{"id":4219,"date":"2018-10-19T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rabbishefagold.com\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:49:46","slug":"sitting-in-the-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v4f0lgl183f.c.updraftclone.com\/sitting-in-the-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitting in the Secret of the Highest: Yoshayv"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yoshayv b\u2019sayter Elyon,
\nb\u2019tzayl Shadai yitlonan
\n\"Sitting
\nWhoever sits in the secret of the Highest
\nwill abide in the shade of Shaddai<\/em> (Psalm 91:1)
\n[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 91 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]<\/p>\n

This line from Psalm 91 is such a vivid and precise description of my meditation practice. I created this practice to illuminate my intention as I sit. I am sitting in the secret of the Highest. I am releasing all the content of mind, so that in that spaciousness that is created, I can receive the secret, the still small voice that has been whispering to me all along. The secret of the Highest is most often conveyed to me beyond words or concepts. It comes to me as a sense of Presence, and as a glimpse of a larger unknown Reality in which my \u201cknown\u201d world is embedded. <\/p>\n

This practice reminds me to keep at it, even if that spacious secret High place lasts for just a moment\u2026 those moments will guide me onto a path of living in the Presence. To abide in the shade of Shaddai<\/em> is to know the truth of our ultimate safety. Shade represents nearness and shelter. Shaddai<\/em> is an ancient name of God (usually translated as Almighty) rooted in the word for Breasts (Shaddayim<\/em>). To call on God as the Breasted One is to rest into Her nurturance and protection. My practice reminds me that I am sourced in the Oneness.<\/p>\n

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