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Share the Flame

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

April 25 – May 1, 2004

Students often ask me to describe the purpose of The Kabbalah Centre in one sentence and this is my answer: The mission of The Kabbalah Centre is to remove the darkness from the world by revealing the Light.

I give them the example of a large darkened auditorium. If you place a single candle in the middle, it not only lessens the darkness — but no amount of darkness can extinguish the flame. Even if the darkness were expanded, it would have no effect on the candle’s radiance.

Darkness is powerless in the presence of light. The relationship between light and darkness in the everyday world reveals a profound secret of spirituality. Spiritual darkness can exist only in the Light’s absence. (more…)