Post by Dave on Oct 16, 2019 9:25:17 GMT -5
The Zohar - Test all things and keep the good
I am a science major and I am scientifically convinced that we exist in a 10 dimensional reality + one of time. The most cutting edge physics claims this to be correct. The concept of multidimensionality fits my reality. I am a 3 dimensional guy souljourning in a 3 dimensional reality. My God is even a 3 dimensional Trinity.
As a simple Christian, I have two more dimensions called heaven and hell = 8
Science says 10
The Book of Creation (Jewish Mid-Rash) says ‘10 is the number, not nine, not 11, but 10’
Hebrew has 7 words for Heaven – 7 + this 3 = 10
Islam has 7 Heavens – 7 + 3 = 10
If you are a student of 10 dimensions you eventually reading the works of Rabbi Moses ben Nahman (1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides. In the 13th century he published the exact same claim. God created 10 dimensions of space, we are aware of 3 of them, and are effected by the other 7.
Each dimension – Jewish Mysticism calls a Sefirot
Sefirot - Hebrew: סְפִירוֹת , meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which (The Infinite) reveals Themself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the chain of higher metaphysical realms … The tradition of enumerating 10 is stated in the Sefer Yetzirah, "Ten sefirot of nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven"
Where does this information come from – The Zohar – but the Zohar is not the source
Most of this comes from a much earlier work (100BC) called the Merkabah-Hekhalot
On my shelf I have a Scolfield Commentary, Adam Clarks, Mathew Henry’s, A Catholic Commentary and they all vary in details. Reading the Zohar is like having all these Rabbis argue these details all under one cover. Rabbi A says this, but Rabbi B says that and long ago Rabbi C said something else.
Up until this point – I find the Zohar compelling – these Rabbis see their reality in 10 dimensional terms long before science ever considered it.
Zohar - www.myjewishlearning.com/article/kabbalah-mysticism-101/
The Zohar is a commentary on the Torah, concerned primarily with understanding the divine world and its relation to our world.
Zohar – Wiki
It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah (the five books of Moses) and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology. The Zohar contains discussions of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, redemption, the relationship of Ego to Darkness and "true self" to "The Light of God". Its scriptural exegesis can be considered an esoteric form of the Rabbinic literature known as Midrash, which elaborates on the Torah.
As a Gnostic that believes we are spiritual being experiencing a physical souljourn – the Zohars discussion of our – “true-self” – is right on. We are not Mind-Body – we are Soul, which is our ‘true-self’ – or a Gnostics would say – remember who we are
The rest of the book is speculation on how each of those separate dimensions (aspects of God) interact with one another and how man can influence those interactions. A Christian would just say prayer, but the Jews make it complicated. I have not read those sections. I have tried, but loose interest.
I am a science major and I am scientifically convinced that we exist in a 10 dimensional reality + one of time. The most cutting edge physics claims this to be correct. The concept of multidimensionality fits my reality. I am a 3 dimensional guy souljourning in a 3 dimensional reality. My God is even a 3 dimensional Trinity.
As a simple Christian, I have two more dimensions called heaven and hell = 8
Science says 10
The Book of Creation (Jewish Mid-Rash) says ‘10 is the number, not nine, not 11, but 10’
Hebrew has 7 words for Heaven – 7 + this 3 = 10
Islam has 7 Heavens – 7 + 3 = 10
If you are a student of 10 dimensions you eventually reading the works of Rabbi Moses ben Nahman (1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides. In the 13th century he published the exact same claim. God created 10 dimensions of space, we are aware of 3 of them, and are effected by the other 7.
Each dimension – Jewish Mysticism calls a Sefirot
Sefirot - Hebrew: סְפִירוֹת , meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which (The Infinite) reveals Themself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the chain of higher metaphysical realms … The tradition of enumerating 10 is stated in the Sefer Yetzirah, "Ten sefirot of nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven"
Where does this information come from – The Zohar – but the Zohar is not the source
Most of this comes from a much earlier work (100BC) called the Merkabah-Hekhalot
On my shelf I have a Scolfield Commentary, Adam Clarks, Mathew Henry’s, A Catholic Commentary and they all vary in details. Reading the Zohar is like having all these Rabbis argue these details all under one cover. Rabbi A says this, but Rabbi B says that and long ago Rabbi C said something else.
Up until this point – I find the Zohar compelling – these Rabbis see their reality in 10 dimensional terms long before science ever considered it.
Zohar - www.myjewishlearning.com/article/kabbalah-mysticism-101/
The Zohar is a commentary on the Torah, concerned primarily with understanding the divine world and its relation to our world.
Zohar – Wiki
It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah (the five books of Moses) and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology. The Zohar contains discussions of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, redemption, the relationship of Ego to Darkness and "true self" to "The Light of God". Its scriptural exegesis can be considered an esoteric form of the Rabbinic literature known as Midrash, which elaborates on the Torah.
As a Gnostic that believes we are spiritual being experiencing a physical souljourn – the Zohars discussion of our – “true-self” – is right on. We are not Mind-Body – we are Soul, which is our ‘true-self’ – or a Gnostics would say – remember who we are
The rest of the book is speculation on how each of those separate dimensions (aspects of God) interact with one another and how man can influence those interactions. A Christian would just say prayer, but the Jews make it complicated. I have not read those sections. I have tried, but loose interest.
