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Kabbalah Today
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JULY 2007, #5
A PUBLICATION OF THE BNEI BARUCH ASSOCIATION FOUNDED BY RAV MICHAEL LAITMAN, PHD
www.kabtoday.com
New comprehensive yet easygoing guide to Kabbalah
A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR NO IDIOTS
Editor’s Note
EChOEs OF ThE FUTURE
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Our Natural Desire to Know Why
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The Rabash -baal haSulam’s son and successor » PAGE 4
KABBALAH ICONS
If there were one billion people fewer in the world, would we feel that something was missing?
SOUL SPLITTING
the echoing shofar — a call for change
CREATION, EVOLUTION ANd BEYONd
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PAGE
6
humanity has been through a lot. now we want to know how it all began and where we are headed
KABBALAH SOURCES
baal haSulam onthe perception of reality
by Ron Gilboa
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In all our fields of research, we actually research ourselves, not the world around us » PAGE 7
CONTRADICTORY PHENOMENA
ur time in history is very special, the kind we learn about in history books years after it unfolds. Numerous events are happening daily and in every possible realm. Changes are occurring more often thanever, and at a pace that seems constantly faster. Humanity has already been through great changes, but this time, it seems we are facing a fateful crossroads. Millennia of evolution are all pointing to a special point in time: ours.
let’s clear up the misunderstandings and misconceptions » PAGE 8
WHAT IS (AND IS NOT) KABBALAH?
The Beginning
In the beginning, man thought that Earth was flat,and that if one only walked far enough, he or she would reach the end of the world. In those days, people believed that a special God was assigned for each of the
world’s phenomena. But as science evolved, people developed a better understanding of the world we live in. Yet, one question remained unresolved: “How did it all begin?” Ancient books of Kabbalah reveal that questions about how theworld began occupied the minds of the first Kabbalists as early as 5,000 years ago. They discovered that the reality prior to our arrival started with a tiny spark of spiritual energy. This burst into the corporeal space about fifteen billion years ago created our universe. Science calls it “the big bang.” The big bang created the conditions for the existence of life on Earth. Baal HaSulam,generally regarded as the greatest Kabbalist of the twentieth century, writes about it in a paper he published in 1940 under the title, The Nation:
“However, the planet had not yet grown still from the war between the forces, and after some time the liquid force of fire overpowered and erupted in a great noise from the bowels of the Earth, rising and shattering the cold hard crust to pieces, turningthe planet into a liquid ball of fire once again. Then an era of new wars began until the cool force overpowered the force of fire once more, and a second crust was chilled around the ball, harder, thicker, and more durable against the outbreak of the fluids from amidst the ball. “…Thus, the eons interchanged, and every time the cooling force was victorious, the crust it made was thicker. Finally,the positive forces overpowered the
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3
n each of us lies an unresolved riddle concerning the purpose of life. Every so often we ask ourselves questions such as: “Why are we here?” “How were we created?” “Is there a purpose to our experiences, both personal and global?” and “Where are we headed?” For the most part, we try to avoid these kinds of questions. We do not thinkof them as something that can be or was even meant to be answered. We have created a society that makes it convenient for us to ignore our natural desire to know why we are alive. In the eyes of society, it is much more acceptable to simply chase after the trifle day-to-day chores and joys of life. Those of us who do question the meaning of life are often considered odd or in some cases even...
authentic Kabbalah sources from israel
free
JULY 2007, #5
A PUBLICATION OF THE BNEI BARUCH ASSOCIATION FOUNDED BY RAV MICHAEL LAITMAN, PHD
www.kabtoday.com
New comprehensive yet easygoing guide to Kabbalah
A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR NO IDIOTS
Editor’s Note
EChOEs OF ThE FUTURE
» PAGE 2
I
Our Natural Desire to Know Why
»
PAGE
3
The Rabash -baal haSulam’s son and successor » PAGE 4
KABBALAH ICONS
If there were one billion people fewer in the world, would we feel that something was missing?
SOUL SPLITTING
the echoing shofar — a call for change
CREATION, EVOLUTION ANd BEYONd
»
PAGE
6
humanity has been through a lot. now we want to know how it all began and where we are headed
KABBALAH SOURCES
baal haSulam onthe perception of reality
by Ron Gilboa
O
7
»
PAGE
In all our fields of research, we actually research ourselves, not the world around us » PAGE 7
CONTRADICTORY PHENOMENA
ur time in history is very special, the kind we learn about in history books years after it unfolds. Numerous events are happening daily and in every possible realm. Changes are occurring more often thanever, and at a pace that seems constantly faster. Humanity has already been through great changes, but this time, it seems we are facing a fateful crossroads. Millennia of evolution are all pointing to a special point in time: ours.
let’s clear up the misunderstandings and misconceptions » PAGE 8
WHAT IS (AND IS NOT) KABBALAH?
The Beginning
In the beginning, man thought that Earth was flat,and that if one only walked far enough, he or she would reach the end of the world. In those days, people believed that a special God was assigned for each of the
world’s phenomena. But as science evolved, people developed a better understanding of the world we live in. Yet, one question remained unresolved: “How did it all begin?” Ancient books of Kabbalah reveal that questions about how theworld began occupied the minds of the first Kabbalists as early as 5,000 years ago. They discovered that the reality prior to our arrival started with a tiny spark of spiritual energy. This burst into the corporeal space about fifteen billion years ago created our universe. Science calls it “the big bang.” The big bang created the conditions for the existence of life on Earth. Baal HaSulam,generally regarded as the greatest Kabbalist of the twentieth century, writes about it in a paper he published in 1940 under the title, The Nation:
“However, the planet had not yet grown still from the war between the forces, and after some time the liquid force of fire overpowered and erupted in a great noise from the bowels of the Earth, rising and shattering the cold hard crust to pieces, turningthe planet into a liquid ball of fire once again. Then an era of new wars began until the cool force overpowered the force of fire once more, and a second crust was chilled around the ball, harder, thicker, and more durable against the outbreak of the fluids from amidst the ball. “…Thus, the eons interchanged, and every time the cooling force was victorious, the crust it made was thicker. Finally,the positive forces overpowered the
»
CONTINUED ON PAGE
3
n each of us lies an unresolved riddle concerning the purpose of life. Every so often we ask ourselves questions such as: “Why are we here?” “How were we created?” “Is there a purpose to our experiences, both personal and global?” and “Where are we headed?” For the most part, we try to avoid these kinds of questions. We do not thinkof them as something that can be or was even meant to be answered. We have created a society that makes it convenient for us to ignore our natural desire to know why we are alive. In the eyes of society, it is much more acceptable to simply chase after the trifle day-to-day chores and joys of life. Those of us who do question the meaning of life are often considered odd or in some cases even...
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