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| Rabbi David Cooper is the author of the book, God is A Verb. This is a wonderful introduction to Kabbalah as well as a commentary on how our language affects our perception of both I and Thou. The basic premise of the title is that we cannot view God as a noun, but rather in terms of a verb. There is no “God” in our lives, but there is “God-ing.” God-ing is an ongoing action that permeates every part of the universe. There is no time or place that the action of God-ing is not unfolding. This is the great secret of the meaning of the name given to Moses. The great I Am hints at the verb-al nature of God. And since each molecule, each quark of creation has the spark of God, we must also refer to ourselves as verbs – not Tam but Taming. Just as a verb can never stop acting on either itself or its object, neither can we not act or affect all that we do and all that we come in contact with. This is the whole point of Kabbalah, which means to receive that we are all about three things – to give to receive and to return to our source. The rest is commentary. As is common in books written be Chasidic Jews, this book is about 50% stories used to illustrate points that are made, which makes the book great reading if for no other reason. Cooper explains that the process of God-ing is synonymous with the process of loving. This is the underlying principle of all the rules of Judaism and, I would venture, of all religious principles. When the great 1st century Rabbi, Hillel, was asked to sum up all of the Law and prophets while standing on one foot, he found it an easy task by saying, “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. The rest is commentary, go and learn it.” The Golden Rule of Christianity expresses the same sentiment when it says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Cooper also points out that God-ing is about creation. We cannot not create. Everything we do or say is a creative process. And if we are continuously creating, we have equal ability to create evil as to create good. This places great value upon every single word, thought or deed that we do. If we truly grasped that concept then we would recognize that we are the creators of our own world for good or ill. It is our choice. We no longer can wallow in self-pity blaming others for what happens to us. Cooper would have us understand that we, and only we, are responsible for what happens to us. Cooper explains that there is a first source and that the only way we can experience this is through relationships. “The secret teaching in developing this relationship with the Unknowable is hidden in the mystical foundation of the nature of relationship itself.” Since every molecule, every quark of existence has the spark of God within it; there can be no absence of God. In order to have a relationship with God; we must have a relationship with ourselves, and our fellow. It is no accident that the word for “know” in Hebrew is also a connotation for sex. “And Adam knew Eve and she conceived and brought forth a son.” There is an active, mutual concept involved in this action . This book is full of wonderful insights, stories, and meditations, and provides a basic understanding of Kabbala in easy to read language. To learn more about it…read God Is A Verb: Kabbala and the Practice of Mystical Judaism by Rabbi David Cooper published by Riverhead Books in 1997 |
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