Sefer Yetzirah, the Cube of Space, and the Emergence of ... - Maqom

have to live off of and digest the knowledge we’ve already acquired in order to move to ahigher level. This reflects what is said in the following passage from Proverbs.“Drink the water from your own storage well, and fresh water from your ownspring.” (Proverbs 5:15)The letter dalet, among other things, stands for daat, knowledge.In Kabbalah,knowledge is seen as the synthesis of right and left brain activities, the child of intuitivewisdom combined with analytical understanding.Furthermore, when we haveknowledge, then that knowledge becomes the seed for what we will bring intomanifestation.For example, the intent to create something coupled with theunderstanding of what is required results in a detailed blueprint of how the to bring theproject into manifestation. That blueprint is both the knowledge and the seed of what isto come.The letter kaf is associated in the Sefer Yetzirah with the word life. In Hebrew, though,the letter kaf stands for both kivane, to attune, and kavannah, intention or devotion.Through intention we can direct and attune the focus of our right brain, and by attuningourselves to mercy and love, we enhance the life within us.The letter peh means mouth in Hebrew, and in the Sefer Yetzirah it is associated withdominance. The message here is clear. To progress from ordinary left brain activities toa higher level of intellectual functioning you have to learn to control your mouth. In50