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
By knowing the roots of our past, we can graphically depict the history
of our world. This graph can show all possible nuances and minute
details. We can see in it the birth and predestination of any historical personality;
understand the causes of historic events, catastrophes, and wars.
Everything is predetermined on this axis of human evolution, starting
with the point from which our universe emerged, to the formation
of the solar system, to the birth of the Earth and people on its surface,
to the appearance of the spiritual point in man’s heart, when he was sufficiently
mature in his animal properties. Taking the point in the heart as
a zero point, we begin our count up to the Final ultimate state, when the
whole world will reach a state called “the End of Correction”. After that,
the world will continue its existence as it did before the zero point.
Previously, the bodies were developing, whereas by the end of the
six-thousand-year period the souls will continue evolving, because the
body will lose its significance. Our world, our universe, however, will not
change in any way.
We can see many things on the axis of time. This is a part of the socalled
historical Kabbalah or, rather, of the Kabbalistic history. We only
need to receive from all this an answer to the age-old question about the
meaning of our life.
Why should I know how this complex system is functioning outside
me? Of course it is interesting information, but then what next?
Kabbalah is based on one single question: Why do I exist? By searching
for the answer to this question, man attains the universe. He is first
given the vessels, then is allowed to acquire a screen, and finally is filled
with the light. Thus he finds the answer and reaches the Creator’s level.
How does the correction take place beginning from 1995 and on
according to what Baal HaSulam predicted? We are now living in 2004
or, according to the spiritual chronology, in 5764. How should we proceed?
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