Kabbalah for Complete Life Management For optimum performances and well-being by Rabbi Michael-ben-Pesach Portnaar, Ph.D. Verkabbala Uitgevers Association for promoting the knowledge of Kabbalah The Centre for Lurian Kabbalah The Lurian University & Research Institute Association (LURIA) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kabbalah-arizal.nl Spuistraat 293 1012 VS Amsterdam Netherlands Telephone: +31 (0) 20 620 26 31 Fax: +31 (0) 20 620 22 25 Al rights preserved © Publisher Verkabbala Uitgevers, April 2007 First edition No part of this digital expenditure may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, with exception for own use or considering articles and reviews unaltered with the indication of the source. ISBN: 9789080806382 II Contents ABOUT THE AUTHOR.............................................................................................................................................. 0 PREFACE.....................................................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................4 1.1 MY FIRST THOUGHTS ...................................................................................................................................4 1.2 THE CHANGALBE IN THE UNCHANGEABLE . ..................................................................................................5 1.3 THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE ...................................................................................................................... 16 1.4 TO GAIN THE BEST OF YOU ’RE SELF . .......................................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 1.1 WHAT KIND OF MEDICINE DO WE NEED ? ....................................................................................................27 1.2 THE INNER AND THE OUTER ....................................................................................................................... 30 1.3 DON ’T STRUGGLE AND DISCONNECT YOUR POWER OF REASON .................................................................. 30 CHAPTER TWO ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.1 WHO AM I?......................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.2 T HE INNER STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BEING ON EARTH .................................................................................. 34 2.3 W HERE AM I?.....................................................................................................................................................36 2.4 W ERE DO I FIND MY TRUE ME ? W HERE IS MY FREE CHOICE ? ............................................................................. 38 2.5 W HERE ARE MY WISHES COMING FROM ?............................................................................................................ 40 2.6 T HE AMBITION FOR WHOLENESS IS WITHIN THE GOAL OF THE UNIVERSE ........................................................... 41 2.7 F OUR CATEGORIES OF THE HUMAN BEING .......................................................................................................... 42 2.8 F OUR PHASES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN BEING ............................................................................... 44 2.9 F OUR FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ..................................................................................................................... 49 2.10 T HE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BEING ............................................................................................................ 50 2.11 W HAT DOES IT MEAN ‘PURIFY YOURSELF ?’...................................................................................................... 52 2.12 E VERYTHING CONSISTS OF TEN FLAVOURS ....................................................................................................... 53 2.13 W HERE IS MY TRUE OBSERVATION ? ................................................................................................................. 57 2.14 T HE METHOD FOR HOW TO BUILD UP OUR WISHES ............................................................................................ 61 CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................................................... 63 3.1 WHAT IS THE TRUE KABBALAH TEACHING ?....................................................................................................... 63 3.2 A BOUT REINCARNATION .................................................................................................................................... 63 3.3 T HERE ARE NO RITUALS IN THE KABBALAH ....................................................................................................... 64 3.4 K ABBALAH BEGINS WERE ALL OTHER – LOGIC - ENDS ........................................................................................ 65 3.5 K ABBALAH AND FORTUNETELLING .................................................................................................................... 66 3.6 E VERYONE HAS HIS OWN LIBERATOR . ................................................................................................................ 66 3.7 K ABBALAH IS NO SCIENCE NOR RELIGION .......................................................................................................... 67 3.8 K ABBALAH AND THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE ................................................................................................... 69 3.9 T HE KABBALAH AND THIS WORLD ..................................................................................................................... 70 CHAPTER FOUR...................................................................................................................................................... 71 4.1 T HE SIXTH SENSE : THE FEELING FOR THE INNER ................................................................................................. 71 4.2 T HE SENSE OF LIVING ......................................................................................................................................... 72 4.3 T HE FOUR COMMANDMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 73 4.4 M AKE YOUR GREATEST ENEMY YOUR FRIEND ....................................................................................................78 4.5 T HE ONLY FREE CHOICE YOU HAVE IS THE CHOICE OF YOUR SURROUNDING . ..................................................... 79 4.6 F OUR KINDS OF PEOPLE IN YOUR SURROUNDING ................................................................................................ 79 4.7 O UTSIDE MYSELF EVERYTHING IS PERFECT ........................................................................................................ 80 4.8 T HE FOUR LAYERS IN YOUR INNER ..................................................................................................................... 81 4.9 S HOW YOUR WEAKNESS ..................................................................................................................................... 82 4.10 T HERE IS NO OTHER WAY FOR COMING TO WHOLENESS THEN BY WAY OF THE INNER BEING ............................ 83 4.11 T HE LEFT HAND PUSHES AWAY , THE RIGHT HAND PULLS ................................................................................. 84 CHAPTER FIVE........................................................................................................................................................ 87 5.1 THE ATTITUDE OF SELF LOVE ............................................................................................................................. 87 5.2 T HE COLLECTING OF YOUR WISHES .................................................................................................................... 87 5.3 L IFE IS IN THE HERE AND NOW ............................................................................................................................ 88 5.4 T HE AREA OF THE GOOD AND THE EVIL IS NAMED ‘HUMAN BEING ’ .................................................................... 89 CHAPTER SIX .......................................................................................................................................................... 91 6.1 KABBALAH THERAPY : THE THERAPY OF RECEIVING IN THE RIGHT WAY............................................................. 91 6.2 P LACE OF DISEASES IN THE HUMAN BEING ......................................................................................................... 92 6.3 T HE ATTITUDE WITH THE KABBALAH MASTER ................................................................................................... 93 6.4 B EAUTY CAN ’T SAVE THE WORLD ...................................................................................................................... 96 6.5 R ESISTANCE FOR THE SEDUCTIONS