 17 (Fire) Liber LXV, Cap. IV, v. 14-16
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**14. Only the inn-keeper feareth lest the favour of the king be withdrawn from him.
15. Thus spake the Magister V.V.V.V.V. unto Adonai his God, as they played together in the starlight over against the deep black pool that is in the Holy Place of the Holy House beneath the Altar of the Holiest One.
16. But Adonai laughed, and played more languidly.
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I've struggled a bit with this one today. The inn-keeper at first seems to refer to Beth (meaning a "house") and the reference to the king and Beth being a direct path to Kether made some sense. However, Beth may be the inn itself. The one who keeps the inn may be the Master of the Temple - tending to her garden, tending to her guests. The mention of fear strikes me again with some confusion as the Master operates with detachment and I would think without attachment there is no fear. However, maybe, since we're all human, even the more evolved of us cannot be excused from these emotions completely.
Not too sure what to make of it. Overall, I get the impression that all this, life lessons, logical conclusions, etc. are just fodder for the aspects of higher consciousness to use as a context for their play. We are always invited to come along, we just don't always know where we stand - outside of the house looking in, inside enjoying ourselves, or sitting behind the counter accounting for supplies. Being all these things, perhaps I can appreciate the child like playfulness of the universe though it is a little struggle to pin down.
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Not sure why I feel inclined to enter a dialog that I have not formally been invited to nor know one thing about but....
"Only the inn-keeper feareth lest the favour of the king be withdrawn from him , spake the Magister V.V.V.V.V. unto Adonai his god."
The inn-keeper doth keep the inn. Why should the in keeper keep the inn? Loss of the king otherwise...the descent back into ego thinking... but go back to playing lest yee be drawn to answer anymore questions... Adonai laughs at the Magister V.V.V.V.V. for his realization which seems new to him...
2 questions.
Am i supposed to make comments...
Am I missing something in this excercize?Sent from my SM-T700 using Tapatalk
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@-NESANEL- said
"2 questions.
Am i supposed to make comments...
Am I missing something in this excercize?"Definitely make comments if you'd like. This post here www.heruraha.net/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=13991 has the guidelines developed by Jim Eshelman with some resources. The exercise can turn a lot of different corners. For myself it provides a way to experience the text piece by piece and apply it to the given day in a way that it is unique a week or a month from that time. The more challenging (for me) application is a continuous reminder of deity and our fundamental union to it in whatever way can fathom which is part of the Bhakti yoga aspect that Jim writes about in much more detail in the link above.
I'm inclined to say - use it for what you can - memorization of the verses, digging in to the meaning of the verses and their composition, or whatever strikes you along the general guidelines. All of this, I think, is still a part of abiding in a continuous recognition of deity though it may not be Bhakti yoga proper.
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@-NESANEL- said
"2 questions.
Am i supposed to make comments...
Am I missing something in this excercize?"Definitely make comments if you'd like - no formal invitation needed
. This post here www.heruraha.net/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=13991 has the guidelines developed by Jim Eshelman with some resources (it is the pinned post near the top of each page in this sub-forum title "Resources for these meditations). The exercise can turn a lot of different corners. For myself it provides a way to experience the text piece by piece and apply it to the given day in a way that it is unique compared to a week or a month or a year from that time. The more challenging (for me) application is a continuous reminder of deity and our fundamental union to it in whatever way can fathom which is part of the Bhakti yoga aspect that Jim writes about in much more detail in the link above.I'm inclined to say - use it for what you can - memorization of the verses, digging in to the meaning of the verses and their composition, or whatever strikes you along the general guidelines. All of this, I think, is still a part of abiding in a continuous recognition of deity though it may not be Bhakti yoga proper.
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