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I wish to keep my desire to connect with the upper world alive and the same for everyone else to make a life of love, gratitude and peace.
I wish to develop this “sixth sense” as described by Kabbalah, in order to be more like the Bo-re (Creator)
I had some questions relating to Kabbalah though not directly related to the preparation materials which I listened to/read them all anyway.
One was from the book ‘Jewish Meditation’by Aryeh Kaplan. The author states at some point, and I am paraphrasing, that the states of mind attained by kabbalistic meditation may cause such elation that the student may not want to return to a normal state, and in fact these ecstatic states are why many other nonjews practice kabbalistic meditation, which turned it to idolatry. What are your thoughts on this? How important is it to maintain a code of discipline or morality, whether derived from judiasm itself or from another source, to success in attainment through this proccess ? I can certainly see where he is coming from, there are many new-age meditation schools that are not rooted in a strong disciplined structure and so there are more opportunities for people to fall astray. One big example is sexual abuse but there are others like indulging in drugs, alcoholism, etc.
Just wanted to add to this, in terms of personal relevance of morality, it’s more important for me to think about things like relationships and family. Much of religion is about getting married, and having children. What if a person just wants to serve community without those things? Does it still make sense to learn Kabbalah for personal reasons or would that be considered selfish?
The second question is: Is intellectual Kabbalah superior to kabbalistic meditation techniques? And why does the emphasis of the Revealing Kabbalah course preparation materials seems so focused on understanding the nature of reality through gaining knowledge. What role do meditation, visualization, and other practices have in Kabbalah?
To understand what my role is in this reality, to accept what is and to work within the bounds of the concealed physical world, to make the creator my number one priority and to make decisions that are in accordance with the universal law of nature to bring peace and happiness to all living beings.
