Meditations on Resh...
The final three letters of the Hebrew Aleph-Beit represent Beginning, Middle, End. Resh, the head, is both the head of a person and the head of an event. The same Hebrew spelling with different vowel sounds can be found in Rosh Hashanah, the "Head of the Year", the Jewish New Year. Resh appears in the first two words of Genesis, בְּרֵאשִׁית and בָּרָא. In בְּרֵאשִׁית, the Beit at the beginning means in, and רֵאשִׁית means beginning, hence, "in the beginning". But first three letters are the same as the next word, בָּרָא, which means "to create". In both these words, Resh lends the meaning of beginning to the meaning of the word.
Resh is the pregnancy of Beit being realized as the blessing. Resh is spelled Resh Yod Shin, and Yod Shin spells Yeish, which means "something". So, Resh is pregnant with Yeish, "something". Resh represents G-d, the non-existent, the no-thing, pregnant with creation, the existent, the something. Resh is the potential in G-d for creation realized in creation. Mystically, Resh is the process and art of clarification. This is the mirror of the something which is the reflection of the True Something, G-d. Resh clarifies for use the Divine, which we cannot see. This is the Divine Mirror.
Resh is the 20th letter and has the value 200. 20 is the letter Koph, which is the palm of the hand and represents realized potential. Resh is the potential of Yod the seed being realized in the world as the beginning of the world. 200 is also the value of the words for wings, branch, summer, and archetypal. Resh represents newness, in the summer bringing new crops, the branch budding in spring, and the wings lifted in flight. It represents the archetypal in its reflection of G-d. Both 200 and 20 reduce to 2, which is Beit, which we looked at above. The form of Resh is that of the head bowed, which can represent both submission to G-d and poverty.
On both the Ari's and the Gra's Tree, Resh connects Tipherah, Beauty, to Yesod, Foundation. This shows Yesod as a lower reflection of Tipherah, a point of balance. Just as Tipherah balances Chesed, Mercy, and Geburah, Judgement, Yesod balances Netzach, Victory, and Hod, Glory. On Kircher's Tree, Resh connects Hod to Yesod. This represents a new beginning, Glory coming to the Foundation to be brought down to manefest in Malkuth.
When we first come to Resh, we find the Sun here. This it the Sun rising each morning, a new beginning, bringing with it inspiration and vitality.
The Fool finds hope in Resh. Even this close to the end of his journey, there are new things, new beginnings. What he has started is almost finished, but the revelations he has found will always be new, will always take on a new aspect.
After the Fool has danced on, we find Judgement here. Judgement, also, is about beginnings. It is about rebirth and resurrection, about accepting the past and moving on to a new beginning.
The main points of Resh are "Beginning" and "Process". What do you need to start? It's time to start it. What are you in the process of doing? Continue and finish it. What is G-d in the process of doing, or wanting to start, in your life? Let him. Realize the potential you have by beginning and finishing all that you can.
~Muninn's Kiss
Resh is the pregnancy of Beit being realized as the blessing. Resh is spelled Resh Yod Shin, and Yod Shin spells Yeish, which means "something". So, Resh is pregnant with Yeish, "something". Resh represents G-d, the non-existent, the no-thing, pregnant with creation, the existent, the something. Resh is the potential in G-d for creation realized in creation. Mystically, Resh is the process and art of clarification. This is the mirror of the something which is the reflection of the True Something, G-d. Resh clarifies for use the Divine, which we cannot see. This is the Divine Mirror.
Resh is the 20th letter and has the value 200. 20 is the letter Koph, which is the palm of the hand and represents realized potential. Resh is the potential of Yod the seed being realized in the world as the beginning of the world. 200 is also the value of the words for wings, branch, summer, and archetypal. Resh represents newness, in the summer bringing new crops, the branch budding in spring, and the wings lifted in flight. It represents the archetypal in its reflection of G-d. Both 200 and 20 reduce to 2, which is Beit, which we looked at above. The form of Resh is that of the head bowed, which can represent both submission to G-d and poverty.
On both the Ari's and the Gra's Tree, Resh connects Tipherah, Beauty, to Yesod, Foundation. This shows Yesod as a lower reflection of Tipherah, a point of balance. Just as Tipherah balances Chesed, Mercy, and Geburah, Judgement, Yesod balances Netzach, Victory, and Hod, Glory. On Kircher's Tree, Resh connects Hod to Yesod. This represents a new beginning, Glory coming to the Foundation to be brought down to manefest in Malkuth.
When we first come to Resh, we find the Sun here. This it the Sun rising each morning, a new beginning, bringing with it inspiration and vitality.
The Fool finds hope in Resh. Even this close to the end of his journey, there are new things, new beginnings. What he has started is almost finished, but the revelations he has found will always be new, will always take on a new aspect.
After the Fool has danced on, we find Judgement here. Judgement, also, is about beginnings. It is about rebirth and resurrection, about accepting the past and moving on to a new beginning.
The main points of Resh are "Beginning" and "Process". What do you need to start? It's time to start it. What are you in the process of doing? Continue and finish it. What is G-d in the process of doing, or wanting to start, in your life? Let him. Realize the potential you have by beginning and finishing all that you can.
~Muninn's Kiss