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  Excerpt from A Guide to Bliss Expansion and the Creation of the World Let us now “expand” the context in which the principle of expansion is activated. In the teachings of Ha’Ari (Isaac Luria, 1534-1572), which to this day are considered the prime interpretations of the Kabala, the process of creation is presented as a process of contraction. The infinite divine light contracted itself, more and more, into structures, and this is, in fact, the created world as we know it: a denser, or more contracted, divine light. Matter is, in effect, a condensed or contracted spirit.  From this astounding point of view, we can perceive the entire universe as narrow channels through which divine energy flows, as formations containing a condensed divine light. Each form and every structure are nothing but an “entrapped” light, a light that was limited so as to create and make visible the form or the structure. Hence, contraction was a necessity in the original divine creation. Without it, cr

  Excerpt from A Guide to Blis s - Preface Fourteen years ago, when I was twenty-three years old, I underwent an intense, world-shattering expansion of consciousness for a few long months. It took place in the midst of a fervent spiritual search. Until then, my three years of seeking had granted me only brief glimpses into broader states of consciousness. Those glimpses far from quenched my ever-increasing thirst. This time, something else erupted within me, or so it seemed. This expansion, which permeated my entire being, did not dissipate, but rather grew day after day without any substantial effort on my part. It seemed like the only thing I was expected to do from then onward was observe the happening and not interfere.  Back then I lived at my parents’ house. For a whole year, I remained enclosed in my small room, only leaving the house from time to time to wander about for hours and curiously examine my new relationship with the world. Of course, at that time I did not d

  Excerpt from The Seven Wisdoms of Life  - Definition Undoubtedly, the Chakra system is the most known, most researched, and most accessible energetic layer. The first documentations of this system go all the way back to the ancient Eastern and Egyptian cultures, about four-thousand years ago. Simply defined, chakras are mediators of energy-matter interaction. The chakra system is the bridge between the physical body and the subtle bodies and also between the physical body and the vital life force of the universe. The chakras are the key energy centers of the whole subtle anatomy and may be regarded as our basic energetic body. As mediators of energy-matter interaction, they translate material energy into spiritual energy and spiritual energy into material energy. The main function of the chakra system is to translate spiritual energy into physical energy for the sake of physical and psychological wellbeing. Residing in the central confluences of the energetic nervous system, th

  excerpt from The Seven Wisdoms of Life (Tubali) - Introduction Man is not just flesh and bone. By saying that, I do not mean to support abstract and romantic ideas such as the soul . On the contrary, I mean to stress a whole realm of physiological dynamics, which may be invisible to our outer eyes but nonetheless are active all the time. Invisible is not irrelevant, just like atoms are a necessity in the total understanding of matter. There is another anatomy for man, a subtler one, which envelops the visible plain of the physical body like invisible sheaths. This anatomy is extraordinarily important both for the complete understanding of our psyche and for the realization of the further evolution of our consciousness. In-depth inquiries into the nature of this anatomy have taken place in many cultures throughout human history—from the ancient Egyptians to the Mayans , from the yogic culture in Hinduism and Buddhism to the Jewish Kabbalists , and from Chinese medicine to the Th

  Excerpt from  A Guide to Blis s - Your First Step into Expansion, part 2 We will focus our consciousness on one object and then carry out an expansion. We will break through limits and realize new possibilities/ways of experiencing and feeling.  We shall begin with a very simple expansion, the expansion of a positive emotion. Of course, we are not used to expanding positive emotions as they seem to be more than enough on their own. The very suggestion indicates that there is something beyond a positive emotion’s borders that we ought to find. Why would we expect this? After all, if it were up to us, we would rather abide in positivity as much as possible before sorrowfully collapsing into some negative emotion, pain or even the daily existential tension that follows too many of us! Well, the thing is that, in actuality, positive emotions in their expanded states can lead us to truly sublime experiences, overflowing bliss, and an existence beyond sorrow, beyond the ability