{"id":819,"date":"2016-09-27T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/first-steps-in-seeing-the-world-by-way-of-the-infinite"},"modified":"2019-08-06T11:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T11:37:01","slug":"first-steps-in-seeing-the-world-by-way-of-the-infinite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2016\/09\/27\/first-steps-in-seeing-the-world-by-way-of-the-infinite\/","title":{"rendered":"First steps in seeing the world by way of the Infinite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial notes<\/strong>: This post was found in ‘Draft’ mode in the original blog and may be incomplete. It is published here in its original state. It was last updated on 27\/09\/2016
\n<\/span>Hint: To properly appreciate this essay, explore the links. They add another dimension into the message Shai wanted to convey.
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The foundation of all foundations and the pillar of all wisdom is to know that there is a Primary Existence, who brings into being all existence.
\n(Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Foundation of the Torah, ch. 1:1*)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We see reality through the goggles<\/a> of our ego. We are the anchor that drags behind our intellect, and that constricts the horizon<\/a> of our imagination.<\/p>\n

And the alternative? To approach<\/a> reality as raw experience? To choose<\/a> our restrictions?<\/p>\n

What about diminishing ourselves before a sublime<\/a> perspective, and then submitting<\/a> our perspective to that impossible<\/a> Aleph<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Editorial notes: This post was found in ‘Draft’ mode in the original blog and may be incomplete. It is published here in its original state. It was last updated on 27\/09\/2016 Hint: To properly appreciate this essay, explore the links. They add another dimension into the message Shai wanted to convey. The foundation of all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,90,167,108,77,20,106],"tags":[],"metadata":[292,101],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-blog-posts","category-judaism","category-observations","category-perspective","category-philosophy","category-the-traveller-is-the-journey","metadata-blog-drafts","metadata-editor_notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1488,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2017\/10\/30\/veira-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":819,"position":0},"title":"Veira","author":"Pala","date":"October 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"To suggest a framework, within a narrative of textual commentary, for understanding (a) on what basis a de novo commentary could be written; (b) how this is seen within the 1st\/10th commandments, and to do so, explain how Torah framing can, without internal contradiction (within this write-up) accommodate the universal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All Posts"","block_context":{"text":"All Posts","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/all-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1474,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2017\/03\/16\/tetzaveh\/","url_meta":{"origin":819,"position":1},"title":"Tetzaveh","author":"Pala","date":"March 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"{Part 1 - 7\/3\/2017} Plan: Some ways of seeing Haazinu Segue into phenomenological vectorized matrix metaphor for Torah Segue into Moshe Midrash re negotiation after golden caf Segue into \"ve'atah\" analytic inverse of Moshe Segue into \"tezaveh\" Via linking Teruma \"vayikchu\" side-track otiyot to add depth to \"tetzaveh\" by \"ve'ata\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All Posts"","block_context":{"text":"All Posts","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/all-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kisspng-black-and-white-monochrome-grey-divider-5ab8b367372326.6136383115220539912259-300x15.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":563,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2016\/11\/04\/a-phenomenological-reading\/","url_meta":{"origin":819,"position":2},"title":"A phenomenological reading","author":"Pala","date":"November 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Editorial notes: This essay can be categorised as the first in a series of 18 expositions comprising Shai\u2019s Consolidation work. 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