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The Truth: A Qabalistic Metaphor

The text below is stylized after the Qabalistic texts of The Bahir and The Zohar. I wrote this several months ago, but I was not decided on what to do with this text until now. There are quite a few layers of meaning behind what is said here – much of it dealing [...]

How to Disappear Completely

I thought that I was healthy enough to go back to work today. I got up with my wife, showered, dressed, and stepped out the door with the intention of spending an 8 hour day at work. I didn’t last even 2 hours.
I spent most of my time at work today trying to see [...]

Defining God

How would I define God? I would define God as undefinable. Anytime a definition is pointed to, I would have to say “That is not God.” Even to say that God is undefinable is not the complete truth, but it is a step in the right direction.
I do not have the ability to “Define” God, [...]

Listening to Mystics

Mysticism is the art of listening to God, of being informed by God, of being molded into God’s image. It has been said “As above, so below.” This is a reference to the holographic, reflective nature of reality.
Every part of reality is an imperfect copy of the whole of reality. The subatomic particles which make [...]

Qabalistic Inadequacy

Lately, my spiritual journeys have took me into the depths of Qabalah. I’ve been slogging through the first volume of The Zohar – Pritzker Edition, having already read The Bahir and Sefer Yetzirah as translated by Aryeh Kaplan. I’ve also been writing extensively regarding my own understanding of Qabalah, which I hope to publish as [...]