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...P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward... ...er. The King met her on January 10, 1931 but was not impressed. Even in the months after May 1934, when he met her for the second time, dined with ... ... to make her his consort by changing the law to allow for a morganatic marriage (of people from different classes, with no rights of inheritance). S... ...panish colonial yoke of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, a country named after him. Venezuela's new strongman, Hugo Chavez, renamed... ...uvinism Chauvinism - excessive and self-aggrandizing promotion of one's group - is named after the hapless Nicolas Chauvin. He served as a soldier ... ...nce. The claim that the error rate in matching prints is zero has never been proven scientifically. Latent prints lifted off crime scenes with th... ...nds of chemicals are used in the process, some of them highly toxic. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BD05C- D352-1C6A-... ...tings often propose to explain the persistent and recurrent reports as atmospheric phenomena, such as mirages. UFO enthusiasts counter that "mirage... ... Arthur's sister, the enchantress (magician-witch) Morgan le Fay. Other refractive phenomena include looming, towering, sinking, stooping, etc. In ...
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... OF KABBALAH ........................................... 154 THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ......................................................... ...ulfill his life’s mission: disseminating the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. After the Rabash’s demise in 1991, Laitman established Bnei Baruch, a ... ...low me to research the meaning of life. I felt that studying Nature through a scientific lens would help me find the answer. This is why I began to ... ...continue the research that so captured my heart in Israel. And thus, in 1974, after be- ing a “refusenik” (one whose request to leave Russia for Isr... ...on to our problems. In the last 100 years or so, we have made a giant leap in scientific and technological progress, and yet we find ourselves helpl... ..., and yet we find ourselves helpless and perplexed in the face of escalating phenomena in many areas. Many of us are dissatisfied with our lives, a... ...r- dination within the education system. In fact, the intensification of these phenomena is not so disturbing in our eyes because we have grown ac- c... ...ords Adamme la Elyon, “I will be like the most High” (Isaiah 14:14). Adam was named after his desire to transcend his qualities and become similar ... ...ey were scattered all over the world. Yet, in one of those Babylonians, a man named Abra- ham, there surfaced a desire to know the secret of life, a...
...n the sciences, holds an MS in bio-cybernetics, and has pursued a successful scientific career, later turning to Kabbalah to further his scientific... ...ble TV and internet around the world. In recent years, he has become a sought-after lecturer in academic circles in the United States and Europe. Dr... ...ected from the military and defense establishments to serve the needs of the people. Supported by these developments, national, international, and ... ...ngs worked behind the scenes. With it, they were able to explain the natural phenomena we all encounter. It was only natural, therefore, that they ... ...into altruists, reconnected with all of humanity and with Nature—the Creator. After all, we have already said that desire is the engine of change. A... ...harm than they already have. Therefore, it would be grossly na- ive to expect scientific advancement to keep its promise of a good life. If we want ... ... “the Root Phase” or “Phase Zero,” and the desire to receive the pleasure is named “Phase One.” Kabbalists also refer to the Creator as “the Will to... ...fira (singular for Sefirot) has its own Light. Also, each of the four phases is named af- ter one or more Sefira. Phase Zero is named Keter, Phase One,... ... our own reaction to a stimulus from the outside. Even the names we attach to phenomena are not connected to the phenomena themselves, but to our re...
...ng the readers, Appendix 3 contains selected excerpts from Zohar for All. After reading this book, you will be able to feel the power of The Zohar ... ...lly for those living today? Humanity is ever developing. In ancient times, people’s needs were very basic: food, shelter, and procreation. These are ... ...rant. But each time we obtain something, the pleasure dissipates shortly afterwards and we are left wondering, “What’s next?” Then the chase begins... ...9), as parts of a single organism. Because of its size, the group was now named “a people.” Its name, “Israel,” points to the desire within them to ... ...y, some 1,400 years later, the Ari appeared in zephath. * The Ari used a scientific, systematic approach to detail the correction method that The Z... ...4: A Ladder to The zohar 51 The S Ula M [l adder] Co MMe NTary And I have named that commentary The Sulam (The Ladder) to show that the purpose of m... ...odes this electrochemical phenomenon. Thus, according to the contemporary scientific approach, the picture of reality is depicted within us. We cann... ...connect all these parts of ourselves. In this process, we study laws and phenomena that exist within the actual reality, and thus become equal to t... ...o be outside of us is nowhere to be found. It is all within our will. All phenomena, sensations of the past, present, and future are depicted within...
... world. The web site quickly developed and expanded, and today over a million people from all corners of the world visit it every month. They downlo... ... life?” burns in the heart of every one of them. All of them seek a clear and scientific answer they can comprehend. Therefore, I have decided to ga... ...swers are based on a clear and independent vision that evolved in all of them after studying the Upper Forces through the wis- dom of Kabbalah. The p... ... is also the very purpose of creation because attaining the Creator, unlike a scientific pro- cess, is the gratification and satisfaction given by th... ...ording to the Kabbalah, mankind is the whole of creation (or the First Man). After he was born, he shattered into 600,000 parts. Each part corrects ... ...easure through your five senses. These would bring you a sense of the various phenomena around you; you would satisfy your animate vessel and enjoy ... ...r some time, and then we vanish. In this world, in such a state, when we feel phenomena, situations and other incidents, we are completely unaware o... ...m- mentary. What is the Ladder commentary? A: Rav Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) named his commentaries on the Zohar HaSulam (The Ladder), because read... ...g that ties a person to spirituality. Then, at the right moment, symbolically named in Kabbalah, “thirteen years,” the Creator sends a message to a ...
...e years, many of us have consciously or unconsciously ad- opted this principle after realizing that, by changing our perspective, we might be able to... ...rs into us the sensation of the Creator, the Light of eternity and wholeness. People who study from the wrong books are denied this remedy and remai... ...: when one nulli- fies oneself completely, melts, so to speak, in the Creator. After that, the creature must gradually rise to the degree of the Crea... ...ill to receive is completely identical to the Cre- ator’s Will to bestow, also named “bestowal in order to bestow.” The will to receive does not vani... ... in our world. For instance, there is a negative force in the world of Atzilut named Pharaoh and a positive one named Moses. These forces must materi... ...ical wavelength as that of the receiver. Thus, we only feel the environmental phenomena that correspond to our sensory systems. Moreover, we cannot ... ...s, it is. Start studying and you will see that there is nothing as logical or scientific that provides a fuller picture of our world, and places all... ...n a book he called “the Torah.” The Torah strictly forbids depicting spiritual phenomena as physi- cal entities. It is forbidden to picture a distingu... ... world studied and analyzed themselves and the spiritual world in a spiritual-scientific method. For that reason, the books T H E PAT H O F K A B B...
...s XIV. Aliens „R Us: The Ten Errors of Science Fiction XV. The Author XVI. About "After the Rain" The Talented Mr. Ripley "The Talented Mr. R... ...is admiring emulation, the young Greenleaf - Ripley can always tell the difference. After he kills Greenleaf in self- defense, he assumes his name, w... ...ted especially for him. He was born and raised there. He knows no other place. The people around him – unbeknownst to him – are all actors. His lif... ...efine him and infuse his life with meaning. Caught in a narrative, the movie says, people act immorally. (IN)famous psychological experiments supp... ... The unconscious and the subliminal are instance of the general category of mental phenomena which are not states of consciousness (i.e., are not c... ...e not conscious). Sleep and hypnosis are two others. But so are "background mental phenomena" - e.g., one holds onto one's beliefs and knowledge ev... ...if deduced from other statements, at least one of which is a statement of a general scientific law. This is the "Covering Law Model" and it implie... ...vironmentalism which has developed proto-fascist tendencies and is gradually being scientifically debunked. The proponents of deep ecology radicali... ... 2. Defenses and Dreams The film cannot make up its mind: Cobb tells the aptly- named Ariadne, the “architect” (dream-designer) that the dreamin...
...e, it is important to remember that this is a very practical science. The people who mastered it and wrote about it were just like you and me. They ... ...he same questions we all want to answer: “Why are we born?” “What happens after we die?” “Why is there suffering?” and “Can I experience lasting ple... ...t empty, middle point, So that the space was evenly circled around it. And after the restriction, when the vacant space remained empty Precisely in th... ...orldS ArE rElATEd Kabbalists have found that the form of the four worlds, named Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya, beginning with the first, highe... ...and attainment, or to express oneself with expressions that emphasize the phenomena of the noetic mind?” The thing is that it is nothing like the co... ...ic mind?” The thing is that it is nothing like the conducts of the noetic phenomena, since the mind is a particular branch among all the elements of... ...m the west. Everything that I will write henceforth will be from a purely scientific perspective, in utter precision, and by means of simple recogni... ... science has thus far contrived in the concepts of “body” and “soul.” ThE SCiEnTifiC mEAning of b ody And SoUl A CCording To oUr holy TorAh Now I s... ...of Israel to study The Zohar and be warmed by its sacred Light. And I have named that commentary The Sulam (Ladder) to show that the purpose of my co...
...o Bestow ........................85 31. All that Pleases the Spirit of the People .......................................86 32. A Lot Is an Awakening ... ...nce Is the Clothing for the Light .................................192 73. After the Tzimtzum ........................................................... ..................................................299 144. There Is a Certain People ........................................................300 145. Wha... ....................................... 315 162. Concerning the Hazak We Say After Completing the Series .................................................. ... being the root of the creation of the worlds, through the creatures, is named Shechina. The general Tikkun (correction) is that the Upper Light wi... ...shine in them in utter completeness. The Light that shines in the Kelim is named Shochen, and the Kelim are generally named, Shechina. In other words... ...ur relationship with others and the world around you. Using language both scientific and poetic, he probes the most profound questions of spirituali... ...eekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This fascinating introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah will en... ...thentic Kabbalah sources, it is carried out in simple language and uses a scientific, contemporary approach. Developing this approach has made Bnei ...
...y are known by their works in the same particular cases, so they are discovered after the same manner of demonstration. Nay, in some respects, i... ... a parallel nature are attested to us in the islands of the South Seas. And, as phenomena of this sort were universal in their nature, without disti... ... there is, are indeed encompassed within this circle. The Devil doth (no doubt) after divers forms, deal in these. But no man is able to show an ess... ...shed for their supposed proficiency in magic, in the production of supernatural phenomena, and in penetrating the secrets of future time. The first ... ...d a miracle as the evidence of their divine mission: and the king, who was also named Pharoah, ―called before him the wise men and sorcerers of Egyp... ...ms, that the Creator of heaven and earth had adopted this nation for his chosen people, and therefore demanded their exclusive homage, and that they... ...ngland and were subsequently condemned and hanged. On of these was an old woman named Elizabeth Clarke, and the most important witness against her w... ... which she called Prick-ear, Jack and Frog. Several witnesses, poor and ignorant people, were brought to testify to the mischief which had been done ... ...es tested and proved by practical experiment before they were recognized by the scientific world? There is a man in this country who believes as str...
...ce has undoubtedly brought enormous progress into the world, yet it is limited. Scientific tools cannot measure man’s inner world, his soul, behavior... ...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 co... ...intended for those searching for a sensible and reliable method of studying the phenomena of our world, for those seeking to understand the reasons ... ...ves, what the purpose of his life is, where he comes from and where he is going after he completes his life in this world. Kabbalah is a method of re... ...as sweet, bitter, pleasant, rough and so forth. We are unsuccessful at building scientific tools to examine our feelings, even in the field of psych... ...shlag. On each occasion, the timing was ripe for further revelation because the people of that generation were worthy, and the soul descended to teac... ... world. There is a force Above which generates this stone: it will therefore be named “stone.” The only difference is that the “spiritual stone” is ... ...e different things. Dogs and cats can also feel the approaching of some natural phenomena. In present times many people rush to use so called “New Ag... ...The first six Sefirot bear the name of Gar de Bina and the last four Sefirot are named Zat de Bina. The powerful Light of Hochma that reaches Gar de ...
..., men are cut free from their entanglement in b:nstling activity. , Good people and evil, wise and foolish, beautiful and 'ugly, become successivel... ...e speech it would be said that every thing in the world, either before or after becoming" a thing, is able to appear to an I as its Thou. But objec... ...led. * In the beginning is relation. Consider the speech of" primitive" peoples, that is, of those that h"8.ve a meagre stock of objects, and whos... ... action, but it is not thereby comprehended. For these very glances will after protracted attempts settle on the red carpet pattern and not be move... ...r, it takes this place in the scheme of things. 41 It is not as though scientific and a:lBthetic understand ing were not necessary; but they are ... ... reign of causality in the world of It. of fundamental importance for the scientific ordering of natuxe, does not weigh heavily on man, who is not ... ... addressed th' eternal Thou with many names. In singing of . who was thus named they alw.ays had the Thou in . d: the first myths were hymns of pra... ... Thou, between which it is established, are forgotten. Here is one of the phenomena. of the. brink to which reality extends and at which it grows d...
...ves, there are boundaries beyond which it cannot penetrate. For instance, scientific tools cannot measure the human soul, or the basic motivation fo... ...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... ...purpose of my life?” “Why does the world exist?” “Do we continue to exist after our physical being has ended?” In the absence of sufficient answers, ... ...new that there was only one force governing the world. He explained that after some time, due to a prolonged spiritual decline, they all forgot it.... ...ion of the spiritual knowledge. Using the Ari’s method, anyone in today’s scientific age can achieve what only a chosen few could achieve before. Cu... ...singular for Sefrot ) has its own Light. Also, each of the four phases is named afr r ter one or more Sefra . Phase Zero is named Keter, Phase One, ... ... to climbing up the spiritual ladder. This is why Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag named his commentary on The Book of Zohar, Perush HaSulam (The Ladder Comm... ...K abbalah for b eg Inners - p art t hree Even the names we attach to phenomena have noth- - ing to do with the phenomena themselves, but with ou... ...aware of them. They go unnoticed by our senses because we relate only to phenomena that our senses can perceive. This is why we can’t perceive the ...
...al scheme to carry out his aims. ” This was said at the peace negotiations after World War I. Which produced the League of Nations. Which produced Wor... ...etc. And this material evolution will, surely, develop on and on until all people on Earth could live a materially satisfied life. This, as we saw, wi... ...ng ignorance in us. And this is done through a really great battle in us. (Named “The Armageddon Battle”.) Indeed, a real great tribulation and revolu... ... And indeed, in the “outside” around us, the only “rider on a white horse” after the “Great Battle” of World War II was the soviet communist general Z... ... selfish ambitions no one didn’t even notice this book. Of the 6-7 billion people on Earth by the year 2001 only two individuals knew it was a “sharp ... ...to a real moral and religious attitude of mind. This is why this period is named: the “Values Transition” period. A transition from selfish consciousn... ...e in our brain is the most powerful possessor and driver of our being. The scientific experiment described in Part II proves this beyond doubt. And w... .... Hence, all of His creations are but Himself only. Each and all forms and phenomena that exist are God only, simultaneously, forever and everywhere. ... ...way to concentrate on an object is the loving devotion to this object. The scientific experiment with a test-animal, described in Part II, proves this...
...eir efforts succeeded, and they discovered the entire system of creation. After thirteen years in a cave, Rashbi heard that the Roman emperor had di... ...that the Roman emperor had died. He could finally heave a sigh of relief. After leaving the cave, Rashbi gathered nine students and went with them t... ... the ruin of the Second Temple and the beginning of the last exile of the people of Israel from its land. But even prior to the exile, Rashbi predic... ...mprehensible to our generation without proper interpretation, millions of people diligently read it. RASHBI’S DEPARTURE According to tradition, Rabbi... ...ion to his commentary on The Zohar, he explained why he wrote it: “I have named the commentary HaSulam (The Ladder) to indicate that the function of... ...from us to the Creator is divided into 125 invisible degrees, all of them named. These degrees differ from one another only by the magnitude of thei... ...our relationship with others and the world around you. Using language both scientific and poetic, he probes the most profound ques- tions of spiritual... ...eekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to understand the world’s phenomena. This fascinating introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah will en... ...thentic Kabbalah sources, it is carried out in simple language and uses a scientific, contemporary approach. Developing this approach has made Bnei ...
...onment of my life (interviews) 20 About experiences in my life * Young people don't want to farm * Life is dying out from irrigation canals * ... ... * Intensive farming and the environment 118 Future of agriculture 119 After modernization 119 * How much is enough? 121 Pictures 124-173 Ref... ... I had arrived in Lampang on the night train from Bangkok, and stood there after an ill-slept night, not knowing what to do. Indeed. What would I do i... ...ient high-tech culture, where all society's problems should be resolved by scientific-technological development. Finland has wanted to imitate global ... ...ers, doctors, therapists, instructors, who are in possession of the latest scientific-technological information and know-how. Modern societies exercis... ..., organizers, bureaucrats, technocrats, new ecological winners whom I have named meritocrats. Centralization has spread across all areas of culture. L... ...project contains only frequency data reflecting the relative prevalence of phenomena in different villages and different decades. My research assistan... ...the wrong name, it cries in the night and refuses to feed. A child must be named after the person who is reincarnated in him or her. Yes.At new year, ... ...ons but an overall structural change affecting all classes of society and phenomena in the life of the community. LOCAL CULTURE AND SUPERCUL...
...e, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages ...
...the purpose of my being here? Why was the world created and is there life after death. Each of us tries our best to find the answers in our own uniq... ...t. Because to this day, no answers have been provided to these questions, people continue to search in various directions, including all kinds of re... ...Contemporary scientists have learned that the more they progress in their scientific research, the more the picture of the world that they discover ... ...rations the wisdom of Kabbalah will become the primary, and only science. After all, what drives man to develop science, arts and everything else, i... ...– a science, not a religion. The wisdom of Kabbalah examines not only the phenomena of matter, but also those of the spirit in the matter. Within th... ... are extended from above down to our world, where they split into various phenomena we call physical, chemical, biological and mental phenomena. Ther... ...tion of one’s soul. Meaning there is a way to accurately manipulate, in a scientific manner – through certain formula, in personal situations – to m... ...the branches” and the name “the language of the roots”. The upper root is named after the branch and not the other way around. That way Kabbalists i... .... They speak of Godliness, about the world of the Creator. A Kabbalist is named after the highest degree that he attains – the highest revelation of...
...The Open Book presents the principles of the ancient scientific wisdom of authentic Kabbalah, along with explanations of its basic rules. Kabbalah is a practical method for transcending the limits of one's senses and acquiring a new sense that opens the gate to the Spiritual Wo...
...ence. Man has tried to inquire and interpret nature for thousands of years. Contemporary scientists have learned that the more they progress in their scientific research, the more the picture of the world that they discover becomes obscure and difficult to grasp. Contemporary science books look more and more like science fiction, but still they fail to provide us with a cl...
...ms Acknowledgments The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238 The People The Dreaming Totems And Increase Sacred Knowledge The Present Concl... ...me about, for the i emptiness inside me was very great. My disappointment after the baptism was equally great, though not totally unexpected. No trem... ...niversity, philosophy seemed to me an obvious alternative to the churches. After all, theology had started as part of philosophy and the separation be... ...From Freud I now learned why it is that old beliefs persist in the face of scientific refutation. But Freud seemed to have no insight into how religio... ...ntly been called “mystical” in a pejorative way, because in modern Western scientific civilization there is no room for subjective experience or for t... ...Jung’s doctoral thesis On the Psychology and Pathology of So-called Occult Phenomena was published. James attempted to cover the field of religious ex... ...tionally Buddhists look forward to the coming of another Buddha, popularly named Maitreya. However, Christianity is God-centered, and Christ is one of... ...ibes the practice of this yoga as she found it while investigating psychic phenomena in Tibet. In greatly abridged form her description is as follows:... ...w Testament, at some time about the year AD 30, a Jewish religious teacher named Jesus began itinerant preaching and teaching throughout Palestine. As...
...r weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social structure. It has been only in the past two or three centuries that religious questioning has occupied the m...
...The Law of Equivalence of Attributes 6. The power of thought 7. A Chosen People 8. Permission to Practice Kabbalah 9. A Kabbalistic Reality 10. K... ...ves gradually, from generation to generation. He evolves technologically, scientifically, culturally, but not ethically. At a certain point in evolu... ...ust feel the need for spiritual development, or else it will not endure. After that, humanity should feel an inner need to discover that extra, hid... ...urroundings; we don’t see our past and future lives. When dealing with a scientific study of the world, we come to a stage where our knowledge is e... ...ion on a human level, seeking wealth, power, respect and knowledge. Only after all those desires are realized, there appears the wish to attain the... ...n which our universe is but a tiny particle. Just as scientists study the phenomena and the laws of this world perceived by us and are apparent to ... ... are all examples of forces that we know of only by their actions and the phenomena they induce in our world. There are, however, forces, such as t... ...in every detail. In the upper spiritual world there is a collective soul, named “the people of Israel,” and there is also a collective soul that is ... ...rld are all ordinary people. But to a certain individual from Mesopotamia named Abram, the Creator was revealed. It is that revelation that made him...
...s and a practical way to avoid suffering and lead a wholesome and happy life. Now, the wisdom of Kabbalah is being revealed like an open book, to all people of all backgrounds. The wisdom of Kabbalah is a contemporary method that reveals how to achieve the best in life. An Interview with the Future is intended for every person who wants to learn about Kabbalah. It is clear...
...d limitations of human thought. There is a common desire to investigate the phenomena of sense- perception, and the genetic relations of man to the l... ...fficult to fix, but Brochard and Hass agree that it was about 150 A.D. [2] After the time of these two physicians, who were also each in turn at th... ... presume to say whether they are comprehensible or not, but it is guided by phenomena. [2] It will thus be seen that the Methodical School of medic... ...t of his life, a physician of that school, and yet it may be that he was not named Empiricus for that reason. There is one instance in ancient writin... ...in of names will readily grant, perhaps indeed, from the title of the above-named work, ἐκπεηξηθὰ ὑπνκλήκαηα. The chief argument for this view of th... ...e possible to suppose that Sextus was an Empiricist a part of his life, and afterwards found the Methodical School more to his liking, and such a cha... ...ever, entirely unfounded, as the explanation of Sextus simply shows that the people whom he was then addressing were not familiar with the nations of... ...ol. Many of these illustrations show, however, perfect familiarity with the scientific and medical teachings of the time. Before entering upon his ex... ...rations are, however, few and meagre compared with those of Sextus, and the scientific facts used by both of them may mostly be found in other autho...
... philosophy. There is a common starting-point in the study of the power and limitations of human thought. There is a common desire to investigate the phenomena of sense-perception, and the genetic relations of man to the lower animals, and a common interest in the theory of human knowledge. While, however, some of the pages of Sextus' works would form a possible introduct...