{"id":13553,"date":"2025-12-31T18:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13553"},"modified":"2025-12-31T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:10:42","slug":"just-the-gist3","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/just-the-gist3\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Gist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reality\u2014not what meets the eye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The boundaries of our subjective perception<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are made of four factors (layers), and we can change one, to change all<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free choice really isn\u2019t free, except the choice in the environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have a basic understanding of how Kabbalah developed and what it is, it\u2019s time to take a deeper look at what Kabbalah does for you. 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