Download or read book The Thought of Creation written by Amite Neman and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written after many years of research and comparison between the Torah, Kabbalah, and science books. I started on this subject following a personal crisis. I had the opportunity of seeing people and phenomena beyond those experienced in the daily life. "Go out of Egypt," I was told. The meaning of it was to step out of the material routine, and start dealing with spirituality. I tried to examine all new information and study on the topic of the creation of the world, and the connection between the Torah and science. I searched for proofs to this connection in the most thorough way possible. Was the world created by accident, or with an initial thought? What was the world created for? Is the Big Bang the beginning of creation, or was the world created much earlier? What is the universe made of? What maintains it? What will happen to the universe in the future? When was man created? Was man created from the monkey? Is there any kind of connection between all of humanity? How can you even research creation? Can you possibly prove the existence of God? How can you even reach Him? Who can provide answers to that? The answers to these questions are "hidden" in the Torah. The Torah is a secret language. The Hebrew word for "world", Olam, hints on the words: Hidden — Ha'alem, Ne'lam. Scientists study the world every day, and the results of their studies are surprisingly similar to the prophecies of the Torah. Jewish thinkers, world intellectuals, and tzadikim, are able to find a connection with the hidden worlds. They told us that there is a Creator to the world — God. The world was created with initial thought: The thought of creation. Man has a special and unique role in the world; to connect with the Creator by thinking of, and helping his fellow men, "Love your neighbor as yourself". The nation of Israel is a "bridge" that connects the material world with the Creator. Will we successfully climb the right bridge? Will man connect the world and humanity? Will the nation of Israel successfully carry out its task? "Love your neighbor as yourself"... this is how the soul is built. Let's connect to it... Good luck.

Download or read book The Supplicate Order written by Patricia Mary Brown and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplication captures a universal, cross-cultural approach to spirituality. Authored by Dr. Patricia Brown, The Supplicate Order defines supplication as an expression for the laws and principles that guide a spiritual aspirant toward communion with the sacred (mysteries), progressing toward an expanded perception of life and grateful reception of blessings, positive creativity, healing, and wisdom. It shows how humanity bridges the manifest explicate order and the unmanifest implicate order. Offering a fresh perspective on supplication, The Supplicate Order carries four messages that pertain to spiritual aspirants at any level: Don't abandon yourself (to self-loathing or to another person's or group's absolute power over you) Start with what you know to do (don't be too eager to get exotic or far removed from your resonant spiritual persuasion) Never think you know everything Don't give up Brown explains how key universal principles verify the human capacity to bring forth "gifts of the spirit," while psychological health and development determine invocatory efforts and receptive capacities. The Supplicate Order integrates global spiritual wisdom and psychological knowledge with the trends of new science, highlighting the human invocation of the sacred.

Download or read book Hachibur Book One written by Warren Cyr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study in Jewish Concepts and Beliefs. Book of Terms and Definitions. THE COMPILATION (R) RegisteredSTUDY IN JEWISH CONCEPTS AND BELIEFS. THE COMBINING AND JOINING OF HEBREW TERMS THAT IN ESSENCE SYMBOLIZE THE CONCEPT OF PRAYER, JOINING US WITH G-DAUTHOR: WARREN J CYR (aharon ben yosef), THE "aby"EDITOR: DANIEL J CYRPROGRAMMER: SAUL SCHON/SCHOU - i.e. PAUL ANDERSON

Download or read book The Cycle of the Infinite written by Elijah Stephens and published by Liquid Heaven Productions. This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Metaphysical Handbook for the Sublime Oddity of Creation

Download or read book The Purusha Suktam written by Dr. Victor Borde and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interpretation of the Vedic text has been a prerogative of the Hindu Brahmins, it has always been interpreted from the religious point of view. This book’s approach is from the socio-historical perspective. It is a subaltern reading of the Vedic text, which not only establishes the fact that Purua-sktam is an interpolation but also unveils the reasons for its interpolation. The authors approach is both emic and etic at the same time; a perspective which bringing out unique insights. He has used a diachronic approach to trace the history of interpretation thus revealing the various layers of interpretations of this text. Beginning with contemporary interpretations, he goes down in history pointing out how the orthodox and classical scholars interpreted this text and going further back in time to unravel its origin and usage in the context of yajnas and nature religion.

Download or read book Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ on the Tree of Life written by Kess Frey and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book draws on “the secret wisdom of Israel” (Qabalistic Tree of Life) to describe the soul’s inner purification, healing and rebirth in Christ rooted deep in the mysterious process and inner silence of non-conceptual contemplative prayer. “Prayer in secret” (Matt. 6:6) is prayer in the unconscious. Using the Tree of Life as a map of universal creation and the individual soul (Macrocosm and microcosm), Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ offers a detailed and revealing look into the hidden workings of the Spirit in the soul’s inner depths. When read slowly and thoughtfully, this book elevates the mind, offering what is, for most of us, a new vision of our evolving life in Christ and Christ in us. The essence of Centering Prayer is consenting to God’s presence and action in us and in our life. The work of the Spirit in us aims to bring us from the limitations and disappointments of our false self (over-identifi cation with the separate-self sense of ego and its ill-conceived desires) into the fulfillment of our true self as a spiritual being. As the false self’s obstacles are removed by the divine action, which needs our willing consent and cooperation, our growing freedom to consent becomes cause for increasing peace and joy in the soul. This is a gift of divine love that brings us step by step into the fullness of our life in Christ—which is a continuing rebirth into the limitless light, life, and love of the divine consciousness. The intended purpose of Centering Prayer’s conceptual background is to support the actual practice of non-conceptual contemplative prayer and the wondrous process of inner spiritual unfolding that Centering Prayer facilitates.

Download or read book Christian Register and Boston Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unlatched Gates written by Nahum Kruger and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THIS WORK IS PRIMARILY TO TAKE THE READER ON AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY THROUGH THE PROCESSION OF DIRECTIONAL CHALLENGES AND CHOICES ENCOUNTERED IN ONE’S QUEST FOR LIFE’S PURPOSE AND MEANING. IT PRESENTS A CHRONOLOGICAL FOLLOWING OF THE STAGES,QUESTIONS, CONCEPTS AND ANSWERS RECORDED BY THE ARTIST’S PAINTINGS, SPANNING APPROXIMATELY A 60 YEAR PERIOD FROM EARLY 1960’s AND UNTIL PRESENT 2020. THE TEXTS THAT ACCOMPANY EACH PAINTING WILL EXPAND ON THE VISUAL CONCEPTS, STRUGGLES AND COMPREHENSION THAT THE ARTIST ATTEMPTED TO PORTRAY.

Download or read book The Jewish Encyclopedia written by Isidore Singer and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays on Diverse Topics written by Kalman Dubov and published by Kalman Dubov. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated volume includes twenty-two essays on timely topics. The volume begins with topics on Judaism and Jewish Ideology, the book reviews the multiplicity of languages Jewish people used throughout their history. At last count, these number 55, an amazing way to create a localized language for daily interaction, rather than use Hebrew, the sacred language reserved for prayer and study. The brief review of Lurianic Kabbalah follows, together with a discussion of human suffering. The mystery of Ashkenazic Jewry follows, offering a serious question to this dilemma. What follows is an exposition on the Jewish law of 'mosur' the informer, and the many issues affecting sexual predation in ultra-Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Australia as in Israel. The Cairo Genizah reviews how two Scottish sisters brought the Book of Ecclesiasticus to Cambridge and the vast treasure of Cairo brought to Cambridge and other universities to examine this ancient repository. The issue of Apostate Rabbis follows discussing several rabbis who converted to Christianity. I then discuss the Radhanites, the mysterious group of super-merchants who traveled from France to China and back for about 500 years, centuries before Marco Polo. I then discuss Chabad Messianism, a topic of interest as Chabad expands its message across the globe. Several topics follow: Medieval Blood Libel, the mystery of Jews in Sri Lanka, today a minimal number but in earlier centuries numbering several thousand. I then discuss several topics on the human condition, essays designed to reflect on Man's ethical dilemma of life in the post-World War Two era. I then discuss the two original ideas regarding religion. One of these is attributed to the Patriarch Abraham, whose reflection on Deity and how to relate to spirituality predominates in the three great Western religions. The other original thought is found in Hinduism, reflecting an entirely different way to relate to Deity. Because Hinduism is a Far Eastern phenomenon, not readily accessible in the West, I’ve included an overview of Hinduism, so that the Western and Jewish views can be appreciated. A new topic reflect on the Atrocity Soul and its counterpart, reflecting of the Son of Darkness and the Son of Light, each bringing messages, one of despair and darkness and the other of hope and redemption. While these persons may be religious, it is not a primary matter to the Son of Light, but their message of hope predominates. I conclude the book with a discussion on Calculating Zero, an advancement only made twice in human history: in the New World by the Maya and by the ancient Mesopotamians. Each of the essays and reviews reflects my understanding of these, and other, diverse topics. Each essay provides grist for discussion and reflection.

Download or read book Journeys to Hungary Poland written by Kalman Dubov and published by Kalman Dubov. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews my visit to Budapest, Hungary, and to Krakow, Auschwitz, and Birkenau (Auschwitz II), in Poland. Both of these places were deeply affected by the Nazi occupation and the devastation of their Jewish communities. Describing these visits is difficult because it describes in modern European history in which survivors still relate the story of this great tragedy. The places where these events took place still stand as testimony to the depths of horror and violation man conceives on others. had long delayed a pilgrimage to the two Auschwitz death camps, recognizing the potential of every human being to fall into the chasm of total annihilation. In fact, recent psychological experimentation with normal, ethically-minded people has shown that we have the potential, as perfectly normal people, to be persuaded to perform acts that, upon reflection, are completely unjustifiable. We think of ourselves as civilized but the reality is that our deepest drives and urges can create a complete loss of decency to self and others. The mesmerizing effects of the Hitlerian era serve notice that we all have the potential of losing the thread of our tenuous humanity. This is the sobering thought which remains with me after visiting these terrible places of governmental policies of extermination of entire peoples. Auschwitz and Birkenau are not just a death camp of the past, as a historic site, reflective of the past. It is that, but much more. These terrible places are an object lesson for the present and the future. Mankind must learn the lesson that, as Santayana reflected, the lessons of history must be learned so as not to repeat them. My review first visits Budapest, a beautiful city. National Hungarian myth is the Magyars, a primary tribe of modern-day Hungary, originated in the Carpathian Mountains, in Khazaria. This Jewish Empire, composed of converts to Judaism, is an object of intense scholarly scrutiny as to who they were and what they taught. Insofar as the Magyars were concerned, they rebelled against the Khazars, voluntarily left, or were expelled from that empire. They traveled across the Caucasian steppes and reached their current geography. Perhaps the most devastating event in modern Hungarian history was the Treaty of Trianon, following World War one, which emasculated the country, its navy, and people. World War Two was similarly tragic, in Budapest, as throughout Hungary. The Jewish population in the country was decimated and Hungarians readily assisted in the arrest, removal, and transportation of an estimated 400,000 to 600,000 Jews. These men, women, and children were transported to Auschwitz where they were murdered by the Germans. Adolf Eichmann, mastermind of the Final Solution to exterminate Jews, readily admitted that this vast effort, accomplished within three months, was only possible because of the dedicated efforts of Hungarian leadership and police. In Germany today, there is a national narrative of reviewing its Nazi (National Socialism) past, thereby ensuring all are aware of what occurred during that period and will not repeat it. But no such national narrative is present in Hungary. Denial of the past is easy; a mere refusal to own to what took place and the individual actions that led to this decimation. Perhaps Hungary will one day, maturely, boldly, and forthrightly, recognize its past crimes and seek to amend its national character. I hope my reviews of these cities and the Death Camps will provide moments of reflection and honest appraisal of both self and its national character.

Download or read book Entangled Worlds written by Catherine Keller and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically speaking, theology can be said to operate “materiaphobically.” Protestant Christianity in particular has bestowed upon theology a privilege of the soul over the body and belief over practice, in line with the distinction between a disembodied God and the inanimate world “He” created. Like all other human, social, and natural sciences, religious studies imported these theological dualisms into a purportedly secular modernity, mapping them furthermore onto the distinction between a rational, “enlightened” Europe on the one hand and a variously emotional, “primitive,” and “animist” non-Europe on the other. The “new materialisms” currently coursing through cultural, feminist, political, and queer theories seek to displace human privilege by attending to the agency of matter itself. Far from being passive or inert, they show us that matter acts, creates, destroys, and transforms—and, as such, is more of a process than a thing. Entangled Worlds examines the intersections of religion and new and old materialisms. Calling upon an interdisciplinary throng of scholars in science studies, religious studies, and theology, it assembles a multiplicity of experimental perspectives on materiality: What is matter, how does it materialize, and what sorts of worlds are enacted in its varied entanglements with divinity? While both theology and religious studies have over the past few decades come to prioritize the material contexts and bodily ecologies of more-than-human life, Entangled Worlds sets forth the first multivocal conversation between religious studies, theology, and the body of “the new materialism.” Here disciplines and traditions touch, transgress, and contaminate one another across their several carefully specified contexts. And in the responsiveness of this mutual touching of science, religion, philosophy, and theology, the growing complexity of our entanglements takes on a consistent ethical texture of urgency.

Download or read book You are what You Hate written by Sarah Schneider and published by Sarah (Susan) Schneider. This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enemies hold fallen slivers of our souls, estranged sparks that we do not recognize as pieces of our very own selves. They have chosen us as their opponents because they are trying, in their deluded way, to connect back to their root, which really is us. The spark of ourselves inside the enemy must be recovered...

Download or read book Secret of the Veda New U S Edition written by Sri Aurobindo and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Aurobindo breaks new ground in interpreting the ancient Vedas. His deeper insight into this came from his own spiritual practices for which he found vivid allegorical descriptions in the Vedas. Sri Aurobindo was able to uncover the mystery of the double meanings, the inner psychological and yogic significance and practices and the consistent, clear sense brought by this psychological view of the Vedic hymns. Finally, the true inner meaning of the Veda and its relevance to the seeking after self-realization and enlightenment is revealed.

Download or read book Self and No Self written by Dale Mathers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the growing interface between Eastern and Western concepts of what it is to be human from analytical psychology, psychoanalytic and Buddhist perspectives. The relationship between these different approaches has been discussed for decades, with each discipline inviting its followers to explore the depths of the psyche and confront the sometimes difficult psychological experiences that can emerge during any in-depth exploration of mental processes. Self and No-Self considers topics discussed at the Self and No-Self conference in Kyoto, Japan in 2006. International experts from practical and theoretical backgrounds compare and contrast Buddhist and psychological traditions, providing a fresh insight on the relationship between the two. Areas covered include: the concept of self Buddhist theory and practice psychotherapeutic theory and practice mysticism and spirituality myth and fairy tale. This book explains how a Buddhist approach can be integrated into the clinical setting and will interest seasoned practitioners and theoreticians from analytical psychology, psychoanalytic and Buddhist backgrounds, as well as novices in these fields.

Download or read book The Jewish Concept of Reincarnation and Creation written by David M. Wexelman and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapted and translated for the English reader directly from the original text, The Gateway to Reincarnation, written by Chaim Vital, as taught to him by Isaac Luria.

Download or read book The Paradoxical Ascent to God written by Rachel Elior and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the Habad Hasidism movement, an influential part of the Hasidic Movement, which originated in the eigteenth century. Habad was founded by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1813) who established a Hasidic community in Belorussia and who set forth the new Habad doctrine in a book entitled Tanya (Likutey Amarim). This doctrine expounded the mystical ideas underlying the quest for God. Its essential innovation lay in the formulation of a religious outlook which concentrated upon perceiving the divinity: its essence, its nature, the stages of its manifestation, its characteristics, its perfection, its differing wills, its processes, the significance of its revelation and the possibilities of its perception. This conception generated a profound transformation of religious worship and was the cause of great controversy throughout the Jewish world.