Attaining The Worlds Beyond - Right Here and Now!
Josia Nakash
May 17, 2006
Come discover a practical and convenient way to connect to the meaning of life, comprehend what we are doing here and what our purpose is in this world.
One of the nicest things you can do for yourself is performing certain acts that propel your soul forward to its ideal state. The best ways to do that are to hear what the Kabbalists have to reveal to us, or to carry out tasks that will help thousands of others hear what they have to say.
I am very proud of my personal contribution in getting foremost Kabbalist Michael Laitman?s Attaining The Worlds Beyond out to the world. It was the first major publication being released for English speakers at the time. But there is really nothing personal about it, because when you connect to that special place that the light of Kabbalah provides access to, you get a completely different perspective of everything.
Our efforts were complimented by another student in Toronto who created a complete audio version of the book in his sound studio. So if you are jogging with your MP3, sitting in an airport waiting for your flight, or maybe just skip some of your TV time today to hear some of this. It could literally open the gates to heaven for you right here and now while you are alive and breathing in this world.
The audio e-Book of Attaining the Worlds Beyond is available on the kabbalah.info homepage in the Free Kabbalah eBooks section. There is no need to register or provide any information about yourself to hear it. Just click on a chapter and let the words of the most ancient wisdom in the world wash over you. Let the words connect you with the root of your being, your ideal state that your soul remembers and is yearning to go back to.
The following is an excerpt from the chapter, The Purpose of Studying Kabbalah:
The Light that emanates from the writings of the great Kabbalists will help us overcome two challenges: our stubbornness and our tendency to forget the suffering caused by our willfulness. Prayer is the pathway to all correction, which the Creator will see in our hearts. When we engage fully in prayer, we will attain whatever relief we seek; whatever correction we require. But in order to achieve correction, we must give ourselves over completely to this effort?in body, mind and spirit.
True prayer and the response to it, relief, come only on the condition that one has engaged one?s utmost effort, giving oneself entirely over to this effort, both quantitatively and, most importantly, qualitatively. It is only by learning Kabbalah properly, however, that we can learn how to eradicate our egos and thus achieve personal redemption. Our yearning for relief must be so strong that we commit to our studies completely, unable to be diverted for a moment from the search for ourselves in the wisdom of Kabbalah. However, if we have not yet been cornered by suffering, like the frightened beast in his cage, and still yearn for pleasure in the deepest corners of our hearts, then we will not realize that egoism still lives within us. Egoism is the enemy we must vanquish.
Until we do so, we will not be able to reach through our anguish and make a total effort to find in Kabbalah the strength and the way to escape the confines of our own egoism. Freedom will not be ours until we vanquish the ego that lives within.
However, although we may be filled with determination for this sole purpose when we begin studying, our enthusiasm may inadvertently escape us during the course of our studies. As mentioned before, our desires determine our thoughts, and our minds act as supporting instruments. Our minds merely seeks the means to fulfill the will and desires of our hearts.
What is the difference between studying Kabbalah and other systems? The answer is simple: it is only by studying Kabbalah that we can find the strength to liberate ourselves from the chains of egoism. While studying Kabbalah, we are able to examine at first hand descriptions of the Creator?s acts, His characteristics, our own characteristics, and their disparity from those of the spirit. Kabbalah tells us of the Creator?s goal for His creation, and of the ways we may correct our egos.
We may see the Light of the Kabbalah, the spiritual force that helps us defeat egoism, only when we study Kabbalah. The other elements of these teachings merely draw us, against our will, into a discussion of material actions and legalistic matters.
Some may study Kabbalah merely to expand their knowledge; if so, they will be able to approach it only as a direct narrative. They will not be able to extract the Light of the Kabbalah from its pages. Only those who study Kabbalah for self-improvement will receive this benefit.
Kabbalah is a study of the system of our spiritual roots. This system emanates from Above. We may study it in accordance with strict laws which, when merged, point toward a single supreme purpose: "the Revelation of the Creator?s greatness, so that His greatness may be comprehended by the creations in this world." Kabbalah, the perception of the Creator, consists of two parts: the written work of the Kabbalists, who have already perceived the Creator; and the body of knowledge that is perceived only by those who have acquired the spiritual vessels and the altruistic yearnings into which they can receive spiritual sensations, or the perceptions of the Creator.?
Josia Nakash is a marketing consultant and copywriter in Israel. Having searched for meaning for many years and found it in Kabbalah, Josia is dedicated to promoting the hidden wisdom that is now available to all. You are welcome to visit her blog Kabbalah For Women and contact her with feedback or questions at josia@kbb1.com. ? Copyright 2006 by Josia Nakash
One of the nicest things you can do for yourself is performing certain acts that propel your soul forward to its ideal state. The best ways to do that are to hear what the Kabbalists have to reveal to us, or to carry out tasks that will help thousands of others hear what they have to say.
I am very proud of my personal contribution in getting foremost Kabbalist Michael Laitman?s Attaining The Worlds Beyond out to the world. It was the first major publication being released for English speakers at the time. But there is really nothing personal about it, because when you connect to that special place that the light of Kabbalah provides access to, you get a completely different perspective of everything.
Our efforts were complimented by another student in Toronto who created a complete audio version of the book in his sound studio. So if you are jogging with your MP3, sitting in an airport waiting for your flight, or maybe just skip some of your TV time today to hear some of this. It could literally open the gates to heaven for you right here and now while you are alive and breathing in this world.
The audio e-Book of Attaining the Worlds Beyond is available on the kabbalah.info homepage in the Free Kabbalah eBooks section. There is no need to register or provide any information about yourself to hear it. Just click on a chapter and let the words of the most ancient wisdom in the world wash over you. Let the words connect you with the root of your being, your ideal state that your soul remembers and is yearning to go back to.
The following is an excerpt from the chapter, The Purpose of Studying Kabbalah:
The Light that emanates from the writings of the great Kabbalists will help us overcome two challenges: our stubbornness and our tendency to forget the suffering caused by our willfulness. Prayer is the pathway to all correction, which the Creator will see in our hearts. When we engage fully in prayer, we will attain whatever relief we seek; whatever correction we require. But in order to achieve correction, we must give ourselves over completely to this effort?in body, mind and spirit.
True prayer and the response to it, relief, come only on the condition that one has engaged one?s utmost effort, giving oneself entirely over to this effort, both quantitatively and, most importantly, qualitatively. It is only by learning Kabbalah properly, however, that we can learn how to eradicate our egos and thus achieve personal redemption. Our yearning for relief must be so strong that we commit to our studies completely, unable to be diverted for a moment from the search for ourselves in the wisdom of Kabbalah. However, if we have not yet been cornered by suffering, like the frightened beast in his cage, and still yearn for pleasure in the deepest corners of our hearts, then we will not realize that egoism still lives within us. Egoism is the enemy we must vanquish.
Until we do so, we will not be able to reach through our anguish and make a total effort to find in Kabbalah the strength and the way to escape the confines of our own egoism. Freedom will not be ours until we vanquish the ego that lives within.
However, although we may be filled with determination for this sole purpose when we begin studying, our enthusiasm may inadvertently escape us during the course of our studies. As mentioned before, our desires determine our thoughts, and our minds act as supporting instruments. Our minds merely seeks the means to fulfill the will and desires of our hearts.
What is the difference between studying Kabbalah and other systems? The answer is simple: it is only by studying Kabbalah that we can find the strength to liberate ourselves from the chains of egoism. While studying Kabbalah, we are able to examine at first hand descriptions of the Creator?s acts, His characteristics, our own characteristics, and their disparity from those of the spirit. Kabbalah tells us of the Creator?s goal for His creation, and of the ways we may correct our egos.
We may see the Light of the Kabbalah, the spiritual force that helps us defeat egoism, only when we study Kabbalah. The other elements of these teachings merely draw us, against our will, into a discussion of material actions and legalistic matters.
Some may study Kabbalah merely to expand their knowledge; if so, they will be able to approach it only as a direct narrative. They will not be able to extract the Light of the Kabbalah from its pages. Only those who study Kabbalah for self-improvement will receive this benefit.
Kabbalah is a study of the system of our spiritual roots. This system emanates from Above. We may study it in accordance with strict laws which, when merged, point toward a single supreme purpose: "the Revelation of the Creator?s greatness, so that His greatness may be comprehended by the creations in this world." Kabbalah, the perception of the Creator, consists of two parts: the written work of the Kabbalists, who have already perceived the Creator; and the body of knowledge that is perceived only by those who have acquired the spiritual vessels and the altruistic yearnings into which they can receive spiritual sensations, or the perceptions of the Creator.?
Josia Nakash is a marketing consultant and copywriter in Israel. Having searched for meaning for many years and found it in Kabbalah, Josia is dedicated to promoting the hidden wisdom that is now available to all. You are welcome to visit her blog Kabbalah For Women and contact her with feedback or questions at josia@kbb1.com. ? Copyright 2006 by Josia Nakash
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