...want more. Twilight is not out of my system, but I have manged to get into The Witching Hour. :) It's a pretty long book, so it will keep my brain entertained for a good while. That, plus a few Kabbalah books that I ordered. It's definitely fascinating, but I'm going to take it one book at a time so I can get a better feel for which direction I want to head in. And I found a Kabbalah Center...
"If someone throws a ball and it crashes through a window, do we say that the ball broke the window or that the person throwing the ball broke the window? Clearly, the primary mover is the source of... we simply need to open our eyes and our ears to experience what is happening right here and right now." - David A. Cooper ( Invoking Angels: For Blessings, Protection, and Healing )
"Kabbalah establishes that there are basically two worlds: the spiritual world and the physical world. Almost like an upside-down tree, all causes—or the seed—exist in the spiritual realm, whereas the branches and leaves manifest themselves in the physical. The physical realm is never a cause for any phenomenon or process..... Yet these two worlds, the metaphysical and physical, are fused and...
"In Kabbalah, the good-evil axis is applied to the 'distance' between the Sefirot and their root in En Sof , the limitless essence of the transcendent God. Keter is the closest to the root, being the first arising of the impetus to manifestation, and is therefore designated as 'good.' Malchut is the furthest in the ray of emanation from En Sof , and is accordingly...
Now, I do find strange the idea that the world should end so soon. First of all, many Israeli's, zionist and some frum Jews here in the states believe that Messiah had already been born. Interesting thought...do remember the information correctly, it is said that this is the comet that came by around the time that the dinosaurs were wiped out. (I have to go back and gather the info again to be sure)
" Partzuf connotes a mirroring back and forth between one persona and another, between Creation and itself. It is as if we were living in a universe of mirrors, in which all natural beings, as...in its wake amoebic stages of evolving love for the Other, the very beginnings of a wholesome partzuf process." Gershon Winkler ( The Place where You are Standing is Holy )
"If someone asks you: 'What is God?' answer: 'He who is in no way deficient.' If he asks you: 'Does anything exist outside of him?' answer: 'Nothing exists outside of Him.' If he asks you: 'How did He...perfection of the Impenetrable which is one with En Sof ' [ Ecclesiastes 7:16 ]." - Azriel of Gerona (quoted in " The Origins of Kaballah " by Gershom Scholem)
"You can mend the cosmos by anything you do—even eating. Do not imagine that God wants you to eat for mere pleasure or to fill your belly. No, the purpose is mending. Sparks of holiness intermingle...the material world. There is no path greater than this. For wherever you go and whatever you do—even mundane activities—you serve God. — Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev ( Kedushat Levi )
...by our generation with Baal HaSulam's commentary. You can download the most understandable translation of the most important volume as per Baal HaSulam here ; it also includes a commentary by the Rabash (Baal HaSulam's son and successor) and a commentary on all the aforementioned writings by Michael Laitman - the world's foremost Kabbalist. Kabbalah Zohar read more | digg story
So, I got to the wedding yesterday evening (after driving through the Valley forever and then most of Topanga Canyon) and didn't know a soul there. Actually, that's not exactly true, the souls I did know...and took the PCH to Santa Monica and then up to the 10 Freeway and over to the 5 and up to the 110 North into Pasadena. Got home around 11:30 or so. A nice night. Every man and woman is a star
