The Five Levels of Consciousness
As physical human beings we operate on various levels of consciousness (awareness). Some of those, depending on our transmigration (incarnation) state are more open to expression than others. For some adult human beings they are only “aware” of the first three levels of consciousness. As our journey with Source (G-d) continues through the incarnation stages in the eternal play humans become more aware of the other realms of consciousness.
Body Consciousness -
תודעת גוף
Self Consciousness (Ego) -
אֶגוֹ
World - Outer (Other) Consciousness (Nefesh) -
נֶפֶשׁ
Higher Realms Consciousness (Neshama) -
נשמה
G-d or HaMakor (Source) Consciousness (Spirit-Ruach) -
רוּחַ
While there are several other sublime levels of consciousness as represented by the Sefirot, the basic five central levels are foundational to all human life.
Parshat Naso is the longest single parsha in the Torah, clocking in at 176 verses. That’s Torah’s way of saying, “Hey, you might want to take a long , serious and contemplative look at what you’re about to learn.”
Also on Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-165229596?source=queue
A link for those who prefer reading over watching a video presentation:
https://shmusviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/parshat-vezos-haberakhah-simchat-torah.html
We have now come to the point in the holiday of Sukkot known as Simchat Torah - Rejoicing in the Torah. It is also the time of year in which we read the final two chapters of Devarim (Deuteronomy) in the Torah called Parshat Vezos HaBerakhah. Moshe blesses and dies and Joshua takes over the mantle of leadership. But there is more to it when it comes to comparing Moshe's final blessings to the 12 Tribes and Jacob's original blessings to his 12 sons, the fathers of those Tribes.