Here are some teachings from the Scroll of Leviticus, a scripture giving us guidance how to stay in touch with a sacred presence in our lives and to work together as a holy community.
O ye priests and priestesses,
Here is the burnt offering ritual:
Leave that offering on the altar through the night
Until morning while the fire of the altar (consumes it)
We offer ourselves, and wait overnight until morning
To see if we might be accepted into this sacred service
One more day
Dressed in linen
Carry the ashes of the burnt offering to the altar
In everyday clothes
Take the ashes outside the camp to a clean place
Sometimes your service is visible; sometimes invisible
Keep the fire in that altar burning; don’t let it go out
Every morning feed it with wood
Our passion for life is the fire on the altar
Daily we feed it with love given to us by The Beloved
Present your burnt offering
Turn into smoke the fat parts of the offering
The fat is fuel. With sincerity our offerings become the fat parts
And now the offerings are smokin’!
A perpetual fire is burning in the altar (of your heart)
It’s inextinguishable -- from Levicus 6.2-6
This selection from a Leviticus portion 6.1-8.36 known as
Tzav/Command
The Book of Tao reports:
When a great leader leads
People don’t know they’re being led
There’s an art to being an effective Commander
The first words of this portion begin:
Command Aaron and his sons ... -- Lev. 6.1
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