April 20, 2015
In this article, Part 2 of my informal Kabbalah/Qabalah series, I will begin to consider the cosmological-theosophical Kabbalah/Qabalah. I will begin with the Four Worlds (Atziluth, Berâiah, Yetzirah, Assiah), which, if Adam Kadmon is included, become Five. Directly below my consideration is the Wikipedia.org description of the Four Worlds. Iâm not going to elaborate on this description (which I posted for base reference and contrast); rather, Iâm going to present my own unique (Kashmir Shaivism/Vedanta-influenced) vision of the Four (or Five) Worlds. In Part 3, I will consider the 10 sephirot.
The Four (or Five) Worlds spring forth from Ain Soph Aur, which is tantamount to Hindu Siva-Shakti. âAinâ means No-thing, not Nothingness. In other words, God is not a created "thing" or object; He is the uncreated âThingâ Itself -- the Absolute -- limitless Conscious Light. The universe was not created ex nihilo, because something cannot come from nothing; rather it derives from Godâs âSubstance," Conscious Light.… Read the full article
April 14, 2015
In this informal series, I’m going to consider the Kabbalah/Qabalah from different angles. In this Part, I’ll focus on the mystical Kabbalah, meaning the Kabbalah associated with receiving the Supernal Influx, the “Rauch Ha-Kodesh,” or Holy Spirit.
The word Kabbalah means “to receive,” or more completely, “to face, or relate to, and receive.” The epitome of mysticism is to commune with (or relate to) and receive the Holy Spirit until one’s soul permanently unites... with it. Hence the mystical Kabbalah represents pure, or true, mysticism.
Unfortunately, Jewish mysticism does not provide explicit instructions on how to directly, immediately connect to, channel, and unite with the Holy Spirit. Anyone interested in how to do so should consult my books and/or articles (available at integralspiritualmeditation.com).
From my perspective, the practice of the mystical Kabbalah of Judaism is the same practice as the Christian mystical Eucharist, Tibetan Dzogchen (the “Great Perfection”), and Hindu Kashmir Shaivism’s Sambhavopaya (or “Divine Means”), and Adi Da’s Daism (or “radical understanding” and Divine Communion).…
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