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LOCK YOUR HEART THAT I MAY NOT BROOD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: That we may not brood - concerning that which is hidden to thought
Alternate Author Name(s): Saggi Nehor, Rabbi Yitzhak
Subject(s): Cabbala; Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Kabbala; Kabbalah; Judaism


That we may not brood -- concerning that which is hidden to thought,
lest we fall into confusion. For only from that which we comprehend

are we able to recognize also that which we cannot comprehend.
& to that end word-spheres arose.

For language comprehends
only that out of which it comes

since humanity is unable to grasp
the word of the divine,

& the letters of the alphabet,
but only the word of language itself.

& there are no words
outside the letters of the alphabet.
& all the divine words are given
to be meditated upon.

For all spheres fill themselves up
from a sphere above

& they are given in order
to meditate from the sphere-word that appears

in your heart,
to meditate

up to the infinite.
For there is no path to prayer
other than that whereby

humanity is sucked up by finite words
& rises in thinking to the infinite.


Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org




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