Thank you. I have a sister in Israel, who lives an orthodox life style, and writes books about mystical Judaism. Most of her writing is so complicated, that it is difficult for me to follow what she is saying. But I would like to get a taste of some of this from a different angle.
Thanks for the reply. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > I'm no scholar about this. Wiki is a good start. My best (and almost sole) > reference is an incredible work in progress by Daniel Matt -- the brother of > David Matt, my long time TM friend -- The Zohar 1: Pritzker Edition. > > http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Zohar-1/Daniel-Matt/e/9780804747479/?pwb=1&; > > Daniel Matt's preliminary book, The Essential Kabbalah, is great for cutting > your teeth on Kabbalah. > > http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Essential-Kabbalah/Daniel-C-Matt/e/9780062511638 > > I've had lunch with Daniel and got to "grill him good" about Advaita and > spirituality in general, and I came away deeply impressed with his wide angle > views. He is quite comfortable with Advaita's concepts. > > Daniel and David were fathered by a famous Rabbi on the east coast, and I'm > too lazy to look up his name, but he was a great teacher in his own right -- > I've read a number of his essays and found him very morally sobering. > > All in all, not a second of one's time is wasted by Daniel. > > Edg > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sundur@> > wrote: > > > > > > Any paricularly useful links you can provide to this? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > If you read about the Sefirot, you'll be impressed by the delicacy and > > nuance -- the chart is meant to define God's, um, "personality," and I > > find nothing in these concepts that has the least friction with, say, > > Advaita. This thing is as deep as a religion can make a thing. Just to > > read about it brings up exceedingly precise questions. And once you have > > the question, you're 90% of the way to the answer. > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > You meant to convey to us the infinity of the Brahman or > > something more material > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/23/10, TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] tree > > > > Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 6:25 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
