Studying In A Structure

courtesy of blind_donkey

I have a lot of knowledge to share and as the blog is not really a comprehensive course but rather a place to discuss this or that aspect or question I always recommend getting your foundations straight.

There are many courses, books and even free online courses such as this one that can really help those who want to know more to get the basis in such a manner that it would support future growth.

I never took organized courses I rather started in a very eclectic way to build my knowledge and wisdom. I’ve read a lot not just books about kabbalah but the texts themselves I’ve bought an edition of the Zohar that had just the original text in Aramaic and in the next column the same text in Hebrew. Not the interpretations that can be found in many laguages but the original text.

If you want to attempt reading on your own and getting in touch with the text directly I can only offer you one advice do it slowly.

Reading more than a paragraph or two a day can create such a flow of energy that you might lose your balance, try and find out what is the right amount of light you can absorb and never ask for something that you are not ready for.

I remember when I first started reading the Zohar I couldn’t see how a certain sentence could possibly lead to the interpretation that appears in the Zohar. One day I’ve asked to see how this plain sentence was the basis for this complex interpretation.

That night I saw a simple sentence written if front of my and it dissolved into few separate words as each letter belonged to a different word and the word that I saw was just the initials of the real sentence.

It is needless to say I’ve never questioned it again but what I saw scared my so much that I asked not see it ever again.

Again you might want to read by yourself and it can be really good but go slow and don’t ask for anything that you can’t cope with.