Baal HaSulam tells us that the revelation of the Creator will grant us an infinitely broader perspective of the universe and enhanced perception of our existence. He also tells us that the time for this revelation is right now, and we will experience a life of eternal and harmonious motion, the confluence of all matter, information, and energy. According to Baal HaSulam, we can and must achieve this in our generation.
The essence of the wisdom of Kabbalah is the process for every person to reveal the single Upper Force that operates and guides reality toward one predetermined goal: “This wisdom is no more and no less, than a sequence of roots, which hang down by way of cause and consequence, in fixed, determined rules, weaving into to a single, exalted goal described as – ‘the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world.’” (Baal HaSulam, The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah). In his articles, Baal HaSulam presents the wisdom of Kabbalah as a practical method of researching our true nature and environment.
The wisdom of Kabbalah reveals all the stages of the Upper Worlds’ creation and the manner in which our soul descends from the Creator, passing through all the worlds until arriving into our world. This wisdom then guides our ascent, from our world “up the ladder” of the Upper Worlds, providing us with new discernments, constant inner evolvement and new qualities, which are acquirable at every moment. This section contains the major introductions for the study of the science of Kabbalah: the Sefirot, Partzufim and the Upper Worlds. Written by Baal HaSulam and Rabash.
The wisdom of Kabbalah describes the source of all phenomena, all events as emanating from the single Upper Force, stemming through all the Upper Worlds down to our world. It presents the model according to which reality is revealed in the corporeal world through our inborn five senses, and how to attain the reality we cannot yet perceive. In these articles, Baal HaSulam discusses reality’s basic principles by means of the wisdom of Kabbalah.
Kabbalah is like the mathematics of emotion. It takes all the emotions and desires of a person, divides them and derives a precise formula for every phenomenon at every stage of development—a combined work of emotion and intellect. These articles guide one’s inner research of oneself, and can be used to hasten one’s progress toward revealing life's source. They were actually spoken by Kabbalist Rav Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), and written down by Kabbalist Rav Baruch Ashlag (Rabash) according to the way he heard them.
“Love thy neighbor as thyself”—Rabbi Akiva said that this is a great rule in the Torah.Baal HaSulam wrote this collection of articles in order to explain the wisdom of Kabbalah by social, national, global and scientific means. These articles discuss the importance of society in a person’s life and explain in a definitive manner that society is the crucial factor for one’s spiritual attainment.