...in Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written perm... ... book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in cr... ...ic motivation for our actions. If it could, we would be able to “program” people to behave as we wish. But because we cannot perceive our most esse... ...his book, The Mighty Hand, Maimonides describes how there was a time when people knew that there was only one force governing the world. He explaine... ...ntradicted everything his contempo- - Perhaps one of the best known Native American traditions is the Council Circle. Here, the members sit in a cir... ...ah. One of these people was Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463r1494), an Italian scholar. His book, Conclusions, contains the following statement: ... ...couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American households, have finally slipped into a minority, according to an... ...ntire reality below the Creator: the worlds, everything within them, the descent of the soul into this world, and its return up- - wards. In other w... ...neously translated into six languages: English, Russian, Spanish, german, Italian, and Turkish. In the near future, broadcasts will also be translat...

...The Kabbalist Rabbi Laitman, who was the student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag from 1979-1991, follows in the footsteps of his rabbi in passing on the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. This book is based on sources that were passe...

... Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbal... ...ALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life Translation: Chaim Ratz Proofreading: Kate Weibel Editor: Cla... ...the world is the way it is and exists objectively, independently. Afterwards, people began to understand that our picture of the world is shaped by ... ...tal to us, unexpected or incomprehen- sible will suddenly make sense. For such people, the spiritual world can become a system of forces that stands ... ...or’s nature is evident through millennia of sufferings, a complete process of descent and ascent designed to enable us to see how hateful we are to ... ... wisdom of Kabbalah comprises two parallel orders: 1. From Above downward—the descent of the will to receive from Ein Sof through all the Upper Worl... ...e Know?, offers a good exam- ple of that concept with a story about the Native Americans who PA RT I I I : P E RC E P T I O N O F R E A L I T Y 122 ... ... --Reuchlin, De Arte Cabbalistica Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) An Italian scholar and Platonist philosopher whose De Hominis Dignitate O... ... A R S W R I T E A B O U T K A B B A L A H 213 Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) This Italian philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and occult- ist was ahe...

...Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton’s and Einstein’s theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the hidden part...

...Foreword: The essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To realize this desire, we feel compelled to discover, invent, and improve our reality. The gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has been the forc...