Metzora, מְּצֹרָע Leprous 14:1-15:33
The Torah understands that human affliction often comes from a core disconnection with ourselves and God, and that a retreat into solitude offers an opporutnity to reconnect.
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All is right with you when you are with yourself like this.
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We can help each other and our own afflicted parts see themselves as the kohen sees them, as only temporarily imbalanced, temporarily afflicted, but always essentially whole, essentially pure. (Click image to read more)
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In this meditation, we practice inhabiting our inner kohen, our capacity to be God’s representative on earth. Like the kohen — vera’ah hakohen — we look at our own tzaru’a, afflicted parts, through this divine lens, seeing our afflictions with optimisim and spaciousness and steadfast love, confident and patient about our own process of healing
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(Originally published in 2021) This afflication is indeed a gift. (Click image to read more)
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