Introduction to the Book of Zohar (PDF) - Kabbalah Media Archive

I N T RO D U C T I O N T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
It is 5764 now (according to the Jewish calendar), i.e., a few hundred
years from “the end of the world’s existence” according to this
chronology. In the future, we will clarify what “the End of the world’s
existence” means.
Let us consider into what periods these 6000 years are divided. Let
us follow the development of the two axes – the spiritual and ours.
Adam is the first person who has discovered the point in his heart.
What we mean is not the spiritual Adam, but a human being in this
world. In about 1948 B.C. Abraham appeared. This is the period when
the point in the heart did not merely appear inside a human being; it
awakened and began to lead him to the Creator. Until this time, human
beings existed like animals, without any aspiration to the Creator.
For the first time, the point in man’s heart manifested in Abraham.
He strongly desired to merge with the Creator and revealed Him.
Now the year is 5764.
During the period of 6000 years, all of humankind is obliged to
reach the level of the Creator. Even before Abraham, there were some
actions taken in this direction, but at that time, only the preliminary
method existed. After Abraham, thousands of people have done it.
Today we can do it to enable all humankind to accomplish it quickly
and without suffering, by way of Kabbalah, i.e., by way of the light. If
we do not help humankind quickly to pass through the period of realization
of evil and to aspire to the Creator, humanity will advance by way
of suffering.
Baal HaSulam writes, “These few hundred years may be very critical.
They might bring terrible destructions, nuclear wars and immense
calamities as a result of which only a small number of people will remain
on the Earth. But they will execute the program of the creation; they will
include all the other souls.”
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