October 6, 2008
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March 18, 2008 at 8:39 am · Filed under Articles, Kabbalah Today
The Secret of Harry’s Magic
An Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 8
Harry, the amiable, bespectacled youth who attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, must fight wicked witches and monsters to save the human race. But Harry’s struggles are not a unique phenomenon. They are the culmination of a globally increasing attraction to the mystical, hence young Potter’s success.
Along with Harry came other cinematographic hits such as The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings. We can point out many more examples but the idea is clear: we fancy fantasy. What is it that attracts us to mysticism? What are we trying to find there that we cannot find elsewhere? Do we really believe that such enchanted places and magic powers exist, or are we merely trying to escape our bleak reality? more…
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March 11, 2008 at 8:06 am · Filed under Articles, Kabbalah Today
The All-Purpose Remedy
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 12
The World Health Organization reports that nearly 40 new diseases have emerged in the last 30 years, over 1,100 epidemic events took place in the last 5 years alone, and mental illnesses have become a plague. According to Kabbalah, one principal flaw stands behind all of this - human egoism. more…
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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 20, 2008 at 5:39 am · Filed under Kabbalah Today, Love
Love, Deciphered
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 12
Kabbalists explain that there’s a reason why we feel best precisely when we experience “this thing called love”: because what we feel towards another person somewhat corresponds to the innate quality of Nature.
By feeling love, we gain contact with the positive quality that invigorates and binds all parts of reality. Kabbalah calls this quality “love” or “bestowal,” and explains that it is the unifying factor between all the elements in reality: minerals, plants, and animals, as well as all the experiences in man’s inner world. more…
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February 12, 2008 at 10:28 am · Filed under Articles, Kabbalah Today, Second Life
Better than the Virtual World!?
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 11
Second Life - You can find anything here, or at least anything the human mind can think of. An entire world of 3-D figures living a virtual life in the palm of your hand. All you need is a mouse, a monitor, and plenty of imagination. But what’s really the deal with this “virtuality” trend? What lies behind the passion for the virtual? more…
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January 30, 2008 at 4:45 am · Filed under Articles, Evolution, Free Will, Happiness, Kabbalah Today
* Cracking the Happiness Code - To crack the happiness code, we must start by realizing who we really are, what our nature is. more…
* Better than the Virtual World!? - Our attraction to the virtual world indicates great progress in human evolution. It plays an important role in humanity’s preparation for spirituality. more…
* The Freedom Blues - When you realize that there is no freedom in this world, you’ll begin asking about the meaning of it all, and then you’re on your way to real freedom. more…
* The Desire Grows - Humanity Evolves - Whether it is the tiniest movement of our body, or humanity’s entire evolution, all we do is motivated by one thing only - the desire for pleasure. more…
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January 29, 2008 at 5:30 am · Filed under Articles, Kabbalah Today
So you thought that generosity came from good will and caring for other people? Think again.
New genetic research shows that it may just be a matter of genes. From Kabbalah’s viewpoint, however, this is hardly news. That’s why we were sure that a meeting between Geneticist Prof. Ebstein and Kabbalist Dr. Laitman would be extremely fascinating.
Read “A Kabbalist, a Geneticist and the Meaning of Life”
From the Meeting:
Kabbalah Today Reporter, Oren Levi: Earlier you mentioned that what a person does is 50% influenced by his genes. What about the other 50%?
Prof. Ebstein: That comes from society, the education one receives from his parents or his school.
Oren Levi: Okay, so if this adds up to 100% - 50% genes and 50% society - then where am “I”? What do we have left of the person himself?
Prof. Ebstein: That is the question.
Oren Levi: And what does Dr. Laitman say about this, from the perspective of Kabbalah?
Dr. Laitman: What can I say - there is no free choice. more…
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January 4, 2008 at 6:14 am · Filed under Articles, Kabbalah Today, Perception of Reality
I Saw a Reversed World
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10
What is reality? How do we perceive it? Does it exist without us, or is it a picture created within us, depending on our inner qualities?
It seems obvious—reality is everything we see around us: houses, people, the entire universe…. Reality is what we can see, touch, hear, taste and smell. This is reality. Or is it? more…
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December 13, 2007 at 4:41 am · Filed under Articles, Kabbalah Today
Ecology and Us
Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10
“We are facing a true planetary emergency. It is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity,” former Vice President Al Gore dramatically stated when he accepted his Noble Peace Prize.
But once the curtain came down on the glimmering award ceremony, a question arose: Will our increasing environmental awareness save us from the ecological crisis? more…
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December 9, 2007 at 8:36 am · Filed under Kabbalah Today
Every autumn, flocks of storks fly on their way south. Their journey over land and sea covers a great distance.
They begin from cold northern lands and migrate south towards warm Africa. Next autumn, look up at the sky and you’ll see the V-shaped flock.
Why do they fly in a V? When a bird flaps its wings, it creates momentum that eases the flight of the bird behind it. This is why the V-shape lets the flock cover a much greater distance than one bird could ever do alone.
And another interesting fact: When one of the storks falls out of the flock because it is weak or hurt, two other storks immediately fly beside it to help and protect their fellow flyer.
They remain with the weak bird until it is strong enough to fly again, and only then do they rejoin the flock.
What can we learn from the storks’ flight?
People who have a common goal will reach it faster and more easily if they join together in a group. Each member will help another, and together they’ll move forward better than apart. This is why Kabbalists have always studied in groups.
- Read the Original Article in Kabbalah Today Issue 10
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