Day 45 of the Omer
Tiferet in Malchut - balanced beauty in the real realm. Working through all the needed steps may achieve a harmonious outcome.
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Tiferet in Malchut - balanced beauty in the real realm. Working through all the needed steps may achieve a harmonious outcome.
Gevurah in Malchut - power, strength or stringency, in down-to-earth reality. Measuring the effectiveness of a hard-line attitude helps make a realistic approach.
Hesed in Malchut - lovingkindess in the everyday. Start with compassion and reality works a lot better.
Malchut in Yesod - reality in a balanced foundation. Taking into account real needs as well as ideals builds good balance.
Yesod in Yesod - a solid foundation's basic balance. Seeing fully helps balance our actions.
Hod in Yesod - humble grace in a balanced foundation. Even grand plans require selfless smallness reflection (see the Tower of Babel).
Netzach in Yesod - the long view in a balanced foundation. Good strategies start with good fundamentals - it's always worth evaluating our initial assumptions.
Tiferet in Yesod - balanced beauty in balanced foundation. When we get it just right, even the simplest idea and starting point becomes an ideal of beauty.
Malchut in Hod - Realism in Grace. The grandeur of the universe may inspire awe, and we can act out of that awe with real effect.
Yesod in Hod - balanced foundation in grace - solid footing often starts with small steps and attention to details.
Hod in hod, grace in grace. Meaning and teaching in tiny intricacies can be balanced by knowing when to turn to the big picture too. Immersion in minutiae can be the source of many harmonies.
Netzach in Hod - Eternity in the infinitesimal. We can think of every single atom as part of the bigger picture, true ego develops through humility.
Gevurah in Hod, or Strength in grace. A thought about this day: humility, seeing the world from our smallness, requires great strength and flexibility.
Malchut (Monarchy - our world) in Netzach (Victory, eternity, the self's long term perspective) - grounded reality in the long view: All journeys start with a plan, and all plans with small real steps.
Yesod in Netzach - solid balanced foundation in grandeur - grand plans still need balance and a good foundation.
Hod in Netzach - Grace in the long term view. Two ends of the spectrum, smallness in grandeur, good strategies still need attention to detail.