I think you guys are going to be a lot of fun [?] Pat, I omit the "o" out of respect not so much to or for God, Creator, The Ultimate Reality, or what ever name we try to come up with in our limited vocabulary, but more to show respect to others. The Hebrew language does not use vowels. Vowel points were added much later. So I'm not sure that the Jews omit vowels out of respect for G-d or is it just a reflection of the written language? YHWH v. YaHWaH? (Which is not pronounced out of respect)
I do have a Q but I will start a new topic. Try not to shed to much blood with all those weapons. Binah On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 6:19 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > rigsy, see: > > http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=shuriken&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1366&bih=705 > > > On Mar 12, 6:36 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Off-topic here but do you know the name of an Asian-I think Ninja- > > hurling weapon shaped like a small triangle? I wanted to use it as a > > symbol of sarcasm in something I am writing. Thanks. > > > > On Mar 12, 1:57 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh yeah Gabby could I interest you in a Damascus blade Japanese sword?? > > > If so which length would you be desiring? > > > > > Oh yeah they are hand forged.. (",) > > > Allan > > > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:23 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Pat, do me a very big favour, please, and don't forget to hear what > Binah > > > > is saying also. There have been so many bad examples of imposed > > > > post-colonial mindsets at work here, that your detachment from the > profane > > > > comes in as a bliss. Mind the Native American spirituality. Thanks. > > > > > > Welcome Binah! :) I'll try my best to protect you from the sharks > here. ;) > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Pat <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> On Mar 10, 9:00 pm, Binah Hochma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > Thank you all for the many welcomes. I have been gone for the > week and > > > >> see > > > >> > I have a lot of reading to do. > > > >> > Pat, I will have many Q's for you. I have only been looking at > Kabbalah > > > >> for > > > >> > three or four years now. It is a many faceted philosophy and I > have > > > >> found so > > > >> > many different opinions, it is difficult to understand some of the > > > >> > teachings. But I find that this is true for everything. > > > > > >> > Most of my friends would consider me a Christian (as long as I > keep all > > > >> > those disputable matters between me and G-d) but am no longer > involved > > > >> in > > > >> > what would be considered "traditional church". I have study some > > > >> eastern > > > >> > spirituality and Kabbalah, but mostly Native American > spirituality. > > > >> > I am looking forward to learning from all of you. The first thing > I > > > >> really > > > >> > need to know is the most efficient way to use this site. I have > all > > > >> your > > > >> > post coming up in my email, which is fine. I hit "reply to all" > at the > > > >> > bottom of the last post, which was Pat's. Will it show up at the > bottom > > > >> of > > > >> > the list? I guess I will see after I hit send. Maybe it would be > > > >> easier to > > > >> > just go to the group site instead of using my email??? > > > >> > Binah > > > > > >> It DID show up at the bottom of the list, but I suspect that was > > > >> because you replied to me, and my response was, prior to yours, at > the > > > >> bottom. But, yours is also indented under mine to show that it was > in > > > >> direct response. I come in through 'Google Groups' and just > Google's > > > >> format for displaying the messages. It's really a matter of > personal > > > >> taste ultimately. > > > > > >> As far as any questions go, fire away; I'll do my best. > > > > > >> I noticed you left the 'o' out of God (unusual for a Christian), > which > > > >> is a Jewish tradition--note that I'm only noting it, not criticising > > > >> it. I'll do it if I know I'm conversing with Jews out of respect > but, > > > >> for the most part, I write the word with all the letters. There's > > > >> nothing in the Torah forbidding the use of ANY English term for the > > > >> Supreme Being anyway (or, in fact, any reference to English at > > > >> all...if there were, you'd KNOW it was an anachronism), so the usage > > > >> of the word, in full, does NOT break any of the 613 comandments in > the > > > >> Torah anyway. It's purely done, as you know, out of respect FOR the > > > >> Supreme Being and a sincere effort to try to not use the name in > > > >> vain. > > > > > >> Just as an example of a known anachronism in the Torah, there's the > > > >> comment in Genesis that says that Abraham was from "Ur, of the > > > >> Chaldees". Abraham lived, according to the text of Genesis, in the > > > >> early part of the second millenium BCE (i.e., 2999 BCE through > > > >> 2500BCE), yet the Chaldeans weren't in control of 'Ur' until the > sixth > > > >> century BCE--a difference of, at least, 1900 years. It becomes > > > >> obvious from that point that Genesis was 'redacted' DURING or AFTER > > > >> the Chaldeans were in Ur. In other words, the words 'of the > Chaldees' > > > >> could NOT have been an original part of of the 'revealed Torah' as > the > > > >> term is a huge anachronism. > > > > > >> If you've been looking at Kabbalah for 3-4 years, you've probably > > > >> already discovered that the Tree of Life is a great methodolgy for > > > >> categorising information. If I'm correct, it's also a schematic for > > > >> how the universe's various dimensions relate to one another. Each > > > >> sephira is a dimension and the paths are the ways in which those > > > >> dimensions communicate. > > > > > >> Anyway, I'm all ears when it comes to your questions. I look > forward > > > >> to hearing them!! > > > > > >> Cheers, > > > > > >> Pat > > > > > >> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Pat < > [email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >> > > On Mar 2, 5:40 pm, Binah Hochma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > I just thought I would say hi. I joined the group a couple of > day > > > >> ago > > > >> > > and > > > >> > > > am still reading over the latest post. Some interesting > thoughts on > > > >> the > > > >> > > > existence of God and the soul. > > > >> > > > I am new to the whole internet community thing and don't spend > a lot > > > >> of > > > >> > > time > > > >> > > > on the computer so bare with me. > > > >> > > > To the Moderators, thanks for creating a safe place to > exchange > > > >> thoughts > > > >> > > and > > > >> > > > ideas and to encourage each other to grow spiritually. > > > >> > > > Binah > > > > > >> > > Great Name..Binah Hochma!! I'll translate it for the > others...it's > > > >> > > Hebrew for 'Understanding Wisdom'. Obviously, you have a > background > > > >> > > in either Judaism, Hebrew itself or, most likely, the Kabbalah, > as the > > > >> > > two words are Sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Welcome aboard. > I've > > > >> > > been studying Kabbalah for around 35 years, now; thus your name > came > > > >> > > screaming out at me. Anyway, welcome aboard!!- Hide quoted text > - > > > > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > ( > > > ) > > > I_D Allan > > > > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken > > > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - >
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