What Is Kabbalah a.k.a. Ancient Jewish Mysticism?

The Wisdom of Kabbalah (a.k.a. Ancient Jewish Mysticism) has been cloaked in mystery for millennia, since its inception around 5,000 years ago. And no, it's not about bracelets or Ariana Grande. In this session, Gil Shir opens it all up and explains what the authentic wisdom of Kabbalah is REALLY all about!

Many concepts have been taken from the wisdom of Kabbalah and filtered through various sciences, Jewish mysticism, religions, and other teachings, but authentic Kabbalah has been studied and developed by a relatively small number of individuals and groups throughout history, mostly in hiding from society at large.

Therefore, after thousands of years of Kabbalah’s authentic practice taking place in secret, and many non-Kabbalists in history blending whatever they understood from Kabbalistic texts into their respective teachings, it has become strewn in myth and misconception.

The wisdom of Kabbalah thus needs clarification.

Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam), the most renowned Kabbalist of the 20th century, and the only Kabbalist who wrote commentaries to both The Book of Zohar and the writings of Kabbalist Isaac Luria (the Ari) defines Kabbalah as "no more and no less than a sequence of roots, which hang down by way of cause and effect, in fixed, determined rules, weaving into a single, exalted goal described as 'the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world.'”

According to this definition, there is a superior power in reality. Kabbalah has given various names to this superior force, such as “His Godliness,” as in this definition, as well as “the Creator,” “Nature,” “upper force,” “upper light” and “Ein Sof (Infinity)” to name a few.

From this superior power extends a cause-and-effect chain of forces that cascade into our world.

In our world, we perceive a very small fragment of the complete reality surrounding us, as the superior power and the forces stemming from it are concealed from our perception.
While alive in our world, the wisdom of Kabbalah enables us to discover these higher forces all the way to the original superior power that created and includes all forces in reality (“the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world”).

Engaging in Kabbalah grants us access to perceive and sense beyond a certain barrier that is positioned between our inborn corporeal perception, and the perception of the higher forces.

On our way to the revelation of the superior power in reality, we discover many other phenomena that are concealed from our current perception, such as

five upper worlds (Ein Sof, Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira and Assiya),
ten Sefirot (Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod and Malchut), and
125 Partzufim.
These phenomena make up what Kabbalah describes as a tree of life between our world and the superior power, and which we can reveal from our world all the way to its original causal force.

The wisdom of Kabbalah is thus the research of everything existing beyond our corporeal perception, and it depicts a greater reality of fixed, absolute, and omnipresent laws, which are directed so that every person who so wishes can discover the causal forces behind everything happening in their lives and in nature, while alive in our world.

0:00 What will we learn in this session?
1:43 What does the wisdom of Kabbalah teach us?
13:04 Is Kabbalah mysticism?
13:59 What is the world of causes? What is the world of outcomes?
17:42 Kabbalah is the method for tapping into a higher level of reality
31:01 Who or what am I?
37:29 Where am I?
44:19 Do our five senses distract us from perceiving the spiritual world?
46:26 What is the connection between me and others?
52:59 A summary of who we are, where we are, and how we can tap into a higher level of reality

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This course is a journey into understanding life and how all its pieces come together. It aims to give you genuine, scientific answers to all the questions you've ever had about life, and most importantly, what you can do about it. Also, it aims to give you tools to upgrade the way you think about and perceive reality, essential knowledge about your nature and how to restore its purpose, and help you attain self-realization.

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[valendanewell]

I've read many KABBALAH books and listened to several explanations of What is KABBALAH?.. but this one is a better break down by far...so glad I came across this particular video.

[benjaminnussli]

After trying to grasp kabbalah for a long time, while watching your video it finally clicked within me the meaning of the "roots and the branches". What a beautiful thing

[viveresognare]

The artist knew the outcome from the moment he picked up his brushes. Spiritual perfection mirrored here in our lives - an awesome example.

[Jireh]

Such a profound, Powerful and eye-opening explanation of Spiritual Truths in a basic and simplest form that is easy to comprehend. Thank You. I look Forward to diving more deeper on THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH.
By the way, I Love Your drawings, annotations and the way You teach !!! 🥰🥰🥰

[davidgoes]

I'm an artist and I knew he was going to turn it around to reveal the true identity of the picture...I knew from the first 20 seconds what was going on

[nicolarenshaw]

I've been looking for a introduction to understanding Kabbalah for a while now and was delighted with this. So happy to have found your channel. Thank you 😊

[Tikvart]

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[JESUS-HAVE-MERCY]

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[SeanSacks]

Thank you - another excellent explanation -really appreciate this great fundamental information it has given me a far greater understanding

[amandagarcia]

Excellent speaker. Thank You for taking the time to share with us all.

[Moreconnection]

Awesome! What a great, comprehensive intro lesson into such a deep, profound wisdom! Thank you Gilad! <3

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[cypressknight]

Very important content for us to use in adjusting our perspective and purpose and actions.

[waytoprogramming]

Woah!!! I was so confused and googled randomly a lot of things. I wish I had watched this video before. Thanks so much! You explained it so well.

[nimrodbrown]

best explanation I've seen on what the wisdom of Kabbalah is by farrrr. well done!!

[DavidBennettplus]

I knew from things I have seen before that he would almost certainly turn the painting upside down and from my understanding of art, that shadow rather than outline would create the recognisable image.

[escopuga]

Muchas gracias por tanto y por todo. Excelente.👍

[tinakoshy]

So beautifully explained. Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom