Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life LAIT MAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Translation: Chaim Ratz Proofreading: Kate Weibel Editor: Claire Gerus Drawings: Avi Ventura Layout: Baruch Khovov Cover Design: Richard Aquan Printing and Post Porduction: Uri Laitman Laitman Kabbalah Publishers Website: www.kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail:
[email protected] KABBALAH, SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. ISBN: 0-9738268-9-4 FIRST EDITION: OCTOBER 2006 Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life TABLE OF CONTENT S Foreword .............................................................................................9 Part I: Kabbalah Meets Quantum Physics .......................................15 Attendees of the San Francisco Conference: .......................... 17 Presenting Kabbalah ................................................................22 The Nature of Matter ...............................................................26 The Giving Force and the Receiving Force .............................49 Between Kabbalah and Science ...............................................56 Quantum Theory .....................................................................70 The Credibility of Quantum Theory.......................................79 Part II: The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah ...........................83 Striving for Balance ..................................................................84 The Structure of Reality ...........................................................92 Part III: Perception of Reality ........................................................ 113 Building the Spiritual Kli (Vessel/Tool) ................................ 114 Perception Patterns ................................................................123 Regaining Consciousness.......................................................133 Picturing Reality .....................................................................148 Part IV: Realizing the Spiritual Gene ............................................155 The Reshimo ............................................................................156 Revealed and Concealed ........................................................172 Nature’s Laws .........................................................................178 Kabbalah—the Modern Science .............................................182 Appendices......................................................................................189 Glossary ..................................................................................190 Kabbalists Write about Kabbalah ..........................................2