Encountering the Living God: Tzam’ah Naf’shi

Tzam’ah Naf’shi L’Elohim L’Eyl Chai

My soul thirsts for God, for The Living God (Psalm 42:3)

Deep inside of us there is a soul-thirst to know God, the Underlying Unity, the Mystery within and between all the things of our world. The word Elohim is a God name that is in the plural, alluding to the many faces of the One… what Taoists might call “the 10,000 things.” We enter through this world of multiplicity so that we might encounter “The Living God”… Eyl Chai, who can only be experienced with the wholeness of presence in this very moment. The God of the past, my own or other peoples’ conceptions, beliefs, or expectations will not suffice. They will not open the doors to The Living God. My soul thirsts for direct encounter with God/Reality in each moment.

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Encountering the Living God

< For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 284.