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May 7, 2008 at 12:39 pm · Filed under Books
Among all the texts and notes of Rabbi Baruch Shalom Halevi Ashlag (the Rabash), there was one special notebook he always carried. This notebook contained the transcripts of his conversations with his father, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Halevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), author of the Sulam (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar and of many other works on Kabbalah.
Not feeling well on the Jewish New Year in September 1991, the Rabash summoned his prime disciple and personal assistant, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him that notebook. Its cover contained only one word, Shamati (I Heard). As he handed the notebook, he said to Laitman, “Take it and learn from it.” The following morning, he perished in his student’s arms, leaving him and many of his other disciples without guidance in this world.
Committed to Rabash’s legacy to disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah, Laitman published the notebook just as it was written, thus retaining the text’s transforming powers. Among all the books of Kabbalah, Shamati is a unique and compelling composition whose power persists long after the reading is through.
Shamati (I Heard):
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April 27, 2008 at 8:51 am · Filed under Books, Second Life
Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute and the ARI Online Kabbalah Education Center is taking part in a book fair at Second Life, which finishes today, April 27. Visit the Bnei Baruch bookstand at the book fair today. Click here for more information about the book fair
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March 28, 2008 at 5:50 am · Filed under Books, Quotes
Rediscovering Our Unity
An Excerpt from the Book Kabbalah Revealed
Originally, all people were internally connected. We felt and thought of ourselves as a single human being, and this is exactly how Nature treats us. However, despite our initial oneness, as our egoism grew we gradually lost the sensation of unity and became increasingly distant from each other.
Kabbalah books write that Nature’s plan is for our egoism to keep growing until we realize that we have become separated and hateful to one another. The logic behind the plan is that we must first feel as a single entity, and then become separated into egoistic and detached individuals. Only then will we realize that we are completely opposite from the Creator, and utterly selfish.
Moreover, this is the only way for us to realize that egoism is negative, unfulfilling, and ultimately hopeless. Our egoism separates us from each other and from Nature. But to change that, we must first realize that this is the case. This will bring us to want to change, and to independently find a way to transform ourselves into altruists, reconnected with all of humanity and with Nature—the Creator.
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March 3, 2008 at 5:29 am · Filed under Articles, Books, Kabbalah Today
Kabbalah Explains the Bible
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 12
What does it take to author the greatest bestseller of all time? Apparently, it takes as much as discovering a world where there are no words at all, and finding words from our world to describe it. more…
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February 25, 2008 at 5:10 am · Filed under Books
The Creator and The Creation
A Collection of Authentic Kabbalah Inspirations
The inspirations contained in this book are derived from the works of authentic Kabbalists. Meaning, only Kabbalists who actually attained the spiritual levels of which they speak. The truth in these inspirations is clearly evident to those seeking the answer to the question, “What is my purpose?”
The Creator and The Creation: A Collection of Authentic Kabbalah Inspirations - compiled by Rob Taylor
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February 22, 2008 at 9:03 am · Filed under Books, Kabbalistic Stories
Together Forever
A Story for Children & Parents by Michael Laitman
In Together Forever, the author tells us that if we are patient and endure the trials we encounter along our life’s path, we will become stronger, braver, and wiser. Instead of growing weaker, we will learn to create our own magic and our own wonders as only a magician can.
In this warm, tender tale, Michael Laitman shares with children and parents alike some of the gems and charms of the spiritual world. The wisdom of Kabbalah is filled with spellbinding stories. Together Forever is yet another gift from this ageless source of wisdom, whose lessons make our lives richer, easier, and far more fulfilling.
Together Forever by Michael Laitman
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December 7, 2007 at 7:46 am · Filed under Books
When Rabbi Nahum of Ruzhin, a Kabbalist of the last century, found his students playing checkers, he told them of the similarity between the rules of the game at hand and the rules of spirituality: first of all, you cannot make two moves simultaneously; secondly, you can move forward but not backward; thirdly, one who reaches the end can move as one likes, according to one’s desires.
If we believe that someone is talking about us, we become interested in what they are saying. That which is desired but is concealed is known as a “secret.” If we read the Bible and feel that it is talking about us, then we are considered to have begun studying the hidden wisdom of Kabbalah, where we will read about ourselves, although we are not yet aware of this.
As we progress on the spiritual path, we will realize that the Bible speaks about us, and then the Bible will transform from being concealed to being revealed. Those who read the Bible without posing questions about themselves cannot discern in the Bible either the hidden or the revealed parts; to those individuals, the Bible appears simply as a historical account or a collection of legal statutes.
pp. 270-1 of the book Attaining the Worlds Beyond by Rav Michael Laitman, PhD
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November 15, 2007 at 10:07 am · Filed under Audio, Books
Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton’s and Einstein’s theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the hidden parts of reality which scientists are now discovering. While other sciences research the definable world around us, Kabbalah teaches us how the spontaneous changes occurring within us affect our surrounding reality. The wisdom of Kabbalah enables us to monitor those changes and control them, and in so doing change our world for the better.
Audio Files (MP3) - Every Link Is One of the Book’s Chapters:
* Foreword
Part I: Kabbalah Meets Quantum Physics
* Attendees of the San Francisco Conference
* Presenting Kabbalah
* The Nature of Matter
* The Giving Force and the Receiving Force
* Between Kabbalah and Science
* Quantum Theory
* The Credibility of Quantum Theory
Part II: The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
* Striving for Balance
* The Structure of Reality
Part III: Perception of Reality
* Building the Spiritual Kli (Vessel/Tool)
* Perception Patterns
* Regaining Consciousness
* Picturing Reality
Part IV: Realizing the Spiritual Gene
* The Reshimo
* Revealed and Concealed
* Nature’s Laws
* Kabbalah - the Modern Science
Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life: Because Your Life Has Meaning
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November 7, 2007 at 1:01 am · Filed under Books
A Video Clip About the Book Shamati (I Heard)
Shamati, the personal notebook of Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (Rabash) who transcribed what he heard from talks by his teacher and father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), has been fully translated into English and is downloadable as an MS Word file.
Click Here to Download the Full English Text Translation of Shamati (I Heard)
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August 13, 2007 at 9:45 am · Filed under Books, What is Kabbalah?
Kabbalah for Beginners is a book for everyone who is seeking answers to life’s essential questions. We all have problems; we want to know why we are here, why there is pain and how we can make life more enjoyable.
The four parts of this book tell us exactly how the wisdom of Kabbalah came about, who discovered and developed it, and what they discovered. Afterwards, the book tells us about the world we live in and finally, it explains how we can make our lives better for ourselves and for our children.
Part One discusses the discovery of the wisdom of Kabbalah, and how it was developed, and finally concealed until our time.
Part Two introduces the gist of the wisdom of Kabbalah, using 10 easy drawings to help us understand the structure of the spiritual worlds, and how they relate to our world. These drawings are accompanied by explanatory texts that make understanding Kabbalah very easy.
Part Three reveals Kabbalistic concepts that are largely unknown to the public. For example: the Creator exists nowhere but within us; our senses reveal what they sense, not what is really out there; and reality is nothing but a reflection of our perception, and hence changes when we change.
Part Four elaborates on practical means you and I can take in order to make our lives here better and more enjoyable for us and for our children. It explains how we can implement Kabbalistic principles such as freedom of choice and the power of society, and thus become more whole and fulfilled individuals.
View/Download/Purchase Kabbalah for Beginners:
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