A Guide to the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah: With Ten Complete Kabbalah Lessons

by Michael Laitman

Book Overview

An important goal in the study of Kabbalah is to use one's knowledge to influence one's destiny. Firstly, one has to realise what life is, what its meaning is, why it is given to us, where it begins, and where it ends. After pondering and meditating on the above questions, one has to relate all this to Kabbalah. Kabbalah states that the Creator created all the worlds simultaneously, including our world, and we human beings have to use Kabbalah in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0973190914
• ISBN13: 9780973190915
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Bnei Baruch
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

I got my answer and direction

For all those people like me who have the question "What is the meaning of my life", comes the answer from the words of Rav Michael Laitman. This book has truly inspired me and attraced me to the wisdom of kabbalah, to understand kabbalah the science, and finally leaves me with a yearning to find more.The book makes connections between our daily situations and their roots in kabbalah, helping me to relate to the science in a very personal way.I encourage all of you to read this book and I can say that the author reaches out to the reader in a true way !!

Complex, intriguing, sophisticated, authentic

Rav Laitman is arguably the most relevant Kabbalist of our time, a student of Baruch Ashlag, the son of Rav Yehuda Ashlag, who everyone agrees was the greatest Kabbalist of the 20th century. This book gets very technical in certain areas, but repeatedly reminds the reader that s/he need not instantly understand all of the information intellectually. He stresses that it is more important to make the effort to read the material and be open to learning in your heart rather than your head.

A guide to the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah

There's a tremendous amount of a very wise and searching approachto Kabbalah compressed in this book. If you somehow only glanced atthe title and said, "Oh, another title in kabbalah ......" and passed on by, you will have missed an opportunity to connect notonly with knowledge about wisdom, however you think of it, but with the deeper parts of yourself -- your soul, your potentials.Rabbi Laitman opens up the issue of Kabbalah as a science,which requires study and honesty with one's self,-- and a wilingness to "think outside of the box". Kabbalah as taught here in a way asks you to remain engaged in your surroundings or do what's required in this very physical world. It is not a book that focusses on any kind of technique -- thestudy is to help one understand and increase one's desire forGreater Reality, desire for what is needed to move all of humanity towards its ultimate goal and fulfillment. I have foundthis book both user-friednly, clear, but with a challenge toheart and mind that invigorates. I highly recommend it!

Start Life

If you are ready to begin life, you need this book. This book contains all the structure of the Worlds. With this book as your guide you can surpass nature itself. It truly separates the men from the boys.

Finally!! All the real answers!!

Quote from the introduction:"Man has always been looking for answers to the basic questions of life: Who am I? What is the purpose of my being here? Why does the world exist? Do we continue to exist after our physical being has completed its tasks? In this world of constant pressure, some find temporary satisfaction in Eastern techniques, measures aimed at relaxation, or reducing suffering by minimizing personal expectations and desires. Various forms of meditation, nutrition, and physical and mental exercise quiet man's natural instincts and enable him to feel more comfortable from the point of view of his physical state. This process teaches him to lower his expectations, yet leaves him in conflict with his true desires. Our life experience teaches us that we have unlimited desires but limited resources to satisfy them. This is the reason there is no way to completely avoid suffering. That is the subject of Kabbalah.Kabbalah answers the basic questions of life. The essential questions of man's being add another dimension to human suffering. They do not allow us to feel satisfied even when this or that goal has been fulfilled. When one attains the goal he is striving for, he immediately feels he's missing yet another pleasure. This prevents him from enjoying his achievements, and his suffering is renewed. In retrospect, he sees that he has spent most of his time making an effort to achieve his goals, and has gained very little pleasure from success itself. Everyone, each in his own way, tries to answer these questions from the sources of information at his disposal. Each one of us formulates our own perception of the world based on our experience. Reality and everyday life constantly put this perception to the test, making us react, improve, or otherwise change it. With some of us, this process occurs on a conscious level; with others it happens unconsciously. Kabbalah reaches out to all those who are seeking awareness. It teaches you how to add an essential feeling of the spiritual sphere - the sixth sense - that will affect your life in this world. This will allow you to perceive the upper world and gain control of your life."