tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/the_sacred_pool/discussions/feeds/thread/75814 en-us 1 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:37:55 GMT Gaia: The Sacred Pool - Masters, Mystics, Saints - Jewish Tradition - The Maggid of Mezerich http://mettakaruna.gaia.com Metta tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-75814 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:37:55 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/the_sacred_pool/conversations/view/75814 <p> Think of your soul as part of the Divine Presence as the raindrop in the sea...<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [premanifest] world is not subject even to the commandments... it is beyond even ethical action which, as action, is dualistic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before an egg can grow into a chicken, it must first totally cease to be an egg.&nbsp; Each thing must lose its original identity before it can be something else.&nbsp; Therefore, before a thing is transformed into something else, it must come to the level of No-<em>thing</em>ness...<br /> </p>