Monthly Archives: April 2008
The Record Shows I Took the Blows
All of a sudden, I suffer a blow and I do not understand why it happened or where it came from. “Where did I go wrong?” “What did I do to deserve this?” And even “What’s the point of it all?” Anyone can interpret the reason for their own pain and the pains of others … Continue reading
Nothing Hurts You Like the Pain of Someone You Love
How can love exist between two human beings? Baal HaSulam explains that for this to happen people have to be similar in their properties. The universal law is effect in the entire Universe, in all the worlds, including ours; it is called the law of equivalence of form. According to this law, I sense, perceive, … Continue reading
I Want a Brand New House
Kabbalists discovered that our desires for pleasure evolve by five stages: * The first, and most basic desire, is the desire for food, health, sex, and family. These are necessary desires for our survival. * The second stage is the aspiration for wealth. Here we think that money guarantees survival and a good quality of … Continue reading
In A World Called Catastrophe
The signs of a crisis are evident, but as a rule, due to the seeming impossibility of getting out of it, its existence and aggravation are concealed by governments, social organizations, scientists, sociologists, and psychologists. The reason for this deliberate concealment of the global crisis lies in the fact that they see no means of … Continue reading
This is Our Lives on Holiday
A person may have been created possessing the worst attributes and qualities. Suddenly, from above he receives the opportunity to reanalyze his views of truth and evil, and from this moment on he begins to move forward, as he already possesses the genuine perceptions. The Creator brings a person to Himself by giving him the … Continue reading
Grab That Cash With Both Hands and Make a Stash
Some crave money; others want power or fame, etc…Everything around us is impregnated with somebody else’s desires. Only one thing can save one’s soul: an even deeper connection with the purpose of creation. We have to build a surrounding layer, a screen, around ourselves. This screen will protect us from outside obstacles that attempt to … Continue reading