Friday, March 29, 2013

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”




Thursday, March 28, 2013

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.



Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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.


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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.


Monday, March 25, 2013

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."

Sunday, March 24, 2013

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.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

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.