Come, My Beloved: L’cha Dodi

L’cha dodi, naytzeh HaSadeh

Come, my beloved, let us go out to the field. (Song of Songs 7:12)

These are words that invite us into Shabbat Consciousness, a place of spacious, relaxed receptive presence. It is only in that wide open field, that love can reveal herself, express her full beauty , flourish, thrive and blossom into her mature and powerful form.

In responding to this invitation, I find my purpose, because finally, I am in a place where my love can be received. There I will give you my love; there I will give you my all.

By stepping into Shabbat Consciousness, I am letting go of my attachments to judgment, opinions, control, fixed identity and all the rigid complications of my struggle. I am stepping into trust, unknowing and endless possibility.

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Come, My Beloved

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