Published: November 26, 2013
Originally recorded: June 19, 2011

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Lesson Highlights

• Doing for its own sake: learning and doing without receiving pleasure or fulfillment
• Finding and being involved in ways of sharing that are difficult for us
• Understanding the Light and purpose of Creation from the Vessel's perspective
• We were created to be filled with joy and happiness
• The nature of the Light of the Creator is good
• Seeing the end result of pain
• Two ways of removing negativity
• Overcoming our nature by going beyond our comfort zone 
• Experiencing pain and suffering

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About This Course

Preceding the time And You Shall Choose Life (also known as the Introduction to the Ten Luminous Emanations) was written in 1933-34, Kabbalah was considered taboo. But Rav Ashlag, the founder of The Kabbalah Centre, was a visionary pioneer. He stood in the face of opposition and made it his mission to plead the case of studying this wisdom. In advance of World War II, he foresaw that darkness would fall upon the world. He believed that learning Kabbalah was the only way for people to reveal Light and that gathering people together in study and writing kabbalistic text would generate enough Light to transform darkness. The goal of this essay was to implore the study of Kabbalah. It was Rav Ashlag's belief that walking a kabbalistic path enabled people to find their true purpose and subsequently enjoy a life of fulfillment. Join Senior Instructor Meir Yeshurun for this in-depth study of one of the most difficult, yet profound kabbalistic texts.

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