Kabbalah for Beginners

by Rav Michael Laitman

Overview

This book answers such key questions as 'Why are we here?' 'Why is there pain?' and 'How can we make life more enjoyable?' The book describes the emergence of Kabbalah and its prominent figures, the essence of the wisdom, and previously hidden revolutionary Kabbalistic concepts. Lastly, the book explains how we can make life better and more enjoyable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780978159092
Publisher:	Bnei Baruch, Laitman Kabbalah
Publication date:	08/05/2007
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.57(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Rav Michael Laitman is a PhD in philosophy and Kabbalah, and an MSC in Medical Cybernetics. He has been researching and teaching Kabbalah since 1976. Between 1979-1991, he was personal assistant and prime student of Kabbalist Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag, the firstborn son and successor of Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag, known as Baal HaSulam for his authoritative Sulam (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar.
Rav Laitman has published more than 30 books in 10 languages and is a world-renowned expert in the wisdom of Kabbalah. He is also a member of the World Wisdom Council, a global think tank headed by Prof. Ervin Laszlo, including prominent scientists, thinkers, and spiritual leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Elie Wiesel, and Bianca Jagger.
He resides in Bnei Brack, Israel.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction Part 2 One: The Hist ory of Kabalah Chapter 3 1: Kabbalah Chronicles Chapter 4 Stage One 5 Stage Two 6 Stage Three Chapter 7 2: Timeless Teachers of Kabbalah 8 Rabbi Akiva 9 The Turning Point 10 Discovering the Law of Love 11 The Bar-Kokheva Revolt 12 Two Blows to Rabbi Akiva’s Work 13 Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai (Rashbi) 14 From Student to Fugitive 15 The Cave at Piqiin 16 One in Millions 17 Isaac Luria (the Holy Ari) 1534-1572 18 A Man of Mystery and Legend 19 Preparing for the Revelation 20 Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) 1884-1954 21 His Major Works 22 Spreading the Word Part 23 Two: The (Gist of the) Wisdom of Kabalah Chapter 24 3: The Origin of Creation 25 The Spiritual Worlds 26 The Thought of Creation 27 Four Basic Phases (and their root) 28 Phase Four — Craving the Creator’s Mind 29 The Quest for the Thought of Creation 30 The Route 31 Using the Screen 32 Workable and Unworkable Desires 33 The Common Soul 34 The Great Fall Chapter 35 4: Mending Adam to Achieve Perfection 36 The Pyramid 37 The Making of Life 38 As Above, So Below 39 Up the Ladder 40 Building the Vessel 41 The Desire for Spirituality 42 Phase Four — the Phase of Conscious Evolution Part 43 Three: Talk about Reality Chapter 44 5: All in One and One in All 45 Three Boundaries in Studying the Upper Worlds 46 First Boundary—What We Perceive 47 Second Boundary—Where We Perceive 48 Third Boundary—Who Perceives 49 Perceiving Reality Correctly 50 A Nonexistent Reality 51 The Measurement Mechanism 52 The Sixth Sense 53 Create Your Perfect Reality 54 The Thought of Creation 55 Back to the Future 56 Two Approaches, Two Paths 57 Desire Makes for Progress Part 58 Four: Crisis and Correction Chapter 59 6: A New Method for a New Desire 60 The Dark before the Dawn 61 A Brave New World in Four Steps 62 Know Your Limits 63 The Reins of Life 64 Changing Society to Change Myself Chapter 65 7: The Four Factors of Our Make-Up 66 Choosing the Right Environment for Correction 67 No Room for Anarchists 68 The Ego’s Inevitable Death 69 The Cure 70 Fake Freedom 71 Concealment—a Requisite for Free Choice 72 Implementing Free Choice 73 Faith 74 Reason 75 APPENDIXES 76 Appendix One: Frequently Asked Questions 77 What Is the Wisdom of Kabbalah? 78 What Is Spirituality? 79 The Revelation of the Creator 80 Kabbalah Is Not Mysticism 81 Studying Kabbalah 82 Body, Soul, and Reincarnation 83 Appendix Two: Further Reading 84 Beginners 85 Intermediate 86 Advanced 87 All Around 88 Appendix Three: About Bnei Baruch 89 History and Origin 90 The Study Method 91 The Message 92 Activities 93 How to Contact Bnei Baruch