Mysterious Kabbalah....Part 2

Hesed, Gevurah, and Tiferet



The second triad in the tree of the sefirot is that of hesed, gevurah, and tiferet, or lovingkindness, judgment, and harmony. This triad is probably the easiest to understand. But to make it simpler I advise you to take the first three triads as Brahma, the creator, the second triad as Vishnu, the operator and the next three triad as the Shiva in formless state (or the shivalinga) the state just before the manifestation and the last sefirot Malchut as Ganesha. Always remember Brahma Vishnu and Mahesh are not the three different Gods but these are the three different attributes or characteristics of one God.





The dynamic relationship between hesed and gevurah can be expressed in terms of human relationship. We might suppose that all we want in the world is more hesed, more lovingkindness, and a person should try to cultivate and express as much of it as possible. Often, that may be true. But imagine a relationship in which one partner is always full of hesed, doing everything for the other partner, not caring for his/her own needs, and trying, all the time, to help, nurture, feed, support, guide, provide for, and generally love the other. Quickly, such a relationship will become dysfunctional. Eventually the other partner will form a dependence on the first one, or will feel smothered, or will yearn for self-expression and some degree of self-sufficiency. A relationship in which separateness is completely lost is not a healthy relationship. So even in the case of two lovers, gevurah — restraint, holding back — is necessary.



As I mentioned above these three triads can be easily understood as Lord Vishnu, who is the operator or the palanhar, but he is also having the kaalchakra in one hand meant for the judgement to maintain the balance that is the balance between love and judgement. Usually, what our world needs is more hesed, more lovingkindness; more extension of the self to help and nurture others. But not for the sake of hesed, but for the sake of tiferet — harmony, beauty, compassion — the place of balance between hesed and gevurah

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Central banks losing faith in the US dollar

A report by Barclays has shown that governments across the world boosted their foreign currency holdings by a huge US$ 413 bn during the September quarter. Needless to say that lending to the US government accounted for the majority of it. However, here comes the shocker! A full 63% of the new money that has come in has been invested into Euro and Yen denominated assets, thus setting a new record. Well, this potentially means that central banks are losing faith in the US dollar and want to diversify their holdings. However, there’s a problem here. If they diversify too fast, they risk depreciating the dollar to unreasonable levels, a scenario which is not too ideal for their export driven economies. Hence, the process will have to be gradual. But one thing cannot be denied. As things stand today, the dollar is headed towards a continued long-term decline

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Mysterious Kabbalah..........Part 1

What is the world? Who are we? What is the significance of our lives and actions? What is God? How can we come to know ultimate reality in our own experience? How do the body, heart, mind, and spirit fit together? And what are the roles of myth, ritual, Introduction, morality, eroticism, meditation, ecstasy, sacred text, and prayer on the spiritual path?



These are some of the questions asked by the Kabbalah. You probably know that, in recent years, the Kabbalah has become very popular —



Kabbalah literally means “receiving”, study of Kabbalah, like other contemplative practices, can be de-centering, even frightening. In those moments when the phenomenal world really does blink out of existence, you're left with yourself (at an intermediate stage, anyway; eventually that, too, blinks out) and your fears. This can be a very unsettling, and psychologically dangerous, place. So I think the restrictions on Kabbalah study are actually quite wise. They are there to make sure that only well-grounded people study it — because only well-grounded people can really enter the Orchard and come back in one piece, others may get disturbed psychologically like Britney Spears and Madonna in the recent times who attempted to gain the knowledge from Kabbalah.



There is no evidence when this Kabbalah was written but it took the contribution of many Jews mystics. So much of the Kabbalah is kept secret because it is meant to be revealed only to those who are capable of receiving it. Share the light with everyone, and some people will shatter, like the vessels in the Lurianic myth.

I will only explain the ten sefirots of Kabbalah. Ten sefirots are not only the map of a human but also of the universe and it secretly tells us about the creation of universe. Following is the explanation of the ten sefirots and the story of creation, read patiently:

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The "top" triad of the sefirot is, in a sense, the mind of God. Keter, meaning "crown," is transrational, and beyond all cognition. We can say almost nothing about it, except that it is the first stirring of what we would call "will" within the Infinite. In the world of keter, nothing exists: not "God," not the universe, only the Ein Sof, with the most subtle intention to expand into manifestation. (It's important that we keep reminding ourselves, by the way, that the spatial and temporal language of theosophical Kabbalah is analogical only. There is no before and after in this world of the Divine, and there is no near and far. Everything is now, and here; all these primordial processes are, from our perspective, constantly occurring.)



Hochmah, meaning wisdom, is like a point: no dimension of its own, but the beginning point for dimensionality. From our perspective, hochmah is that "higher wisdom" that some systems call primordial Awareness. It is the first quality to proceed from Nothingness: that Being knows. This noetic quality of the universe — that every leaf "knows" when to fall in the autumn, that every atom "knows" how to organize itself — is, for the Kabbalists, the most refined quality of the manifested world. If you'd like to imagine the emanation of the sefirot in terms of the Big Bang, hochmah is the singularity with no size, but with the "laws of nature" already instantiated. There is nothing there, but there is the Divine Wisdom which organizes all of creation.



—Binah, meaning understanding, is a kind of partner to Hochmah. The sefirot are often gendered (sometimes multi-gendered), and their interaction is often depicted as a series of erotic interchanges. In this case, hochmah is the male and Binah is female, the Divine womb, the generative principle of the rest of the universe. Binah gives birth to the sefirot, and thus to the world of manifestation itself. She is the concealed, hidden, supernal Divine mother. She is also the beginning of separation — binah is related to the words for knowledge based upon distinctions. Binah is the ocean, the many-chambered palace (note the Jungian flavor to the symbolic associations here), and womb in which Hochmah sows the seed of creation. She is the ground of space and time — not yet expanded, not yet contracted, but the principle of spatiality and temporality itself, ready to give birth to the world.



Notice also the remarkable correlations between the Kabbalah and other systems of thought. Binah and hochmah map easily onto "left brain" and "right brain" thinking, even though the Kabbalists presumably had no scientific knowledge of the brain's internal structure. I have already made an analogy to the Big Bang theory of cosmic origination. Many people suggest similarities between the tree of the sefirot and the Hindu system of the chakras, energy-centers within the body….



Cont…..

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Keep Buying Gold on Every Decline

Gold prices are hitting new highs as investors are selling currencies and buying gold. This is the trend seen not only in the US but across the world, be it UK, China or India. According to noted economist Dennis Gartman, investors are buying into gold not on inflation fears but on a general distrust of currencies. He expects gold prices to climb higher but eventually expects the rally to end. Famed commodities investor Jim Rogers echoed similar sentiments while adding that although he believes that over long term gold prices will continue to rise, he is not investing in gold as he does not see strong fundamental reasons to invest at the current levels.

Fear and Greed

Speaking of fear, it was the rampant emotion in October 2008. Greed took over in March 2009. It's back to fear again. You might find it ironical but it is 'fear' that is driving asset prices up currently. And we are talking about all kinds of assets, ranging from stocks to gold. After the sharp rally of the past few months, investors are loading up on stocks for the 'fear' of missing out on the rally. Gold bugs 'fear' massive currency declines and are therefore gorging up on the yellow metal. Bond investors 'fear' deflation. This can be seen in rising bond yields in the US despite a considerable supply from the government.



Never before has fear felt so reassuring. Pick an asset class, and it's going up in price. All based on fear. Greed is yet to return to the markets.

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Crude oil may no longer be priced in US dollars

So many senior economists of the world have been predicting that if the crude oil  is traded in the currency other than US$, that might be the cause for devaluating the dollar or even collapse of the US$.



There is little doubt that the global financial meltdown has changed the world financial order. The latest development that supports this view is the attempt of gulf oil producers to move away from pricing crude oil in terms of the US dollar to a basket of currencies instead. This move also has the support of countries like China, Russia, Japan and France. As per The Independent, these countries have already held secret meetings to discuss the same. Apparently, Brazil and India also approve of this move.





In my view, given the importance of crude oil transactions in world trade, this will dent the US dollar's role as the world's reserve currency. Other currencies, including the Chinese Yuan and gold will jointly take up that space. It means that the demand for gold will also climb.



As for the Americans, they are not going to take this development lying down. After all, it prevented the UK from joining the Euro and invaded Iraq when it moved its crude oil prices away from the US dollar. I expect a lot of muscle flexing over this issue in the days ahead.

 

POSSESS GOLD and SILVER, STAY AWAY FROM US $.

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Oooops it collapsed!

!Do not worry nothing has collapsed, just imagining : This was to draw your attention



This is human tendency to predict, good for self and worst for all: nothing is collapsed do not worry!



Almost none of us have ever witnessed the situation which is known as economic collapse in our life span, in this article I will present the picture or the scenario how the things become in case of economic collapse of any country. I will try to keep my language as simple as possible. S





So let’s see step by step how things start changing:



It starts with the rumours around like few stockists in some part of country are no longer accepting the currency notes in exchange of the stuff.



Such rumours spread very rapidly and drastically and the currency loses the value drastically, as few optimistic traders still hope the things to go better and they still accept the currency, but as their risk is too high they will definitely ask for more money (currency), say they may ask 1000 Rs. for a bread worth 10 Rs. That causes the very high inflation rate and very soon currency notes disappear from the market.



People are left only with the assets they possess and that is blessing in disguise for the stockists especially for the food and grain stockists, as food being the most essential item to live people are now forced to sell their valuable assets in exchange of some food. Emergency is declared in the country and media rights are withdrawn.



Suddenly within a few weeks people are left with nothing in their houses except the house itself and/or jewellery.



Government encourage the public to donate their gold/silver (being the essential commodity) and this is related with the spirit of patriotism, more you donate more patriotic you are.(You must have noticed such circumstances in the case of war).



Properties values decline drastically even up to 90% in few cases.



Ultimately public end up with their houses and jewellery sold or donated.



That is the beginning of social reformation



Democracy ends to form a new social structure “SOCIALISM”.



In this condition value of all the companies is evaluated (against gold) and those who have saved their gold somehow are asked to invest (not donate) their gold in the companies and will be the share holder of the company and they receive the healthy proportion of the profit made (as most of the people have lost their everything, foreigners are invited to invest), those who don’t possess gold or silver are asked to work as an employee (depending upon the qualification). Those who had very less gold may act as both the partner and the worker of the company.



Currency notes are reprinted against the gold reserve and once again currency is accepted in the market for exchanging the goods.



Though such situation is not likely to happen in India in near future, but many so called super powers like USA and economic powers like Japan are on the verge of bankruptcy, it’s up to you now how you can take advantage out of this.



POSSESS GOLD AND SILVER (the universal currency,not Dollar).

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Insurance: Hunter of Greedy

18th Century, Scotland, the most pessimistic country in the world, king is deeply hurt seeing the plight of the widows of the priests of the church. He decides to help the widows and discusses with the economists. A new invention called “welfare state” comes in to existence. Idea is to collect the money from the public for some period and promise to return the received money at the end of the tenure. Money is invested in the trades and businesses and the money earned is distributed among the widows. And those who were paying the money acquire a special status in the society as being responsible for the welfare of the society, hence, both are benefitted the widows and the payers.



Second decade of 20th century, Japan, turned in to a similar welfare state. Idea is to help the unemployed, jobs in army is provided to all these unemployed and are helped by the money of the public. Life style is improved and people are becoming richer and richer, govt. earning healthy amount from the premiums accumulated. Now idea is to expand the boundaries, USA is the enemy, soldiers are killed, and money is finished.



After second world war, Japan, people are scared of sudden economic collapses, idea is to ensure you for your life(not from death but from life) and property, pension plans, social structure is improved people are living healthy and peaceful life, all businesses are growing, money earned from the premiums is gone in the infrastructure and big players of the stock markets are playing with the money with the hedged funds, but health is improved drastically, they are living by the age of 100, how to give them the pensions up till this age as thge ratio of working people with the pensioners has reached to the very serious level.



Currently, Japan, All insurance companies are on the verge of bankruptcy.



Recently, USA, many tornados like Katrina have destroyed many parts of the country, insurance companies refused to settle the claims (providing the policy documents and showing many hidden clauses which state that tornados were not in list, signed by the insured one’s), government is with the insurance companies. Money is lost paying the debts of 115 countries),Residential of New Orleans can not live in their city because their property can not be insured in that city because it is so prone to tornados, AIG declared bankruptcy but is provided the handsome bail-out package(can somebody tell me please what does “bail-out package means”) by the Govt. of USA, later people come to know 25 other companies could lead to bankruptcy in case of their debts with AIG go bad. Well, AIG was not running in loss due to the claim settlements (they didn’t settle any), but because they have sold the derivatives in the stock market.



Yesterday, Vijaynagar, India, never witnessed flood in the history, flooded badly claiming many lives and property. People mustn’t have seen the policy documents (I guess in this city they have forgotten to add “flood” in the clause), hence the claims of flood victims will not be settled, now I want to see the faces of the authorities managing the dam associated. Is there some thing wrong?



Do we want to follow or need to follow USA or Japan................. I guess...........No we don't)...............Stay Away from the insurance companies.



Insurance is like the excretory system os the whole financial system from where the fiat money is excreted



Who is the director of IRDA?.............well good question, I do not know the answer.



Well, I can smell something wrong, if you can’t, read the topic again.

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