Sh'ma Practice & Chant

The Sh'ma meditation is an ancient Hebrew chant that evokes the direct experience of embodied nondual realization. The meditation begins with a short introduction and explanation of the mystical meaning of the Hebrew prayer according to the Kabbalah, followed by a period of guided chanting and silence.

The words of the Sh'ma chant are: Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad

Transcript

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The Hashma is an ancient Hebrew prayer that comes from the Torah,

The Hebrew Bible.

In the Kabbalah tradition,

The Shema is an invocation that calls us to experience directly the oneness of all reality.

The words of the chant are Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohino Adonai Echad.

The word Shema means hear or listen,

And it calls us to drop in and connect to our inner depth.

The word Yisrael means one who wrestles with God.

Adonai or Yut He Vav He means is,

Was,

Will be,

And points to the formless,

Unmanifest nature of reality.

Elohenu,

Our God,

Represents all the forms that manifest in the realm of creation.

Adonai Echad,

All of being,

All that is,

Is one.

This chant is calling us to listen deeply and experience directly that there is no division in the fabric of reality.

The formless is the form,

The transcendent is the immanent,

The unmanifest is the manifest,

The spiritual is the material.

All is one.

So having found a comfortable position,

Take a few full breaths,

And as you release,

Drop into a deeper place.

As I chant the Shema several times slowly,

Feel free to join me or just allow the ancient words and the sacred vibrations they carry to touch you.

Notice how it impacts your experience and your state of consciousness.

At the conclusion of the chant,

We'll sit in silence for a few minutes,

Absorbing the presence generated by the practice.

And then I'll ring the bell to mark the end of the practice.

Adonai Echad.

Shema Yisra'el.

Adonai Elohe.

Adonai Elohe.

Adonai.

Adonai.

Echad.

Echad.

Echad.

Adonai.

Eloheinu.

Adonai.

Echad.

Shema.

Yisra'el.

Adonai.

Eloheinu.

Adonai.

Echad.

Eloheinu.

Eloheinu.

Eloheinu.

Eloheinu.

Eloheinu.

Eloheinu.

Reviews

This was a wonderful meditation. I felt the deep connection to the creator while chanting this meditation. Thank you

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Thank you. 🙏 I say the Sh’ma every morning after my Yogananda meditation. I feel that it seals my love and connection with the infinite.

This is one of my favorite moments during services.

Excellent. Thank you very much, I have never really known exactly how this prayer goes. My paternal grandparents were observant Russian Jews, and my grandmother, I understand, was particularly devout. I’m glad that this prayer can be heard in a way that makes sense to the person I’m glad that this prayer can be heard by those who perceive the whole universe as not separate from G-d ( as many observant Jews and my Hasidic friend H. Spell the word).

I love this interpretation. It truly resonates with me. Thank you.

Excellent, thank you, very nice to say these Hebrew words! Very grateful 💯🕯💯

Amazing. I felt the power of the vibrations the words carry - fantastic experience.

The words of the chant are all meaningful together or by themselves. I have looked into Kabbala before and learned a little. My mother converted to Judaism 30 years ago, and sister married a Jewish man about 25 years ago. I am married to a Japanese woman and have raised my 3 children to respect all religion and find what’s meaningful to them. My own belief is that everything’s holy and everyone is also.

Perfect. Perfect amount of time. He explains first then does what he says. It's lovely. I'll learn more about this.

I miss the liturgy and prayers. Was a nice meditation, thank you.

Thank you Zvi - what a profound gift! 💗

Curious if the chant really has purpose or if the Hz frequency and tones are the key.. sounds and resonates very similar to Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh and hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm both used in menifestation ritual meditation from what I've found. Buddhist meditation, Reiki and many others. The words are great but I'm starting to see and hear as well as feel the similarities in resonate vibration and I believe this is the key to the connection. Not so much the words but the tonel vibration and the continuation of harmonic sound waves vibrating in unison, which in return harmonizes our body's energy waves into uniform waves vs just a tangled intertwined ball of energetic garbage if you will. The connection I have to the universe is informational, I am a seeker, and in 46 years of practise and study I couldn't get it right. When I finally chilled out and kinda gave up the light flashed in my mind and I've been connected in a way that tells me ,ask and I shall receive. I have downloads at times that exhaust me. But the universe tells me now at this moment that explaining all this is why I'm here. And that what I say you can do your own research on and find it for yourself, because the universe wants you too..it wants to talk to you. So please stop digging for it , and just give in to it and listen, it speaks to us all shall we surrender this reality for what we have been taught is a fictional one, but is totally obtainable and within our grasp, we just have to want it , and visualize it, desire it with live and gratitude and project itself it will. So within so without. THANK YOU FOR READING IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR YOU ARE ONE OF WHICH HERMES THE THRICE MAJITICE SPOKE OF. YOU ARE ONE OF HIS PEOPLE. YOU ARE ALREADY CONNECTED AND SHOULD LISTEN AND FIND YOUR TRUE PURPOSE,AS IT IS ALREADY SO.

I love harmonizing with this. It's very beautiful.

Amazing, and a perfect tool to begin my daily practice!
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Paul

Beautiful take on the Sh’ma and very effective. Thank you!

Very nice. Different and yet similar. Comforting. Thank you.

Brilliant. Enjoyed this chant/ meditation immensely. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much 🙏

beautiful, the chanting took me to a meditative state very quickly