Kabbalah for Beginners [Paperback]

This book answers such key questions as 'Why are we here?' 'Why is there pain?' and 'How can we make life more enjoyable?' The book describes the emergence of Kabbalah and its prominent figures, the essence of the wisdom, and previously hidden revolutionary Kabbalistic concepts. Lastly, the book explains how we can make life better and more enjoyable.1 Introduction Part 2 One: The Hist ory of Kabalah Chapter 3 1: Kabbalah Chronicles Chapter 4 Stage One 5 Stage Two 6 Stage Three Chapter 7 2: Timeless Teachers of Kabbalah 8 Rabbi Akiva 9 The Turning Point 10 Discovering the Law of Love 11 The Bar-Kokheva Revolt 12 Two Blows to Rabbi Akiva???s Work 13 Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai (Rashbi) 14 From Student to Fugitive 15 The Cave at Piqiin 16 One in Millions 17 Isaac Luria (the Holy Ari) 1534-1572 18 A Man of Mystery and Legend 19 Preparing for the Revelation 20 Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) 1884-1954 21 His Major Works 22 Spreading the Word Part 23 Two: The (Gist of the) Wisdom of Kabalah Chapter 24 3: The Origin of Creation 25 The Spiritual Worlds 26 The Thought of Creation 27 Four Basic Phases (and their root) 28 Phase Four ??? Craving the Creator???s Mind 29 The Quest for the Thought of Creation 30 The Route 31 Using the Screen 32 Workable and Unworkable Desires 33 The Common Soul 34 The Great Fall Chapter 35 4: Mending Adam to Achieve Perfection 36 The Pyramid 37 The Making of Life 38 As Above, So Below 39 Up the Ladder 40 Building the Vessel 41 The Desire for Spirituality 42 Phase Four ??? the Phase of Conscious Evolution Part 43 Three: Talk about Reality Chapter 44 5: All in One and One in All 45 Three Boundaries in Studying the Upper Worlds 46 First Boundary???What We Perceive 47 Second Boundary???Where We Perceive 48 Third Boundary???Who Perceives 49 Perceiving Reality Correctly 50 A Nonexistent Reality 51 The Measurement Mechanism 52 The Sixth Sense 53 Create Your Perfect Reality 54 The Thought of Creation 55 Back to the Future 56 Two Approaches, Twlól