A Guide to the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 7
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Kabbalah Facts and Fallacies......Page 16
In the Spotlight......Page 18
From Small Groups to Mass Exposure......Page 19
Kabbalah – Because Now We Need It......Page 20
The Right Wisdom for It’s Time......Page 21
Kabbalah with Anything......Page 22
In a Nutshell......Page 23
The Truth about Reality......Page 24
To Receive – Discover the Force of Giving......Page 25
The Latent Sense......Page 26
Selfish to the Core......Page 28
The Most Egoistic Desire: To Be an Altruist......Page 29
In a Nutshell......Page 30
Just the Gist......Page 31
Beyond the Five Senses......Page 32
Across the Barrier......Page 34
In Search of Freedom......Page 35
The Pleasure and Pain Principle......Page 37
Four Factors (Layers) of Our Makeup......Page 38
In a Nutshell......Page 40
Just the Gist......Page 41
The Recognition of Evil and the Revelation of Good......Page 42
Feeling Good, Then Better......Page 44
A Win, Win Situation......Page 45
The Point in the Heart......Page 46
Coupling with the Creator......Page 47
In a Nutshell......Page 48
From the First Thought to the First Man......Page 50
Adam......Page 52
Abraham......Page 53
Moses......Page 54
Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai)......Page 55
In the Cave......Page 56
Rabbi Isaac Luria (The Ari)......Page 57
A Method that Suits Its Time......Page 58
In a Nutshell......Page 59
Just the Gist......Page 60
What Kabbalah Books Do for You, and What They Don’t......Page 61
Roots – From Top to Bottom......Page 62
The Great Commentator......Page 63
Call of the Hour......Page 64
In a Nutshell......Page 65
Part II: Before there Was Time......Page 66
Just the Gist......Page 68
The Five-Rung Ladder......Page 69
Five Phases or Five Sefirot......Page 70
The Screen (and the Unlikely Example)......Page 71
5 x 5 x 5......Page 72
The Fifth Level and the Barrier......Page 74
Towards a Common Soul......Page 76
Back to the Future......Page 77
What Goes Around Comes Around......Page 79
In a Nutshell......Page 80
Five Worlds, and None Real......Page 81
At the Top of the Ladder......Page 82
A Short Story of Creation......Page 83
For Your Pleasure Only......Page 85
Adam and Eve are Born (and Dropped)......Page 87
Tricked into Sinning......Page 88
Sin – The Way Out of Evil......Page 89
Tiny Gold Coins......Page 90
In a Nutshell......Page 91
Just the Gist......Page 92
Like Roots and Branches......Page 93
The Same but Opposite......Page 94
The Hidden Meaning of the Bible......Page 95
The Apple Story......Page 96
Abraham – Between Egypt and Israel......Page 97
Mose’s Tug-of-War with Pharaoh......Page 98
The (Classic Happy-End) Story of Esther......Page 99
The Zohar – Not without Attainment......Page 100
The Donkey Driver......Page 101
The Beginning of the Last Generation......Page 102
In a Nutshell......Page 103
Just the Gist......Page 104
A Map of Spirituality......Page 105
Black on White......Page 107
Letters and Worlds......Page 109
Ones, Tens, Hundreds, and Beyond......Page 111
If God = Nature, and Nature = Desire, then…......Page 112
The Building-Blocks of Life......Page 113
Abraham Took It Personally (and So Can You)......Page 114
In a Nutshell......Page 115
Just the Gist......Page 116
Recycle until You‘re Ripe and Ready......Page 117
The Seed of the Soul......Page 118
Where and What is a Soul?......Page 119
A Shirt for the Soul......Page 120
Who Was I?......Page 121
Can We Identify People from the Past?......Page 122
How Many Times Do I Have to Reincarnate?......Page 123
What Remains of Past Lives?......Page 124
How Can I Positively Affect My Next Life?......Page 125
In a Nutshell......Page 126
Just the Gist......Page 127
Everyday is an Open-House Day......Page 128
Studying with the Right Intention......Page 129
No Hermits......Page 130
Books: Our Spiritual Tour Guides......Page 132
Texts in the Language of the Branches......Page 133
Books that Help You Reach Your Goal......Page 134
Let Your Heart Decide......Page 135
Group Study......Page 136
Letting the Light Flow into Your......Page 137
Long Distance Kabbalah Study......Page 138
In a Nutshell......Page 139
Not by Words Alone......Page 140
Music – Touches Where Texts Can Not......Page 141
Bathing in Light......Page 142
Tunning Your Inner Instrument......Page 143
Spiritual Harmony......Page 144
In a Nutshell......Page 145
Part III: Kabbalah Today......Page 146
Just the Gist......Page 148
Assuming Responsibility......Page 149
As One Unit......Page 150
Little Me in You, Little You in Me......Page 152
Saving Ourselves… and Everything Else......Page 154
On the Desire-Sequence......Page 155
Technology Broke Its Promise......Page 156
Wishing for the King’s Daughter’s Hand......Page 157
Selfish to the Core......Page 158
In a Nutshell......Page 159
Just the Gist......Page 160
To Give or Not to Give......Page 161
Nature’s Bedrock......Page 162
What You See Is Who You Are......Page 163
More for Me and Less for You......Page 164
The Necessity of Luxuries......Page 165
Why “Disguised” Desires Fail Us......Page 167
Spirituality: A Uniquely Human Desire......Page 168
The Point of This World......Page 170
In a Nutshell......Page 171
Just the Gist......Page 172
Living in a Creatorless Boat......Page 173
Salvation in Bonding of Egoists......Page 175
A Chain of Souls......Page 176
Through His Eyes......Page 178
My Egoism is My Own Bane......Page 179
Two Ways Up......Page 180
Take the Short Way, It’s Quick and Easy......Page 181
In a Nutshell......Page 183
The Height of Creation......Page 184
A Domino Effect......Page 185
The Power in the Appreciation of Society......Page 187
Denounce Egoism and Extol Altruism......Page 188
Understanding Babel’s Tower......Page 190
Enhanced Perception......Page 191
Beyond Life and Death......Page 192
In a Nutshell......Page 193
Appendix......Page 194
Glossary......Page 196
Further Reading......Page 202
Kabbalah Revealed......Page 203
Kabbalah, Science, and the Meaning of Life......Page 204
Tha Kabbalah Experience......Page 205
The Science of Kabbalah......Page 206
Attaining the Worlds Beyond......Page 207
Basic Concepts in Kabbalah......Page 208
Shamati......Page 209
Kabbalah for the Student......Page 210
History and Origin......Page 211
The Message......Page 212
Internet Website......Page 213
Kabbalah Books......Page 214
Funding......Page 215
How to Contact Bnei Baruch......Page 216