Selections from In-the-Beginning/B’re-sheet in Noach Genesis 6.9-9.1
These are the
generations of Noah We are those generations
A man righteous
and wholehearted and in this way
Noah walks with
God
When the earth
becomes corrupt and full of violence
Body ages, begins breaking down,
readies to dissolve
God says to Noah (the Noah in us can hear the inner guidance)
Make a wooden ark
with compartments
300 long, 50 wide,
30 high
Each numeral is a letter symbol: 300/Shin,
50/Nun,
30/Lamed
Create light at
the top in your ark (Let
there be light)
With an entrance
on its side and with three levels (decks)
Visualize this ark in your heart and
mind
I’m bringing the
flood. Except for you
The breath of life
from under heaven is perishing
Shows what happens when we leave
our physical bodies
But I’m
establishing my covenant with you
And your companion
and your children. Enter the ark
Noah is a name for our soul. The ark is
our covenant with God
Take also into the
ark every living thing of all flesh
Both male and
female who come unto you to keep them alive
Take food for
yourselves and for them.
Entering the ark in these bodies, we
bring all species of life
Noah does
according to what God shows him He’s
our model
In Noah’s 600th
year in the second month …
Each number is a power symbol.
The 2nd month, Iyar/Apr-May
The fountains of
the great deep burst apart
The
windows of heaven break open (the infinite depth of Gevurah Courage)
Waters of the
flood are on the earth
Rain falls forty
days and forty nights 40/40,
the letter Mem, M repeated
The ark floats on
the face of the waters that prevail
Even 15 measures
above the high mountains under heaven.
Blotted out from
earth is every living substance above ground
Only Noah and
those with him remain
There are three decks in the ark, three
types of faith
Standing on the top deck everything in
the world disappears
Pure consciousness alone remains
The waters prevail
on earth 150 days.
God remembers Noah
and every living thing
Noah awakens, remembers God. Noah
is re-membered
A wind passes over
the earth, the waters assuage
In the 7th
month the ark comes to rest on Mount Ararat
The 10th month (Tevet/Dec-Jan) mountaintops can be seen
Noah sends out a
raven and a dove
Which toward
evening returns with a plucked olive leaf
On the 1st day of
the new year (Nisan/Mar-Apr)
Noah removes the
covering from the ark
Noah’s story shows how to listen, act,
and live forever
In the 2nd month
the earth is dry. God says to Noah
You and your
family go forth from the ark
Bring every living
thing
Be fruitful and
multiply -- and replenish the earth
Pass along what you’re given and
increase a thousand-fold
Noah builds an
altar unto God (and so can we)
In all generations you may
re-establish your covenant with me
The sign of our pact is my
rainbow in the clouds
When we see it, you and I,
remember the pact between us
Whenever we see a rainbow, let us also remember,
and feel the Presence
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