Compare for example Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai on washing hands before bread, and which parts of table-setting may be touched without concern for purity (for potential Teruma): [Is this seen in Brachot 8.4?][I] Does this show that when they are called lenient & strict (i.e. in those few cases which are said to be the cases where this occurs) that they are concerned with the strictness of...
Eastern Promises
{Part 1 – 22/10/2016} A preamble on Eastern philosophy, religion, idol worship (nb. not referencing F. Bacon[I], but weakly alluding), and phenomenological incongruencies. Any reference to Indian (whether defining geographically, as did the Muslims, vis the river, or by cultural genealogies, via translocated Arayan, [aka] Brahman lineage, or Tantric resurgence [nb. meridian axis or at least...
Freedom Built Deliberately
If it is right to forfeit, then surely a final charge is warranted before we leave our body to rot (eyes bleached and vacant) in the field of action. The goal is not perfection achieved in a giant leap. Rather, to take the first n steps, in their order, as extracted from mental considerations and heuristic understanding. For example, nb. Esav is not the I, but rather a partzuf matrix, therefore...
Sailors and donkeys
[1 of sea as 1 of 4II? inspired by what is taught in memshaltecha in ashrei? (nb. Contextualize the dor va dor too for this). Suggestive, but no proof. Vaguely, kol olamim involves passing through the sea, this occurs over generations, this is done via something like a keter which is hidden, and it is the will to control beyond the seen. Viz. when talking about the malchut of seas, and the...
A Prolegomena to a Prolegomena to a Study
{24/10/2016} Even approaching the approaching of this thing requires consideration. {24/10/2016} The goal is a proper study. The means is to know how to study. The precursor is to wonder how to know how to study. More premises: The subject of the goal is an Aleph. (#Borges) A premise of the means is that the value of a study can vary. A fundamental question within wondering is, how is a personal...
A Silent Path
{04/11/2016} This is my own path. I’m writing this for no one except myself. If anyone should read this, be warned: You can not judge, you can not comprehend, you can not apply. Here are the wonders of my life. Who can claim them for their own? 10* for 8** for 9** of 2**/****. And at such a young age and such through such mundane experiences! Errors such as a faux-10 directing 3** receiving...
Fixing a Broken Crown
Fixing a few fractures: BROKEN If look at any obsessive dedication, especially where prone to escapism the following is apparent (simplified): The 10III, qua ta’anug, is not seen properly, and this is due to a few overlapping expressions (ratzon l’ratzon) of that hidden agenda. One damaged 10II seems to be for 4II as an ends unto itself, rationalized (8II) by its necessity for various causes...
What is Talmud 1-1-1
Mimatai korim shema b’arvit…[I] Sof ma’ase[1]… The Mishnah was packaged to ensure the survival of key structures within the oral tradition, which although requiring great losses of wisdom, was deemed necessary for the great journey ahead. The terrible voyage had not yet hinted the breadth of its passages, nor depths, nor sense of lost horizons. The Mishnah begins with a question, but the purpose...
Hegel, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Kabbalah
Begin by an illustration of Kant’s synthesis of empiricism and idealism. Continue by illustrating Hegel’s using synthesis to bootstrap human consciousness to itself Pause to explain the phenotype of BPD[I] esp black/white thinking. Pause to describe the rise of cog-behavioural therapies and their rise out of mindfulness. Describe the addition of D of DBT[II] into the CBT[III] mix. Elaborate using...
Draft for Introducing Cross Culture Wisdom
[Editor: This is already dated. And contains real problems, but those lie outside the scope of intent for readership so ok. The point is more how to guide an introduction to something which people are willing to understand, but can’t imagine doing so without condensation. [most people should rather admit to knowing as much about .., as about devas]] B/s: Explain how we need wisdom for seeing...