Genesis 8:20-22, The Frequency of Sincerity

🌟 The Heart Chakra & The High Heart Chakra
“The heart knows the shadows it’s held. The high heart knows the light it’s from.”

📜 Introduction
In the beginning, the journey of the soul begins with a spark—a divine invitation to awaken and create.
Genesis 8:20–22 captures a pivotal moment: Adam, now emerging from the ark of transformation, builds an altar. It is the first conscious act of devotion since entering the womb of purification. The flood has passed, but the work of aligning with divine will has just begun.

This passage is not just a historical moment—it is a living parable of your own spiritual awakening, the story of Adam’s journey within.
Every word, every breath in this scripture mirrors our own sacred journey: the offering of our heart’s intention, the reflection on our soul’s condition, and the grace that arrives when we choose communion over separation.

May this reflection guide you back to the Source of your being, as you awaken the light within and walk the eternal path of Adam’s transformation.

📖 Scripture Passage
Genesis 8:20–22 (NIV):

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
22 As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”

🕊️ Allegory & Metaphysical Interpretation
This passage reveals the heart’s return to sacred offering. After surviving the deep waters of transformation, Adam—the awakened soul—creates an altar. This altar represents the convergence point of the heart chakra and the high heart chakra: a space where personal emotion meets divine intention.

Each animal sacrificed is a fractal persona—a belief, an identity, a former way of being—that is now being returned to the flame. It is not destruction, but consecration. These offerings symbolize the internal integration of all aspects of the self. Adam no longer rejects parts of himself; instead, he offers them up in sacred wholeness.

God, smelling the “pleasing aroma,” is not reacting to burnt flesh, but to the frequency of sincerity. This is the resonance of the high heart—the place where the soul lives in alignment with divine love, beyond ego and condition. And yet, God also acknowledges the condition of the human heart—a heart that still bends toward misperception, fear, and separation.

This dual awareness—the imperfection of the human heart and the mercy of the Divine—marks a turning point. It affirms that the path to Christ consciousness is not perfection, but offering. God does not demand purity. He responds to honesty, devotion, and surrender.

The passage ends with a cosmic rhythm: seedtime and harvest, summer and winter—reminders that everything has its cycle. Christ consciousness is not a destination but a seasonal unfolding, guided by trust, compassion, and continual offering of the heart.

🌟 Why We Use Kabbalah Insights, Tarot Guidance, A Course in Miracles, Chakra and Energy Healing, Essential Oils, and Crystals
We weave these spiritual tools into our reflections and rituals because they are gateways to deeper understanding and alignment with the Divine.

🌟 Kabbalah Insights
This passage aligns with the sefirah of Tiferet—the Heart of the Tree of Life.
Tiferet represents balance, beauty, and compassion. It harmonizes the masculine force of Chesed (loving-kindness) and the feminine power of Gevurah (boundaried strength), reflecting the integrated heart of the soul.

• Descent of light: The light now flows from the ark into the earth. Tiferet serves as the central mirror, receiving divine love and radiating it back through authentic offering.
• Interplay of Chokhmah and Binah: The soul has passed through wisdom (Chokhmah) and understanding (Binah), and now integrates them into the heart’s wisdom—the center of discernment, not intellect.

🌟 Tarot as Sacred Symbol: Why I Use Archetypes to Read Scripture
Tarot, when used with reverence, becomes a mirror of the soul.
This is not divination.
This is sacred listening.

🔮 Suggested Tarot Card(s):

• The Hierophant – spiritual ritual and divine order
• The Lovers – the sacred duality of human desire and divine love
• Death – transformation through offering, the ritualized release of old identities

🌟 A Course in Miracles Reflection
ACIM reminds us that at the heart of awakening is choice—to see ourselves and others through the eyes of Love rather than fear.

• Key Lesson: “The only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness, because those who have been forgiven have everything.”
• Reflection: In creating the altar, Adam forgives the past selves, the shadow personas, the misperceptions. This is not about asking for forgiveness but offering it—as a holy aroma that reaches the Divine.

🌿 Why We Include Rituals
Rituals are bridges between the seen and the unseen, inviting the soul’s highest truths to manifest in our lives. We honor scripture through experience—letting the body feel what the spirit knows.

💜 Chakra & Energy Healing Focus
Chakra / Energy Center: Heart Chakra & High Heart Chakra

• Balanced state: When the Heart Chakra is open, we feel compassion, trust, and connection. The High Heart brings this into divine alignment, offering love without condition or expectation.
• Imbalance: When blocked, we offer from fear or manipulation, seeking approval rather than divine connection.

This passage reminds us: Offer your heart, even when it feels imperfect. God meets you there.

🌿 Essential Oils and Crystals
These allies amplify spiritual surrender and heart-based truth.

🌿 Essential Oils

• Rose – Opens the high heart to divine love and sacred union
• Geranium – Heals emotional wounds in the heart chakra
• Frankincense – Anchors sincerity in the ritual, raises frequency

💎 Crystals to Support You

• Rose Quartz – Heals and opens the heart, promotes forgiveness
• Rhodonite – Transmutes emotional pain into purpose and compassion
• Danburite – Bridges the heart and crown, activating the high heart

👐 EFT Tapping Sequence
🌀 How to Use This Tapping Sequence
Before beginning, take a few deep breaths and tune in to how you’re feeling.
Repeat 2–3 rounds or until you feel a shift.

• 1️⃣ Heart Chakra: “Even when my heart feels wounded, I offer it with love.”
• 2️⃣ High Heart (upper chest): “I release control and offer my truth to the Divine.”
• 3️⃣ Crown: “I trust that God receives my offering with compassion and grace.”
  🌟 Integration Breath: Inhale trust. Exhale shame. Let your heart become the altar.

🌅 Simple Anointing & Meditation Ritual
Anointing Practice

• 1️⃣ Place a drop of rose or frankincense oil on your fingertips.
• 2️⃣ Anoint the center of your chest (heart) and upper chest (high heart), whispering:
  “I offer my truth with love. My heart is my altar.”
• 3️⃣ Optionally anoint the crown or palms as you feel guided.

Crystal Companion
Hold or place rose quartz at the heart and danburite at the crown.

Meditation for Heart-Source Union

• Sit comfortably, spine straight.
• Close your eyes and breathe deeply.
• Visualize a soft green light glowing in your heart, and a pink-gold light in your high heart.
• See them merge, pulsing with gratitude.
• Affirm softly: “My love is received. My truth is heard. My heart is aligned with God.”
• Stay in the stillness and let divine communion settle within you.

🖋️ Journaling for Reflection
Reflect on:

• What old identity or belief am I ready to offer to the flame?
• Where do I withhold love from myself?
• How can I create space for sacred rituals in my everyday life?

✨ Closing Blessing
May your altar be your heart, and may your offering be your truth.
Even in imperfection, you are perfectly received.
Let this moment be the return—where the flood subsides and the light of your soul rises again.
You are loved. You are whole. You are the fragrance that pleases God.
So may it be.
— Alchemist Iris