The Month of Teves: Refining Relationships, Elevating the Body | The Spiral of Time series

Each month of the year radiates with a distinct quality andprovides unique opportunities for personal growth and illumination.Accordingly, every month has a slightly different climate and represents aparticular stage in the 'story of the year' as expressed through the annualcycles of nature. The winter months call for practices and pursuits that aredifferent than those of the summer months. Some months are filled with holidaysand some have only one, or none. Each month therefore has its own natural andspiritual signature.\\nAccordingto the deeper levels of the Torah, each month's distinct qualities,opportunities and natural phenomena correspond to a certain set of seasonal andspiritual variables arranged within atwelve-part symbolic structure.\\n...The present volume will delve into the spiritual nature ofthe month of Teves according to these twelve categories.\\nFrom the Author\\nThis book is part of a 12 Part Series outlining the influences ofthe Months of the Year.\\nEach book explores the special qualities that are available within every month. These qualities range from the Aleph-Beis letter associated with each month, the sense or skill connected to the month, the body part, the element, and the sign of the month. Understanding this, reveals in the cycles of time an ever-ascending spiral of insight, understanding, and practical action. And helps us engage in this body of wisdom for our own personal growth and development. This book delves deeply into the month of Teves.\\nFrom the Inside Flap\\nSince the quality of the month is generally harsh -- much like its counterpart Tamuz in the summer, the tendency for many is to hunker down, retract, curl up and wait for the month to pass by, only to reemerge when the harshness has dissipated.Think for a moment about the 'easier' months of the year, which, like gentle waves in the ocean, carry us where we want to go. We can ride these energies easily and they can propel us forward effortlessly, we just need to go with the overall flow, so to speak. The harsher months, on the other hand, can be compared to the more powerful waves that emanate from the belly of the ocean,which come forcefully crashing down and can easily drown a person before they even realize what has happened. However, those who want to utilize the momentum of the powerful energy that is available during such times can, with caution and creativity, harness these intense waves and ride them higher and farther than other, more gentle circumstances may allow. However, harnessing the power of Tohu, the raw energy of the body, does in fact need to be approached with great care and attention.\\nIn general, Teves is connected to the body and heat, as we will continue to explore below. It is also associated with the bodily sensations of anger -- the raw phenomena of an elevated heart rate, rise in temperature, shortness of breath, and muscular tension. Additionally, this month is also connected with the liver, an organ which is full of blood. All of this imagery expresses the gestalt of this month: an overwhelming sense of the visceral immediacy and raw energy of our physical urges and emotional needs.

Publisher:

IYYUN Publishing

Pages:

156

Date Published:

2018-10-31