Reincarnation in the Context of Free Will and Divine Providence/Omniscience
Free Will and Divine Providence One of the big questions relating to reincarnation is how can the soul have free will if it is a reincarnated soul that brings with it very set effects from a previous lifetime? Doesn’t the accumulated weight of the reasons the soul is reincarnated and the very specific rectifications it […]
Amazing Soul Connections In The Dynamics Of Reincarnation
People in our Lives The people in our lives are not a random collection of coincidental relationships but are connected to us in the deepest way. In as much as so many people leave this world with unfinished business and unresolved relationships it is not surprising that the teachings on reincarnation alert us to the […]
More Advantageous Is The Light That Comes From Darkness
Darkness and Light The ongoing context of light in all its many manifestations is in relationship to its opposite state of darkness. Even more so, there is an additional advantage to light when juxtaposed to darkness as expressed by King Solomon and the sages: “More advantageous is the light that comes from darkness” (Ecclesiastes 2:13; […]
Reality Consists Of The Three Components: Worlds, Souls, Divinity
Worlds, Souls and Divinity The Ba’al Shem Tov taught that all reality consists of three components: Worlds, Souls and Divinity. Worlds encompass the physical material world we live in; Souls relate to the unique perspective of human consciousness; Divinity reveals the Godly energy that pervades every point of space and every moment of time. At […]
Abraham’s Important Part In The Mystical Tradition
Abraham and the Mystical Tradition When Moses received the Torah at Sinai he received initially the Ten Commandments and during the forty years in the desert he recorded the complete written Torah as revealed to him by God. Along with the written Torah he also received the oral tradition that explains the meaning of the […]
Powerful Expression: The Most Beloved Treasure Of All Peoples
A Treasured People In preparing the Jewish people to receive the Torah at Mount Sinai, God instructed Moses to relay the following message: You have seen what I did to Egypt, and that I have borne you on the wings of eagles and brought you to Me. And now, if you hearken well to Me […]