{"id":68,"date":"2006-09-07T03:52:07","date_gmt":"2006-09-07T08:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s-medrash\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T16:41:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T21:41:38","slug":"authors-medrash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summametaphysica.com\/gg\/authors-medrash\/","title":{"rendered":"Author&#8217;s Midrash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the beginning of form<\/p>\n<p>Before the beginning of time<\/p>\n<p>The God of Israel<br \/>\nLord of Lords<br \/>\nKing of Kings<\/p>\n<p>gathered his 100 Archangels<\/p>\n<p>from the far corners of the universe<\/p>\n<p>They stood in a celestial phalanx<br \/>\n10 Archangels deep by 10 Archangels across<br \/>\nEach spanning a light year<\/p>\n<p>Thus, by current measure, the celestial phalanx covered 100 square light years,<br \/>\nif such a comparison can even be made<\/p>\n<p>facing the Divine<\/p>\n<p>I have called you here, Archangels of the Universe<br \/>\nto advise me&#8230;<br \/>\nas to whether or not<br \/>\nto create<br \/>\nHeaven and Earth<\/p>\n<p>Advise me, my celestial Archangels<\/p>\n<p>Shall I proceed forward or not?<\/p>\n<p>If I do not proceed, clearly you will never see realization<br \/>\nas more than Ideas<br \/>\nas more than Visions<br \/>\nas more than possibilities<\/p>\n<p>interacting only with the Divine<\/p>\n<p>But you must decide<\/p>\n<p>I seek your celestial counsel.<\/p>\n<p>One by one<br \/>\nthe Archangels of the universe<br \/>\nstepped forth&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nadmonished the Angel of LIGHT,<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nsaid the Angel of HOPE,<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nsaid the Angel of LOVE,<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nsaid the angel of BEAUTY,<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>~continued~<\/p>\n<p><!--COPY THIS ENTIRE CODE TO START TABLE--><\/p>\n<hr width=\"80%\" size=\"1\" align=\"left\" \/>\n<table width=\"314\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/kedushah\/\">< BACK<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/author%E2%80%99s-medrash\/2\/\">NEXT PAGE><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--END OF TABLE--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nsaid the Angel of VICTORY<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nsaid the Angel of SPIRITUALITY<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create<br \/>\nsaid the Angel of POETRY<br \/>\nThere will be to much suffering<\/p>\n<p>and so it went,<br \/>\non and on<\/p>\n<p>different Archangels<br \/>\n&#8211; but with the same utterance<br \/>\nAngel after Angel<br \/>\nquadrant after quadrant<\/p>\n<p>with but one conclusion&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>the Angel of the TIDES<br \/>\nthe Angel of JOY<br \/>\nthe Angel of CREATIVITY<br \/>\nthe Angel of DREAMS<br \/>\nthe Angel of ELEGANCE<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;of EXPLORATION<br \/>\n&#8230;of FREEDOM<br \/>\n&#8230;of KINDNESS<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;FULFILLMENT<br \/>\n&#8230;MERCY<br \/>\n&#8230;PASSION<br \/>\n&#8230;JUSTICE<\/p>\n<p>one Archangel after another<br \/>\nstepped forward<br \/>\nto front\u00e2\u20ac\u201cand\u00e2\u20ac\u201ccenter<br \/>\nof the phalanx<br \/>\nfaced the Divine<\/p>\n<p>and said<br \/>\neach one almost verbatim<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT create Heaven and Earth<br \/>\nThere will be too much suffering<\/p>\n<p>~continued~<\/p>\n<p><!--COPY THIS ENTIRE CODE TO START TABLE--><\/p>\n<hr width=\"80%\" size=\"1\" align=\"left\" \/>\n<table width=\"314\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/author%E2%80%99s-medrash\/1\/\">< BACK<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/author%E2%80%99s-medrash\/3\/\">NEXT PAGE><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--END OF TABLE--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>The 75th Angel, the 76th Angel, the 77th Angel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>the 85th, 86th, 87th&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>moving towards unanimity&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230;up to the 100th Archangel<\/p>\n<p>the one in the very back left quadrant\/corner<br \/>\nof the celestial phalanx&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;..the Angel who BURIES the DEAD<\/p>\n<p>and there was the slightest of pauses, almost imperceptible<br \/>\nas the Archangel shuffled his way forward to the front&#8230;in his patented trudge&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>stood before the Divine<br \/>\nstood silent for a few moments<\/p>\n<p>then uttered very deliberately&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8220;<em>UVACHARTA<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>and thou shalt choose&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[the Angels of HOPE, LOVE and MERCY shifted slightly and coiled&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>BA-CHAYIM<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">LIFE<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">and, simultaneous with the utterance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The God of Israel<br \/>\nKing of Kings<br \/>\nLord of Hosts<\/p>\n<p>arose from his celestial throne<\/p>\n<p>[all 100 Archangels  bowed down]<\/p>\n<p>the Divine stretching forth his right arm<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and in one grand majestic sweep&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>IGNITED THE COSMOS<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">CREATING THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<hr width=\"80%\" size=\"1\" align=\"left\" \/>\n<table width=\"314\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/author%E2%80%99s-medrash\/2\/\">< BACK<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/from-the-yom-kippur-machzor\/\">NEXT 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