Imagery As Prayer
All spiritual tradition speaks about two worlds: the realm
of visible reality and the unseen invisible realm. The world of visible reality is the world of time, space, and
physicality: that which can be measured and objectified. It is the world of
material reality.
The invisible world
is a different order of reality operating under different rules. It is the
non-space, non-time, pandimensional or multidimensional world.
In the western spiritual tradition, when we speak of Spirit
we refer to the presence, the influence, and the priority of invisibility in
our visible world of objective material reality. In this tradition, every image experience is a prayer sent up to
invisible reality. Practitioners of Visionary Kabbalah understand that we actively participate in our own physical
and spiritual well-being when we engage in our image-prayers. Prayer is not
a casual process – “God let me win the lottery!” It is an act that involves
judgement, discernment, decision, and clarity – the four meanings of the Hebrew
word for prayer – tefila.
But these
image-prayers are not always fulfilled in ways we desire. We cannot control
the world and its outcomes. We certainly cannot control the invisible reality. But we can take charge of our intentions.
And so, we set forth our intentions – we aim toward something desired via
image-prayer. Yet even as we do this, we recognize that the outcome, result,
goal, or endpoint is in God’s hands, not our own. From the perspective of
Visionary Kabbalah, whether or not an
image-prayer is fulfilled, the invisible universe provides us what we need at
every given moment.
When we are aligned with truth and have faith in the
invisible reality, we receive what we need in the form of support. When we have
no faith and veer from the truth, we receive what we need in the form of
experiences like pain or other imbalances that show us the error of our ways
and give us the opportunity to correct them.
Kabbalah For Inner
Peace,
Gerald Epstein, MD
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