This is a teaching for you who already know about the Attributes on the Tree of Life, or for you who are interested, and want to know how the Tree manifests in life. I looked at some of the things our new president did during his first day in office, and connected these with the emanations of the Tree of Life. Remember, this was just my point of view at a particular time. As my IKH supervisor says, “the actions you’ve described could be in many different places on the Tree.”
 

Ten Sefirot	Expression of Sefirot	Obama’s Action*
Keter
Chochmah
Binah
Chesed	Loving-kindness	Open house at the presidential mansion
GevurahJustice/Tzedakah Law/Torah	Appropriate boundaries: Restriction and Freedom	A draft executive order that calls for closing Guantanamo within a year, releasing some of the 245 detainees still there and transferring others to different sites for trial.
	Appropriate boundaries, Restriction	A freeze on salaries for White House staff earning $100,000 or more - about 100 people in all.
	Appropriate boundaries, Restriction	Executive order for a tightening of ethics rules governing when administration officials can work on issues on which they previously lobbied governmental agencies, and banning them from lobbying the Obama administration after leaving government service.
	Appropriate boundaries, Transparency	Executive order to loosen the Freedom of Information Act rules, making it harder to keep the workings of government secret.
Tiferet	Truth/Emet	“a clean break from business as usual”
	Compassion/Rachamim	Summoned advisers to begin dealing with the war in Iraq. . . Has promised to withdraw U.S. troops from the unpopular war in Iraq on a 16-month timetable.
Netzach	Devoted to, and seeking, God’s will – publicly	A multi-denominational prayer service at Washington National Cathedral
Hod	Having a rightful place in the material world that is yours, where you are “at home”
Yesod	Prosperity: El Shaddai, Ki Tov	Summoned advisers to begin dealing with the recession
Malchut	David, Melech Tov, Good King (or leader)	“The way to make government responsible is to hold it accountable,” Obama said as he unveiled ethics rules that he portrayed as the fulfillment of a major campaign promise. He said the action was necessary “…to help restore faith in government without which we cannot deliver the changes that we were sent here to make.”
	Peace/blessing sourced by Tiferet	In far-off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a judge granted Obama’s request to suspend the war crimes trial of a young Canadian. The judge issued a one-sentence order for the 120-day continuance without so much as a hearing, possibly the beginning of the end for the former administration’s system of trials for alleged terrorists.
	Peace/Shalom	Placed phone calls to Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders. Obama emphasized that he would work to consolidate the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, said the new White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs. Gibbs said Obama expressed “his commitment to active engagement in pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace from the beginning of his term.”
	Received blessings	“Grant to Barack Obama, president of the United States, and to all in authority your grace and good will. Bless them with your heavenly gifts, give them wisdom and strength to know and to do your will,” prayed the Rev. Andy Stanley, one of numerous clerics from several religions to speak.

* “Obama’s Action” taken from the article written by Jennifer Loven, AP – on January 21, 2009: On Day One, Obama Flexes His Muscle

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