Daniel

It's beautiful.

Yes. Shamayim. It is a contraction. Literally. It's two words conjoined. ( You're going to like this. ) It's Fire+Water. Aish-Mayim. Shamayim, Heavens. Plural. How many? There are many-many-many-many heavens. May I tell you a story? A long time ago, there was a great King named Shlomo ( Solomon in English ). King Solomon was very wise and had learned many things. In addition to being wise, King Solomon is remembered for being the one to complete the first great temple in Jerusalem. After the temple was completed, King Solomon dedicates the sanctuary and offers the very first prayer within its four walls to the Lord-God, The Most High, the creator of the heavens ( plural ) and the earth. The prayer is interesting, because, King Solomon is a mighty-mighty King. He has many chariots, many-many horses, and many-many-many ... admirers. ~blush~ He had a brilliant teacher, King David, the warrior-poet. And in spite of this, even King Solomon has questions! Even King Solomon has doubts! Like a ...( how old are you? 4? 4 years old? ) ... Yes, like you. Like a young child, like a 4 year old child, King Solomon had question. : Big questions. Important questions. Just. Like. You. However, King Solomon knows a secret. Quite a few secrets, to be honest, but this one is the biggest. Do you want me to tell you? Do you want me to tell you a secret? A big secret? The prophet Jeremiah knows this secret. The prophet Isaiah knows this secret. Christ-Jesus knows this secret ( of course ). Father Abraham learned it from the All-Mighty. King David learned it … on and off the … … “battlefield” for lack of better words. Christ-Jesus knew it from the beginning. Naturally. This secret is big. Huge. Possibly one of the greatest secrets you’ll ever learn. It’s the biggest secret I’ve ever heard. I cannot imagine a bigger secret. I’ll tell you. OK. Good. You seem ready. It’s OK. Give me moment. ~turning, looking, to the left~ ~turning, looking, to the right~ ~checking behind me, over my shoulder~ ~looking forward, into the distance, over your shoulders~ ~looking, carefully, examining, under the desk~ ~looking at you, head tilts left, my right ear is listening to the silence~ ~dramatic pause~ ~my head returns to center, I lift my nose, sniffing the air, like a dog~ ~Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff … Sniff, sniff, sniff … SNORT!~ ( this is where the 4 year old giggles ) OK. I think we’re alone. I’ll tell you. This is the secret: "some questions cannot be answered". ... Unanswerable questions. Can you imagine? A question which cannot, under any circumstances, be answered? Forever and ever and always? No answer? Never answered? Cannot? What kind of question is this??!! … ... I’ll tell you. ~leans in~ It’s like counting every leaf on every tree. It’s like counting the drops in the ocean. It’s like counting the stars in the sky. It’s like counting the sand on the seashore. ~nodding, smiling, nodding, tugging on beard~ Yes… it’s like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. ( Genesis 22:17 ) ~big-sigh, deep breath~ Yes. … But wait! That’s not the entire secret. I'm sorry. No, no, I’m not saying it right. I’m sorry, this is important. I need to say it correctly. Please. ~shaking my head~ OK. ~deep-breath~ OK. Yes. Good. Here we go. Ready? The entire secret is told like this: 1) Every question is an opportunity. 2) Big questions are big opportunities. 3) The biggest question is the biggest opportunity. Yes, yes, yes. Now. That's better. That is a truly great secret, isn’t it? I think so. I cannot imagine a greater secret. Can you? King Solomon knows this secret, and because of this, when he is praying to the Lord-God, the Most High, at the dedication of the Lord’s first temple on earth in Jerusalem, he asks himself an unanswerable question about God in the heavens. Yes. Excellent observation. You are very good at this. Heavens is plural. Awesome. In his wisdom, King Solomon understands, but he does not know the answer to this question. And when this question is asked in prayer, at that time, in that place, under those circumstances, and for those reasons? King Solomon has been taught The Lord-God, The Most High, will very likely respond. And that, is a very great secret, isn’t it? How many are the heavens? King Solomon is asking himself himself the same question that you are asking in a slightly different form. Here is King Solomon’s secret at the dedication of the temple. 1 Kings 8. I can. But should I?

Yes. The story begins like this... ahem... In the beginning God created all of the heavens, everything that was, is, and will be.... ... any questions?

Is there any wiggle room on this? How about a mature 10 year old?

Hahahahahah. ~pats you on the head~ Yes, Nungali. Your logical prowess is remarkable. ~eye-rolls~

I can try. I need to think about it before replying to make it as simple and brief as possible. Yup

No. Not that specific word: "Logo'im" The Logos. It's a Greek borrowed word which was added to the Hebrew language. In Hebrew it is "Davar Hashem" or "Shechinah" which is described as a feminine vessel for the will of God, whose partner is the masculine "P'nai Hashem". The Davar Hashem ( The word of God ) is referenced most clearly and explicitly in Lukutei Amarim of Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi somewhere in the 40s by chapter. If you'd like me to find it, on paper, let me know. There's also a free online version, but, it includes commentary. You may like it, you may not.

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T'hillat Hashem, Kehot publishing. You'll find it in Mincha for weekdays. Around page 90ish.

I'll do what I choose. I am very happy whether you answer or not.

There are no secret names.

Sure, let's see how legible this is? I'm on my phone. If this won't work let me know and I'll either hand-type it or take a better picture.

Never mind. You seemed confused about something, but, if you don't remember, don't worry about it.

Nungali, have you forgotten, in this thread, you said you had tested the enochian language and it worked?

Yes, I agree, we'd need to know a lot more about this, but, let's not over-react? There's ways for them to stack the deck in their favor in addition to severely lowering the standards for what would be considered a "successful astral dream encounter between good friends." Notice: it doesn't say what happened in those "meetings".

This is how I account for them. Every dream which is remembered is an opportunity, but, not all dreams are significant. Dreams which are highly significant produce strong emotions, both pleasant and not, on waking. And. Dreams which are highly significant repeat.

I recently took a friend of mine to heaven and introduced them to God. One of my proudest achievements.

I can show you B'liyal. Can you show me the green cheese moon?

I can show you TohuVaVohu. Can you show me a green cheese moon?

I can show you Sama'ail. Can you show me the green cheese moon?

It depends on the divinity. I work with the divine names of the one called אייבישטער, literally, The Most High. There's rarely any reason for me to use any others. But I know a few. There's a list of 7 angel names encoded in the ana b'coakh prayer recited daily in my faith community. Here's a picture from my siddur, ( prayer book ). But it's not of much use on its own. A decent explanation and pronunciation is here: LINK. Not perfect, but a good place to start.

Because it is their nature. They will obey. Your question is nothing more than asking: "Why does the light switch turn on the light?" We are talking about forces of nature. Gravity has no choices to make. Neither do these other forces. However, this does prohibit blaming these divinities for circumstances beyond control, and that's one of the favored hobbies of almost all humans. We feel so much better if we have something to blame. It's an over reliance on needing to know, "gnosticism". Once some invisible god/demon has been blamed, then the individual deludes themself into "knowing" what happened and why. This gnostic appraisal double edged sword. On the one hand it's very satisfying to know, on the other hand, the individual has stifled any attempt at real problem solving and advancement. Gnosticism has a lot of problems.

If everything is body-and-soul / shell-and-vitalizing-essence, then the law is body-and-soul / shell-and-vitalizing-essence. It's possible, I think likely, that the author known as Paul the Pharisee was writing from this point of view. These shells, as I wrote previously, are coming from the "light" of The Most High, but, it is not the same quality of "light" as that which is filling the shell, its essential vitality. ( "light" is in quotes because it is not literally "light" ) These shells serve several important purposes, not just as containers. One of these purposes is to provide nourishment for the soul if it is ever cut-off from the source of its essential vitality. This is known as forbearance in the realm of mercy and compassion. The Most High knows that we humans will fail. When we do we will be cut-off, but, there is an opportunity to return. In order to accomplish that, we need a source for essential-vitality while we are cut-off from the Source. If the "works" are the shell, and "grace" is the essential-vitality, the author here is telling the reader: "... feeding off of the shells will never save you. It's tempting, of course. And that's by design. But the works ( the shells ) will never save you. Return. Literally pivot, turn around, your perspective and mind-set in alignment with the source of grace."

The idea is this: All of creation is on-going. It is not an event which has a beginning and an end. Creation consists of 4 very general, very large categories of creations: Objects, events, ideas, and symbols. All of these creations, everything that can be seen, and everything which cannot be seen, is being created, by the will of The Most High which is creating it all, excluding itself. Every "thing" ( objects, events, ideas, symbols ) consists of a pair, a partnership, of body-and-soul. The body is the shell. The soul is its vivifying essence which is filling it. Both body-and-soul come from The Most High, but they take dramatically and opposing "routes", for lack of a better word. The soul is coming directly from The Most High, in a straight "path", like a laser beam filling the shell, which is its body. The shell, takes a convoluted "path" which begins at the lowest of the low and rises. ( "routes" and "paths" are in quotes because they are not literally "routes" and "paths" ). The idea is alluded to in Genesis 1, most specifically, in the verse where there is a grammatical anomaly regarding the light which is being created. The concept, in my opinion, is not difficult to imagine, although, some struggle with the notion that anything other than physical objects consist of body-and-soul / shell-and-essential-vitality.

I'll look at it Monday, PDT. ( Pacific Daylight Time ) Sorry.