In parashat Masei, the Israelites’ travels through the desert are detailed with 42 stops, each one described in the form vayisu, “they travelled,” and vayachanu, “they camped.” In this meditation, we consider the two energies implied by these two verbs, on the one hand, movement and growth and becoming, and on the other hand, rest and wholeness and simply being. We explore what each of these energies offers and also what each one lacks, considering how they balance each other out, and working to hold both and integrate them inside ourselves.
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