hello there in this episode we're going to cover a range of topics that have
come up since the previous episodes in order to establish a deeper level of
understanding around the Kabbalah and the Tree of Life to do this we're going
to cover the origins of this ancient system how it has developed over time
and the significance Kabbalah has in the modern world firstly we'd like to thank
everyone for such positive and supportive comments along the
development of this series with every new video there is more and more
information that is revealing itself about the nature of this topic and so
this is a huge journey that we're all embarking on together and all of us
behind the scenes are thrilled to be learning along with you
to start it was pointed out that after we talked about this epidote that Hebrew
is actually written right-to-left and that the Hebrew letters on our Tree of
Life were actually written backwards and so this is what the written character
should properly look like the Hebrew language is a very deep discussion and
we're going to be getting into it very soon along with the idea of the creative
forces according to the ancient teachings this alphabet is based on the
fundamental vibrations of creation the waveforms that brought about the
manifestation of reality but this brings us to the central discussion of what
we're actually going to be exploring in this episode I acknowledge that so far
we've been treating the Tree of Life and Kabbalah as synonymous things and so
it's time that we make a distinction here you see Kabbalah is actually a word
which translates to received tradition or simply to receive and actually is an
ancient esoteric interpretation of the Torah which is what most of us would
know as the first five books of the Old Testament
these received teachings have a mysterious origin with some claiming
that they were originally received by Moses when he was up on Mount Sinai
others suggest that it was Abraham who was the first to describe the Kabbalah
and some even believe that it was given to Adam and Eve before they left the
Garden of Eden regardless of all of that the first actual text on Kabbalah the
Zohar was written in 13th century Spain around the time that the Christian rule
from the Dark Ages began to subside with all of that said Kabbalah is not Jewish
mysticism and does not actually even relate with religion at all Kabbalah is
actually an ancient science even called the hidden science which focuses on the
root forces and causal structure behind the workings of the cosmos the title
hidden science was given for two main reasons the first was that up until
recently if you were to attempt to understand Kabbalah without a trained
instructor he would become lost in the depths of the ancient texts as all of
the Kabbalistic writings are very difficult to understand there are layers
of meaning upon meaning which render it incomprehensible without deeper
instruction this has changed in recent years however as many Kabbalistic adepts
have come forward with modern and simplified explanations of their
knowledge traditionally in Judaism if you wanted
to learn Kabbalah you would need to study the traditional holy books until
you were about 40 years of age and only then would you be allowed to study cup
today many still believe this but there are also many rabbis who are expressing
that if someone feels compelled to learn they should be able to do so freely the
second and even more predominant reason for the title of hidden science was that
the nature of Kabbalah deals with the structure of all of creation which is
entirely hidden from our five physical senses it personally asks and answers
the question what is the meaning of my life which is a very deep and intense
question for anyone to ask themselves it is said that Kabbalah reveals itself to
be understood by those who are ready to receive it speaking to those who are
ready and willing to look at their life beyond the five physical senses
generally for those who are not ready for this information it will simply be
uninterested in the subject you see Qabalah describes the physical world we
live in as being a world of outcomes but not necessarily a world of causes this
physical plane we live in is the result of the invisible forces of nature which
create the projection of tangibility a hologram that we have come to believe is
solid they call this concept the language of roots and branches the roots
are the root forces that bring about all things and the branches are the results
of these forces understanding this allows us to see that anyone attempting
to solve their problems by addressing it solely on the physical dimension will
yield little tangible results to truly solve a problem we have to go within and
connect with the divine forces which are working to help us create these
resolutions one such way that this is significant is that when we observe the
traditional Kabbalah it is described that all of the scriptures that are
written about in ancient times are actually allegories for what is
happening within us actively at every moment for example the story of Adam and
Eve would be related not to something that may have happened in ancient times
but our own personal story of disconnection with spirit in our
everyday lives we learn from the story about our own
innocence and the difference between the tree of knowledge of good and evil and
the tree of life which brings us to this this symbol which we know in English as
the Tree of Life has been passed down through many generations and is the key
glyph in understanding Kabbalah as well as many other ancient traditions
in Hebrew tree of life translates to its height and in other traditions it has
been called a gristle the eternal banyan tree the Gail Khurana world tree the
Bodhi tree and was also known to a number of ancient traditions such as
those of the Egyptians Sumerians Assyrians Christians and even in ancient
Chinese mythology there is a concept of a world tree called The Tree of Life the
Tree of Life geometry that we are observing most commonly appears to
derive from Jewish Kabbalah and synonymous with many of the other
traditions its meaning is largely to represent the hierarchical chain of
events that brought and is actively bringing everything into existence in
every moment even as you watch this video it describes the soul of humanity
providing a blueprint for us to follow in order to reconnect with the divine
this symbol is the principal diagram for use with Kabbalah
however Kabbalah in its nature is more of a concept than an image as we've been
making this series there have also been several comments suggesting that
Kabbalah is actually the esoteric or spiritual use of magic so let's clear
this idea of a bit too Kabbalah is often misunderstood as the manipulation of the
cosmos to get what you want but this is actually a very egotistical way of
looking at things the true spirit of Kabbalah is actually about developing
and evolving your inner moral nature what we often described as evolving your
consciousness and connecting with your higher self allowing the higher will of
your soul to inspire your actions doing so facilitates a direct connection with
the ability to interact with the forces of nature as we've mentioned before to
many this might be called magic but it is done from an evolved state of
consciousness and in alignment with the divine rather than the purely physical
desire to make things happen we can also realize a deeper understanding of magic
in general by observing this in relationship to Norse mythology in which
magic is viewed as being the spiritual process of gaining a greater degree of
control over our destiny your ancestors called it magic and you call it science
well I come from a place where they're one in the same thing okay so moving on
let's get clear now about the translation and spelling in English of
the word Kabbalah there are several different versions that you might be
familiar with there is Kabbalah with a Q the one that
we've been using there is also Qabalah with a K and a
couple'a with a C so why is that well it's interesting in the traditional
Hebrew spelling Kabbalah is translated to the letters hoof bet la med and hay
in English this sort of translates to QB LH as there are no vowel letters in the
Hebrew alphabet these four letters together are pronounced Kabbalah however
the most common traditional Hebrew translation of Kabbalah is the version
with a k' generally all of the spellings of Kabbalah have represented the same
thing but observed through different lenses still relating to the creation of
everything the soul of mankind pathways to ascension spiritual transcendence and
so on however over time Kabbalah has been adopted by a wide array of
different traditions and practices which have led to three predominant spellings
to correlate each traditions specific understanding of the practice the
original version of course being the Hebrew tradition is spelt with a k' this
is a very in-depth teaching and is also a very closed system unto itself
the Hebrew Kabbalah is set in its traditional scriptures and does not
deviate or expand beyond the borders of the faith after Kabbalah was publicly
established and began to be a little bit more known in the world
it was soon adopted by Christianity understandable considering many of the
Christian doctrines came about as a result of the fusion between the Greek
mysteries later called paganism with the Jewish faith but this is a story for
another time anyways the Christian cup a lot was spelt with a C to distinguish it
from the Hebrew version and related the tradition to Christian theology which
further developed the understanding of the tree and supported the development
of a more mystical Christianity Christian Kabbalah was also largely used
as a tool to attempt to convert Jews to Christianity while still a little bit
obscure in the faith in smaller circles the Christian Kabbalah is still
practiced in the world today finally after the rediscovery of the
ancient writings attributed to the being known as Thoth or Hermes during the
Renaissance yet another new kabbalah was developed this time it was spelt with a
q which today is called hermetic Qabalah this modern version of kabbalah explores
the same esoteric hebrew practice but correlated with the wisdom and writings
attributed to both hermes and overtime has also been related to a great deal of
Otherworld spiritualities as well each of these three different versions of
kabbalah could be explored in a whole video or even a great video series on
their own but for now we're just covering this brief overview so that you
have an idea of what's really involved here further the reason that we've
decided to use Qabalah with acute is quite simple and this has to do with its
openness as a practice in hermetic Qabalah
you are ultimately free to practice and explore all of the variations of
kabbalah openly exploring the symbolism ideas and even the relationship between
systems such as the correlation between the Tree of Life with Tarot or Eastern
spirituality you might have noticed that the tree has seven rows and links quite
seamlessly with the seven chakra system you may have also noticed that there are
two distinct versions of the Tree of Life that exist
the principal one we have been using is this which is more traditionally
associated with hermetic Kabbalah however it does hold a great deal of
significance to the Hebrew Kabbalah as well the other version is normally
called valerian Tree of Life because it was developed by rabbi Isaac Luria and
became associated more commonly to the traditional Hebrew practice the
variations between these will be explored in greater detail soon once we
begin looking at the Hebrew letters with all of this set there is value in all of
the paths of Kabbalah the information that you can gather from studying any
particular branch especially when you apply these learnings to your own
meditations and spiritual practices is truly infinite in nature even we cannot
possibly put everything about the Kabbalah into these videos but it is our
goal that for those of you who wish to learn it these videos can be a
jumping-off point for anybody who wants to really jump down that rabbit hole
go with what resonates and leave the rest behind remember that everything you
are hearing from us today is simply a reflection of our consciousness at the
time of making these videos and our understanding along with yours will only
continue to grow as we keep learning together as a final note for anybody who
wants to learn about the fundamentals of the Hebrew Kabbalah we highly recommend
the series on YouTube called Kabbalah revealed with Tony cosas neck this
series is rich with deep and ancient insights not something that you'll want
to miss well that about wraps it up for today so thank you so much for watching
and we'll see you next time
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