Authors: Rav Michael Laitman, Benzion Giertz
ISBN-13: 9780973190908, ISBN-10: 0973190906
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bnei Baruch/Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Michael Laitman, PhD, is a professor of Ontology, a PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and an MSc in medical Bio-cybernetics. He is founder and president of Bnei Baruch and Ashlag Research Institute (ARI), two Israel based international educational organizations with branches all over North America and Canada, Central and South America, as well as Eastern and Western Europe. On his website, kab.info, he teaches free, live daily lessons on Kabbalah and spirituality to an audience of approximately two million people worldwide, simultaneously broadcast and translated into eight languages: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, French, Turkish, and German. Prof. Laitman also presents regularly on Channel 66, which is distributed by Israel's Satellite TV provider, YES.
In the words of Michael Laitman, It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualities as total altruism and love. This is for the simple reason that human beings cannot comprehend how such feelings can exist at all, as everyone seemingly requires an incentive to perform any act; without some personal gain, people are not prepared to extend themselves. That is why a quality such as altruism can only be imparted to a person from Above, and only those who have experienced it can understand it. Attaining The Worlds Beyond is a first step toward discovering the ultimate fulfillment of spiritual ascent in our lifetime. This book reaches out to all those who are searching for answers, who are seeking a logical and reliable way to understand the world's phenomena. This magnificent introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah provides a new kind of awareness that enlightens the mind, invigorates the heart, and moves the reader to the depths of their soul.
Introduction | 9 | |
How To Read the Text | 11 | |
1. | Perceiving the Creator | 15 |
Window to the Heart | 19 | |
Faith above Reason | 24 | |
2. | Spiritual Path | 31 |
Providence of the Creator | 34 | |
Realizing the Creator's Rule | 38 | |
3. | The Dining Table | 40 |
Act One | 40 | |
Act Two | 43 | |
4. | Nullifying Our Personal Interests | 60 |
Let Kabbalah Be Your Guide | 65 | |
5. | The Purpose of Studying Kabbalah | 67 |
6. | Spiritual Progress | 71 |
Faith: Believing in the Oneness of the Creator | 74 | |
7. | Our Perceptions | 78 |
8. | Structure of Spirituality | 81 |
False Pleasures | 84 | |
9. | A Plea for Help | 87 |
In Memory of the Kabbalist Rabbi Baruch Ashlag | 88 | |
10. | Counteracting the Desire for Self-Gratification | 91 |
11. | Inner Motion and Development | 98 |
Advancing toward Altruistic Pleasure | 104 | |
12. | Eradicating Egoism | 119 |
The Search for the Creator | 131 | |
13. | The Way of Kabbalah | 139 |
The Desire To Receive Pleasure | 146 | |
14. | Revelation and Concealment | 154 |
Transforming Egoism to Altruism | 169 | |
15. | Gradual Spiritual Correction | 176 |
16. | Inner Qualities and Outer Aspects | 188 |
Spiritual Gradations | 193 | |
Four Fundamental Outlooks | 195 | |
17. | Merging with the Creator | 202 |
Phases of Revelation | 214 | |
18. | The Omnipotent Magician Who Could Not Be Alone: A Tale for Grown Ups | 218 |
19. | Spiritual Levels | 227 |
20. | The Return to the Creator | 239 |
The Path of Kabbalah | 253 | |
21. | Correcting Egoism | 267 |
Yearning for Spiritual Qualities | 278 | |
22. | Spiritual Development | 296 |
23. | Spiritual Work | 317 |
24. | Faith | 328 |
25. | The Process of Conforming to the Creator | 333 |
26. | Cognition of the Spiritual World | 341 |
Grasping Higher Spiritual Levels | 344 | |
27. | Stages of Correction | 349 |
Faith, the Only Antidote to Egoism | 352 | |
Light That Brings Correction | 355 | |
28. | Not for One's Self | 364 |
Obtaining "lishma" | 367 | |
29. | Transformation of Our Nature | 373 |
30. | Fear of the Creator | 378 |
31. | A Seed of Altruism | 383 |
32. | Battling for the Perception of the Creator's Oneness | 388 |
33. | Receiving for the Sake of Giving | 396 |
34. | Suffering Sent As Absolute Kindness | 402 |
35. | The Evil Inclination | 409 |
36. | The Work Along the Three Lines | 415 |
37. | Understanding Our True Nature | 424 |
38. | Kabbalistic Quotes | 432 |
39. | Rabbi Laitman's Search for Kabbalah | 436 |
Other books by Rabbi Michael Laitman | 447 |