05/31/2026
Have you ever wondered what philosophy or spiritual system stands to bridge the divide between the major world religions of the modern age? Have you ever felt that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are too distinct to be interpreted coherently under a single thread of universal wisdom? Think again. Join Alexis Bravo at the last service of May 2026 (Year of the Fire Horse) to discuss the flame that keeps on burning, uniting us past, present, and future - the Modern Tree of Life.
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A theologian spent forty years writing the definitive book on the nature of God, using flawless logic, grammar, and centuries of philosophy. On the day it was published, he walked on the beach. A child ran back and forth, scooping ocean water into a hole.
“What are you doing?”
“I am going to empty the entire ocean into this hole.”
“That is impossible. The ocean is vast and infinite.”
“And yet you think you can fit the fullness of God into your book?”
A philosopher dies and stands before God. “I have deduced your exact nature, your grand design, the meaning of existence.”
God says, “Tell me.”
After a long lecture of metaphysics, existential theory, and lofty vocabulary, God smiles: “Do you want me to show you what I am, or keep talking to our eternal shadow?”
A biologist mapped human consciousness, claiming evolution leads to omniscience and omnipotence, a race shining brighter than the stars. Before God: “We will become like you.”
God said, “Who do you think is standing at the top of the mountain, beckoning you to rise? Evolution is the journey of my love finding its way back home. You were meant to be whatever love you salvaged from the universe.”
The Tree of Life is a metaphysical construct of emanations of God. It has 11 spheres, one hidden. God’s presence moves from highest to lowest: Ein, Ein Sof, Ein Sof Aur, Infinite Light.
The Modern Age reinterprets these spheres:
Sovereignty and Dominion: we rule Heaven and Hell, infinite bliss and suffering.
Innovation and Evolution: we propagate what we are across the infinite, eternal, absolute.
Politics and Government: law, order, rules of conduct, collective progress.
Religion and Spirituality: mysticism, transcendence, connection to the other.
Business and Economics: goods, services, marketplace of ideas, collective wealth.
Administration and Ex*****on: realizing goals through efficient systems of power.
Culture and Civilization: one people, one identity, living tragedy and comedy together.
Aesthetics and Ethics: value, art, and relations that sustain life.
Academics and Education: language for the ineffable, proof, discourse, knowledge.
Domesticity and Welfare: harmony, health, cohabitation.
Environment and Ecology: our place in the cosmic web, seeing God in all.
We come down to Earth. Our way back up is the soul’s journey.
On Earth we build a Garden.
On the Moon an Estate.
On Mercury an Academy.
On Venus a Museum.
On the Sun a Theatre.
On Mars a Bureau.
On Jupiter an Enterprise.
On Neptune a Sanctum.
On Saturn a Parliament.
On Uranus an Institute.
On Pluto a Palace.
We take a step into providential paradise, here and now, forever.
Three insights: life has an end, life has a soul, life has a way. Nothing happens by accident. We are products of higher orders, destined to attain the Infinite, the Eternal, and the Absolute.
A king held a contest: “Tell me something true in all situations.”
Many failed.
A commoner gave him a ring.
The inscription read:
“This, Too, Shall Pass.”
