Counting of the Omer, 2007 Week 3

Seemingly separate strands
our lives, overflow from above
a myriad of silver rivers, raining down
brilliant, in a convergant dance
woven together by ancient hands
unite in the holy yolk, tiferet-
in the center, in the heart of the cosmic
mystery, so beautiful, so connected
in this yogic union
we become the shimmering, complete.

Jeff

Ha-yom shi-sha asar yom, shehaym sh'nay shavuot ushnay yamim ba-omer. Today is sixteen days, which equals two weeks and two days of the Omer.

Gevurah of Tiferet

violent upheavals
once formed the mountains;
just look at them now.

Will

Today is the 16th day of the Counting

Gevurah of Tiferet

Mashpia part 6

Mashpia is an influence, a spiritual mentor

There are only two book stores in the
                   entire world

Where problems are solved
                   directly

And one that answers prayers
                   right now

jsg

A red rubber ball

still, for a moment, before

its decending arc

LPP
4/18/07

Ha-yom shiva asar yom, shehaym sh'nay shavuot ushlosha yamim ba-omer. Today is seventeen days, which equals two weeks and three days of the Omer.

Tiferet of Tiferet

audible ratios,
disarming proportions--
wisdom at play in the world.

Will

The counting
today is tiferet in tiferet

Velvel Driving Home During the Time of the Counting

I am standing at the window of my kitchen
Looking out at the alley
When Velvel is driving home
He had sent me an e mail a week before
I miss you, he said, let's have tea
The camellia sinensis I am always available
The most excellent variety
Yellow buds Mao's favorite tea
I mention this in return to Velvel
I know he appreciates the sinensis
Still – it's a week later and I only glimpsed him
Driving down the alley from my perch
The window in my kitchen
House where I live

Three weeks now into the counting
Transforming lowly into lofty
Counting each day of the forty nine days
Into the word the thing itself the matter
Each day cleansing from the corruption of narrow places
Each week a posture ascending
One of seven essential qualities
Align my will with the world will
Three weeks into the counting
And I haven't sat with my friend Velvel
I am thinking
I am thinking
How am I to ready myself this way
Without him

jsg

Ha-yom shemonah asar yom, shehaym sh'nay shavuot v'arba-a yamim ba-omer. Today is eighteen days, which equals two weeks and four days of the Omer.

Netzach of Tiferet

there's this too about
beauty: once ravished by it,
it stays with you.

Will

The Omer counting Day 18

Netzach in Tiferet

The sky is crying

Sometimes you just stand still

And hurt.

jsg

Ha-yom tisha asar yom, shehaym sh'nay shavuot va'chamisha yamim ba-omer. Today is nineteen days, which equals two weeks and five days of the Omer.

Hod of Tiferet

you stretch out your hand,

i mine; in the exchange of

kindness, who helps whom?

Will

Omer

The counting, day 19, hod of tiferet

Masphia, part 8
Mashpia is an influence, a spiritual mentoring

We think we know but we don't

We think we know but we don't

Keep my mind open and my big mouth shut

We think we know

but we don't

jsg

Ha-yom esrim yom, shehaym sh'nay shavuot v'shi-sha yamim ba-omer. Today is twenty days, which equals two weeks and six days of the Omer.

Yesod of Tiferet

the old fiddler played

his older fiddle, vessel

of even older song.

Will

The Counting Day 20
Yesod in Tiferet

TheRabbi taught me
                      how

to see myself in the
                      text

as if it were a
                      glass

what is called
                      espaclaria

to see through a glass clearly
                      not-clearly

translucent also called in Hebrew
                      noga

also called translating into
                      Greek

jsg

Ha-yom e-chad v'esrim yom, shehaym shlosha shavuot ba-omer.
Today is twenty-one days, which equals three weeks of the Omer.

Malkut of Tiferet

"one thing I yearn for:
to behold the beauty of YHWH
and inquire in his holy place."

Will

“'Beauty is
As beauty does,'
That's what wise men say.”

Annette Funicello

Stephe