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... by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be use... ...s our reactions, our feelings, and ultimately our reality. What, then, is the actual reality around us? Today, Kabbalists can state a principle that ... ...ld.” We are all able to see and feel varying images and sensations de- pending on our sensory organs and inner properties. All our sensations are sub... ...roperties of the Upper Force, the closer the image of “my world” comes to the actual reality, and the less distorted it is by one’s egoistic attribu... ...He gives serve as a condition upon which the relationship with the Creator is based. Man agrees to re- ceive from the Creator only if he is certain t... ...nd human history. But this is only because the construc- tion of the worlds is based on the same principle: everything that hap- pens in one spiritual... ...e, and are therefore aware of all the reasons for and the consequences of the events in our world. With the wisdom of Kabbalah and their additional ... ...do not know the music that former Kabbalists composed, we know that music and songs did exist and that Kabbalists used it to convey feelings that re... ...called “embrace.” There is a “left embrace” and a “right embrace.” The Song of Songs writes about it (2:6): “Let His left hand be under my head, and ...

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.................................................... 11 1 There Are No Facts on the Future ..................................................... 13 2 ... ...est Right Where You Are ................................. .43 If You Keep on Thinking What You've Always Thought, You'll Keep on Getting What You've... ... with the fact that change is the one constant in life, and every turn of events has a purpose. I could not see into the future, but I reached a poi... ...ces on the back of my jean jacket. She began using them on invitations to events at There Are No Facts on the Future • 17 our stores and progresse... ...ed in beatings as the severest form of discipline. Therefore, Wallace had actually put one over on me and Ruby. Beatings were just not consistent wi... ... fish fries, as these combina­ tion dinners and social events were called. Actually, fish wasn't the only food available. There would be plenty of fr... ...f as a cook, nor that I might be making a flimsy, narrow-minded decision based on my obsession with money. It was my decision, and it was based on ... ...p as soon as I could persuade Ruby to sign the papers. Even though I was based a long way from home, Aunt Della sent me care packages stuffed with ... ...year. A rock star will have a hit record, and then the next three or four songs sound like the last one. On~e a television show becomes a hit, three...

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...e basic questions of life and guides us toward achieving unlimited satisfaction on a daily basis. The essential questions of man’s being add another ... ...tion at his disposal. Each one of us formulates our own perception of the world based on our experience. Reality and everyday life constantly put th... ...t his disposal. Each one of us formulates our own perception of the world based on our experience. Reality and everyday life constantly put this per... .... In the books they have written, the Kabbalists inform us about the techniques based on man’s personal experiences. From their all- encompassing poi... ...e we can use to assist us in further progress. When we study their books, we are actually studying The Zohar and the Ari’s writings through the most ... ...in spirituality. The need comes from the soul’s urge to correct itself. That is actually the only test to determine whether a person is ready to stu... ...lings through the words of his numerous published writings. Among them he wrote songs and composed melodies based on these spiritual feelings. The m... ...y use the ratio of one day for ten years. This does not mean that the number of events planned for everybody is reduced. Rather, that the speed of t... ...actly what Moses wanted to pass on. The same relates to King Solomon’s “Song of Songs.” Everything depends on how it is read and perceived. Either j...

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...anish withouta trace. Thisquestion is a bitteranda fair one, asked by all born on earth: "What is the meaning of my life?" Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, Introd... ...ecommentaryonthebookof Zohar, as well as the author of a six-volume commentary on the texts of the Kabbalist, Ari, and of many other works on Kabbalah... ... By the same token, we cannot assess other worlds or their laws, or judge them based on our own current criteria—the criteria of our world. We do not ... ...l former beliefs, because now we are united with the Creator, and can view all events through the prism of the eternal -26- ATTAININGTHEWORLDSBEYOND ... ...ording to the Creator’s Plan, then whatgoodareourefforts?Asaresultofourownwork,based ontheprinciple ofrewardandpunishment, weacquirefrom Above an unde... ... I be sure that I shouldn’t turn you down because by receiving from you I will actually be giving you joy? Host: Quite simple! Because you totally ref... ... I can receive pleasure from the food many times more than the food itself can actually give, because I add to the hunger a second desire: a will to b... ...s, that dungeon of physical desire in which we find ourselves. In this manner, events progress until, having exhausted ourownpotential, andhaving done... ...long evenings sitting across from him, absorbing his glance, his speeches, his songs. These recollections live deep insideofme,andIhopethat,eventoday,...

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...thod was specifically developed. That is why the Zohar, the Ari and Baal HaSulam (Rav Yehuda Ashlag, the author of HaSulam (The Ladder), a commentary on the Zohar) reveal that from this time forward, the Kabbalah will become a simple and genuine way of life, open to all, with no restrictions. This approach originated in 1995, and we are currently in the midst of this proce...

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... info@kabbalah.info 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, oN, M2R 3X1, canada 2009 85th Street #51, Brooklyn, New York, 11214, USA P... ...r T II - The World WaS Crea Ted for Me ................. 63 Chapter 5: the aCtual reality ........................................................65 C... ...the Deep ..............................................................135 on My Bed at Night ........................................................... ...are our lives unfolding as they are? Why are we in a constant race, never actually finding any rest? Why does everything become dull and tasteless o... ...he whole of The Zohar without interpreting it, but the clari- fcations are based on a straightforward analysis, which any intermediate student can und... ...e actual reality, just as a person is dreaming, experiencing all sorts of events, believing oneself to be awake. This is how we are in this world. I... ...tual Reality 69 The contemporary approach to our perception of reality is based on quantum physics, and holds that the observer affects the world, a... ... one should see all that from the secrets of the Torah. New Zohar, Song of Songs, Items 482-483 108 9 the “raBBi shimoN” system This book shall ... ...Zohar with a desire to bond with everyone. There is none to begin and say songs, and there is none to complete his singing. That is, those who stand...

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...alah.info info@kabbalah.info 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada Bnei Baruch USA, 2009 85th street, #51, Brooklyn, NY 11... ...1 Love of Friends (Rav Yehuda Ashlag) 282 The Influence of the Environment on a Person (Rav Baruch Ashlag) 283 Purpose of Society (Rav Baruch Ashlag) ... ...the essence of Judaism in a glance, like that angel, and draw conclusions based on their own mood. These are the reasons that have prompted me to go ... ... this reason, they refrained from writing commentaries that relate to the actual wisdom, but settled for brief intimations that were not in any way ... ...rstood, comprehended, and so on. ThE A CTUAliT y of ThE WiSdom of KAbbAlAh Actual things are found even in the corporeal reality set before our eyes, ... ...re also the chariots in Isaiah and Ezekiel, and atop them all The Song of Songs, all of which is purely the language of Kabbalah. It is similar in l... ... Kabbalah 1 Rav Laitman explains that by “electric,” Baal HaSulam means based on atoms. 47 Th e Te a C h i n g o f T h e Ka b b a l a h a n d i T ... ...rces of pleasure. Thus, they clarify all of man’s conclusions from life’s events. Also, what we feel as concepts and rationalities within our minds a... ... Wisdom depends. – The Book of Zohar (with the Sulam commentary), Song of Songs, p 148 It is not without reason—according to their will—did they dete...

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... info@kabbalah.info 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada 194 Quentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, U... ..........................................................347 He Who Rejoices on Holidays .................................................................. ...hat although The Book of Zohar was written eighteen centuries ago, it was actually written for our time. Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) opened it... ...is mentioned neither in the Talmud nor in The Zohar, then the decision is based on the source that best elucidates this matter. If the disputed matt... ...isputed matter is between the Talmud and the legislators, the decision is based on the assertion from The Book of Zohar. If the legislators themselv... ...uney Zohar. 5. Midrash HaNe’elam (The Commentary on the Writings): Song of Songs, Ruth, Eicha (Lamentations)—and on the Torah (Pentateuch). Baal HaSu... ...m – Chronicles Mishley – Proverbs Tehilim – Psalms Shir HaShirim – Song of Songs Shoftim – Judges 29 AN EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE ZOHAR 3... ... (T), Netzah (N), Hod (H), Yesod (Y), and Malchut (M). However, there are actually only five of them: Keter (K), Hochma (H), Bina (B), Tifferet (T),... ...o have ascended to the spiritual worlds and see both the roots, i.e., the events that transpire in the spiritual worlds, as well as their corporeal ...

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... 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest Information & Learning (University of Micro... ...yans entered India, for their comfortable living they introduced and enforced on the natives the Manusmriti- based culture that is chiefly responsibl... ...omfortable living they introduced and enforced on the natives the Manusmriti- based culture that is chiefly responsible for ill treatment of the wom... ...y Associative Memories. NAMs are applied to this problem and conclusions are based on this analysis. The sixth chapter gives the translated versio... ...ay often lack the power to translate their knowledge of HIV transmission into actual self-protective behaviors. Groups such as WORLD (Women Organiz... ...A FRM is a directed graph or a map from D to R with concepts like policies or events etc, as nodes and causalities as edges. It represents causal r... ...eak out its fear and inhibited feelings? Now she suffers from the disease. I actually wept on seeing her. I feel in the 21st century such barbaric ... ...ay in their minds for they would forget when they see several other pictures, songs and dances; so she says on Sundays when everyone is free they sh... ... advertisement must be given on Sundays for half an hour or so in the form of songs, dramas or skits or talk by experts on TV, which will make an im...

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...FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fi... ... fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental. ... ...book) ISBN: 1-4033-8038-4 (Paperback) ISBN: 1-4033-8039-2 (Dustjacket) This book is printed on acid free paper. ... ...h their so-called sacred ’rumels’ (a scarf or cord) and secretly burying their bodies. They lived on the proceeds of their homicidal activities and ... ...oyed the spectacle of the festival of Durga Puja. Their Indian guide explained, ‘This festival is based on the saga Ramayana which recalls the victo... ...England, to be Helen’s proxy parents, a task which they had gladly accepted. She could not alter events now, could not break her promise to Sir Ter... ... to the elephant’s back, which enabled the shikari to stand upright. Helen was amused by the love songs whispered by the Mahout into the large ears ... ...meal of several courses, Gavin took Helen on a doonga, a pleasure boat, where musicians sang love songs to the accompaniment of Kashmiri musical ins...

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...l Montana farm two years earlier to become a cowboy. Having learned his craft on a large Wyoming ranch, he was about to head out again. This time o... ...and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination, drawn from actual historical places, figures, or events, or are used ficti- tiousl... ...of the author’s imagination, drawn from actual historical places, figures, or events, or are used ficti- tiously, and any other resemblance to actual... ..., figures, or events, or are used ficti- tiously, and any other resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or lo... ...other resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental. All ... ...hat trail many times, and knew it well, but as much as I tried to concentrate on the trip itself, my mind kept flashing back to the look in my moth... ...played non-stop, and fast, too. I couldn’t imagine where he learned all those songs! While I sat there, taking in all these new sights and sounds... ...ntana that those men are probably haven’t gone too far. I also suspect that, based on what we just heard, they’re not likely to return here, so I t...

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...oject. Note Each day I receive devotional writings by e-mail, and read them on desk and wall calendars. I often wonder how to apply that day’s “lesso... ...inating, and have many quotes and verses tucked under the laminated covering on my desk. Each one reflects a bit of my personality and beliefs, as do ... ...iting journey might lead to. And certainly not things I ever thought I would actually wish for! Instead of wealth, I’ve been given a richer understand... ...en gets lost somehow or other. Someday, I’ll have it so “together” that I’ll actually carry both checkbook and pen.), even from room to room in my hou... ... I try to budget, try to anticipate income probability for the coming months based on sound logic without being overly optimistic, and try not to make... ...th in Him. Then I Try Not to Panic.../Tina L. Miller 115 pray. And I sing songs of joy and praise and thanksgiving. I get lost in the music and th... ...derful place to capture thoughts, feelings, reflections, revelations, record events, doodle and draft out writing projects. A journal provides a const...

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... in the world, this change was painful and wrought with strife. It began on May 7 th , a day that began like any other day. People around the world... ... a cancer, one that has raged out of control. It is time to mark this day on the calendar, the 7 th of May, as the beginning of a new age. As God ... ...d plenty of rounds in this magazine and he wasn’t even remotely tired. In actuality, he was just geting warmed up. This time though, he noticed that... ... a loud boom rang out and the four could hear debris falling. The tunnels actually shook. “What did you do that for?” asked the older man. 6 Mike Sa... ...that even resembles some type of organization?” “Yeah. There’s New Haven, based at Southern which you know about. There’s also Danbury and Bridgepor... ...veryone else sat in silent contempla- 95 7 Scorpions: Rebellion tion. The events of the past several hours were a lot to handle mentally, for everyo... ...le a minute. “Yeah, well, the most advanced and secure systems use a text based interface. This system is Linux based and it’s heavily modifed but i... ...ion than anything else. He still remem- bered his entire life prior to the events, including his time as the vigilante who the newspapers labeled the... ... “Hello…how about me? The most technical knowledge I have is downloading songs onto an iPod. I’ll chill in that lab with him.” “Uh uh,” Talbot insis...

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...FARE STATE 207 The Welfare State is Moral from a self-centered point of view 208 From a self centered point of view it is immoral. 209 Moral from God based assumptions 210 Immoral from God based assumptions 211 Moral for society based assumptions 211 Immoral from a societal point of view.212 HUMAN RIGHTS 213 Moral from a self-centered point of view. 217 Immoral from a self...

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............................................................................................................. 23 MASLOW'S CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF ACTUAL... ...was in philosophy but we knew each other socially. Then I got a ‗post doc‘ at Stanford and she got one at Berkeley. Nowadays we are often put on the... ...afraid we won‘t be seen as logical. People are more likely to do something from a psychological need for power, then rationalize their actions based ... ... we won‘t be seen as logical. People are more likely to do something from a psychological need for power, then rationalize their actions based on the... ...e who is less powerful than I am. I feel good. My rationalization for why I did it may be societal, ‗he is in a different gang.‘ It may be God based,... ... 10 ―I think that many who have become atheists or agnostics have actual... ...set—but not her. Whenever the situation was right she could be counted on to break into song with the repertoire of Sophie Tucker, that 1920‘s songst... ...ove is. This idea usually relates to some romantic notion developed from an exposure to the fantasies of fiction in literature and to popular songs ... ...h. The Art of Loving N. Y. Harper & Brothers, 1956. 15. Berkowitz, L. ―Some effects of thoughts on anti- and pro-social influences of media events...

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..................................................................... 37 GOD BASED ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................ ......................................................... 233 Moral from God based assumptions ............................................................ ................................................................. 330 Spying on the citizens has value from a self centered point of view ................. ... sleep anywhere and you don‘t have to worry about the weight of your body on a mattress. I had trouble sleeping on my bed in California, but these ai... ... in logic. ―There is some historical evidence that verifies some events in the Bible. There are the foundations said to be of Solomon‘s Tem... ...ed the oral traditions. ―So Homer‘s tale of Troy, which would have actually occurred in about the 12 th Century BCE, was not made into a poe... ...nts in Troy. Add to this the fact that scholars aren‘t certain that Homer actually existed or that the war in the Iliad actually took place. Was it ... ...h? ―Is the definitely erotic ‗Song of Solomon‘ or ‗Song of Songs‘ pornographic? Or is it the most romantic poem ever written. Is it a... ...original meaning of gay, it meant happy and carefree. Some of my favorite songs and stories use the word in this way. Undoubtedly some homosexuals a...

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...K.R.Narayanan was a lauded hero and a distinguished victim of his Dalit background. Even in an international platform when he was on an official visit to Paris, the media headlines blazed, ‘An Untouchable at Elysee’. He was visibly upset and it proved that a Dalit who rose up to such heights was never spared from the pangs of outcaste-ness and untouchab...

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...sold dried fish. With my wife and two small sons, I had arrived in Lampang on the night train from Bangkok, and stood there after an ill-slept night, ... ... I have made five trips in all to Northern Thailand and collected material on people's lives in three villages in the province and in its centre, the ... ...ions. The original academic working title of my research project was , and based on the 1972-73 material, I wrote a book of the same title ( ), publis... ...ter the Second World War. It marked the beginning of the era of technology based on oil, and today's modern development culture was created. Now the f... ...ional cultural industry - occupational culture - media culture (TV) - mass events (festivals) - cultural services Meritocracy - organizational integra... ...ionnaire respondents to present them as mementoes. Of the photographs, the actual documented collection comprises 13,900 colour slides for which I hav... ...age. I said, lots, and many policemen, and at least six or seven teachers. Actually, there were no soldiers, nor policemen or teachers. When the chief... ...e evenings, Thai dancing, but it's not done any more. We used to sing folk songs and play old traditional instruments. Now we listen to music on the r... ...community and life wisdom were reinforced by folk tradition, stories, folk songs and proverbs of agrarian communities, much utilized in everyday speec...