Selections
from Ki Tavo in Deuteronomy 26.1-29.8
You are standing this day before God
Cross over the Jordan and enter the
land God is giving you
Come into the
land of awakenings
We cried out and with a strong hand God
brought us forth from the straits
To this place -- a land of milk and
honey Deut: 26.7-9
Nothing
lacking consciousness, nirvana – Zen
term, mind-nakedness
See what God does before our very eyes
Delighting in making us prosperous and
multiplying us
Let us rejoice in gratitude and offer
up the fruits of our actions
Giving the first fruits to God (to everyone)
Make an altar of unhewn stones (natural and unadorned)
A place to re-dedicate your life to
God
Love all and serve
all
With this abundance serve God in joy
and gladness
Listen to the voices of God
In the wind,
in the stars, in the flames, in the wisdom of friends, all about
Affirm this day that you will walk in
God’s ways (and do your best)
To observe and live these teachings
and be holy to God
Set up great stones. Paint this story
on the stones
Plaster and write on them the words of
God’s teachings Deut: 27.2-3
The story is
in the stones. Each stone is a letter, a power symbol
Tithe your increase (profits, bonuses, extras). Consecrate your home
By sharing with people so they won’t
be in need
Say aloud “My father was a wandering Aramean” (the
patriarch Abraham)
A treasured people are we who walk in
sacred teachings Deut: 26.5
Along the
natural and harmonious way
Observe faithfully the words of your
covenant (with God)
That you may succeed in all you
undertake
In the glory of God’s praises we are
uplifted to be holy
Now call out to God: “Look forth from
your sacred abode
And bless your people and this land” Deut: 26.15
