The Wise Heart

The Wise Heart

Tales and allegories of three contemporary sages

Through words and letters

We touch upon that hidden realm called

“The Spiritual World”

Focus on the Creator

Focus on the Creator

Michael Laitman

The wisdom of Kabbalah shows us

How to turn ourselves around from within

To discover the Creator.

When zooming in on an object through a camera lens,

We turn the ring a little to the right, then a little to the left,

And sharpen our focus

Until suddenly,

There it is!

Our object is crystal clear.

In much the same way, we approach the Creator

By studying the wisdom of Kabbalah.

Spiritual Waves

Spiritual Waves

Michael Laitman

Our inner work is

To tune our hearts

And our senses

To perceive the spiritual world.

Like a radio receiver

On which the knobs are gently turned

To detect the waves in the air,

We tune ourselves

To the spiritual frequency

With increasing precision,

Using actions called "intentions."

Until suddenly,

Another dimension appears,

Disclosing the spiritual world.

A Small World

A Small World

Michael Laitman

A small child inhabits a small world.

He does not see,

Perceive,

Or understand

That a much larger world exists.

Even in his small world

He is told

That part of it is his to use,

And that other parts are not allowed.

But little by little

These boundaries

Expand,

And he begins to understand

That he is allowed to do more.

And the world he used to see

As a little bubble

Gradually expands.

He notices there is a street,

And a town beyond the street,

And there is the whole world.

And he himself on earth.

Similarly,

The wisdom of Kabbalah

Is gradually revealed to us.

The Worm in the Radish

The Worm in the Radish

Baal HaSulam

The worm born inside a radish

Sits there thinking

That the Creator's world

Is as bitter,

Dark,

And small

As the radish

In which it was born.

 

But as soon as the worm

Breaks through the radish's peel

And gets a glimpse of the outside,

It says in wonderment,

"I thought the entire world

Was the size of the radish in which I was born,

But now I see

A great,

Bright,

And truly beautiful world

Before me."

An Airplane in the Sky

An Airplane in the Sky

Rabash

Ten people are standing,

Looking at an airplane in the distance.

Its size

In their eyes

Is just a tiny speck.

Some of the people have binoculars,

Showing the plane as much larger.

But each of them has a different kind of binoculars.

One set of binoculars greatly magnifies the plane,

While the other magnifies it less.

Therefore, one viewer sees

A four-meter airplane,

And the other says it's only three.

Yet another claims it is only two.

They are all telling

The truth about what they see,

But the differences among them

Make no changes to the plane itself.

Rather, the only differences are in the people

Looking at the airplane.

Walking Before the King

Walking Before the King

Baal HaSulam

A man walking along the road

Sees a most beautiful garden

And hears a voice calling him.

It is the King strolling in the garden.

Excited,

The man leaps over the fence

And into the garden.

In his excitement and haste

He does not notice

That he is walking ahead of the King

While the King is strolling

Close behind him.

And so the man walks on,

Thanking the King and praising him

With all his heart

In preparation for

Greeting the King.

And still, he takes no notice

That the King is right beside him.

Suddenly, he turns around

And sees the King beside him.

Naturally, he is very glad

And he begins to walk behind the King,

Thanking and praising him with all his might,

For the King is ahead of him and he is behind.

And so they stroll right up to the entrance.

The man walks out the door,

Returning to his starting point,

And the King remains in the garden

And locks the gate.

When the man realizes

They have parted,

And that the King is no longer with him,

He begins to seek the opening of the garden

through which he had left,

So that the King will be ahead of him.

But there is no such gate.

There is only the way

He entered the first time,

When he was ahead of the King.

And the King was behind him,

Undetected.

The Point in the Heart

 

The Point in the Heart

Michael Laitman

 

For tens of thousands of years

We evolve

In this world.

Until suddenly,

The point in our hearts awakens

That recollection called,

"A part of God above."

Then we begin to ask,

"What is the meaning of my life?"

And to long for something

Higher than this world.

A Building with an Elevator

A Building with an Elevator

Michael Laitman

  
Reality is a permanent structure.

It is like a building

With 125 floors

And an elevator to go up and down.

It goes up wherever one wishes

And down to where one descends.

Besides the person,

Nothing else changes.

He is the operator of the elevator

Going up or down in the building.

This elevator is the heart in each of us,

The conditions of our hearts,

And all we need is to search

How to ride up,

And then desire

.To ride up

Revealed on the Outside

Revealed On the Outside

Rabash

When the heart is filled

With excitement,

Whether it is caused by good things

Or by bad things,

The impression is revealed on the outside.

It is like a glass of water:

When it’s full,

It overflows.

Likewise, our tears

Are the overflowing surplus.

The Right Scrutiny

 

The Right Scrutiny

Michael Laitman

Every step of the way,

Wherever we turn,

We must scrutinize.

Our scrutiny is

To rise

Above emotion and above reason

Requesting the reason of the Upper One.

 

The reason of the Upper One

Is called "Faith and Bestowal"

Whereas man's reason

Is called "Knowing and Receiving."

A Diamond on Sale

 

 

A Diamond on Sale

Rabash

Once, some people purchased a diamond

And were joyful that they had paid

An extremely low price.

But one of them wondered

If, in fact, the diamond was genuine.

No one in town knew

Anything about diamonds,

So they went to an expert merchant

To find out if

The diamond was real or fake.

They were pleased with his reply

That it was real.

But one man wondered

About trusting the merchant,

Since he might be a crook himself.

So this man decided to learn

The trade himself

And become an expert,

Which he did, successfully.