The Tree of Life is the energetic grid of our self as the divine human being, which God created. The "Tree of Life" is made up of ten Sephirot (you could understand them as the equivalent of Chakras). These chakras or vortexes of energy each have a specific property and are in charge of a particular aspect of our psyche and our Soul. Within the "Tree of Life" is the "divine human being of light". Therefore within us inherently is a whole, balanced, harmonious, loving, and compassionate person. Obviously maintaining this kind of state is virtually impossible. However, learning and understanding the "Tree of Life" and the "Tree of Virtue" is a great and powerful tool for accessing our divine nature as the full potential of our being. Our true self of divine nature is also called enlightenment or self-realization.
In Deirdre's teaching, the "Tree of Virtue", is the human counterpart to the, "Tree of Life". This means that as we study and contemplate upon the aspects of our ego, which are to be brought into virtue, we begin to repair the darkness and disharmony, which keeps the light of God from manifesting. In other words, based on Kabbalah we are sparks of light or shards of light. God first created us as whole perfect vessels of light. Once we fell, or went through our separation, (known as exile from the Garden) we broke and the ego was formed. Thus now we are broken vessels, which are imperfect of holding God's light. It is our job to create ourselves again as whole unbroken vessels, free of the disharmonious aspects of our personality such as resentment, anger, jealousy and hatred.
We can begin to understand where our destructive urges come from. We call this urge the yetzerah or "the shaping of consciousness towards destruction". We then can proceed in healing this aspect of our mind thus bringing ourselves into alignment with our yetzeratov, "the shaping of consciousness towards virtue and goodness". The "lifting up" of our destructive urges into the light of creation transforms our lives. This is called Tikkun, or the repair and redemption of our being. And this is a life's work.
The Soul according to Kabbalah has three parts, the human Soul which experiences life, our divine pure Soul which is always in a state of perfection, and the Soul of God, which we interface with. These three aspects of Soul create our light body. All healing occurs first in the Soul. Then the physical follows. Our Soul is the great healer. It will be from our Soul that we heal the Earth, mankind and ourselves. The Tree of Life / The Tree of Virtue is a pathway into the healing of your Soul and the Illumination (enlightenment) of ego consciousness. The Tree of Life is pure awareness and absolute knowledge, it is the foundation of being.
To sign up for a class and meditation in the Tree of Life / the Tree of Virtue with Deirdre call 310-720-4160 or email radiance@deirdrehade.com.
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