... d e n t KABBALAH FOR THE STUDENT Copyright © 2008 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info ... ...bundant in the books of Kabbalah? Indeed, if you take the body of a small animal, whose only task is to nourish itself so it may exist in this world... ...portant thing in this whole diverse reality is the sensation given to the animals—that each of them feels its own existence. And the most important ... ...thout any difference in their form, but only in their substance. Thus, an animal or a rock in this world is a corporeal matter, and its correspondin... ...imal or a rock in this world is a corporeal matter, and its corresponding animal or rock in the Higher World is a spiritual matter, occupying no pla... ...of corporeal occurrences within the body. And man’s pre-eminence over all animals is that our minds are developed to such an extent that all the body...

...tman, PhD KABBALAH FoR BEgINNERS Copyright © 2007 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.inf... ...l in our world is the least broken (egoistic); plants are more egoistic, animals are more egoistic than plants, and humans are the most egoistic of... ...n the scale is the speaking (human) level, which feeds on both plants and animals, and some minerals. The spiritual level isn’t a separate level in i... ... the smallest level of desires. Following the still, came vegetation, then animals, representing the animate level of desires, and finally hu- - mans...

...kabbalah.info THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserved. Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 1057 Steeles... ...s a desire to enjoy. In humans, that will is developed more than in all other animals. The goal of the Creator is for man to be like Him: complete a... ...d of you because you are weak and detached from spirituality. You are like an animal—de- T H E K A B B A L A H E X P E R I E N C E 134 pressed and s... ...e is a message from the Creator that comes along with the blow, are more like animals. If we understand that the Creator is the Source of this blow ... ...ted in the corporeal heaven and earth. When man keeps their laws as all other animals, but along with that believes in Havayah, that is in Private P... ...ed, they have nothing in common. The human body is like the body of any other animal, whereas the soul is the desire to be filled with the Creator, ... ... broken pieces… A: Nothing disappears: all the states are saved and have equal rights to exist. Hence there’s a state called “Adam” before the splitt...

...Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah... ...nviron- ment so they could fulfill their wishes. Unlike minerals, plants, and animals, people constantly evolve. For every generation, and for each ... ... we are seeing in the world. Ev- erything else in Nature—minerals, plants, and animals— instinctively follow Nature’s altruistic law. Only human beha... ...are five levels to our desires, divided into three groups. The first group is animal desires (food, reproduc- tion, and home); the second is human de... ...ous? Minerals exist so that plants can feed on them and grow; plants exist so animals can feed on them and grow; minerals, plants, and animals exis... ...ia, Yetzira, and Assiya. In the physical world, they create minerals, plants, animals, people, and people with “points in their hearts.” The physica...

...ician who didn't want to be alone Copyright © 2007 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info ... ..., until he had a wonderful idea: “I know,” he said out loud, “I’ll make an animal! But… what kind of animal? Perhaps a dog? 14 Yes, a dog! I’ll make ... ...7 As with the pebble and the flower, the magician made many other kinds of animals: beetles, fish, snakes, monkeys, birds, and bears. Still, not a sin... ...als: beetles, fish, snakes, monkeys, birds, and bears. Still, not a single animal could understand him and be the friend he was seeking. Again, the ma... ... saw the mountains, the stars, the trees, the flowers, the fish, and the animals, but he didn’t know that it was the magician who made them. He di...

...ex, is published by the Author, Donald Broadribb, owner of the publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. Typeset in Times New... ...ic features of the landscape, while also continuously becoming the various animal and vegetation species, and animating individual human beings, so th... ...dha; that is, avoidance of any kind of violence including violence towards animals (an avoidance that necessarily requires the adoption of vegetariani... ... give us our orientation, the sphere normally occupied by instincts in the animal world, and in the human world in so far as we have kept some natural... ... observance of basic morality including: no killing—either of people or of animals— truthfulness, honesty, generosity, an ascetic way of life and—in m... ...aism focused on the Temple in Jerusalem, with its accompa- nying system of animal sacrifice and priesthood. The Pharisees had little to do with the Te... ...s against a “divine right” English monarch, resulting in a triumph for the rights of the land owners. Thomas Jefferson, the great Colonial and early A... ...derstand the idea of purchase, and thought they were giving usufruct (use) rights to settlers in return for payment, while believing that they ultimat... ...personal ownership and personal disposability of private property, under a rights-protecting government, impious as well as incomprehensible. (I am us...

... Zohar UNLocKINg THE zoHAR copyright © 2011 by MIcHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.inf... ...ent to it. If we left the baby to grow in the woods, it would imitate the animals and grow like an animal. With the exception of a few instincts and... ...peaks of things that seemingly happen in our world: stories about people, animals, trees and flowers, mountains and hills. However, in truth, it tel... ...ve in our senses or develop tools to perceive. Also, when we examine other animals, we see that their perception of reality is different from ours. B... ...nsation of physical life. our body is no different than that of any other animal; hence, this kind of perception is defined 72 uNloCkiNg the Zohar ... ...een inner and outer Kelim is a human phenomenon that doesn’t exist in the animal kingdom. When a lion eats a zebra, it doesn’t hate it, and the zebr...

... According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers 1057 Steeles... ....................................................56 A Communal Society Among Animals ........................................... 57 Interdependenc... ...here the will to exist is greater than in the vegetative. For the most part, animals live in groups, packs. They are very mobile and must constantl... ...le and must constantly roam in search of food and suitable living conditions. Animals eat other animals or other plants, and relate to them as a sou... ...e is Everything 35 sations and emotions, and lends a unique character to each animal. Every animal senses its environment on a personal level, bring... ...he beneficial, and moves farther away from the detrimental. The life cycle of animals is also individual. Each lives and dies in its own time, unlik...

...rt A Source of Delight for My Soul copyright © 2010 by Michael laitman all rights reserved. Published by laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info... ...enon. the desire to receive in us has evolved and wishes to transcend the animal level of our bodies. the animal level has nothing further to give u... ...rce, which oper- ates in creation and turns inanimate matter into plants, animals, and humans. Without it, matter would remain lifeless and unchangi... ...ial spark of light. Following the inanimate nature, plants appeared, then animals, and finally man. the interpretation of evolution based on its sup...

...av Michael Laitman, PhD THE ZOHAR Copyright © 2007 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info ... ... itself and all its inhabitants, except man, are robots operated by their animal nature, rather than creatures with free will, in the spiritual worl... ... by their spiritual nature. Upon being born in our world, man, too, is an animal without freedom to act against his egoistic desire to receive pleas... ...d his son Elazar are angels (spiritual forces, similar to robots or draft animals in our world), whose task is to help the souls to ascend from one ... ...ignifies a person tearing away a part of his inner 249 THE DONKEY DRIVER animal egoism for the sake of drawing closer to the Creator. This is what b... ... uninitiated why altruism is the property of a lion, while a dog, a loyal animal, is the root of egoism and impurity). It is therefore said that whe...

...ories of Three conTemPorary sages copyright © 2010 by michaeL LaiTman all rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info... ...nd entered an evil place, and has grown accustomed To living among vicious animals. if he hears the voice calling out to him, he awakens to repent for...

...balah.info BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers 1057 Steeles A... ...give the child absolute confidence in their love and care. Humans, as well as animals and plants, multiply and then take care of their offspring’s d... ... F R E E D O M O F W I L L T he concept of freedom determines our whole life. Animals in captivity usually develop ill health and may even die—a sur... ...by two reins: pleasure or pain (also defined as “happi- ness” or “suffering”). Animals have no free choice. Humankind’s advantage over an- imals is th... ...n to delight and retraction from pain is the only force that controls humans, animals, and even the vegeta- tive. All living creatures at all stages ... ...ning. B A S I C C O N C E P T S I N K A B B A L A H 42 The same occurs in the animal world: an animal’s mental ca- pacity is limited in maturity, but...

...balah.info ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND Copyright 2003 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserved. Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 299 Mullen D... ...tly causing con- flicts between individuals and entire nations, who, like wild animals,areengagedinaviciousstruggleoftheinstincts.Yet, subconsciously,... ...yleavethisworld just as they entered it, with nothing. The final fate of every animal is eradication, and people who have not perceived the Creator ar... ...ry animal is eradication, and people who have not perceived the Creator are as animals. On the other hand, if one concerns oneself with glorifying the... ...tion if we fulfill the purpose of all creation; otherwise, we are no more than animals. As a result of experiencing these two contradictory states, we... ...dominates on all levels of nature, from the atomic- molecular to the hormonal, animal, and higher levels. Egoism extends all the way up to the highest... ...his opportunity to move forward. Evenifwedonotyetpossessatruedesiretoattainthe rightstate,weshouldstillasktheCreatortograntthetrue desire and faith th...

...fo@kabbalah.info THE PATH OF KABBALAH Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserved. Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 1057 Steeles... ... creatures enlivened intentionally by the Creator, and not just another rock, animal or bird. But that depends on us. Our desires to drink, eat, sle... ... to do was simply live a little in this world and endure some suffering (wild animals, enemies, famine etc.). For them, attempting to escape the pai... ...ness in- creases over many lifetimes, not only of a person’s life, but also of animal and vegetative, and even inanimate nature. Though nature itself... ...at everything in our world is based on ego—the in- animate nature, the plants, animals, and people. In all the incidents and in every degree there is... ... the vegetative and the animate there are the stones of the field, which are animals that are connected to the earth by their navels and receive the...

...y the "Bnei Baruch" group of Kabbalists Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies The M... ...y the group of kabbalists "Bnei Baruch" Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies View... ...e preservation of its form. In plants – the primary purpose is growth; in animals – movement, sexual desires, family and society and the continuati... ...e changes and evolution in the still nature too, as well as in plants and animals. But only in man’s soul do the desires increase from generation to... ...ing desire to receive – the egoism. As soon as man rises one degree above animals – as a result of the development of his ambition to take pleasure ... ...y the group of kabbalists "Bnei Baruch" Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies Rein... ...y the group of kabbalists "Bnei Baruch" Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies Kabb... ...mate, feel the world differently. Scientists discovered that each type of animal has its own sense-structure, each species sees a completely differe... ... is stronger still. What is added in the animate compared to plants? Each animal feels its environment individually, and can approach the good and s...

...LAH, SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers 1057 Steeles... ...eceive pleasure, ev- erything also suffers when it is absent—minerals, plants, animals, and people. In fact, suffering is a necessary sensation that ... ...e the world through the eyes of other creatures. We discovered that different animals perceive the world in very different ways. For example, a bee ... .... --Baal HaSulam The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Its Essence As the appearance of animals in this world and conducts of sustenance are a wondrous wisdom... ...r with the Kabbalah. He knew the signatures of all things, and hence gave all animals the most suitable names. Therefore the Hebrew language too con... ...ble names. Therefore the Hebrew language too con- tains the best names for all animals, which themselves indicate their nature.” --Kurt Sprengel Ve...

... S TRoNg fR oM THE w oRLD CRISIS Copyright © 2009 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.inf... ...od. This quality is what characterizes com- plex creatures such as plants, animals, and most notably, man. the d a Wn Of humanit Y Layer by layer, li... ...perated, but they acted purely on instinct. But humans are not like other animals. They discovered that to increase their chances of surviv- al, the... ...le element in it is missing or deficient, be it a mineral, a plant, or an animal. An eye-opening report submitted to the U.S. Department of Educatio... ...neral would disintegrate. At a higher level of complexity, in plants and animals (including humans), there is a collabo- ration of different molecul... ... this balance in all of nature’s levels: the inanimate, veg- etative, and animal. w e humans consider ourselves above nature, perhaps not in theory ...

...mati (I Heard) SHAMATI (I Heard) Copyright © 2007 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info ... ...amples on with one’s feet. 4. Innumerable, that there are small with large animals, meaning whether one has small vitality, or whether he has great ... ...e from Above.” And the “egg” means that it is lifeless, although a living animal emerges from it. But in the meantime, no life is seen in it. And th... ...glory of the Lord endure for ever.” Because he has come to a state of the animal 258 Shamati of the Yaar (forest), from the word Iro (his town), it... ...e a single creature and the individual plants are specific organs of that animal. Similarly, in spirituality there are people who have already acqui... ...that they already work with the will to bestow. Animate: We see that each animal has its own characteristic; they are not confined to the environmen...

...ined by the "Bnei Baruch" group of kabbalists Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies ... ...ined by the group of kabbalists "Bnei Baruch" Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies ... ...ained by the group of Kabbalists "Bnei Baruch" Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies ... ...ined by the group of kabbalists "Bnei Baruch" Copyright ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies ... ...re many souls with small desires, earthly, looking for a comfortable life in an animal-like manner: food, sex, sleep. The next layer comprises fewer... ...tuality does not contain names – just feelings and forces without the mantle of animal, mineral, vegetable, or speech – Kabbalists use names of bran... ...u are all I have left.” Now I have begun to experience lights around people and animals. Isn’t this a manifestation of Kabbalah? I want to know God ... ...our material world and shapes everything existing in it: inanimate, vegetative, animal and human. Thanks to Kabbalah our world can be studied correct... ...dictions have nothing to do with Kabbalah. They are related to the body and its animal property to sense different things. Dogs and cats can also fe...

...of Spiritual Fulfillment 2006 First Printing © 2006 by Michael Laitman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or trans- mitted in... ... astonish us with their inconceiv- able contradictions. For example, young animals mature in a matter of weeks or months, while humans need many years... ...ver, during the transitional phases, humans are much weaker than any other animal. If we did not vii Awakening to Kabbalah text 9/29/05 1:20 PM Pag... ...nal outcome, we would reach the opposite conclu- sion—that it is the young animal who will become the master of creation and the human who will lead a... ... ours. Instead of flesh and blood fig- ures, such as Moses and Pharaoh, or animals and nations, we will see spiritual forces. If we remove the outer s...

...red in the same year (1520), while, on the other hand, his espousal of the rights of the “poor man” — to be met with here for the first time — shows ... ...roperty and person, if it is advanta geous to the subjects; since worldly rights attach only to temporal goods. Hence, it is a very foolish saying: I... ...who do not offend us with words nor with deeds. Such meek ness irrational animals have, lions and snakes, Jews, Turks, knaves, murderers, bad women. ...