I thought that I might take the easy way out this week and reoffer the wisdom and sequence from Rosh Hashanah, after all it is the same parshah. My life has been so hectic, I figured that no one would mind and maybe they would even appreciate a second go round. But then, as I steeped myself in the Torah portion , a new theme appeared to me; one I hadn’t noticed before. Ironically, that is the theme. When we invite in and listen to G-d, G-d will show us that what we need is right in front of us when we need it. Maybe that something isn’t always obvious. But if we carefully tune in we will notice it is there. That gut feeling, the tug of the heart that some call intuition, could it possibly be the voice of the Divine revealing a truth and solution?
Have you ever thought you were in an impossible situation? One you couldn’t possibly “survive” in a positive way only to have an A-ha moment and come out smelling like a rose? I know I have. Or have you ever gone against your gut and kicked yourself afterwards? Ok, like all the time (did I just say that out loud?). Like Bill Engvall says: There’s your sign. Our intuition may be the voice of G-d whispering in our ear.
In the yoga tradition the seat of Intuition sits right between our ears. The 6th Chakra, Ajna, is at the 3rd eye, between our eyebrows. It is associated with spiritual contemplation and perception of the Divine. When we open up and allow our energy to flow through the seat of intuition we are able to see clearly what we need to “survive”, to walk our true path. The authors of the Torah seem to be telling us this over and over in this week’s parshah. I counted 4 times: When Abraham receives the Angels he ensures his lineage will continue, Lot invites in the Angels and ensures his survival while the rest of Sodom is destroyed ( meanwhile, his wife didn’t trust the Divine message ended up a pillar of salt), Hagar heard and heeded the voice of G-d and saw the well which would ensure her survival and Abraham noticed the ram, once again ensuring survival of his lineage. I wonder if part of the reason we wear T’fillin between our eyebrows, at our 6th Chakra, is to remind us of the oneness of G-d and intuition?