Indeed,
OHR [OHR in Hebrew Alef-Vav–Reish] in other Biblical
contexts does refer to light. But in the account of
the first day of creation it is clear that OHR does
not mean light—or at least not light as we commonly
define it. Keep in mind that the planets had not yet
been created (not until the fourth day) so that OHR
cannot possibly refer to celestial light. A more accurate
translation for OHR
in this verse is energy. So the first words of creation
are: “And God said: Let there be energy and there
was energy.”
Whether
you fully or only partially grasp what Einstein revealed,
the act of creation from nothing to something applies
as well to the creation of energy. We think of energy
as a tangible entity with its own existence —
but it isn’t seeable or touchable. There is yet
another layer to unpeel here. Implied in the creation
account in Genesis is that God spoke and there was energy.
So the word came before and is itself a prior creation
to energy. Energy therefore is more of a “physical”
creation when compared to information (the word) and
information is more of a creation compared to nothingness
(or all the intermediaries between nothingness and information).
Einstein does help us make the same leap the Kabbalists
were transmitting regarding the nature of the universe.
What seems solid is not as solid as we perceive or think.
Our
perceptions are only skin deep. The Hebrew word for
skin is also pronounced OHR. The first letter instead
of the silent Alef is the more guttural Ayin. So only
their first, similar sounding letters, linguistically
distinguish energy and skin. The Kabbalah teaches that
when Adam and Eve were formed they were initially beings
of light—energy. They had no physical form per
se; they were manifestations of male and female energy.
Then they ate of the Tree of Knowing and as is stated
in Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 21: “and God made for
Adam and Isha (Eve) coats of skin and clothed them.”
These coats of skin are the skin, which inhabit our
physical bodies.
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