Bina
The 3's
The Yoni, The Triangle, The Cup
YIN ENERGY, COMPASSION, PURE LOVE & UNDERSTANDING, THE COSMIC MOTHER
Sanctifying Intelligence, The foundation of primordial Wisdom.
Intelligence or Understanding
On the Kabalistic Tree of life Bina is part of the Triad crown, The first Sefirah, The Crown, is 'knowledge;' the second, Wisdom, is the 'knower;' & third, Understanding, is 'that which is known.'
Bina, usually translated as "understanding", is the cognitive faculty that develops and articulates the seminal energy of chochma so that the latter becomes known, in a detailed conceptual way, through bina. Bina is also the inductive and deductive faculty of understanding (or deducing) one thing from another, thus expanding the point of chochma into a multi-dimensional conceptual system. The Zohar therefore symbolizes chochma and bina and their relationship as "the supernal point (chochma) within its palace (bina)" (Zohar 1, 6A). However, bina is not merely an adjunct to chochma, it involves as well the ability to intuit a more inclusive reality that than encoded within chochma itself.
Bina is also the ability to explain
the concept to another person, thus "reproducing" it. In this sense
bina is referred to as "the mother of children" (Psalms
113:9).
~ Taken from Ten powers of the soul
Bina on the tree of life is
‘understanding’. She is Yin energy, compassion, pure love, The
Cosmic Mother. She is the attentiveness to comprehend, understand
and intuit. The key symbol of Binah is the Yoni, or female
generative organ, indicating that this Sephira is the energy from
which all life emerges. Bina reflects the ultimate bi sexuality of
the soul.
As the Golden Dawn Knowledge lecture states: "in Binah is a thick
darkness which yet veileth the Divine Glory in which all colours are
hidden, wherein is mystery and depth and silence, and yet it is the
habitation of the Supernal Light." In this sense, Binah is described
as the Outer Robe of Concealment, an idea which might most readily
be understood by considering the extent to which our physical forms
conceal our inner realities from others. she is the
Sanctifying Intelligence.
In the sense that Binah is the giver of life, she is the Bright Fertile
Mother. But in the sense that she restricts and disciplines (in
effect, is the first lawgiver), she is called the Dark Sterile
Mother.
In short bina is the understanding of the wisdom of Chokmah. She is the
mother darkness of space that births life, the mystery of silence
and depth. She intuits and understands as is the manner of the
feminine. The Yoni is her symbol the sacred depth of deep pleasure
and cauldron of life. As the mother who understands her own nature
hence understands her children.
Article on Bina from
Kabbalah by
Charles Ponce
Pictures from:
Yoni picture from
Exotic India
Qabbalah
This page last updated: 03/01/2018