Bee Season Page #4

[ TV, Indistinct ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Plucking Notes ]

[ Violin, Classical ]

[ Sighs ]

- Mom?|- Yes?

I think the blouse is lucky.

- I'm gonna wear it at the nationals.|- Elly, you startled me.

- I didn't know you were still up.|- I was watching TV.

Let's put you to bed.

[ Violin Continues ]

I love you, Mom.

[ Sighs, Gulps ]|Me too.

G-Go to sleep now.

I love you, Elly.

[ Continues ]

[ Sighing, Shivering ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Saul ]|We"re not alone.

Any of us, we can|make connections.

- Tikkun olam.|- Yes, we can fix what's been broken.

We can make things|whole again.

Gathering shards.

- Yes. Together.|- [ Sighs ]

Hold me. Please, hold me.

- Hey. Hey!|- [ Moaning ]

[ Saul Gasping ]|H-Honey.

[ Panting ]|Oh, honey.

Oh, honey. Oh, God.

[ Saul ]|How about this one?

- Okay, thanks.|- Sure I can't tempt you, Aaron? It's really good.

- [ Car Horn Honks ]|- That's my ride.

- We only need three.|- [ Car Door Closes ]

- That's perfect. Thanks.|- Okay.

- I'd like to meet your friend.|- Maybe next time.

There"s a girl at the gate.

Hi.

- Hey, uh, hi. Hi.|- [ Chali ] Hey.

- [ Saul ] Hi.|- Hello.

Aaron, introduce|your guest here.

- Hi, I"m Aaron"s dad.|- This is Chali.

- Chali.|- Chali?

- Yeah, Chali.|- Chali. Okay.

- I"m Miriam. Nice to meet you.|- [ Chali ] Hi. Nice to meet you.

- You want some, uh,|chicken before you go?

- Oh-|- I"m famous for the sauce.

- She doesn't want any.|- No? Let her answer for herself.

[ Chuckles ]|Actually, I don't eat chicken.

- Why not?|- 'Cause I'm a vegetarian.

Oh, interesting.|I was a vegetarian once.

- Okay, let's go. Come on.|- Okay. It was nice to meet you all.

- Okay.|- Bye.

- Nice meeting you.|- [ Saul ] Have fun. Come again.

I grill a mean tofu.

[ Aaron ]|Bye. See you later.

[ Saul Reading In Hebrew ]

Okay, my translation.

This notebook is my translation|of Abulafia"s words.

It"s his guide, Elly,|for reaching shefa.

"Cleanse your heart and soul.

''Permute the letters|back and forth.

"This will arouse in you many words,|one after the other.

"You will feel then as if|an additional spirit is within you.

"You will experience|ecstasy and trembling.

''In this manner,|you will reach beyond yourself.

''Go slowly,|as the path is dangerous...

and must be traveled|with caution. "

- I'd like us to try this.|- What?

A permutation.

Other people...

have tried to do these,|but almost no one has felt...

that special feeling|that he wrote about.

I haven't been able|to do it. I tried.

It was very important|to me, but... I couldn't.

But I think maybe you can.

I think you have|what Abulafia had.

I saw it on the stage|at the bee.

I think you can use|his methods to achieve shefa...

to reach the ear of God.

Let me show you|what I mean.

Let's permute|the word ''Earth.''

What's inside|this word? ''Earth.''

''Heart.'' ''Rathe.''

- Like in Boggle.|- Yeah, like that.

Except the combinations don't|have to mean anything in the usual sense.

Try another one.|You do it. Uh, ''library.''

[ Saul"s Voice ]|Make yourself right.

Cleanse your heart and soul.|Permute the letters back and forth.

[ Eliza"s Voice ]|Permute the letters back and forth.

- You will feel then-|- You will feel then-

- ...as if an additional spirit-|- ...as if an additional spirit is within you.

- In this manner you will-|- In this manner you will reach beyond yourself.

Go slowly,|as the path is dangerous...

and must be traveled|with caution.

[ Whispered Chanting ]|Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare...

Hare Rama,|Rama, Rama, Hare, Hare...

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,|Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare...

- Hare Rama, Rama Hare-|- [ Knocking ]

- [ Beads Clatter ]|- [ Drawer Closes ]

Yeah?

- It's me.|- Hey.

- She was nice.|- Thanks.

[ Typing ]

[ Sniffs ]|It smells nice in here.

[ Ratchet Clicking ]

[ Inhales ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Soft Gasp ]

I'm sorry I'm late.

Where were you?

- Miriam?|- I'm just tired, and I want to go to sleep.

- [ Belt Buckle Clatters ]|- [ Zipper Unzips ]

[ Sighing ]

[ Brushing Continues ]

[ Beeps ]

[ Miriam ]|Will there be supervision?

Mm-hmm. I took|the blue sleeping bag.

All right.

[ Pen Scratches ]

- Hi. Uh, Aaron's going camping.|-Just for the weekend.

Mom said it was okay.

[ Saul ]|Alone?

Uh, no.|With the Sierra Club.

-[ Miriam ] Bye.|- Bye. Thanks a lot.

[ Eliza ]|Bye.

- [ Door Opens, Closes ]|- I like camping.

[ Drum ]

- [ Bells Jingling ]|- [ People ] Hare, Hare, Hare Krishna

[ Continues ]

[ Saul ] Elly, I want you to take|one simple, easy breath...

and draw the sound out|from very deep inside of you-

- Krishna, Krishna |- till you can taste it completely.

And when you're ready,|just let your body move.

[ Continues ]

[ Eliza Singing|Sustained Note ]

Hare Krishna|Hare Krishna

[ Continues ]

[ Fades, Resumes ]

[ Continues, Echoed ]

[ Fades ]

[ Resumes ]

[ Thuds ]

[ Continues ]

[ Fades ]

[ Smacks Lips ]|What's wrong?

Why do you|look like that?

- [ Inhales ]|- Dad?

You moved the way|Abulafia described it.

I want to do more.

[ Chuckles, Sighs ]|Remember what I told you?

We're gonna take|our time with this.

- Okay.|- If we go too fast, this could be dangerous.

What we're doing here|is a very special kind of knowledge.

- The words in this notebook are very powerful.|- 'Kay.

We'll see how it goes|after the nationals.

It- It feels so light.

[ Whispers ]|Yeah. Yeah, light.

All right.|Just one more time.

[ Singing Sustained Note ]

[ Stops, Inhales ]| Adonai

[ Chanting ] Hare Rama, Hare Rama,|Rama, Rama, Hare, Hare...

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,|Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare-

[ Eliza Singing|Sustained Note ]

[ Tires Squealing ]

[ Note Fades ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

- [ Barking ]|- [ Gasps ]

- Hello.|- Hello.

I'm really happy here, Chali.

[ Birds Cawing, Chirping ]

- [ Gasps ] Oh. Oh.|- It's okay.

Oh, dear.|Why didn't you wake me?

- I just found you here.|- [ Sighs ]

You're bleeding.

- What is this?|- Uh-

Oh, I must have bumped-|bumped my head on the table.

- How"d you do that?|- I don't know.

Hey, what's going on, Mim?

- Nothing.|- Nothing?

Is there something|you want to tell me?

What?

Because I don't know what you're doing.|I don't know where you've been.

I don't know where you went.|I don't know anything.

[ Sighs ]

I'm sorry.

What's the matter with Mom?

Oh, she just fell|asleep here, honey.

In the kitchen?

Yeah, she's okay.|She's- She's okay.

Your brother's|coming home tonight.

We're gonna-We're gonna have|a nice family dinner.

[ Glass Cracking ]

[ Sirens, Faint ]

- Hey.|- Hey. Back from the wilderness.

- All in one piece.|- Yeah.

See the article on Elly|today in the paper?

- No.|- About her going to the national bee.

So how "bout you?|Sacrifice any virgins out there?

Hey.

She"s been gone all day.|She didn"t take the car.

And in the morning...|her head was bleeding.

You saw that?|Her head was bleeding?

Elly... if-if I tell you something...

will you promise|to keep it to yourself?

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