Tiphareth
The God name for Tiphareth is YHVH. Tiphareth,
meaning "beauty", is born out of the masculine-feminine interplay between
Chesed and Geburah. just as Daath is greater than the combined sum of
Chokmah and Binah, so Tiphareth is greater than the sum of Chesed and
Geburah. Tiphareth occupies the mid-point of the Tree of Life. It is the
point of balance. it is a point of dynamic harmony. The greatest works of art,
in any field, exhibit this dynamic harmony. Music is a prime example; it is the
harmonious movement from one note to the next that we perceive as
beauty. It is in Tiphareth that we can achieve the dynamic harmony that
is needed between the physical and spiritual. If we truly experience Tiphareth
then we have balanced these two seemingly antagonistic forces. But a
dynamic harmony contains within it a potential problem. To maintain the harmony
we have to be dynamic, we have to move. We cannot be static. Because we are
human our striving to keep this balance will sometimes cause it to tilt one way
or the other. But the more we practice the better at it we become. Even
a momentary experience of Tiphareth will strengthen us for the next
attempt. Tiphareth balances all our spiritual powers: intellect and
emotion; the spiritual and the physical; obligations to other people and
obligations to G-d. Tiphareth also balances the past and the future.
Therefore it is the true present. It is what and where we truly are. Find this
point and you will be truly balanced.
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