Rabbi Abraham Abulafia: Their mystery is (from Life of the Future World)

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Their mystery is (from Life of the Future World)

by Rabbi Abraham Abulafia
(1240 - 1295?) Timeline

English version by
Jewish Theological Seminary

Original Language
Hebrew

Jewish

13th Century

     Their mystery is:
          God
          my only One
          in them
          my heart
          will be worthy.
And their mystery is
     Enough! Enough! Enough!

-- from Meditation and Kabbalah, by Aryeh Kaplan

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/ Photo by Pedro Angelini /

Themes

Heart

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	The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492, Edited by Peter Cole
	Meditation and Kabbalah, by Aryeh Kaplan

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

A moment of ecstasy, a heart overflowing in its encounter with the mystery. The tongue rebels in the mouth at trying to formulate words. The whole awareness wants to simply watch in silence.

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