From “The Secret” by Michael Berg
The Creator’s essence is one of sharing. Therefore, to become like Him, we need to tranform our essence and nature from one of receiving to one of sharing. (p. 49) The difficulty of the task vanishes before the desire for the objective. (p. 61) For more books by Berg visit: www.kabbalah.com
Knowledge and Faith
“To believe without knowing is to be a fool; to know without believing is to be a mad man; true knowledge brings with it faith.” -Eliphas Levi The Paradoxes of The Highest Science (1922)
Missing the Flight
Yesterday I missed a flight. It was the standard missed-connection story: an hour and a half scheduled lay-over in Detroit, preceded by an hour and a half mechanical delay on the initial outbound flight from Denver. So, I’m sure you can imagine me hoofing it very quickly through two terminals only to arrive at my […]
My new prayer.
Creator, Thank you for my time here. Give me nothing I did not earn. Give me nothing I cannot share. Amen
Essential Zohar
I just finished the book “The Essential Zohar: The Source of Kabbalistic Wisdom” by Rav P.S. Berg (2002). This resonates most closely with my spiritual manifesto – I’m going to focus more time and energy on Kabbalistic study over the next little while. Here are some quotes that resonate with me: “We must assure ourselves […]
Kabbalah Study
Next week I start more in-depth Kabbalah study via phone with an instructor from the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles. The cool thing is that this is a FREE service of the Kabbalah Center’s Student Support program. I’m going to create a permanent page on this site to house my questions and current study goals.
