In This Light You See Light: A Guided Meditation for Parsha Bo

21. The Lord said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the heavens, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness will become darker."

22. So Moses stretched forth his hand toward the heavens, and there was thick darkness over the entire land of Egypt for three days.

23. They did not see each other, and no one rose from his place for three days, but for all the children of Israel there was light in their dwellings.

Imagine that you are in a room in your home

A room that has a door

And the door is closed

Your favorite room

The room you feel safest in

A room where nothing changes

And nothing challenges

And you sit in this room

And look around you

And you see that the room is dark

Very dark

That the safety of the room has taken all the color out of the room

Because this room is the room of Tevat

Where the darkness becomes darker

And the days grow short

And you do not see what you do not want to see

And you are safe

And warm

But you are blind

Sit in this blind safety for a moment

Now in this safe dark room, you look towards the door

And you see a sliver of light coming from under the door

Imagine that you rise up and walk to the door

And you open the door

And you see that outside this safe room
It is winter
Everything is covered in snow

But you are in the dark room,
This narrow place

So you leave the room

You are outside in a beautiful winter meadow

Covered in snow

And you have your winter clothes on now

So you are warm

But the ground is covered with whiteness
And the light is bright

And the trees surrounding the meadow have no leaves

But the light is magnificent

It is now Sh’vat

It’s still cold

You can’t pretend it’s spring

You must see things as they are

You must wear warm clothes

But the days are growing longer

When the world seems most devoid of life

You can see the future
Someday there will be spring
But not yet
Not in this snow-covered meadow

You see the beauty and the cold

You see the truth

You are with the One-ness

In the beautiful winter light

And in this light, you see light

Ki Imcha m’kor chayim

B’Orcha, n’rey or

For with You is the Source of Life 

In Your light do we see light