+Joy.jpg)
Psalms of My Soul B"H
YESOD sh b'Malchut
Sephirat HaOmer day 48
6 weeks and 6 days of the Omer
I AM A HOLY VESSEL
Shekhina, Dwelling Within Myself
A Sacred Space, From Which Creation Emerges
- Joy Krauthammer, I am Gila Rena Tzohara, Double Joy and Light
My good life... I am a Holy vessel. (You too.) I passionately receive / kabel and fill my vessel, Sephirot of abunDance / a shefa of Divine joy and Light... radiant Light that came into Noach's Ark through the illumination window, the Tzohar.
Joyfully, and in gratitude, as potter, I have ritually molded clay to awaken its inner space, and reveal its hidden gloriousness. Clay pot becomes the splendor of Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach and Hod in Yesod. Giving, walls, beauty, direction and splendor in foundation. My creation in Yesod sh b'Malchut. In awe, I join fire, water, and breath of air... with the humble earth in an intimate honored relationship of lover to beloved. My connection to The Source, Infinite One, as I receive, and with kavannah / intention, -- I give with Chesed to Mother Earth’s clay -- love, preparation, centering, penetration, opening, entering, deeper, wider, Oneness / Echadness... stillness.., movement, balancing, raising slowly in exploration, harmony, strengthening, wholeness,... releasing and letting go with tender care and control. For integrity, Gevurah of submission and strength, sets the limits. The opening to Oneness, the nourishment I seek, receive and immerse myself, allows me to surrender separateness, transcend, to be liberated, and transformed as the stretched, voluminous natural clay body, rising exaltedly in a mystic spiral and revealed as whole expanded consciousness. I contain spirit and soul. I am a vessel... (You too.)
My good life. I am a Holy vessel. In Tiferet / beauty, balance, compassion, and Emet / truth, with Gevurahdic limitations, I fill my temple and receive Chesed / Loving-kindness. Circulating energy, I pour forth joy and share my flowing shefa / abunDance... I play my vessel-- my drums and my multi-colored ribboned timbrel. With awakened soul I send out life’s deepest heart music so that G*d’s other children (You too.), may rejoice with me, and in Tiferet / harmony come closer to the Divine One, the Compassionate One. Awaken! Journey along the Tree of Life. Touch my skin... and listen to my tone, my song, heartbeat, harmony, rhythm, movement. Dance! Touch my skin and feel the power of my body pulsations, vibrations, undulations, gyrations, reverberations. Connect! I am blessed as friends tell me that ripples in a vast ocean of cosmic consciousness are created from my sparks of Joy. I am a vessel... (You too.)
Purple colored velvet and silk, burgundy and blues inspire me, and culture: art, music, theatre, poems, books, NPR, KCET, the net, and sensual foreign films. In Netzach / going forth in good deeds and joy, with travel to distant lands, trips to higher consciousness, holidays, Holy days, conferences, retreats, spas with hot bubbling water, and cold water streams in which to view life's reflections. Mikvehs, water for healing and purification-- cleansing our souls. To reach Mount Sinai, with persistence and devotion, with Sephirot, I Count my days.
Oh! Fertile gardens of splendor / Hod, I give thanks in gratitude for You, filled with nature’s music, singing love doves--coo, coo, coo, coo, Mockingbirds in symphony, playful squirrels, funny bunnies, fresh lush fruit the animals leave for me to harvest, and fragrant sensuous flowers. Ahh, the beauty. I have an orgasm simply looking at a flower. I am "a flower", say my friends.
From splendid sunrise to sunset, I express Ruach HaKodesh... Pleasures I receive from a profusion of sources: The Gates of my seven facial openings are my judges, and in Gevurah, what I allow in. Nose-- Inhale fragrance, breathe deeply, Yah, and hold breath, release... Eyes-- smile, see, witness good and evil. Ears-- hear, Shma / listen, avoid Loshon Hara. Mouth-- savors, tastes, accepts, exhales breath, and words of Chochma / wisdom and love. Hands--touch, soothe, heal, create, offer mitzvot high and wide, and bless. Feet dance in ecstasy and "take me where my mind can't go", said Reb Shlomo, z"l. I have Tiferet / heart-- life force to listen with inner vision... to share compassion, love, Brachot and praise. I have Judaism, Torah, sacred spaces, tradition, innovation, ritual, belief, emunah / faith, and bitachon / trust, and blesSings. Money for food, shelter, car, purple clothes, rebbes / teachers, gifts, and tzedakah / charity.
I have outrageousness, openness, options, opportunities to be all I can be, and obligations to reach out. I am a vessel...
(You too.)
I am a Sacred vessel... A womb... of Yesod / foundation for creative spiritual expression of connecting in harmony and joy. My daughter (now a mother), conscious, too, of her midot / character, giving, restrictive, beautiful, balancing life, directed, grateful, bonded with family and friends, loved by many, wise, talented, creative, funny, successful, generous, involved, loving and happy. She opens my eyes-- and bonding, puts her soft, strong hand in mine, as her baby puts in hers. I am a vessel... (You too.)
Precious treasures: loving friends, family, teachers, chevre / community. Henayni / I am present with You. You are here with me. I have spiritual longing for d’vekut / desire to be at-One-ment with the Holy One. Malchut / kingdom of Shekhina's Indwelling Presence has received all the radiant Light, and awaits my revealed gifts, my inner-self, and unique self-expression.
My good life... My vessel runneth over... Blessed by the Source of Life with gifts to give: illuminated vision, dreams manifested, imagination, exploration... Fantasies, published words and art from my heart. Energy flows and sometimes finds an opening in my vessel-- a brokenness to escape from. The Compassionate One and healers help make me whole. Loved ones help make me whole. Memories complete me. I do tshuvah as I define and refine, purify my soul, and return to myself, and to Indwelling Shekhinah in Malchut / vessel of all flowing energies, in Light, freedom, shalom, harmony, awe, laughter, and love...
As my passionately formed vessels of clay, and music of vessels rise, so does my neshamah / soul ascend and elevate-- ascending, ascending to a higher consciousness... My spirit awakens, expands, and soars. My vessel arouses others... Let us travel together the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Baruch Hashem.
Thank You for my shefa. With all my heart and with all my soul, on this spiritual journey I pour forth an abunDance of exhilaration and Joy... I feel intoxicated.
I am a holy vessel. I have a good life... I am grateful.
May you be blessed with double joy and Light, G*d's Light from the Tzohar,
the window of illumination at the top of Noach's Ark.
~ ~ ~
 |
I AM A HOLY VESSEL
Joy Krauthammer - performance artist & author, Shira Solomon - dancer, Frank Lester - drummer (Photo. witnesses: Rabbi Stan Levy and B'nai Horin congregation) |
Performers
Joy Krauthammer - author ©,
artist
Carole Solomon - dance
Frank Lester - percussion
Venues: Sarah's Tent, April 1995,
B'nai Horin, April 1995,
Ahavat Torah, April 2013
Produced by Angels of Joy, and Angel Productions
(Prose underline _= BE action,
object)
.
My dear Joy,
ReplyDeleteAmazing work!
I also enjoyed the picture in the garden.
Shabbat Shalom.
Miriam