What is Kabbalah ?
The kabbalah is the oldest, most influential wisdom in all of human history. Kabbalah reveals all the spiritual and physical laws that govern the cosmos and the human Soul. It answers questions, and provides solutions. It unravels puzzles, and deciphers codes. It gives you practical tools to change.
It creates order out of chaos, and it answers the ultimate question of human existance : who are we ? where did we come from ? Why are we on this earth ?
Where did the Kabbalah come from ?
The ultimate source of the kabbalah is the ancient book of the Zohar. The Zohar is a twenty-three-volume treasury od wisdom that is also the gratest force of divine energy known to man.
Historians are now realizing that the Zohar is the authentic Holy Grail. The Zohar is the actual Tree of life spoken of by all religions. It is the ultimate instrument for generating endless miracles. And it promises nothing less than a world free of chaos, destruction and Death.
The secret of the Zohar's unparalleled power is remarkably simple : The Zohar radiates light. In the same wat that a light bulb eradicates darkness from a room, the spiritual light from
the Zohar banishes all forms of darkness from our world, including disease, depression, discontent, and even death itself.Holding the book, meditation upon the book, or learning the wisdom contained in the book is how one gains enlightenment.
People often ask, "Is the Kabbalah a religion ?"
The answer is "No".
Kabbalahs's spiritual power is universal. It's light is intended for Christians, Muslims, Hindus Jews and all humanity!
Throughout the ages, Kabbalah has brought forth miracles and profound spiritual change influencing the greatest minds of history, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Plato, Pythagoras, Newton, Shakespeare, Freud and the greatest mids of science, religion and politics.
The following are a series of essays dealing with the origins of Kabbalah from the beginning
of creation to the modern world.
1. Adam
G-d said, ?Let us make man with our image and likeness?G-d created man with His image. In the
image of G-d, He created him, male and female He created them.?
Genesis 1:26-7
Maimonides in his third principle of faith states the G-d does not have a body and physical concepts do not apply to Him. There is nothing whatsoever that resembles Him at all. What therefore is the meaning of the words, ?Let us make man with our image?? Of which image does the scripture speak?
The classical commentaries explain that man alone is endowed ? like his Creator ? with morality, reason and free will. It is in this sense that man is described as having been created in G-d?s image. The Kabbalistic interpretation is different and deep.
The image of G-d referred to here is not to G-d Himself who is beyond comprehension, but rather to the creative process. Man in body and soul reflects the spiritual infrastructure of the worlds and the chain order of creation. in the words of Job (??); ?From my flesh I perceive G-d.? This means that an inspection of human psychology and physiology leads one to understand their parallel spiritual source in the higher realms. In order to understand the different stages of creation, the Kabbalists refer to the human model and extrapolate to the Divine. This process requires great caution for as previously stated, no human qualities may be ascribed to the essence of G-d.
Adam harishon ? the first man was acutely aware of this process of creation. To use the computer analogy, his hard drive was programmed with this knowledge. His operating system spoke the Holy Tongue ? the Hebrew language - the language of creation.
And G-d said: Let there be light? ? Genesis 1:3.
G-d has no physical mouth or vocal cords. What is the meaning of the words, ?And G-d said?? Kabbalah explains that contraction of Infinite light and its channelling into finite vessels is comparable to the speech process. In the spoken word, thousands of thoughts are distilled into a few words. In the ten utterances of Genesis, G-d contracted massive energies into creative packets, and configured them in the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Every letter of the Aleph Bet represents a Divine power. Combinations of letters represent combinations of Divine powers that result in the diversity of creation. To draw an analogy from the periodic table; mix sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid and you get salt and water. Sodium is a volatile metal and chlorine a poisonous gas, yet when combined create salt which lasts forever. Chemistry studies the formation of different materials though the combination of various elements. In the analogue, each letter of the aleph bet contains a certain configuration of Divine creative energy. When combined letters can create.
In the words of the Sefer Yetzirah an early Kabbalistic text, ?one brick can build one house, two bricks two houses, three bricks, six houses, four bricks 24 houses, five bricks 120 houses etc.? There are twenty two letters of the Aleph Bet with five final letters, to which the sefer Yetzirah compares to building blocks. Combinations of these bricks can build an enormous number of houses. We shall discuss this in detail in a further chapter.
Adam was well aware of this knowledge which we shall henceforth call the mystical tradition. G-d had formed every wild beast and every bird of heaven out of the ground. He brought them to man to see what he would name each one. Whatever the man called each living thing would remain its name.? Genesis 2:19.
Why did G-d ask Adam to name the animals? Surely their names would be decided by consensus? The answer is that Adam perceived their spiritual creative source and named each animal commensurate with its spiritual configuration. Thus, all created things are directly affected by their Hebrew names, as well as by the component letters of their names.
The Shechinah ? Divine presence, was totally manifest in the Garden of Eden. To Adam, every facet of the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdom?s were superb manifestations of Divine creativity, and as the maestro of this cosmic orchestra, Adam directed the creation to prostrate itself to His majesty.
The kabbalah is the oldest, most influential wisdom in all of human history. Kabbalah reveals all the spiritual and physical laws that govern the cosmos and the human Soul. It answers questions, and provides solutions. It unravels puzzles, and deciphers codes. It gives you practical tools to change.
It creates order out of chaos, and it answers the ultimate question of human existance : who are we ? where did we come from ? Why are we on this earth ?
Where did the Kabbalah come from ?
The ultimate source of the kabbalah is the ancient book of the Zohar. The Zohar is a twenty-three-volume treasury od wisdom that is also the gratest force of divine energy known to man.
Historians are now realizing that the Zohar is the authentic Holy Grail. The Zohar is the actual Tree of life spoken of by all religions. It is the ultimate instrument for generating endless miracles. And it promises nothing less than a world free of chaos, destruction and Death.
The secret of the Zohar's unparalleled power is remarkably simple : The Zohar radiates light. In the same wat that a light bulb eradicates darkness from a room, the spiritual light from
the Zohar banishes all forms of darkness from our world, including disease, depression, discontent, and even death itself.Holding the book, meditation upon the book, or learning the wisdom contained in the book is how one gains enlightenment.
People often ask, "Is the Kabbalah a religion ?"
The answer is "No".
Kabbalahs's spiritual power is universal. It's light is intended for Christians, Muslims, Hindus Jews and all humanity!
Throughout the ages, Kabbalah has brought forth miracles and profound spiritual change influencing the greatest minds of history, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Plato, Pythagoras, Newton, Shakespeare, Freud and the greatest mids of science, religion and politics.
The following are a series of essays dealing with the origins of Kabbalah from the beginning
of creation to the modern world.
1. Adam
G-d said, ?Let us make man with our image and likeness?G-d created man with His image. In the
image of G-d, He created him, male and female He created them.?
Genesis 1:26-7
Maimonides in his third principle of faith states the G-d does not have a body and physical concepts do not apply to Him. There is nothing whatsoever that resembles Him at all. What therefore is the meaning of the words, ?Let us make man with our image?? Of which image does the scripture speak?
The classical commentaries explain that man alone is endowed ? like his Creator ? with morality, reason and free will. It is in this sense that man is described as having been created in G-d?s image. The Kabbalistic interpretation is different and deep.
The image of G-d referred to here is not to G-d Himself who is beyond comprehension, but rather to the creative process. Man in body and soul reflects the spiritual infrastructure of the worlds and the chain order of creation. in the words of Job (??); ?From my flesh I perceive G-d.? This means that an inspection of human psychology and physiology leads one to understand their parallel spiritual source in the higher realms. In order to understand the different stages of creation, the Kabbalists refer to the human model and extrapolate to the Divine. This process requires great caution for as previously stated, no human qualities may be ascribed to the essence of G-d.
Adam harishon ? the first man was acutely aware of this process of creation. To use the computer analogy, his hard drive was programmed with this knowledge. His operating system spoke the Holy Tongue ? the Hebrew language - the language of creation.
And G-d said: Let there be light? ? Genesis 1:3.
G-d has no physical mouth or vocal cords. What is the meaning of the words, ?And G-d said?? Kabbalah explains that contraction of Infinite light and its channelling into finite vessels is comparable to the speech process. In the spoken word, thousands of thoughts are distilled into a few words. In the ten utterances of Genesis, G-d contracted massive energies into creative packets, and configured them in the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Every letter of the Aleph Bet represents a Divine power. Combinations of letters represent combinations of Divine powers that result in the diversity of creation. To draw an analogy from the periodic table; mix sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid and you get salt and water. Sodium is a volatile metal and chlorine a poisonous gas, yet when combined create salt which lasts forever. Chemistry studies the formation of different materials though the combination of various elements. In the analogue, each letter of the aleph bet contains a certain configuration of Divine creative energy. When combined letters can create.
In the words of the Sefer Yetzirah an early Kabbalistic text, ?one brick can build one house, two bricks two houses, three bricks, six houses, four bricks 24 houses, five bricks 120 houses etc.? There are twenty two letters of the Aleph Bet with five final letters, to which the sefer Yetzirah compares to building blocks. Combinations of these bricks can build an enormous number of houses. We shall discuss this in detail in a further chapter.
Adam was well aware of this knowledge which we shall henceforth call the mystical tradition. G-d had formed every wild beast and every bird of heaven out of the ground. He brought them to man to see what he would name each one. Whatever the man called each living thing would remain its name.? Genesis 2:19.
Why did G-d ask Adam to name the animals? Surely their names would be decided by consensus? The answer is that Adam perceived their spiritual creative source and named each animal commensurate with its spiritual configuration. Thus, all created things are directly affected by their Hebrew names, as well as by the component letters of their names.
The Shechinah ? Divine presence, was totally manifest in the Garden of Eden. To Adam, every facet of the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdom?s were superb manifestations of Divine creativity, and as the maestro of this cosmic orchestra, Adam directed the creation to prostrate itself to His majesty.