Meditations on Tipherah, part 2...
Tipherah is spelled Tau, Pe, Aleph, Resh, Tau. Tau is the Seal of Creation. Pe is the Oral Torah. Aleph is the first emanation, and the Beginning. Resh is the Head and the Beginning. The second Tau is the completion of Tipherah. It is also the indication of a plural word. Tipherah incorporates both the Beginning and the End, Resh and Tau, Aleph and Tau.
Tipherah is 400 (Tau) + 80 (Pe) + 1 (Aleph) + 200 (Resh) + 400 (Tau) = 1081. 1081 is also the gematria for "Creation of the World". This relates to Resh and Aleph as the beginning of creation and Tau as the completion of creation. 1081 reduces to 10, Yod, which is the seed from which all of creation comes. Yod, in turn, reduces to 1, Aleph, the first emanation.
Grief and Cruelty both have been put forward as the Qlipoth of Tipherah. Neither seem to work for me. Tipherah as Joy and Love have these two as the opposite, but I see the reflection being most likely. One description of Tipherah is Sacrifice. The mirror of Sacrifice is Denying. Sacrifice is giving up something for the Divine. Denying is giving up something for image or to feel better than someone else. The Hebrew word I'll use Mana' (מנע) meaning to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder.
The way to avoid this Qlipoth is to focus on G-d instead of self and others. The secret is Shiflut, having your relationship to G-d as the central focus. Nothing you can do can make you better or worse than anyone else, for we all are nothing compared to G-d. How spiritual you look becomes irrelevant.
~Muninn's Kiss
Tipherah is 400 (Tau) + 80 (Pe) + 1 (Aleph) + 200 (Resh) + 400 (Tau) = 1081. 1081 is also the gematria for "Creation of the World". This relates to Resh and Aleph as the beginning of creation and Tau as the completion of creation. 1081 reduces to 10, Yod, which is the seed from which all of creation comes. Yod, in turn, reduces to 1, Aleph, the first emanation.
Grief and Cruelty both have been put forward as the Qlipoth of Tipherah. Neither seem to work for me. Tipherah as Joy and Love have these two as the opposite, but I see the reflection being most likely. One description of Tipherah is Sacrifice. The mirror of Sacrifice is Denying. Sacrifice is giving up something for the Divine. Denying is giving up something for image or to feel better than someone else. The Hebrew word I'll use Mana' (מנע) meaning to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder.
The way to avoid this Qlipoth is to focus on G-d instead of self and others. The secret is Shiflut, having your relationship to G-d as the central focus. Nothing you can do can make you better or worse than anyone else, for we all are nothing compared to G-d. How spiritual you look becomes irrelevant.
~Muninn's Kiss