| What if reality was something completely different | | | | So how does Kabbalah enable me to feel this? The |
| than what we feel it to be? What if one day you | | | | tools for revealing the Upper Light are Kabbalah books. |
| woke up and discovered that everything you thought | | | | The Key Within Kabbalah Books |
| about the world, including who you are, where you live, | | | | A Kabbalah book is no ordinary book. It contains a |
| and the people around you—was all just a dream? | | | | special key that can be used by the person reading |
| This is no sci-fi scenario or fictional episode. It’s the | | | | the book, if he only knows how to read it. |
| world according to Kabbalah. | | | | First, one should know how to tell an authentic |
| Lets make an experiment: just for a moment, try | | | | Kabbalah book from other books, because not all |
| forgetting everything you know. Forget yourself, the | | | | books that say “Kabbalah” are authentic. |
| universe, your parents, and the chores you have to get | | | | Moreover, even if a book is really an authentic |
| around to later. There's nothing and no one. Having a | | | | Kabbalah book, it may not be suitable for everyone. |
| problem getting rid of your self? Fine, you can keep | | | | This is because Kabbalists composed books in many |
| yourself, since someone has to be doing all that | | | | different styles and in different historical periods. And |
| thinking and feeling. But outside of you there is only an | | | | there is a very specific style that was created |
| ocean of Light. There is nothing in all of reality except | | | | specifically for our generation. According to Kabbalists, |
| you and this Light, the Creator. | | | | our generation is the first that will practically begin |
| This is the reality Kabbalah reveals to us. And | | | | implementing the wisdom of Kabbalah on the global |
| whenever you imagine anything besides the Creator | | | | scale. This is a generation where absolutely everyone |
| or His Light, you are merely seeing imaginary pictures | | | | is able to reveal the Creator. |
| inside of you. In fact, this notion is not so far fetched | | | | Which Kabbalah books are the best for the modern |
| for the average person, since modern science already | | | | person to read; any books containing the writings of |
| shows that the picture of the world we see is actually | | | | the last great Kabbalist, Yehuda Ashlag (Baal |
| depicted inside our brain. | | | | HaSulam), who lived in the 20th century. Yet, it is |
| But where did we get this knowledge about this ocean | | | | recommended that a beginning student first read |
| of Light that is the only thing outside of us? | | | | books interpreting Baal HaSulam’s writings, to ease |
| We learned it from people who lived in this world just | | | | one's way into those monumental works. |
| like everyone else, and who one day had a revelation | | | | Such books provide the inlet to the concepts used in |
| of something higher. They began to see through | | | | Baal HaSulam’s writings, and most importantly, |
| matter, beyond the physical world. As they explored | | | | guide one in reading them. In fact, proper reading of |
| these new sensations, they discovered that behind | | | | Kabbalah books is not an intellectual matter; one does |
| everything we see, touch, hear, taste or smell, there is | | | | not need to understand what he reads. The key inside |
| only one force that influences us. And they described it | | | | Baal HaSulam’s writings is found through one’s |
| as the “Upper Light” or the Creator. | | | | desire to feel the reality that they are “trying to |
| These people are called “Kabbalists,” and the | | | | show him.” |
| wisdom they have passed down to us through the | | | | What does this mean? If one simply reads the book |
| ages, Kabbalah, speaks about the revelation of | | | | with an open mind and heart, letting it guide him, and |
| Godliness; to understand what this means, you should | | | | allowing the new sensations to pass through him, then |
| cast aside any associations you may have with these | | | | one is reading a Kabbalah book correctly. So the |
| terms. In Kabbalah, the revelation of Godliness means | | | | formula to revealing the Creator in the modern age is |
| knowing how to feel the single force that is all around | | | | very simple: read the right kind of book, and read it the |
| you, called “Upper Light.” | | | | right way. |