Naso: gravity

The word by which we call this Parsah, Naso, is translated by Onkelos as kabel yoth chushban, take the count. Variations of this word are used throughout the parsha:
4: 24 - masah: burdens
4:45: vinasiu: they will carry
6: 26 yisah: lift up
7:2: Nisiei: the princes (those that are above the crowd?)
Most of the uses of this word are related to carrying, to defying gravity.

Gravity is the antithesis of ascent. The central letter of Naso, ש, pictorially defies gravity, the arms rise up, it is the ascent of the fire, aish, אש.
Gravity is the universal attractive force, it implies a predetermined destiny embedded in the physical world - everything will be united. Until that end, It is the force of Gd, in Yisah Hashem panav eilechah that defies the inevitable ( although in the end: viyasim lecha shalom- the unification of all [shalom] occurs and you are a part of it).

Stand up, be counted, defy the force that puts you down!