How does the open heart stay open? The image of the awakened heart in the east is the lotus. I have always thought of the rose — which opens every morning, but closes every night. And so far my own experience of Tiferet has been more like that of the rose, opening and closing again and again.
However, once again, there are at least two ways to think about this day. Because looking at Netzach as endurance, the question is not only how does can one keep one's heart open. But also how can one endure a completely open heart? This is nothing less than the job of being fully human.
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