Try this primer on Kabbalah. It gets more complicated as you go on the series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faCZTtxugB8 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sun...@...> wrote: > > 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_reply@> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
