What is the Kabbalah?

So you may be wondering what the Kabbalah actually is. After reading my first post on the Kabbalah it leaves much to be explained.



The Kabbalah is also known as the "tree of life" and is originally a Jewish mystery tradition with which Kabbalists aim to gain commune with God. It holds a principle of self development and growth, with which anyone could work. The Kabbalah has been around for many centuries some believing that it dates to the time of Adam in the Garden of Eden. Study of the Kabbalah has had a turbulent time during its existence, including a ban on studying it during the 15-16th century.

You may be wondering how something so old and abstract as the Kabbalah can have any meaning for today? In a world of atheism and disbelief in spiritualism what use is there for a system of belief which is supposed to allow you to commune with God? Listen to your soul, what do you hear? NOTHING? That's what the Kabbalah is for, to bring you to a point where you can understand what it is you want to do with your life. It is a process of self fulfillment in which you learn more about yourself then you ever thought there was to know.

In an age of science where everything that once excited and amazed mankind can be explained there is a great need for something which gives a different view on life. The Kabbalah gives that different view, so journey with me in the Kabbalah and learn to understand life in a different way.


sources: http://www.magickaschool.com/
Hopking C.J.M., The Practical Kabbalah Guidebook, Godsfield Press, 2001.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah

The Kabbalah: Malkuth in Assiah

Stage 32: The Experience of the Earth

Exercise: Be here now

• Decide in advance when, where, and for how long you are going to do this exercise. To begin, choose maybe 10 minutes at a time where you can be alone, with few distractions.

• For the length of time you do this exercise, just be aware of what happens. If you are sitting, be aware the you are sitting. If you are walking or talking, just be aware of walking or talking.

• Do not let anything that happens stop you from just doing this exercise, which is to be aware of what happens when you do what you are doing.

• What did you notice?...

Hopking C.J.M., “The Practical Kabbalah Guidebook”, Godsfield Press, 2001, pg 43.

While completing this exercise I experienced many different things on each occasion. At first my mind started to wander to places which had no real meaning. I was still completely aware of myself and what I was experiencing but my mind took leave of the real and wandered in nothingness. I was not totally content. Thinking back on the experience I realised that when I was a young child (about 6/7 years old) I would sit and spend many a time just thinking nothing, being aware of the world around me, but not being part of it. I was never really conscious of this action but now I think back on it, it was something very natural and very relaxing.

The problem with growing older, and with modern life, is that you cannot afford to just stay in the moment. The moment is filled with worries about the future, about what you are going to do the next moment. A moment you are in is always leading you to somewhere else. A moment never leads to nothing.

Unless you are in deep meditation that quiet place, where your mind stops and allows you to just be, is the hardest place to find. Modern life fills your mind with other things and places a barrier to stop you getting to that quiet place. Try it sometime, you'll be surprised as to how busy your mind really is.