Daily Signet

Hannah Szenes on her first day in Palestine. Haifa, Palestine, September 19, 1939.

Who better to call into view when it comes to the Yang but Hannah Senesh, one of Israel’s most important heroes, who lived what she wrote:  

Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame.
Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.
Blessed is the heart with strength to stop its beating for honor's sake.
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame.

We partake of the Yang—that we might metabolize Yang—that the kindling flame of unknowing can transform us into a food for God. And as the fire unknows us and burns in the secret fastness of our hearts, we pray that we may be consumed by God. For what other purpose do we wear this cloak of a body and carry within us the seed, besides the desire to know the Beloved completely? The fire is about transformation and in our communion we call upon this fire, that we might be transformed in ways pleasing to an the All-Consuming, to that which is to be eaten, to be partaken fully.                                                            

Benjamin H Martin

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