The Power of Kabbalah: This Book Contains the Secrets of the Universe and the Meaning of Our Lives

by Berg, Yehuda

• ISBN13: 9781588720085
• ISBN10: 158872008X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Jodere Group

Summary

Is it possible to turn that rush that comes from closing a business deal or having a brief, passionate affair into an enduring sense of wholeness and peace? Kabbalah, according to its increasingly large group of practitioners, is the path from that fleeting feeling of pleasure that most people settle for to the lasting fulfillment that is their birthright as human beings. In The Power of Kabbalah, renowned teacher Yehuda Berg shows how to view and navigate through life by tapping Kabbalistic truths. He explains the key process of transforming from a reactive to a proactive being that will in turn trigger increased creative energy, greater personal power, and a stronger and more satisfying sense of life. These teachings include embracing rather than avoiding problems and obstacles as true opportunities for spiritual development; making miracles through positive thinking; and accepting responsibility for what happens in one's life.

Author Biography

Yehuda Berg is an ordained Rabbi and a leading authority on Kabbalah. He teaches at the Kabbalah Centres worldwide

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction
A Fountainhead of Wisdom	xix
The Secret's Out	xx
Please Be Warned	xxii
The Language of Analogy	xxiv
Misconceptions about Kabbalah	xxv
Let's Get Crazy!	xxvi
Part One: Who Are We
The Makeup of Humanity	3	(1)
Desire in Motion	4	(1)
Desire and Diversity	5	(2)
A Vessel	7	(1)
The Object of Our Desire	8	(2)
The Root of Our Unhappiness	10	(1)
Ultimate Desire	11	(3)
Two Sides of the Curtain: The 1 Percent and the 99 Percent	14	(2)
Chaos Theory	16	(1)
The Butterfly Effect	17	(2)
The 99 Percent World	19	(1)
Nothing New Under the Sun	20	(1)
Timeless Symphony	21	(2)
The Moment of Connection	23	(1)
A Brief Summary of the 1 Percent	24	(1)
A Brief Summary of the 99 Percent	25	(1)
20th-Century Science Stumbles Upon the 99 Percent	26	(1)
The Problem	27	(1)
Chasing Our Own Shadows	28	(1)
The Top Ten List	29	(2)
The Reason for Our Discontent	31	(1)
It Makes You Wonder	32	(1)
The Taste of Time	33	(1)
Memories	34	(3)
Part Two: Creation, the Big Bang, and the Nature of God
The Causes of All Causes	37	(1)
Wisdom As Light	38	(1)
Pulling Back the Curtain	39	(1)
Energy	40	(2)
Two to Tango	42	(1)
The Vessel	43	(1)
God and Humanity	44	(1)
The Light	45	(1)
The Structure of the Vessel	46	(2)
One Act of Creation	48	(1)
The Endless World	49	(1)
The Million Dollar Question	50	(1)
The God Gene	51	(1)
Birth of a New Desire	52	(1)
Field of Dreams	53	(1)
Bread of Shame	54	(1)
One Lack	55	(1)
The Dilemma	56	(1)
Resistance	57	(1)
The Big Bang	58	(1)
Modern Science	59	(1)
Kabbalah	60	(1)
Birth of a Universe	61	(3)
Part Three: The Puzzle of Creation, and the Theory of Reactivity
The Puzzlemaker	64	(2)
A Ten-Dimensional Curtain	66	(2)
The Power of Darkness	68	(1)
Disassembling the Puzzle	69	(2)
The Deception of Darkness	71	(1)
Adam and Atom: Partners in Creation	72	(1)
Labor Contractions	73	(2)
Science Catches Up with Kabbalah	75	(2)
A Practical Science	77	(3)
The Theory of Reactivity	80	(1)
Further Defining Reactive Behavior	81	(1)
The Meaning of Life	82	(1)
Deconstructing the Theory of Reactivity	83	(1)
A Spiritual Big Bang	84	(1)
A Spiritual Alternative	85	(1)
The $100,000 Quiz	86	(3)
The Long Supermarket Line of Life	89	(2)
The Moment of Transformation	91	(1)
The Transformation Formula	92	(2)
The Oldest Game	94	(2)
The Blindfold	96	(1)
Counterintelligence	97	(4)
Part Four: The Game, Our Opponent, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation
The Opponent	101	(2)
The Company	103	(3)
Internal Battle	106	(3)
An Ancient Adversary	109	(2)
Altering our DNA	111	(1)
The Difference Between Desire to Receive and Desire to Receive for the Self Alone	112	(1)
Fields of Battle	113	(2)
Ratings War	115	(2)
Tactics	117	(1)
What's Up Is Down, What's Down Is Up	118	(2)
The Weapon of Time	120	(2)
Time Is One	122	(2)
Delay Tactics	124	(1)
Free Will	125	(1)
The Test of Time	126	(1)
The Weapon of Complacency	127	(2)
The Weapon of Space	129	(1)
The Weapon of Disguise	130	(2)
Unmasking Our True Adversary	132	(1)
Resistance and Short Circuits	133	(1)
The Light Bulb Metaphor Applied to the Endless World	134	(1)
The Light Bulb Metaphor Applied to Life	135	(1)
A Universe of Resistance	136	(1)
Suppressing vs. Resistance	137	(2)
Coping vs. Resistance	139	(2)
The Joy of Obstacles: An Alternative View of Life's Challenges	141	(1)
When Bigger Is Better	142	(1)
The Path of Most Resistance	143	(1)
The Million-Dollar Challenge	144	(1)
The Law of ``Tikun''	145	(2)
Groundhog Day	147	(2)
Resistance at Work	149	(13)
Temptation	162	(2)
Crash Diet	164	(3)
The Faustian Pact	167	(1)
Slavery	168	(3)
The Power of Certainty	171	(2)
The Certainty Principle	173	(4)
Miracle Making	177	(3)
Part Five: Dna of the Soul
The Power of Permanent Change	180	(1)
Genetic Alphabet	181	(2)
An Alphabetic Universe	183	(1)
Ancient Geneticist	184	(1)
The 22 Forces of Creation	185	(1)
Universal Alphabet	186	(2)
Hebrew Tek	188	(2)
Practical Benefits	190	(1)
The Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul	191	(1)
The Power of Scanning	192	(1)
Resonance	193	(1)
The Light of the Letters in Action	194	(1)
The 72 Names of God	195	(16)
Accountability	211	(1)
The Mirror	212	(2)
Global Transformation---the Coming Peace	214	(2)
As Above. So Below	216	(3)
How to Create the World of Blessed	219	(3)
Teaching Others	222	(2)
The Power of Light	224	(1)
In Conclusion: Go and Learn	225	(2)
When All Is Said and Done	227	(26)
Appendix
Kabbalah's 13 Rules of the Game	230	(2)
A Brief History of Kabbalah	232	(2)
Fountainhead of Wisdom	234	(2)
R. Shimon bar Yochai: 2nd Century c. A.D. 160	236	(3)
Kabbalist R. Moses Deleon: 13th Century c. 1270	239	(2)
Kabbalist R. Isaac Luria (The Ari): 16th Century 1534--1572	241	(2)
A Kabbalistic Scientific Revolution: 17th Century	243	(4)
Early 20th Century	247	(2)
Mid 20th Century	249	(1)
The Present Day	250	(3)
About the Author	253	(2)
About the Kabbalah Centre	255