Ask Your Questions and Find Your Answers at Laitman . com is this a science ? After all , we are just reading a book .” But when we desire very much to be in that picture or that reality about which it is telling us , just like a baby simply feels : “ I want it and that ’ s it !” then we suddenly reveal it . Nothing else is required of us except this desire .
The Book of Zohar Can be Opened by All Question : Who can read The Zohar ?
Dr . Laitman ’ s Answer : The Book of Zohar was concealed from people for a long time . Since its composition in the 2 nd century CE , only a few chosen souls ( Kabbalists ) used it and passed it from one to another , forming a lineage .
The book was revealed to outsiders when the widow of the Kabbalist Moshe De Leon sold it along with other books belonging to her husband . That is when Kabbalists began to forbid its study and created rigid restrictions to repel people from it . In the meantime , they continued studying this book in order to correct their souls , and they also taught other disciples who had a point in their hearts . The majority of people at that time did not have a point in the heart , meaning they weren ’ t striving for spirituality , and therefore they were banned from opening the book .
Today humanity as a whole has reached a stage of development where The Book of Zohar can be opened by anyone . There is no danger in doing so . First of all , this is due to Baal Ha- Sulam ’ s work : “ The Sulam Commentary on The Zohar ,” and secondly , because of the current level of the souls ’ development .
Without a doubt , this book is the only resource capable of correcting the soul . We still don ’ t fully understand what a wonderful tool it is .
When we understand what kind of system it is , connect to it , and start using it , then we will enter the spiritual world , and we will continue to grow by ascending from one spiritual degree to another until reaching the ultimate purpose of creation , perfect peace and delight . The Book of Zohar is a gradual revelation that works in this manner — it is truly a device for revealing the Upper Light !
What is Revealed in The Book of Zohar ? Question : What is revealed in The
Book of Zohar ?
Dr . Laitman ’ s Answer : You reveal what is happening on the higher level , in spirituality . Our reading The Zohar is very much like a little child growing up — every day he understands life a little bit more , gains a greater understanding of what is happening , and reacts to things more consciously .
Similarly , when we read The Zohar , we gradually reveal a new , spiritual world and gain a greater understanding of it with each passing day . We reveal spiritual qualities inside ourselves on a sensory level and we therefore begin to feel , and then understand what is being said , similar to how we revealed this world when we were growing up .
Spiritual revelation is not rational but sensory , and it happens through a new sense called “ the soul ,” brought about by the Light that The Zohar radiates to those who approach it with the right desire . This may not sound serious and you may wonder , “ How
Ask Your Questions and Find Your Answers at Laitman . com is this a science ? After all , we are just reading a book .” But when we desire very much to be in that picture or that reality about which it is telling us , just like a baby simply feels : “ I want it and that ’ s it !” then we suddenly reveal it . Nothing else is required of us except this desire .
Baal HaSulam , the greatest Kabbalist of the 20th century , writes , “ Although they do not understand what they are learning , through the yearning and the great desire to understand what they are learning , they awaken upon themselves the Lights that surround their souls .”
It works the same way as how a baby wants to know the world he is in . When we desire to reveal the spiritual world , it suddenly becomes revealed to us .
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