Friday, April 12, 2024

Hey Heh Hei




Three lines: thought, speech, action
Three dimensions : height, width, depth 
Heh is the dalet with an extra foot 
A foot in the door : Presence

Heh the fifth Hebrew letter holds within it 
The month of Nisan, the head of all months
New year of Kings, whose Priestess is Maiden, 
Youth dancing her drum to the temple 
Beating the sound of victory over Winter
Ushering in Spring, reawakening
Autonomy, Liberation, Sovereignty

Hineini begins with a heh and
It means "Here I Am" the answer given 
When the Divine asks "Where are you?" 
Ideally we answer, "Present. Ready. 
Available to do the thing, whatever it is." 
We raise our hand to show the five fingers

Heh rules over the Ram of fire-sign Aries
The Ram: an animal in Torah most frequently 
Sacrificed to the One and roasted by fire 
The Ram: the Egyptian deity Khnum 
Whom we slay in the presence of the oppressor 
Whose blood we use to paint our doorposts 
To spare our own lives as the plagues 
Rain down on those around us 
The Ram whose burnt body we eat in haste 
As we run from our bondage
The Ram whose horn becomes our instrument 
Our breath the wind creating sound 
Through its hollowness, voicing
The wail of the heartbroken

Heh governs the Liver in our bodies 
That heaviest organ, honoring gravitas
The one that discerns and filters out toxicity
Even while we are poisoning ourselves with
Strong drink, telling the story of Exodus 
From the narrows, through the sea that split
Retracting as we ran toward the wilderness
The liver is here for us, silently purifying our blood

Heh the foundation of sight where, first, we show up and 
Declare our availability for service and, only then, 
Are we shown - do we see - the way forward. 
The word "light" occurs five times in our creation story
Giving us the illumation with which to perceive

Two of the four letters of the tetragrammaton: 
Yud HEH Vav HEH, the Presence of HEH 
"Here I Am" appears twice in The Name
Implying: 50% of Divinity is just showing up

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