Some Past Responses

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Dear Bora,

Thanks for your note and links. I'm fully familiar with the Crown Diamond model. I had to deal with it when it was produced as phoney evidence by the "willful and malicious" #($*0#*$ I was forced to sue. I'm sure the authors were well-intended, but in my opinion, the Crown Diamond material is very lightweight. It's lacking in knowledge and confused about the facts. The geometry is simplistic, there's no overall coherence, and the letters don't match anything real. In other words, it's just foolish. (There's no crime in that; everyone deserves to express their views.) I've looked over the links page on the Crown Diamond site. The only one there that I know is worthwhile is the last one, Bruce Rawles. The rest are more or less well-intended, but in my opinion, just a superficial approach to material that the authors don't fully understand.

If you really want to know about the alphabet, start with Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's translation of the Sefer Yetzirah. It won't give you easy answers, but at least it's accurate and authoritative. Kaplan was a physicist with a Jewish education. I never met him, but he was the lifelong friend of one of my dearest friends and colleagues. My work is to some extent an extension of Kaplan (with a bit of Arthur Young and a bit of Bucky Fuller thrown in) -- at least, that was the opinion of the attendees at the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists conference, where I presented a few years ago.

So, forget the Crown Diamond. It's not useful. If you want knowledge, take on the hard stuff, and spend a few years working on a serious education. Then, you can go back and look at the lightweight stuff, and you'll see why it's laughable by comparison with what's real.

By the way, for all intents and purposes, the Crown Diamond stuff is a copy of the beautiful work of a Danish scholar, Tons Brunes. I know his book is out of print, and it was very expensive anyway, but you may be able to find it in a good library. (But while it's beautiful, and architecturally accurate, it's also not very deep philosophically.) You're just not going to find anything real about the alphabet without wading through some of the serious sources and references. In my opinion, Crown Diamond definitely isn't a serious source or reference.

Yours truly,
Stan

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Received and posted 1/13/2000

Answered 1/13/2000

Thank you, Stan Tenen, for your frank opinion. The text, itself, states that the revelation was not given to a kabbalist or mathematician, but to one of impoverished background.

I am aware of the more complex geometry and inform readers of its existence and of the measurement that takes the two-dimensional Crown Diamond into the third dimension, as symbolized by the icon at the bottom of the screen. I lack computer skills to do better than that, for the moment.

I want to thank you for this chance of bringing simplicity up so early. The deepest perceptions represented by the Crown Diamond displays are beyond representation; for they consist of the spirit's calculation of all dimensional interplay, perceived and unperceived by the mind.

I also recommend the Kaplan book; and Psalm 119 is not to be overlooked. Thank you for the exchange.

B'shalom,
Bora

Dear Bora,

Stan invoked the name of Aryeh Kaplan in tacit endorsement of his own views, implying that the rabbi would also find your work unsubstantial. Not so! I knew Rebbi Kaplan very well! Bora, your work is not a potpourri of others' work...It's from YOU, and from YOUR creative knowing!

Aryeh loved that things "CAME to ME." The rabbi and friend ardently encouraged my own, like-spirited continuance on this rocky, but well-lit path we choose to travel. I believe it was mostly because he saw how accessible and easy-to-enter I allowed my own kabbalah classes to be. Right into the Four Worlds! Of course, after that the paths weren't easy...They took much work, worship, study, and SERVICE.

Rabbi Kaplan was in awe of those who could do what you are able to do!!!!!!!!!! As are his TRUE students! I was shocked when he occasionally invited me to his regular Monday night classes in Brooklyn, just to share my REVELATIONS...

Folks whose knowledge of kabbalah stems from books need to acquire the courage to surrender to the intuitive mind, or else their spiritual unfoldment will be superficial and greatly hampered -- possibly beyond repair. Attachment to the written word is an addiction, a safety net. I hope those so ensnared wake up in time to experience just what Truth IS. One thing it isn't, is solely what another has written. Partially, maybe; but never exclusively.

The most reliable source of true knowledge is the soul itself. That's not a platitude to console the illiterate. When Aryeh understood that my knowledge did not come from books, but from the soul, he was BEYOND enthusiastic!

Those who lack the imagination to break tradition and create new ones must be ignored if they attack those with clean and earnest hearts that DO have the Rest.

Much mazel with your CD! I just know it is blessed, and a very important learning tool for today's times, ad infinitum!

With much love, respect, and great expectations for your continuing success,

Dr. Gerri Leigh

http://www.DrGerri.com

Received and Posted 1/25/2000

 Answered 1/25/2000

Thank you, Dr. Gerri, for your supportive words and for the personal insight about the gifted Rebbe Kaplan.

The Crown Diamond did come by personal revelation, but it's not subjective. The system of drawings is, in effect, a mathematical proof of the precise ratios appropriate to the study of kabbalah. By its paradigm, we stand at the beginning of the age when science and religion shall become one.

And it makes kabbalah approachable for any with the heart to learn! Because the Western languages of man, beginning with Ketav Levonah, are demonstrated beyond doubt to be snippets of the ancient lore, each of us is, to some measure, an adept going in, whatever our book knowledge.

When I began the text for The Crown Diamond of the Tree of Life: the Measurement of the Tabernacle of David, I sent a rough draft to Dr. William Graham, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Harvard University. He found nobody in the circles of scholastic kabbalah who knew anything at all about the diagram. I'm still amazed, because its parts are used or encountered daily in each of our lives -- and have been! For thousands of years!

The purpose of the book and of this site is to make this knowledge easily available to the general public and to encourage fresh looks at an old discipline. Your letter has encouraged me greatly.

B'shalom,
Bora

Don't you know that "Yahweh" is derived from IEUE (as stated in most reference books) and that IEUE is derived from IEU, the Persian Sun God?

Don't you know that "Yahshua" is not the Messiah's name? Scripture explicitly states that his name is unique, "There is no other name under heaven whereby men may be saved . . ." "Yahshua" is a common name like Bob or Bill or George. "Yahshua" came in the fullness of the Father's name which contains salvation. There is no salvation in "Yah". "Shua" is Hebrew for "wealth" and Canaanite for "a crying, whining one".

Please do not continue a Ministry for Satan by carrying on the traditionalcommonly-accepted name deception.

Richard Court

zapenguinista@sympatico.ca

Received and Posted 3/07/2000

Answered 3/07/2000

Certainly, the only appropriate Torah name forms are the originals. Largely, my audience has not known them, and I use the forms in use around me to point to concepts I would open for consideration.

I must acknowledge, however, that I have been turning in my own understandings of The Name. Faith leads to knowledge. We know, for example, that YHWH (sorry) does not make a man an offender because of a word. We are judged not by the sounds or forms we employ, but the intent in supplication.

HaShem YHWH is perfectly capable of correcting every course. Thank you for being faithful to your understanding and for fulfilling the obligation of blood guilt.

Bora

Although, I do not agree with your understanding I do appreciate it and I must commend you for the absolute beauty of your response.

Richard

Received and Posted 3/07/2000

 Answered 3/07/2000

Thank you, Richard.

The world is bound in confusion of tongues, and of faces/expressions.

Bora

Mystery Babylon the Great.

Richard

Received 3/08/2000; Posted 4/09/2000

Oh, I find you site most interesting!

I'm a Christian and your site intrigues me! But it's sooo deep. Where
should I begin???? I'm studying the Tabernacle of David and Worshipping
the Lord in Spirit and in Truth. Through my search I happened upon your
site.

Susan Hitchcock

Shalom Susan,

Thank you for the response: so few bother, and it's a real pleasure to hear from someone who has visited with growth in mind.

David is the human heart (dalet) united with (waw) the Divine Heart (dalet). That's where Avraham began, as do all who are of the same seed -- whatever their background in the world of religiosity. One must come to know the object of one's faith.

"If you had seen me, you had seen the Father also." Receive the Son as Projection of the Father and you will be free of the man idol of the letter without losing a single benefit the milk of the word first presented.

There is no power, but of YHWH.

Bora

Thank you Bora for writing. Now are you saying that I'm on the right path by studying the line of David? Being the 'type' of the Son....leading me to the Divine....THE SON HIMSELF? But I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'the man idol of the letter'. I do SO believe that Jesus is the EXPRESS IMAGE of the Father. Now are you saying that the letter of the law is what strangles us but the word, received in sincerity, as a baby receives the nourishment from his mother, will then benefit. Forgive my ignorance. But I'm still a bit
bewildered. Maybe I'm one of those who has eyes but fail to see. I SO want to know the Lamb DEEPER and to FOLLOW Him where He leads!

Susan

Dearest Susan,

This reasoning begins in the spirit and ends in the flesh. That's good; because unless the seed falls to the ground, it abides alone! Nevertheless, it begins with the false assumption that the David of scripture signifies a
man. The Law (the Instruction)-- Torah, Tanach, every word ever inscribed at the instigation of Ruach HaQodesh/Holy Spirit -- is spiritual.

David is not a type. David is a state of being. When the scripture says that King David will be raised up to us, it is not speaking of a man; for that man is buried and his sepulchure remains with us to this day. It is speaking
of the state of being to which the scriptures testify.

Now, if what was written is spiritual, then that being written by the authors of the New Testament must also be spiritual. As with the mother, the daughter; for that which is is as that which has gone before.

I was raised a Methodist, myself, so I know precisely where you are coming from. The Father knows how to give good gifts to his children; and nothing you believe can separate you from the love of HaShem YHWH.

The Tabernacle of David is within you.

Would you mind my posting these letters and responses on the Feedbacks page? I surely would not publish material of this sort without permission.

B'shalom,
Bora

Thank you for your responses. Yes, you may post if you think it would be helpful.

Susan Hitchcock

Thank you, Susan.

As to where to begin! The narrative in the book, after lengthy introductory remarks, begins with The Fall because that's where each of us begins as we enter into an earthly life.

I suggest, however, that you might rather begin near the end of the Crown Diamond book, at the article entitled "The Scarlet Thread."

Before understanding the appearences of the faces of YHWH, we must fully understand the faces given to ouselves, as being made in the likness of HaShem. Lifting this understanding in prayer is offering the lower door to the Door above.

This higher Door is the projection of HaShem into finity. Seen as an exterior force, it is the Shekinah -- the Angel of the Presence. It's the cloud into which Yisrael is immersed through Moshe. As the Presence not only surrounds but also pervades (in him we live and move and have our being), that Presence is discernable in the human heart, if only as a knocking. When, by accepting the Presence consciously in love, knowledge of its nature and source is released to our understandings. The gospels invite us to enter into this mystery. To make of them mere historical accounts is to deny that messiah IS come in the flesh.

After reading the Scarlet Thread, perhaps you will be encouraged by the article entitled Zeal.

May the unity of Faith come upon all men.

Bora