Comments for Kabbalah Blog http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael by michael berg Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on The Power of Each One of Us by mihal234263 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/13/the-power-of-each-one-of-us/en/#comment-57 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:39:08 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/13/the-power-of-each-one-of-us/en/#comment-57 i see i see

]]> Comment on Mystic Teachings of Jesus by mihal234263 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-56 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:36:21 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-56 hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :P hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :P

]]> Comment on Entering into The Zohar by dorothy http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/01/02/entering-into-the-zohar/en/#comment-53 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:01:27 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/01/02/entering-into-the-zohar/en/#comment-53 So, I hope I'm getting this straight. When I read the Zohar, I imagine myself entering into the Holy Temple (the Ark) and being immersed, surrounded and filled by the light. So, instead of just hoping to have a glimmer or a touch of G-d's light, I can actually become part of it. Like a welcome guest to a beloved friend's home/boat/ark. So, I hope I’m getting this straight. When I read the Zohar, I imagine myself entering into the Holy Temple (the Ark) and being immersed, surrounded and filled by the light.

So, instead of just hoping to have a glimmer or a touch of G-d’s light, I can actually become part of it.

Like a welcome guest to a beloved friend’s home/boat/ark.

]]> Comment on We Create Angels with Our Actions by dorothy http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/03/05/we-create-angels-with-our-actions/en/#comment-52 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:56:06 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/03/05/we-create-angels-with-our-actions/en/#comment-52 Chuckling through moist eyes, ^^ this makes it so much easier to bear through the hard times. :D Chuckling through moist eyes, ^^ this makes it so much easier to bear through the hard times. :D

]]> Comment on We Create Angels with Our Actions by colombianit http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/03/05/we-create-angels-with-our-actions/en/#comment-51 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:54 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/03/05/we-create-angels-with-our-actions/en/#comment-51 Cleaning the basement at my beloved Rav's house, I spotted mildew on the wall. Later on painting I got the message: I need to create a better life around me. I came here to help people. I am here to work. I recently applied for a job taking care of a household of people with mental disabilities. It occurred to me that I could have them scan the Zohar. I hope to be able to create wonderful angels on their behalf. Cleaning the basement at my beloved Rav’s house, I spotted mildew on the wall. Later on painting I got the message: I need to create a better life around me. I came here to help people. I am here to work. I recently applied for a job taking care of a household of people with mental disabilities. It occurred to me that I could have them scan the Zohar. I hope to be able to create wonderful angels on their behalf.

]]> Comment on Mystic Teachings of Jesus by greatjubee http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-49 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:56:42 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-49 I have been teaching a class to Christians call a day in the life of Christ. I was raised Jewish, and I am a decendent of the tribe of Levite. I try to teach Christians what it is to be Jewish, How Christ would have prayed in his daily life. As I research my lessons and read your daily & weekly tune-ups I see the teachings of Jesus written all over your information. I have been teaching a class to Christians call a day in the life of Christ. I was raised Jewish, and I am a decendent of the tribe of Levite. I try to teach Christians what it is to be Jewish, How Christ would have prayed in his daily life. As I research my lessons and read your daily & weekly tune-ups I see the teachings of Jesus written all over your information.

]]> Comment on Exile of Consciousness by echo http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/06/21/exile-of-consciousness/en/#comment-47 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:31:20 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2007/06/21/exile-of-consciousness/en/#comment-47 It's all fiennes It’s all fiennes

]]> Comment on Rav Isaac Luria by Isaac Luria - The Ari Za”L » Isaac Luria - The Strange Story of the False Wailing Wall http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/my-teachers/rav-isaac-luria/en/#comment-42 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:10:30 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/my-teachers/rav-isaac-luria/en/#comment-42 [...] Kabbalah Blog Rav Isaac LuriaRav Isaac Luria, born in the 16th century, is the most influential kabbalist in history. The knowledge and wisdom that The Kabbalah Centre is today bringing to the world is firmly rooted in Lurianic [...] […] Kabbalah Blog Rav Isaac LuriaRav Isaac Luria, born in the 16th century, is the most influential kabbalist in history. The knowledge and wisdom that The Kabbalah Centre is today bringing to the world is firmly rooted in Lurianic […]

]]> Comment on Rav Isaac Luria by Isaac Luria - The Ari Za”L » Isaac Luria - Daily HALACHA by Rabbi Eli Mansour - About The Sources Frequently http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/my-teachers/rav-isaac-luria/en/#comment-41 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:07:37 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/my-teachers/rav-isaac-luria/en/#comment-41 [...] Kabbalah Blog Rav Isaac LuriaRav Isaac Luria, born in the 16th century, is the most influential kabbalist in history. The knowledge and wisdom that The Kabbalah Centre is today bringing to the world is firmly rooted in Lurianic [...] […] Kabbalah Blog Rav Isaac LuriaRav Isaac Luria, born in the 16th century, is the most influential kabbalist in history. The knowledge and wisdom that The Kabbalah Centre is today bringing to the world is firmly rooted in Lurianic […]

]]> Comment on Power of Kabbalah video by Barbara http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/07/10/power-of-kabbalah-video/en/#comment-35 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:28:39 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/07/10/power-of-kabbalah-video/en/#comment-35 BRAVO! Glad to see you have found such a wonderful way to share Kabbalah with the entire world, regardless of their religious preferences. I did notice the sound was a little loud when Michael was speaking in one area, but otherwise it was insightful, heartfelt and a profoundly clear message. How about adding a suggestion to connect with the Worldwide Classroom and highlighting some of the other major ways that Kabbalah is making a difference in the world. Blessings ~ Barbara Price (Michigan) BRAVO! Glad to see you have found such a wonderful way to share Kabbalah with the entire world, regardless of their religious preferences. I did notice the sound was a little loud when Michael was speaking in one area, but otherwise it was insightful, heartfelt and a profoundly clear message. How about adding a suggestion to connect with the Worldwide Classroom and highlighting some of the other major ways that Kabbalah is making a difference in the world.
Blessings ~ Barbara Price (Michigan)

]]> Comment on Power of Kabbalah video by temple_arts http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/07/10/power-of-kabbalah-video/en/#comment-34 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:26:39 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/07/10/power-of-kabbalah-video/en/#comment-34 I am so happy to see this. Usually I wince when someone tells me they're making a video. I feel really relieved, I must tell you. I know a lot of the people in the video, and I am realy happy to see them accurately presented as the thoughtful, intelligent and kind-hearted people I so love them for being. Overall I think it does what's most desirable; present real people's perspectives in the hope to inspire individual thought and consideration. We're not looking for followers after all, we're looking to set the "followers" free from their prison of cause and effect arising from a reactive nature. Thanks so much for this wonderful work!!! - Chris Zimmerman I am so happy to see this. Usually I wince when someone tells me they’re making a video. I feel really relieved, I must tell you. I know a lot of the people in the video, and I am realy happy to see them accurately presented as the thoughtful, intelligent and kind-hearted people I so love them for being. Overall I think it does what’s most desirable; present real people’s perspectives in the hope to inspire individual thought and consideration. We’re not looking for followers after all, we’re looking to set the “followers” free from their prison of cause and effect arising from a reactive nature. Thanks so much for this wonderful work!!!

- Chris Zimmerman

]]> Comment on Late Night Study by temple_arts http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/05/24/a-powerful-story-about-change/en/#comment-33 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:06:03 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/05/24/a-powerful-story-about-change/en/#comment-33 This was a great gift on my birthday! Also it was both my "regular" and kabbalistic birthday. - Chris This was a great gift on my birthday! Also it was both my “regular” and kabbalistic birthday.

- Chris

]]> Comment on Going to Malawi by temple_arts http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/06/04/going-to-malawi/en/#comment-32 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:30:52 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/06/04/going-to-malawi/en/#comment-32 Thank you Michael, God bless you and the work in Malawi. Travel safe and we'll see you soon! Thank you Michael, God bless you and the work in Malawi. Travel safe and we’ll see you soon!

]]> Comment on Death as History by Barbara http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/05/07/death-as-history/en/#comment-11 Tue, 16 May 2006 00:57:32 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/05/07/death-as-history/en/#comment-11 You recommended reading The Simple Book by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato...where can I find this work? You recommended reading The Simple Book by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato…where can I find this work?

]]> Comment on The Power of Each One of Us by Sydney Kabbalah Centre Resource » Blog Archive » Who is Rav Brandwein? Who is Rav Ashlag? http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/13/the-power-of-each-one-of-us/en/#comment-10 Tue, 02 May 2006 14:09:51 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/13/the-power-of-each-one-of-us/en/#comment-10 [...] As for Rav Brandwein’s relationship with his teacher, Rav Ashlag, Michael Berg sites another letter that Rav Brandwein wrote, talking about the passing of his teacher, Rav Ashlag. Read this lecture by Michael Berg for the teaching on this letter. [...] […] As for Rav Brandwein’s relationship with his teacher, Rav Ashlag, Michael Berg sites another letter that Rav Brandwein wrote, talking about the passing of his teacher, Rav Ashlag. Read this lecture by Michael Berg for the teaching on this letter. […]

]]> Comment on Certainty in our Redemption by Sydney Kabbalah Centre Resource » Blog Archive » Who is Rav Brandwein? Who is Rav Ashlag? http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/14/certainty-in-our-redemption/en/#comment-9 Tue, 02 May 2006 14:09:36 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/14/certainty-in-our-redemption/en/#comment-9 [...] Rav Brandwein’s death anniversary falls on the 18th day of Nissan. We always connect with the energy of his great soul during Pesach. Click here to watch Michael Berg’s video on the Beloved of My Soul, where he talks about the special relationship between Rav Berg and his teacher, Rav Brandwein. Then, read on as Michael Berg explains the significance of the contents of one of the letters Rav Brandwein’s wrote for Rav Berg. [...] […] Rav Brandwein’s death anniversary falls on the 18th day of Nissan. We always connect with the energy of his great soul during Pesach. Click here to watch Michael Berg’s video on the Beloved of My Soul, where he talks about the special relationship between Rav Berg and his teacher, Rav Brandwein. Then, read on as Michael Berg explains the significance of the contents of one of the letters Rav Brandwein’s wrote for Rav Berg. […]

]]> Comment on Mystic Teachings of Jesus by Shirah http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-6 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:16:20 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-6 If Jesus was who he said he was, and in turn we are what is insinuated by that (i.e. "brothers and sisters") by virtue of being on The Path, then I think the wisdom could only have been from the True Source, naturally and namely Kabbalah. The events with Judas are controversial, and the reports of them to us are questionable going with either interpretation, but consider the point: what greater sacrifice of ego than to become "the villian" for generations to remember? If this was the motive, then Judas truly gave up EVERYTHING to help his teacher accomplish his purpose, and he not only received zero glory, but his person, his "good name" and his reputation and even his life were destroyed. On completely the other hand, should the traditional interpretation be the truth, we still learn all the more about Kabbalah through Jesus. If Judas was the villian, we could equate him with the "erev rav" and parallel the coming out of Egypt, in that he would have been a person who did not want the message of love and the wisdom of Kabbalah Jesus was pubically teaching to leave the exclusive circles of the esoteric or their particular school or the even traditional Jewish male over 40 etc. He was given the secret teaching and like the erev rav stirred up opposition, agenda, and entitlement. This is similar even to draw a parallel to Rabbi Akiva's students who we learn in the Zohar were giants in Kabbalah but yet were plagued for lack of unity and were destroyed. Getting back to Judas though, the over-arching lesson being that in the end, even after he was set up, sabotaged and betrayed, Jesus showed us we can defeat death with Kabbalah. It's interesting to parallel the coming out of Egypt this way and interpret the "new testament" somewhat allegorically - Jesus is like the personification of the Torah or namely the tablets of the Ten Utterances given by God to Moses, and Judas is like the personification of the erev rav. The erev rav stir up impatience, fear, etc. and the creation of the golden calf occurs, in just the way Judas plots to betray and hand over Jesus to the authorities. Then Jesus, like the tablets, is "broken" and he is killed and the darkness gains a foothold. Finally, like Moses writing the new tablets as dictated by God, Jesus uses Kabbalah "as dictated by God" to metaphorically write a new body (maybe even rewriting genetic code with the "DNA of the Soul" and other 72 names), and is raised from the dead, departing earth in a similar fashion to Elijah. This leaves us today in the same place as the Children of Israel on Sinai, with the choice of what we will do with the Way that Jesus embodied with his life. I would love to see/start more dialog on the topic of Kabbalah and the Christian/Jewish connection, because I too highly appreciate that the Kabbalah Centre is a place where both can study and communicate side by side. If Jesus was who he said he was, and in turn we are what is insinuated by that (i.e. “brothers and sisters”) by virtue of being on The Path, then I think the wisdom could only have been from the True Source, naturally and namely Kabbalah.

The events with Judas are controversial, and the reports of them to us are questionable going with either interpretation, but consider the point: what greater sacrifice of ego than to become “the villian” for generations to remember? If this was the motive, then Judas truly gave up EVERYTHING to help his teacher accomplish his purpose, and he not only received zero glory, but his person, his “good name” and his reputation and even his life were destroyed.

On completely the other hand, should the traditional interpretation be the truth, we still learn all the more about Kabbalah through Jesus. If Judas was the villian, we could equate him with the “erev rav” and parallel the coming out of Egypt, in that he would have been a person who did not want the message of love and the wisdom of Kabbalah Jesus was pubically teaching to leave the exclusive circles of the esoteric or their particular school or the even traditional Jewish male over 40 etc. He was given the secret teaching and like the erev rav stirred up opposition, agenda, and entitlement. This is similar even to draw a parallel to Rabbi Akiva’s students who we learn in the Zohar were giants in Kabbalah but yet were plagued for lack of unity and were destroyed. Getting back to Judas though, the over-arching lesson being that in the end, even after he was set up, sabotaged and betrayed, Jesus showed us we can defeat death with Kabbalah.

It’s interesting to parallel the coming out of Egypt this way and interpret the “new testament” somewhat allegorically - Jesus is like the personification of the Torah or namely the tablets of the Ten Utterances given by God to Moses, and Judas is like the personification of the erev rav. The erev rav stir up impatience, fear, etc. and the creation of the golden calf occurs, in just the way Judas plots to betray and hand over Jesus to the authorities. Then Jesus, like the tablets, is “broken” and he is killed and the darkness gains a foothold. Finally, like Moses writing the new tablets as dictated by God, Jesus uses Kabbalah “as dictated by God” to metaphorically write a new body (maybe even rewriting genetic code with the “DNA of the Soul” and other 72 names), and is raised from the dead, departing earth in a similar fashion to Elijah. This leaves us today in the same place as the Children of Israel on Sinai, with the choice of what we will do with the Way that Jesus embodied with his life.

I would love to see/start more dialog on the topic of Kabbalah and the Christian/Jewish connection, because I too highly appreciate that the Kabbalah Centre is a place where both can study and communicate side by side.

]]> Comment on Mystic Teachings of Jesus by lrodan http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-5 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:15:23 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-5 Jesus and the kabbalah Center One of the greatness of the Kabbalah Center (KC) is that it brings together " Jesus's People", Jews and Christians come from the same root, they are part of the same tree.. Anything happening to one branch affects the rest of the tree. All branches must be in armony in order for the spirit and health of the tree to be OK.. Jesus and the kabbalah Center
One of the greatness of the Kabbalah Center (KC) is that it brings together ” Jesus’s People”, Jews and Christians come from the same root, they are part of the same tree.. Anything happening to one branch affects the rest of the tree.
All branches must be in armony in order for the spirit and health of the tree to be OK..

]]> Comment on Mystic Teachings of Jesus by halcon37 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-4 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:33:04 +0000 http://blog.kabbalah.com/michael/2006/04/25/mystic-teachings-of-jesus/en/#comment-4 Not only that. the years that Jesus "disappeared" in the desert, he went to Qumran and Egypt where he learned his skills among the mystical Jewish groups (Therapeutae). The Therapeutae would read the Torah "symbolically" seeking wisdom from their ancestral philosophy by taking it as an allegory, since they think that the words of the literal text are symbols of something whose hidden nature is revealed by studying the underlying meaning. Isn't that what Kabbalah does? Jesus tried to do that, to EXPLAIN the hidden codes in the Holy Scriptures, he did not created a NEW religion, that was done 300 years after his death. Not only that.
the years that Jesus “disappeared” in the desert, he went to Qumran and Egypt where he learned his skills among the mystical Jewish groups (Therapeutae).
The Therapeutae would read the Torah “symbolically” seeking wisdom from their ancestral philosophy by taking it as an allegory, since they think that the words of the literal text are symbols of something whose hidden nature is revealed by studying the underlying meaning.
Isn’t that what Kabbalah does?
Jesus tried to do that, to EXPLAIN the hidden codes in the Holy Scriptures, he did not created a NEW religion, that was done 300 years after his death.

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