Stop. Take a breath. Get ready to tackle the final sentences of Bob Klein’s* “qualities of water” message.
Can you translate (find meaning) in his words:
“Allow your inbreath to be like water evaporating from the surface of the lake and expanding upwards moistening the air.
“Allow your outbreath be like water sinking into the deepest earth moistening the ground.
“Then creativity and health can flourish.”
I yearn to understand metaphorical/poetic language; I am loath to stray from literal mind.
So imagine my astonishment when this thought appeared in my mind: Jacob wrestled.
Details were elusive. Who did Jacob wrestle? What were the results? Why did this story fragment show up now?
Being a twenty-first century woman, I queried Google. My eye lit on a new word: Midrash.
The Hebrew verbal root of Midrash is to investigate or explore. Since we are exploring mystery, I thought it prudent to investigate further.
Midrash, as described by Michael Abramsky,** is a genre of Biblical scholarship used to interpret the Bible in symbolic and inspirational terms.
What an amazing synchronicity! Is this what happens when we tune into our awareness? When we pay attention?
Your assignment for the week: when you are struggling to make sense of something or someone, pay attention to stray thoughts. Especially ones that seem “weird” to you. Follow up on them. Believe me – when Jacob’s story popped into my mind, it seemed very weird to me.
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Next week – find out what happened to Jacob. What and how can we learn from his transformation.
Thanks for exploring the mystery – Nicky Mendenhall
*You can learn more about Bob Klein by visiting his website: www.movementsofmagic.com.
**”Jacob Wrestles the Angel: A Study in Psychoanalytic Midrash, by Michael Abramsky. Published by International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 29(1), 2010, pp. 106-117.