{"id":3323,"date":"2017-04-04T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=3323"},"modified":"2017-04-04T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:41:12","slug":"first-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/first-love\/","title":{"rendered":"First Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Entitled: “First Love<\/strong>“<\/span>
\n (Acrylic on canvas) #Baruch2017<\/span><\/p>\n

This painting projects the symbolism of the biblical archetype for “First Love”.<\/span>
\n Playing with the motifs and biblical narrative for the inspired\u00a0\u00a0LOVE that erupts between\u00a0Jacob and Rachel at first glance upon meeting at the “drawing well”.<\/span>
\n In Kabbalah, Jacob grows to\u00a0symbolize the Divine attribute of Merciful healing, a\u00a0aspect of harmonizing\u00a0Sun that galvanizes growth along all of creation\u00a0— as the “Erech Anpin” of “Tifferes Yisroel”. Rachel in the biblical narrative is a personification of Shechinah (Feminine Divine), the hidden benevolence and creative potentials latently awaiting\u00a0within all things. She is often depicted as the moon, with the the many stars her great and many progeny of goodness. She\u00a0advocates in\u00a0merit and nurtures collective goodness into greater fulfillment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this rendering, there are two prominent stars alluding the 2 direct progeny of the biblical Rachael; Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph symbolizing those endowed with the creative attribute for turning darkness into light. Benjamin symbolizes those endowed\u00a0with the creative attribute for\u00a0enhancing light into a greater light.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob and Rachel meet near twilight a time when the sun romances the moon — the realized romancing greater mystique. This rendering evokes\u00a0a\u00a0powerful convergence of potentials as\u00a0the aspirant’s realized aspects of awareness romances into fulfillment the hidden parts of their soul’s potentials. This sacred achievement\u00a0is a attained as the aspirant\u00a0releases\u00a0the light obscured by\u00a0perceived darkness within.<\/span><\/p>\n

The biblical Jacob is long associated with introducing the spiritual devotions of the\u00a0time of dusk, associated with the late “Mincha”<\/em> prayer — the twilight boundary\u00a0between potential and fulfillment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The “drawing well” is spiritually associated with creativity, potentials and greater awareness. Jacob and Rachel meet at the drawing well because their\u00a0primordial bond\u00a0summon the revelation\u00a0to draw forth the wake of the soul’s surfacing potentials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob, the personification for realizing mercifulness over\u00a0the totality allows for connection\u00a0for the hidden light of Rachel shrouded in the night’s mystery, she is the Shechinah associated with future collective good will and attainment.\u00a0Their love should not be confused with\u00a0a superficial romantic love, but rather a devotional love that proves revelatory. They are perpetual partners in Sacred<\/em> service to greater Divinity. Together they romance the potentials of the soul into greater fullness within\u00a0each other and for\u00a0greater creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emblematically, in this depiction their love is separated on by the\u00a0is signified by the staff of creation\/ the miraculous “matteh<\/em>“– also known as the authority granted through the Shepherds staff of leadership — it has long been\u00a0a designation for a spiritual mastery gained from\u00a0guiding, protecting and nurturing the hidden innocence within all things.<\/span><\/p>\n

This painting is intended to highlight passages to greater love, discovery, inspiration and harmony. Upon glancing at\u00a0the rendering the viewer is struck by the juxtaposition between the worldly foreground and the more direct\u00a0heavenly perspective. As a\u00a0spiritual aspirant or creative, approaching your personal\u00a0wellspring of creative potentials and greater perspective\u00a0can be at times a daunting path. Here, the painting depicts a\u00a0young girl creating you as a shepherdess\u00a0as your\u00a0eyes approach\u00a0the well.\u00a0She is a personification of the constellation Virgo associated with the plentitudes of actualization, but here she shepherds over a flock of innocence. It is the same with direct pathways to creative fulfillment — you must honour the innocence in all things and follow disciplines for seeing the world anew to draw gainfully on the soul’s creative potentials. Although she appears out the line of sight of the more “worldly” figures ahead of her, the unconditionality of her devotions are key to achieving fluid states creative discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to tradition, Jacob and Rachel share love at first sight after Jacob wrestles off a large rock set by the shepherds to obstruct passage to the well’s resources. Thereafter, he shares the sweet waters of the well in a way that is counter to our worldly values; he shares with the weakest first. This merciful attribute is what makes Jacob a fit partner for Rachel’s caring eyes. Together, they join by\u00a0the well, the shepherding staff in hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

From a spiritual perspective, the ecstatic love of Jacob and Rachel is inspired by their shared\u00a0devotion to fulfilling the full power of their soul’s potentials and employing\u00a0that awesome light most\u00a0nobly.<\/span>
\n This staff\u00a0foreshadows\u00a0to the shepherding\u00a0staff needed to rescue\u00a0innocence —\u00a0\u00a0the hidden sparks of light obscured by darkness —\u00a0the secret attributes of the “anointed of Joseph”. Although he\u00a0will suffer greatly for his charge, he will heal oppression into a restorative passion for renewed vigour and\u00a0innocence that will help\u00a0prepare our world for an age where true\u00a0intimacy can\u00a0reign at last over\u00a0the hearts of all mankind.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entitled: “First Love“ (Acrylic on canvas) #Baruch2017 This painting projects the symbolism of the biblical archetype for “First Love”. Playing with the motifs and biblical narrative for the inspired\u00a0\u00a0LOVE that erupts between\u00a0Jacob and Rachel at first glance upon meeting at the “drawing well”. In Kabbalah,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-Portfolio2Cols-filterable.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3328,"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3323\/revisions\/3328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}