PRIBLIŽATI
Fuzija dveh spiritualnih entitet.
Juda se približa Jožefu in ga prosi, naj izpusti Benjamina, sam pa se ponudi za sužnja faraonu. Ko Jožef spozna, kako zvesti so si bratje drug drugemu, se jim razodene in vpraša, če je njegov oče še živ.
Bratje so osramočeni in obžalujejo, da so pred leti poslali Jožefa v Egipt. On pa jih tolaži, češ da ga je poslal kreator, saj je predvidel, da bo lakota in bo Jožef tako lahko rešil svojo družino in celotno svojo deželo.
Bratje se hitro vrnejo v Kannan in novico posredujejo Jakobu. Ta se spusti v Egipt s svojimi sinovi in njihovimi družinami, skupaj sedemdeset duš. Tako se Jakob po 22-ih letih sreča s svojim ljubljenim sinom Jožefom. Na poti v Egipt Jakoba opogumi kretor, naj se ne boji, saj da bo on z njim na poti. Obljubi pa mu tudi ponovno vrnitev v Kannan.
Jožef zbere vse bogastvo Egipta, medtem ko v času lakote prodaja hrano. Faraon da Jakobovi družini deželo Gošen, kjer se naselijo in uspejo.
Assembly
The process of spiritual transformation is one of assembly, of coming together. Everything depends on our vessel, through it we experience the world, through it our desires are revealed, through it we identify ourselves – namely; we are the vessel.
We do not just assemble ourselves with each other, but we assemble our own containers into one. So sometimes it happens that we leave one of our containers for a moment and see the world through a different idea of ourselves, we respond to the world through different desires. However, this is most often in the service of recognizing the differences within ourselves, which happens for the purpose of assembly.
This time's parasha is called “And He drew near.” A person must consciously draw near to their wholeness, and the Creator often makes sure that we first distance ourselves, for example from our desires, so that we can then approach them with another vessel, ready for infinite reception.
We are nearing the end of Genesis, the first book of Moses, which speaks of archetypes that man encounters in various ways as he goes through the process of spiritual transformation. The union of Jacob and Joseph with Pharaoh in Egypt is a beautiful illustration of the importance of uniting material forces with spiritual ones. In other words: the creature must be included in the creator and the creator in the creature.
The Parasha beautifully shows how the Creator makes sure that everything is beautiful and right in the end. As we spiritually transform, we go through temptations that we do not understand at all, just as Joseph's brothers did not understand Joseph.
In fact, it also happens that an individual feels that those closest to them have deceived them, and with the help of Kabbalah, it is revealed to them how many unpleasant actions were nevertheless necessary and the work of a creator who planned in advance a good ending with intermediate difficulties.
The Parasha also warns us about how our ego is constantly growing and how we become its slaves, unless we are Kabbalists (the Israelites in the story), who have special experiences, special knowledge with which we can avoid the slavery of our appetites. The golden rule is that we are first able to resist all acceptance and live "on the bare minimum", and then gradually accept, control acceptance and thus feel free.
Fusion
V strokovnem, sefirotskem jeziku gre za zlitje malkuta in jesoda, kar pomeni, da v malkut pride svetloba. Seveda je to spoznanje, ki ga ima izkušen kabalist. Učenec pa se na ta dogodek lahko kakovostno pripravi, če se posveti paraša, kolikor se pač lahko in koliko ga ta privlači.
Zlitje dveh spiritualnih entitet pomeni zlitje dveh različnih spiritualnih lastnosti; to sta sprejemanje (malkut) in dajanje (jesod). Vemo, da v spiritualnosti, kakor sicer v naravi, deluje zakon ekvivalence forme. Malkut mora v sebi prepoznati in razviti lastnosti dajanja, če hoče sprejeti svetlobo od jesoda, če se hoče zliti z njim.
וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ אֵלָ֜יו יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיֹּאמֶר֮ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִי֒ יְדַבֶּר־נָ֨א עַבְדְּךָ֤ דָבָר֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י וְאַל־יִ֥חַר אַפְּךָ֖ בְּעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י כָמֹ֖וךָ כְּפַרְעֹֽה
Gn 44:18 In približal se mu je Juda in rekel: "V meni, gospod moj! Naj reče, prosim, tvoj služabnik reč v ušesa mojega gospoda. In naj se ne vname tvoja jeza proti tvojemu služabniku, saj si ti kakor faraon.
Ključno je, da Juda, ki je sedaj v fukciji malkuta, kateri hoče svetlobo, podzavestno čuti "v sebi" del Jožefa, ki je seveda jesod. To mu da pogajalsko moč, če naj se vrnemo na literarni nivo zgodbe. Juda ima na nek način dosti napetosti, ki jo doživlja zaradi situacije, v katero postavlja njega in brate Jožef. Prevzame odgovornost nase, kar se vidi v besedilu, ko iz množine preide v ednino.
Vprašanje je, kaj moramo storiti v vsakdanjem življenju, če hočemo, da pride do take spiritualne fuzije! Približati se moramo sočloveku ali kolektivu oz. približati, sestaviti dva dela v sebi. V drugem moramo prepoznati del sebe in vedeti, da ko komuniciramo z drugim, komuniciramo tudi s sabo. Tu ne smemo biti trivialni in računati, da se bo približevanje zgodilo vedno na enak način. Predpostavka je, da smo oddaljeni, česar se ne zavedamo, a nas to poganja, da najdemo skupno točko. Približevanje se lahko zgodi le tam, kjer obstaja oddaljenost; ta pa je ponavadi posledica raznoraznih konfliktov med ljudmi ali v nas samih.
Plodovitost in mnogoterost
The parashah concludes with the description that the Israelites were fruitful and numerous. This is of course the first Torah commandment that we read in Bereishit, the sixth day of the seven-day story, which belongs to Yesod. Now we can better understand what fruitfulness means and also the meaning of multitude in fusion. The rapprochement must be done with free will if we want to receive pleasure. To see oneself in the other and the other in oneself, and between the two, the Creator; this is the correct understanding of fruitfulness and multitude.
It is essential to know that two things come together because of similarity, not because of difference. External difference, the unrecognizable similarity, is in the service of free choice, which must always be present.