Jewish Psychosomatics - The Connection Between the Lungs and Spiritual Issues
Jewish Psychosomatics - The Connection Between the Lungs and Spiritual Issues
The lungs have five lobes (literally, "ears"—because of their resemblance to ears in shape).
For the spirit of life resides in the lungs, and from there the spirit expands during inhalation, as is obvious to everyone.
Therefore, the lungs have five lobes, corresponding to the Five Books of the Torah, the five books of Tehillim, and the five strings of David's harp—the vessels of the spirit of life.
The five-stringed harp corresponds to the Torah (the Five Books), and it is stated in the book of "Zohar": "Those who hold to the Torah are those who hold the harp."
(Zohar, Tzav 32), ("Likutei Moharan," Rabbi Nachman of Breslov)
"The lungs, heart, and brain are intended for the sublime part of the soul—the spirit—"ruach", although evil also manifests itself there to some extent—pride and arrogance, which creep upward into the heart from below. Only the lungs are more fully protected from evil. Through them, through their functioning, prophecy manifests itself in a person. They kindle the candle of the pure spiritual fire:
"The soul of G-d— the sublime soul (neshamah) of man." (Mishlei 20:23)
This candle, this fire, is prophecy, and this fire is the opposite of the fire that appears in the liver and gall through every manifestation of lust; that fire is truly the fire of Gehinnom, and it is for a person to choose."
(the Vilna Gaon, Tikkunei Zohar)
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