The Voice Of The Divine?
Speaking from the Inside Out!
“When the words find you first, is this the voice of the divine speaking through you?”
There is a sacred moment, often missed where the words arrive before we understand them.
I’m not talking about the practiced speech or the curated thought. But, the trembling, pulsing syllables that rise like mist from within the soul’s terrain!
This is the realm of Chokhmah. Not logical. Not explainable. But real none the less!
It is that whisper behind your eyes when you feel something so true, you speak it without planning!
You breathe it before believing. And only later, perhaps hours or even lifetimes later, do you understand what it meant?
This is not foolishness, this is wisdom!
The kind too wild to fit in a box! Too holy to be tamed by grammar!
Binah will come, as she always does. She will take these lightning flashes and weave them into sentences. She will gather the sparks, lay out the meaning, and name it all.
But not yet!
Because first, you must let your soul speak!
You must trust the vowels that rise unbidden from who knows where, the tremble in your throat that isn’t fear but creation in it’s purest form!
And, you must let your mouth move before your mind catches up!
This is the invitation to live at the edge of mystery!
The space where what wants to be said doesn’t always come from you, but through you!
Not noise, but sound!
Not babble. but birth!
Let the letters form on your tongue like prayer. Not because you understand them, but because they understand you!
And then, dear heart, let Binah hold them!
She will mother your utterance into meaning, but first, Speak!
Dear heart, trust what comes through you is for you.
Since 2020 I have been on a path of study and discovery of Kabbalah.
In Kabbalah, speech connects to Binah, which is the energy of understanding, where ideas are formed, shaped, and made comprehensible. But the act of pronouncing the letters. That raw, unfiltered act of sound and creation, emerges from Chokhmah, the flash of insight, the spark before the structure.
This teaching suggests a spiritual exercise: to pronounce sacred letters not just by rote, but from that space of intuitive insight, Chokhmah and then give them form and meaning through Binah.
Think of it as soul-speak first, mind-shape second!
Chokhmah is the intuitive, inspired flash, the right brain, the open channel, the "father" masculine energy of raw potential.
Binah is the structuring force, the left brain, the mother womb, the female receiving, shaping and growing energy that what was sparked!
Together, they represent the divine dance of creation within us: From insight to expression!
From formless to formed!
From wordless knowing to embodied speech!
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Chokhmah & Binah: The First Sparks of Creation Explained Simply
“Imagine the Universe before anything existed, just stillness, mystery, and Divine potential. In Kabbalah, the very first spark of creation came through Chokhmah, often translated as Wisdom, but it’s not “wisdom” in the usual sense.”
Chokhmah is that first flash of insight, like when a brilliant idea pops into your head out of nowhere. It’s raw, wordless knowing. It’s the, “aha!” moment.
In fact, the word "Chokhmah" can be broken into Chokh (power or potential) and mah(what is), meaning: “the power of what is” or “pure potential.”
Think of it as the divine seed, tiny but packed with infinite possibilities!
But that spark alone isn’t enough. It needs shape. It needs development. It needs a womb to grow in!
That’s where Binah comes in. Binah means Understanding. It’s the divine intelligence that takes that spark and begins to unpack it, develop it, and turn it into something you can work with.
Binah is like the mother who takes the seed and nurtures it into life, giving it form, structure, and clarity.
So in simple terms:
Chokhmah is the raw idea or instant flash of inspiration.
Binah is the understanding that turns it into something real.
They work together in every act of creation, both in the cosmos and within us.
Every time you get a sudden idea and then sit down to work it out, you’re replaying that sacred dance between Chokhmah and Binah.
To explore teachings on Chokhmah (Wisdom) and Binah (Understanding) from a Kabbalistic perspective, you can visit the Kabbalah Centre's official website: www.kabbalah.com While there isn't a dedicated page solely for Chokhmah and Binah, the site offers a wealth of resources that delve into these concepts within the broader context of Kabbalistic teachings. You can use the search function on the website to find articles, courses, and lectures that discuss these sefirot in detail.
For a more in-depth exploration, you might also consider visiting Chabad.org and their article on the Sefirot and it’s role in the tree of life.