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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The Search for the Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 13. The Way of Kabbalah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Desire To Receive Pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 14. Revelation and Concealment . . . . . . . . . ....

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...24 2. Spiritual Path ........................................... 31 Providence of the Creator .................................. 34 Realizing the Crea... ... Let Kabbalah Be Your Guide ................................ 65 5. The Purpose of Studying Kabbalah ...................... 67 6. Spiritual Progress ..... ...ess ....................................... 71 Faith: Believing in the Oneness of the Creator ................. 74 7. Our Perceptions ................... ............. 195 17. Merging with the Creator .............................. 202 Phases of Revelation ...................................... 214 18. The... ...we have absolutely no personal or selfish interest in the outcome of any daily matters that arise in our lives. But where, then, is our free will? Whe... ...raw us, against our will, into a discussion of material actions and legalistic matters. Some may study Kabbalah merely to expand their knowl- edge; if... ...individuallyif they desire it. We have no power whatsoever over our hearts, no matter how strong or intelligent or capable we might be. Therefore, Cou... ...tude of parts, and then separatedeverypartintomanysuccessivestagesofcorrective phases (where each phase compels the part to garb into a human body). H... ...ge desire, it will overshadow all the other desires and determine our essence. PhasesofRevelation Thelowestlevelonthescaleofthespiritualresemblesthe i...

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...Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different aspect of the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, shedding new light on a teaching that has too often been shrouded in...

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...uentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written ... ...this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied i... ...e case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. Kabbalah... ....................................................................54 Four Basic Phases ................................................................... ...and for Kabbalists, to help them communicate with one another about spiritual matters. Many Kabbalah books have been written in other languages, too... ...t this is exactly what babies are required to do. They have no choice in the matter. In fact, the only reason they agree to it is be- cause they don... ...is made entirely of a desire to receive pleasure. This desire evolved in four phases, the last of which is called “a creature” (Figure 1). This temp... ... Wisdom,” and the method to receive it, “the wisdom of Kabbalah.” FOUR BASIC PHASES Let’s go back to our story. To put the thought of giving plea- ... ...nce of genuine desire to bestow within it. But, and here lies the crux of the matter, be- cause the Creator wants only to give, the creature’s will t...

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...The Kabbalist Rabbi Laitman, who was the student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag from 1979-1991, follows in the footsteps of his rabbi in passing on the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. This book is based on sources that were passed down by Rabbi Baruch's father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, the author of the commentaries on The Book of Zohar, who conti...

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...av Yehuda Ashlag, and his son and successor, Rav Baruch Ashlag, offer modern readers valid answers to life's most vital question: What is the meaning of my life? Their interpretations of The Book of Zohar and The Tree of Life explain how we can benefit by using the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, clear illustrations accurately depict the evo...

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... 2009 85th street, #51, Brooklyn, NY 11214, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...s book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criti... ...ase of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kabbalah for the student. — — 1s... ...7 Introduction to the Book, Panim Meirot uMasbirot (Rav Yehuda Ashlag) 431 Matter and Form in the Wisdom of Kabbalah (Rav Yehuda Ashlag) 471 This Is f... ... e s T u d e n T Each of us builds his or her own priorities in life. Some matters are more important to us, some are less so, and some we prefer to ... ...nation, so people will come to know and properly understand these exalted matters in their true meaning. Previously in Israel, prior to the developm... ...ally become a sweet and fine-looking fruit. Go and ask a botanist how many phases the fruit undergoes from the time it becomes visible until it is co... ... it becomes visible until it is completely ripe. Not only do its preceding phases show no evidence of its sweet and fine-looking end, but as if to ve... ...e fruit is at its end, the more bitter and unsightly it is in the earlier phases of its development. And so it is with the animate and speaking type...

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...Introduction: The laws of nature, our place in the world and our behavior have been studied by scientists and philosophers for thousands of years. Along with logical assumptions, science uses quantifiable research and data. Yet our scientists and r...

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... A Guide To The Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah With Ten Complete Kabbalah Lessons Introduction ... ...: Why Study Kabbalah? Chapter 3: What Is a Kabbalist? Chapter 4: The History of Kabbalah and The Zohar Chapter 5: Who Can Study Kabbalah? Chap... ...y and Kabbalah Chapter 8: Reincarnation and Kabbalah Chapter 9: The Language of Kabbalists: Branches Chapter 10: Sensing Reality through Kabbala... ...sing if strange expressions are sometimes used, since there is no choice in the matter. The matter of good cannot replace the matter of bad, and vic... ...ined in this lesson: 1. Three Sources: Rashbi, Ari, Baal HaSulam 2. The Four Phases 3. Giving for the Sake of Bestowing 4. The Guest and the H... ...d being. As shown in Figure 2, Hochma, Bina, Zeir Anpin and Malchut are the four phases of emanation of Light. The Light of Keter emanating from the ... ...or is meant to form the desire to receive, or the true creation. Figure 2. Four Phases of Emanation of Light There is nothing in the world except fo... ...him so that he may be coerced into asking himself questions. In other words, no matter whether man progresses towards the goal of Creation voluntari... ... help cover a mortgage loan, assist one in business, to be successful in family matters, and so on? Actually, Kabbalah does not give an unambiguous a...

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...Your world is ready for change. Make it happen, with guidance from one of the greatest Kabbalists of our generation.Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, sees Kabbalah as a science that deals with drawing near to the Creator. It studies the system of creation, examines how the Creator conducts this system, ...

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...bbalah Publishers Attaining the Worlds Beyond A Guide to the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah The Science of Kabbalah The Kabbalah Experience Awakening to Ka... ...h text 10/6/05 9:55 AM Page ii Awakening to Kabbalah The Guiding Light of Spiritual Fulfillment Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Awakening to Kabbalah tex... ...text 9/29/05 1:20 PM Page iii Awakening to Kabbalah: The Guiding Light of Spiritual Fulfillment 2006 First Printing © 2006 by Michael Laitman All ... ...eir inconceiv- able contradictions. For example, young animals mature in a matter of weeks or months, while humans need many years to grow. Only at th... ... that humans are the masters of creation; however, during the transitional phases, humans are much weaker than any other animal. If we did not vii Awa... ....” Thus, we are committed to know and not only to believe, but rather with matters that reason with the heart. —Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lutzato (The Ramchal... ...he spiritual world. What a person does with his or her internal intentions matters. That is precisely what the sages and the dis- ciples of Moses tell... ..., and spaceless. Baal HaSulam writes that using his method makes all these phases attainable and that his method is suitable for everyone without exce... ...on the way toward attaining the upper world. He studied all the pos- sible phases, every step and movement that a person makes on the way, and explain...

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...The Natural State In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti Peter Maverick Introduction 1972-... ...1990—Various Places Publisher's Note When I read the manuscript of Peter's book, it was as though U.G. was talking through the pages. It w... ... It was wonderful to hear him without all the questions and interjections of the people who normally surround him. It felt very personal. Coming ... ...u would never trade your encounter with U.G. for anything in this life—no matter what it cost you. So if you have the guts to allow your whole way... ... can happen. The thought can be a good thought, a bad thought. It doesn't matter what comes there—good, bad, holy, unholy. The whole thing is finishe... .... _______ Get this straight—you can never hear one word from anyone no matter how intimately you think you are in relationship with that person. ... ... you find an extraordinary sensitivity of the senses that responds to the phases of the moon, the passage of the seasons and the movements of the oth...

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...e Zohar is the second in a series written by Kabbalist and scientist Rav Michael Laitman, which will prepare readers to understand the hidden message of The Zohar. Among the many helpful topics dealt with in this companion text to The Science of Kabbalah, readers are introduced to the 'language of root and branch', without which the stories in the Zohar are mere fable and ...

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...troduction To The Zohar 1) In this introduction, I would like to clarify matters that are seemingly simple. Matters that everyone fumbles with, and... ...g to clarify. Yet we have not reached a concrete and sufficient knowledge of them. And here are the questions: What is our essence? What is our role... ...re the questions: What is our essence? What is our role in the long chain of reality, which we are but small links of? When we examine ourselves, we... ...n we examine the worker who has conceived us, we are compelled to be full of praise. And is it not necessary that from a perfect worker will come ou... ...ade from holiness, much less that it will sustain it? Inquiry No. 5: The matter of the rising of the dead: Since the body is so despicable, that imm... ...he great will to receive that is in the souls. Thus we see that the whole matter of the renewed creation, from start to end, is only the "will to re... ...ed: still, vegetative, animate and speaking, and they are indeed the four phases of the will to receive that each of the upper worlds are divided by.... ... impossible for it to materialize all at once, but by the preceding three phases that gradually expose and develop it, until its form has been compl...

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...amples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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...Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Translation: Chaim Ratz Editor: C... ...M CHAOS TO HARMONY The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved P... ...uentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written p... ...l there is an unfolding crisis on the global and on the personal levels. As a matter of fact, it encompasses the whole of Nature: still, vegetative,... ...ter future. Studying various substances reveals that the primal desire of all matter and every object is to preserve its existence. Yet, this focus ... ...d from other materials? What is it that dictates the actions of each form of matter? The behavior of substances is somewhat similar to a computer s... ...ference in Tokyo in 2005, Sahtouris explained that evolution is comprised of phases of individualization, conflict, and competition. At the end of ... ... becoming a sweet and fine-looking fruit. And go and ask a botanist, how many phases the fruit undergoes from the time it becomes visible until it i... ...ime it becomes visible until it is completely ripe. Not only do its preceding phases show no evidence of its sweet and fine-looking end, but as if t...

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...The Kabbalah Experience is one of the most fascinating books ever published in Kabbalah. It is a journey in time from the past to the future, in situations we might all experience at some point. Anyone who wants to learn how to make the most of every momen...

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...Introduction: The wisdom of Kabbalah teaches us how to live in the reality that is spread before us. It is a systematic method that has evolved over thousands of years, taught by a handful of unique individuals in every generation. Their task has bee...

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...T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chapter2. The Wisdom of Kabbalah ................................................... 54 Chapter 3. The Study of Kabbalah ......................................

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...enue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written pe... ...f this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in cr... ...ST EDITION: DECEMBER 2005 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chap... ...he reception of pleasure. Changing the intent of one’s desire involves several phases: 1. Avoiding using desire in its original form. 2. Isolating fro... ...manity are eternal. There is neither be- ginning nor end to the development of matter. The formation of the universe is a consequence of the developm... ...or it. Perhaps it is still without the in- tent “for Her name,” but it doesn’t matter – we already depend on Him. T H E R E A S O N F O R PA I N Q: Ho... ...ng me when I fell asleep in class, to me, that person is an angel. It doesn’t matter how the creator sends the reminders, but from then on, I can ad... ...why was the Zohar hidden? The answer is that the world has gone through three phases of development during its 6000 years of exis- tence. The first 2... ...eficial. We usually study Kabbalah (the structure of the worlds, the Sefirot, phases, light, vessels) between 3:00 AM and 5:30 AM before we go to wo...

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...ed His Essence, the Upper Force, and this is what we perceive as our world. As uncanny as it sounds, this notion hides in its wings the very prospect of freedom, for every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the und...

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... By Rav Michael Laitman PhD The Path of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS T... ...of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS The Path of Kabbalah Executive Editor: Benzion Giertz Editor: Claire Gerus Tra... ....kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail: info@kabbalah.info THE PATH OF KABBALAH Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserved. P... ......................................................................9 Part Two: Phases of Spiritual Evolution ............................................ ...s because the Creator is inside us, the Source of the human “self.” Hence, no matter how many times we ask ourselves, “Who am I?” the question still... ...mmon methods, gen- T H E PAT H O F K A B B A L A H 36 eral rules, degrees and phases in the ascent, but though the ways are common to all, each pers... ...va- Ein Sof are measurements of equiva- Ein Sof lence of man with the Creator, phases of closeness to the Creator. The goal that the Creator set for u... ...ose rules are a revelation of the Cre- ator in our world. There is no shame in matters that concern your basic livelihood. Should we be dying and nee... ... science. The only difference is that Kabbalah studies the full depth of the matter to its innermost layer, meaning the desire that was created by t...

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...For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth? A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands use...

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...traveling from one universe to another Sophia University of Rome 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIV... ...me 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Creative Commons Licence - Attribution-NonCommercia... ...icensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial pu... ...collapse, thermonuclear reactions and the transformation of one element of matter into another, with the production of atomic energy as a final resu... ...ble things possible, both in the area of knowledge of and transformation of matter and in the area of knowledge and transformation of the spirit. A... ...ticle states, I do have something new and impossible to propose, regarding matter, spirit and art. I want to propose the realization of a very spe... ...o note the normal growth process of a human being is made up of only three phases; childhood, adolescence and adulthood. When this third 20 phase ... ... beast: for example, Calypso, on one hand, and Circe on the other, are two phases of the same process. He like no other is aware of the fact that th...

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...For most of the 20th century, both relativity and star travel fascinated this writer. The reasons Albert Einstein concluded there is an absolute barrier at the speed of light seemed at first clear, then later not so clear upon closer...

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...The following treatise on Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism has been prepared to supply a need much felt in the English language by students of Greek philosophy. For while other schools of Greek philosophy have been exhaustively and critically discussed by English scholars, there are few sources of information available to the student who wishes to make himself fa...

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... SEXTUS EMPIRICUS AND GREEK SCEPTICISM A Thesis accepted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Bern Switzerland, November... ...ty of Bern Switzerland, November 1897 BY MARY MILLS PATRICK PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY This Thesis is accomp... ...OPLE TURKEY This Thesis is accompanied by a Translation from the Greek of the First Book of the "Pyrrhonic Sketches" by Sextus Empiricus CA... .... THE POSITION AND AIM OF PYRRHONIC SCEPTICISM 23 The subject-matter of the Hypotyposes.—The origin of Pyrrhonism.—The nomenclature of... ...n different times by name in his works, [2] speak in favour of Rome in the matter under discussion, as Asclepiades made that city one of the centres... ...tive side of Pyrrhonism. The vast array of arguments comprising the subject-matter, often repeated in the same and different forms, are evidently ta... ... object, and of all the varieties of sensation that arise through the many phases of relativity of the conditions which control the character of th... ...already when he severed his connection with the New Academy; and to the two phases of his life, which such a change has already made us familiar wit... ... logical, i.e., that Aenesidemus had necessarily already passed through two phases of philosophical belief. It is possible to admit a gradual evolut...

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