ntration though. The actual image in meditation can explode with meaning. Blemishes can be found. If the letters appear black, red, white, or fire, one can find where the blemished of their lives are held and then work inward to remedy them. YHVA soon opened a new world to those who practiced its visualization.The same holds true for the focus of the letters. A blemish can also be seen in the misalignment of the letters. Here held a higher sense of enlightenment. Here is a means to the end; perhaps this is what makes it dangerous. This is Merkavah meditation. One must be completely in tune to thoughts and meanings of the study and in an area of quiet. Recite the name. Visualize G-d. Fatigue will come, as one is deeper into oneself. Do not slow down. Do not doubt. Senses must be abandon for higher intellect to occur. Imagination allows lines to be crossed. Here one faces oneself. This shock will be overcome. Strange thoughts sometimes hinder this process. But focus on the Tree of life may aid this. The Tree of Life is that of richness and beauty. To combat these images that seem strange, place them on the Tree of Life (Hoffman 111). These images are a different realm. One can become that between G-d and earth. And today. What is to be said about this practice today? The ability to receive such prophetic spirit is still an important aspect. It is reserved for a few. It is the prophets that are netting for the word of G-d. G-d sees a certain disposition in people. It could be said that this mystical meditation practice is preparation of a prophet. The practice of the Holy Names is important. One must learn to look above and travel to this place of G-d. But, as seen by the mistakes of the sages, the body-soul connection must never be broken. Without this connection, a prophet is dead. The prophet is hence a man of action and his mind is kept with the here and now.One way or another, it is important that the pro...
