Thursday, January 20, 2011 Genesis 24:63 "And Isaac went out to
meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his
eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming..." How did
Isaac know to meditate? Where did he learn this practice? Was it
just - prayer? The word tefillah is most commonly used in the
Bible for prayer. It stems from a Hebrew root which means "to
think, entreat, intercede, judge." However, the word used here
for meditate in Hebrew is לשוח (lasuach). It is a term
understood by translators as some type of meditative practice,
unstructured - allowing isolated contemplation. Isaac existed
many centuries before Judaism or Christianity were established.
What did Isaac know? And why weren't we taught this in church?
"If eternity is too difficult to envision looking outwards
toward the galaxies and cosmos, turn the senses inward to
connect with your infinite nature" - Nassim Haramein. Luke 17:21
- "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold,
the kingdom of God is within you.