| Kabbalah Meditations & Resources From the Kabbalah Centre's book 72 Names of God by Yehuda Berg |
| Weekly Meditations (from Kabbalah Centre's Conciousness Tune-Ups) August 8 – 14, 2004 You have eyes, BUT DO YOU SEE? |
| If we are on a spiritual path, we are going to struggle. It’s not easy. It’s hard to let go of our fears, it’s hard to stop being jealous, it’s hard to constantly work on ourselves. And the hardest part is seeing. — seeing the true reality. How often have we looked back on a broken friendship or love relationship and thought to ourselves, ‘what did I see in that person!?” The truth is, we don’t see. As it says in The Zohar, the main text of Kabbalah, “the eyes cannot comprehend everything.” This is because we are trapped in the moment, trapped within the illusion of the five senses. So what’s the answer. How do we get out of this trap? Peel away the layers of our ego. My father and teacher Kabbalist Rav Berg says our soul is like a lamp which we cover with blankets. Our ego nature conceals the Light within us. Me, me, me, me, me. ‘I can’t believe he said that to me.’ ‘What will they think of me?’ ‘Look at me, I am great.’ ‘Look at me, I’m pathetic.’ Being constantly obsessed with ourselves prevents us from seeing what is really going on. Only when we remove our ego, piece by piece, are we able to see the truth in situations and people. The secret is to see others first and ourselves second. Only then can we have the merit to rise above the limitations of our five senses and turn on our sixth sense. What exactly is the sixth sense? It is the ability to see something we’ve never seen before, to suddenly get the answer to questions we’ve been constantly asking. After all, what is Kabbalah? It is learning to receive. And we receive not through the intellect, but through connecting to the Light. This week, the forces of the universe are pushing us to see our purpose, to perceive that which normally eludes us. To connect to this positive influence, we must use the tools of Kabbalah, specifically: • Transformative sharing • Getting out of the comfort zone • Removing the agendas As always, scanning The Zohar and the 72 Names of God is an amazing ally in the battle to experience the joy our creator intended for us. This week you can receive this force of seeing that which you are normally blind to, simply by letting go of your ego. Try it - you’ll like what you see. All the Best, Yehuda Berg P.S. One of the greatest tools kabbalists provide for creating the best life possible is Rosh Hashana. You can click here for a description of what it is and why you need to experience it if you want to ensure that your year is chaos-free. 72 Name Meditation: CLICK HERE for the Name to meditate on. Use the meditation found below: With this Name as my compass, the path toward my spiritual home is illuminated. I regain my bearings. With every step I take and with each moment that passes, I feel comfort, confidence and a stronger sense of direction. Zohar Portion: (English) Mikketz verses 49-50 Scanning these Aramaic letters will open not your physical eyes, but the eyes of your soul. To purchase the Zohar, click here. |
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