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    tsimtsum

    Also, by obligated, Laitman doesn't mean that every single Jew must intensively study Kabbalah, you can only really study kabbalah if you've reached a "point in the heart" where you feel that you MUST find the meaning of life or you won't be able to fulfill your desires. While it is more...
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    The Science of Kabbalah

    oh, and i'm not trying to say other paths are completely worthless only that in my opinion, they don't offer enough, if you feel kabbalah doesn't offer what your looking for then im sure you won't go for it just as I feel these other paths don't offer enough
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    tsimtsum

    Now that I think about it the Tree of Life commentary is a little bit advanced. While there isn't really a "danger" for a begginer or gentile to reading it, you can't gain much from it without hours and hours of intense study. About it being only for Jews, here is Rav Laitman's position...
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    The Science of Kabbalah

    Kabbalah is a science because you don't have to take anything on "blind faith," all things written about by kabbalists can be attained by those with a strong desire to attain them. If you study with the proper method and books, you will attain the same thing that the authors attained, which is...
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    Transcendence in Judiasm

    I'm not sure exactly what the term "transcendence" is supposed to mean. but the kabbalah which some consider the essence of Judaism teaches one to transcend ALL boundaries of this world. Kabbalists who reach a very high level of attainment begin to sense and live in the upper worlds which are...
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    tsimtsum

    the tzimtzum! very interesting and complex subject I recommend all people to read baal hasulam's commmentary on The Tree of Life by the Ari http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/commentary.htm it explains a in a lot more detail about the tzimtzum, yet is still very difficult ot understand...
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    The Science of Kabbalah

    F2F is face to face right? I do study with f2f in Washington DC, with a group of 4, although we want to get bigger. I know a lot of people have a problem with it being called a science, and I can understand why to some extent. But the more I study and understand, the more it does seem like a...
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    The Science of Kabbalah

    Greetings to all, I'm new here so heres a bit about myself: I've always wondered about the ultimate question: the meaning of life, its bothered me my whole life and I tried to avoid it, but now I think kabbalah can give me the answer. I've been studying kabbalah with Bnei Baruch for the past six...
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