The understanding of our earthly roots, have forever been intertwined with trees. “Trees of Life” have been found in multiple creation stories throughout the world. One of the most storied is that the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. 

In Jewish mysticism the Tree of Life is central to the Kabbalah (receiving). It outlines the mystical path of the soul as it travels through the primordial Tree of Life and its ten Sephirah (wisdom). The soul originally exists in the infinite space beyond the tree known as Ein Sof, before It chooses to enter the first Sephirah named Kether (divine will) located at the top of the tree. The soul travels down through the Tree of Life to receive wisdom from the 10 Sephirah. When the soul reaches Malkuth (Earth) it becomes grounded in the physical world as a human. 

From this place of being human, the soul can revisit the ten Sephirah by traveling up the Tree of Life to receive and reveal the wisdom of itself as a soul. By doing so the soul attains Da’at (oneness) as it now knows both its physical nature as a human and the infinite nature of its soul. 

Carl Jung believed that the human psyche was “by nature religious” and what set humans apart from other species was their continued search for meaning and purpose. He felt that the psyche individuated itself from its soul in search of its purpose in life. When the psyche longs to know more it begins the journey of exploring its self as a soul. Jung saw trees as the archetype of the psyche and mandalas as the archetype of wholeness. To be whole is to know our divine nature as “holy”. 

The Tree of Life diagram is revealed in the Flower of Life matrix and color-coded to reflect the seven chakras within us.

Message: We are being asked to remember the bigger picture of our life. By following our heart we will find our path. 

“We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.”  -Talmud –

The sefirot – Tree of Life (Color-coded to the chakras from the perspective of being grounded in our awareness of ourself as a human).

Root Chakra – Red

• Malkuth – Earth/Kingdom/Center

Sacral Chakra – Orange

• Yesod – Foundation/Center

Solar Plexus Chakra – Yellow

• Hod – Splendor/Feminine – Left
• Netzach – Victory/Masculine – Right

Heart Chakra – Green

• Tiphereth – Beauty/Center

Throat Chakra – Blue

• Geburah – Strength/Feminine – Left
• Chesed – Kindness/Masculine – Right

Third Eye Chakra – Violet

• Binah – Intuition/Divine Mother – Left
• Chokmah – Wisdom/Divine Father – Right

Crown Chakra – White

• Kether – Divine Will/Above
• Metatron – Masculine Aspect/Shekinah – Feminine Aspect

Da’at – Invisible – Oneness/Self Giving (often seen as separate from the Tree of Life as it is the all encompassing one.)

The Tree of Life diagram is modeled after the Menorah.  – Exodus 25: 31-40

“He made the menorah of pure gold. He made the menorah of beaten work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers were of one piece with it. There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the menorah out of its one side, and three branches of the menorah out of its other side: three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the menorah. In the menorah were four cups made like almond-blossoms, its buds and its flowers; and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. Their buds and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole thing was one beaten work of pure gold.” 

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