BS”D
THE PRAYER SPACE
PREPARATION - part 3
By
Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz
In the last 2
weeks, we discussed ways to prepare yourself for prayer, by creating a
proper 'Space'. This Preparatory 'space' environment mainly focused on
how to separate yourself from distraction---the distraction that comes
the incessant chatter of our body and spirit in their constricted
state or consciousness-----a state where we are help captive
to our
obsessiveness, addictiveness and our
pettiness. Through a series of
prayers and meditations and practices, we break
free. We liberate
ourselves to be able to function with expanded consciousness in all
areas of life, but specifically in Prayer. We are now
ready to
pray! But the truth is friends, that by
tapping in to this realm
or head space, we actually tap into a little piece of infinity---of
endlessness-------- and infinity perpetuates infinity ad
infinitum-------------so, what I'm trying to say, is that we will not
be leaving the endless realm of 'Head-spacing', rather, we will now
move in to the head and heart space of THE PRAYER ITSELF------We have
now grown wings in our preparations----Now it's time to know how to
fly....
2. THE PROPER 'PRAYER
HEAD AND HEART SPACE'
What
does this prayer space consist of? Our Sages teach us that prayer is
the 'service of the heart'. To the extent that our head or thinking is
clear [that is to say, that when our outlook or perspective is
clarified]---to that extent, our heart---which is our emotions,
feelings, aspirations, motivation...etc...is opened up, and then we
pray with all of our might and the prayer as a result are
correspondingly effective and impactful. What are the main
components
of this prayer 'head-space'?
First
of all, it consists of knowing that the whole world is full of G-d's
Prescence, and more than that, it involves knowing that all of
the
wellbeing that we are constantly driven to attain, is exclusively
dependenent on G-d's assistance.....When we know this clearly, we
can
reframe seeing that the challenges of our lives, as well as well
as all
of the solutions, come exclusively from THE ONE ABOVE-----to the extent
that we know this, to that extent we pray with 'Kavanah'---with higher
consciousness and intention and hyper-focus----a focus that
is expressed with our full and unswerving attention-----all
based on a
knowing that that our help and our salvation in all situations comes
only from Hashem!
3. 'I AM PRAYER' [ King
David--PSALMS]
.....yeah
sure, we are in the boxing rink of life every day, coping and
strategizing and fighting it out----but at some point in the struggle,
we all realize that we need HIS help....The more that we become
awakened, praying beings---or--masters of prayer, the more we realize
that we need G-d's help in everything in all stages of the
struggle---then, as King David said---'I am Prayer', then at that
point, we no longer are praying, rather, WE ARE PRAYER---
and that's
the 'Prayer Space' that we are seeking
4. PULLING DOWN THE
CURTAIN
So we need to
create the proper atmosphere, the 'proper space', and
before having
an awareness of our helplessness , and before
enlisting our unswerving
attention and 'kavana' into the prayers, we first need to be able to
see the world as a place filled with the Prescence of
G-d , we need to
pull down the curtain thats bliding us from seeing that all of
reality
is nothing but Hashem, even within ourselves, and our own daily
activities, only then, can we be real with our prayers and who it
is we
are praying to......So, with that goal in mind, i bring you now a
listing of tools drawn from my previous [ and present] teachings
and
booklets that all have one thing in common---FUSING WITH G-D---the
revealing of G-d, where He is not normally found.....................
and then perhaps we will exerience being engulfed in an
atmosphere very
condusive to true prayer................I bring you just a line or
2, a
short generalized instruction from each of these tools and
meditations---the long version, for those who are interested in deeper
explorations, can be found in the original source [which I'll
bring at
the beginning of each entry] ......One more note, here as in
many other
recent tools lists, you won't be able to get around to trying out most
of the tools---in general,choose those that you resonate with most, and
the rest are there for future reference, but here in regard to
engulfing your consciousness with a G-dly atmosphere, I suggest that
you just start reading each entry and meditate on each one very briefly
until you feel that you are 'there'.......
G-D FUSION TOOLS
[from
the booklets]
THE PARSHA TOOLS BOOKLET
1. chayei sarah-----see how
everything connects you with Hashem
2. vayeitzei------see how your
weekly highlights [of your life] are all Divinely guided
3. shmot--------release yourself
from coping with that which is too difficult for you, by screaming out
to Hashem for help
4.
emor--------gather all negativity into a big wax ball of darkness
[in
your mind's eye], and then melt it away with G-d's light
5.
shlach lecha-------live in an above nature fashion by co-creating with
Hashem, the solution[s] for the impossible challenge , that you are
facing
6.
vaetchanan-------See the world from G-d's perspective, so to speak, by
seeing the world in it's future G-d perfected state---and then,
come
back to it's [and your personal ] deficient state, open your
heart to
hear G-d telling you how to get back to the perfect state
7.
reeh--------------receive Divine guidance 24\7, and let this guidance
dictate to you the proper way to find Divine favour in all that
you do
8.
rosh hashonah---------partnerize your year's mission plan with
G-d, in
order to maximally allow you to assist Hashem to bring the world to a
state of Tikun [perfection]
9.
the yom kippur tshuvah plan---------reallign all that is in your own
life and will that is not in line with Hashem's will, to be alligned
THE PARADISING MY LIFE BOOKLET
10. the
'jewish secret' co-creation tool---------co-create with
Hashem's assumed approval, your projected desired reality, and
then get
out of Hashems way in His making it happen
11.
infinitizing my life---------expand endlessly the scope of the
activities of your life [to be in sync with Hashem's quality of
infinitizing]
12. hearing
your inner Divine voice-------he