Kabbalah is an accurate method to investigate
and define man’s position in the universe. The wisdom
of Kabbalah tells us the reason why man exists, why he
is born, why he lives, what the purpose of his life is,
where he comes from and where he is going after he completes
his life in this world.
Kabbalah is a method of reaching the
spiritual world. It teaches us about the spiritual world,
and by studying it, we develop another sense. With the
help of this sense we can be in touch with the upper worlds.
Kabbalah is not a theoretical study,
but a very practical one. Man learns about himself, who
he is, what he is like. He learns what he needs to do
to change himself stage by stage and step by step. He
conducts his research through his inner self.
All experimentation is conducted on himself,
within himself. That is why Kabbalah is called “The Hidden
Wisdom.” Through Kabbalah a person undergoes internal
changes that only he feels and knows are taking place.
This activity occurs within a person; it is unique to
him, and only he knows about it.
The word Kabbalah comes from the Hebrew
word lekabbel, to receive. Kabbalah describes the
motives of actions as “the desire to receive.” This desire
refers to receiving various kinds of pleasure. In order
to receive pleasure, a person is usually willing to invest
great effort. The question is, how can one attain the
maximum amount of pleasure while paying a minimum price
for it? Everyone tries to answer this question in his
own way.
There is a certain order to the way the
desire to receive develops and grows. In the first stage,
man lusts after physical pleasure. Then he seeks money
and honor. An even stronger desire makes him thirst for
power. He may later develop a desire for spirituality,
which is at the peak of the pyramid. A person who recognizes
how great his desire for spirituality begins to seek ways
of satisfying this desire.
The passage through the stages of the
desire to receive makes a person become familiar with
his abilities and limitations.
Kabbalah deals with the upper worlds,
the roots of our feelings and thoughts, which we cannot
grasp. Since we have no control over the worlds, we do
not know how and why our feelings and thoughts are
created. We wonder at experiences such as sweet, bitter,
pleasant, rough and so forth. We are unsuccessful at building
scientific tools to examine our feelings, even in the
field of psychology, psychiatry and other social disciplines.
Behavioral factors remain hidden from our understanding.
Kabbalah is a system for scientifically
evaluating our feelings: It takes the total of our feelings
and desires, and provides an exact scientific formula
for each and every phenomenon, at each level, for every
type of understanding and feeling.
This is the work of feelings combined
with intellect. It uses, for beginning students, geometry,
matrices and diagrams. When studying Kabbalah, they recognize
each of their own feelings and begin to understand it.
They know what name it should be given according to its
power, direction and character.
The wisdom of Kabbalah is an ancient
and proven method. Through it, man can receive higher
awareness and attain spirituality. This is really his
goal in this world. When a person feels a desire for spirituality,
he starts to feel a longing for it, and can then develop
the desire through the wisdom of Kabbalah that has been
provided by the Creator.
Kabbalah is a word that describes the
aim of the Kabbalist: to attain everything man is capable
of, as a thinking being, the highest of all creatures.