(04-05-2022, 02:03 PM)Quincunx Wrote:(04-05-2022, 03:25 AM)Vasilisa Wrote: And what comments on the Sefer Yetzira have you studied? Who can share?
We can share knowledge, however, I like how Aion put it.
Quote:Recommended is to study each card for two weeks, the first in black and white, after which you colour it and study it for the next week in colour.With any form of experience a person would need to do the work. In other words, be the student so that you can become the teacher. I am curious about the Cube of Space and want to learn more about how it relates to everything therefore I am seeking information that will help me study it. If one were to teach it to me orally then I may miss something. If I were to compare the knowledge to areas within my own life then I have something to relate it to and can comprehend it quicker.
Along with this you would read the corresponding chapter in 'The Tarot' daily or a few times a week.
For example, Yod Heh Vau Heh has 2 Hehs in it. Why? The first Heh represents water or emotion and the second Heh represents Earth or a form of giving like Mother Nature. The word 'Heh' also represents a window. Therefore, one could say that a person can look outside and inside of a situation with emotion or giving.
Let us use this information and look at what is happening on Bring4th. From the members perspective we understand there are website problems that we are all experiencing. That is the inside situation. The outside is what we can observe but do not understand completely because we have limited knowledge. There was a thread created about what the website administrator Steve is considering in regards to this platform. We the members talked about what the problem could be and how it could be fixed however we are on the outside of LLResearch's situation. The 'emotion' is our feelings in this situation and the 'giving' aspect could be viewed as many ways. Some people on that thread volunteered to fix the website glitches if they had access to the program. Others understood money could be the issue and therefore said more people needed to be hired to help maintain everything.
From my perspective I need a few months to several years before I can begin to share my point of view of what the Cube of Space is, including the Sefer Yetzirah if I decide to read it. Others can wait to learn my point of view or can take it upon themselves and do the work.
My understanding of the 'traditional' method of study is as such. Reading the works and studying the cards or literature in group and sharing in discussion. There are no 'answers' to these mysteries, so much as the journey through the mysteries yields revelations within the self. It is the journey that is important, because there ultimately is no destination. Doing this work alongside other people brings in the 'service to others' aspect.
Rather, when we offer knowledge to eachother to aid in our journeying it produces new branches of the path for all. It is easier to scale a mountain with a team. Yet, even after reaching the peak, the journey continues, and the descent comes again. Each is meant to discover their own 'meaning' and create their own relationship with the symbolism in the Tarot and in the Sepher Yetzirah, even if there are long-standing commentaries on them. That is the practical work, rather than the intellectual work.
I appreciate the suggestion to use these tools towards our current situations, and apply them to practical uses in our lives. I would have to put some thought in to applying it to the situation with the forum as it is a complicated web to my eyes.