I Heart Macro 74

from darkness to light

called forth from empty fullness

begin beginnings

endless beginnings

love illuminates through words

"lev" heart of goodness

white fire balances black

always more to be revealed

look listen closer

d'vekut cleave to ONE

wrapping all in tenderness

endless beginnings

forward a circle

journey of generations

this spiral of time

through matan Torah

blessing flows to all people

na'aseh v'nishma

we will do and we will hear

understanding as we connect

with the breathing of this world

all BEING

each bead linked to the next

Ayn Sof

without end

forward a circle

this spiral of time

space and faces

each soul unique holy whole

reflections one into ONE

While it is still Sukkot as I write this, on Friday this week, this portion of the Jewish holiday cycle will culminate with Simchat Torah, celebrating our joy in the gift of Torah, an ancient map for how to live life. Hidden in the "white fire" the spaces between the words there is far more meaning than the literal words carefully scribed in black ink on parchment. The text tells a story, gives many important moral dictates, but there is so much more, the oral Torah the transmission and learning’s that are revealed through study applied to living here and now, is how and where v’nishmat, listening and understanding, really takes place.

The last word in the Torah, "Yisrael" (a word that describes a particular people and simultaneously all who struggle for meaning in the vastness of life unfolding, the mysteries and Mystery of Being), ends with the letter "Lamed". The first word in the Torah "B'reishit," "in the beginning," begins with the letter "bet" or "vet". Linking these two letters together back to front we discover the word "lev," the Hebrew word for heart. The whole of Torah, this ancient map that guides us in understanding our purpose as humans in partnership with Beingness, is wrapped in a heart of compassion. May love from endless beginnings continuously lead us back to Oneness.

There is still “thyme” to make a secure online donation to the 30^th annual Nashua CROP Walk, taking steps to ease hunger locally and around the world. As you know, this year I too will be walking. I hope you will join me on this journey. My original intention was to reach a modest goal of $300, so far your generosity has helped me raise $487, WoW! Please click here to participate; $10, $5, every dollar makes a difference.

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Welcome to Week Seventy-Four of

I Heart Macro

"Pure awareness transcends thinking... It allows you to look at the world once again with open eyes. And when you do so, a sense of wonder and quiet contentment begins to reappear in your life."~Mark Williams and Danny Pennman, from Mindfulness An Eight-Week Plan For Finding Peace In A Frantic World

It is time for YOU to share the love up-close with YOUR

I Heart Macro offerings!

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Enjoy slowing down with your camera, paying full attention, observing beauty and curiosities many people pass right by. Your generosity of spirit and keen eyes may open the door to miniscule miracles and mirth others would not have access to otherwise. Feel free to include poetry, prose and thoughts your macro photo or series inspire(s) in you. Writing is completely optional for participation. Straight out of the camera (SOC), edited, color, black and white; anything goes as long as you bring the viewer near to whatever it is that drew your heart's attention and "woke you up" to full presence.

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