God is a Verb

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Ancent Jcwsh sages addressing these quest.ons devel^
oped.he trad>t.on of Kabbalah, the mysncal core of
Iuda.sm. and ultimately of Chr.st.an.ty and Islam God Is a Verb provides a comprehensive overview of kabbalistic insights and answers to the most important questions of life. It includes everything from fascinating interpretations of the story of Adam and Eve to mind bending meditations on the nature of reality, angelic and demonic realms, and soul journeys after death. Along the way, we hear the voices and stories of many Hasidic masters of this light-filled tradition.
Legend holds that the secrets of developing an intimate relationship with the Divine are available to those who are familiar with a series of codes and meditative practices. This transmission is the source of Kabbalah in Judaism. Indeed, these wisdom teachings have been revered by every Western tradition from Moslems to Masons as holding the key to direct access to God. Kabbalah provides the... Tovább

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Ancent Jcwsh sages addressing these quest.ons devel^
oped.he trad>t.on of Kabbalah, the mysncal core of
Iuda.sm. and ultimately of Chr.st.an.ty and Islam God Is a Verb provides a comprehensive overview of kabbalistic insights and answers to the most important questions of life. It includes everything from fascinating interpretations of the story of Adam and Eve to mind bending meditations on the nature of reality, angelic and demonic realms, and soul journeys after death. Along the way, we hear the voices and stories of many Hasidic masters of this light-filled tradition.
Legend holds that the secrets of developing an intimate relationship with the Divine are available to those who are familiar with a series of codes and meditative practices. This transmission is the source of Kabbalah in Judaism. Indeed, these wisdom teachings have been revered by every Western tradition from Moslems to Masons as holding the key to direct access to God. Kabbalah provides the mystical recipe for bringing human consciousness to its full potential, which IS nothing less than complete participation as partners with Cod in the ongoing process of creation. In Kabbalah, students discover a rich tradition that includes reincarnation, meditation, visualizations of other realities, methods for guiding the soul of someone recently deceased, profound healing practices, and most important, each individuals ability to experience 3 direct encounter with the universal awareness that pervades everything.
Until recently. Kabbalah has been a closely held =^«ret I, was taught only to qualified men over the
ige of forty. For
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fifty mystical teachings bvc been
made f^ailable to the general public: but despite current ^?spread interest. Kabbalah remains abstruse
and enigmatic.
Rafebi David A. Cooper is the first to bring this obscnri and difficult tradition to a mainstream audi-
i in a way that gently leads us to the heart of the ct. He reveals and clearly describes the key kab-tic notion of God as a process of awareness in continuous motion, a divine verb. By reviving the long-
Ked contemplative aspect of Judaism. Cooper shows ow to transform profound teachings into a mean-ul personal experience, and how to appreciate fully great mystical process we know as God.
Rabbi David A. Coop er lived and studied mystical Judaism in the Old City of Jerusalem for more than eight years. One of todays leading teachers of Jewish meditation, he is the author of several books on : meditation, spiritual retreats, and Jewish mystical practice. and has recorded the bestselling audiotape series The Mystical Kabbalah (Sounds True). He and his wife. Shoshana. direct the Heart of Stillness Hermitage in the mountains near Boulder, Colorado, and together lead workshops and intensive Jewish meditation retreats nationwide for students and other rabbis.
Jacket design © 1997 Marc J. Cohen Photograph of the author by John Liskin
Praise for God Is a Verb and Rabbi David A. Cooper
"Rabbi David opens wide the ccoturjes-old treasure hou^e of th« Jewish mystical tradition. Ti^ is a wise book filled with rich beautiful stories, gorgeous clear explanations, and skillfui teachings that show how sparks of holiness can gladden the heart and fill the world. This is a great boo^ broad and acces^le. Its one of those books that^people will rei>d a lot over^ yc^s."
. i ^ -^JackKornfield; -\ifc -i-bfstselling ajithoi of A Path WITH Heart
u his ^st book yet. Rabbi Dfi'id tell^^orics. iMpircs. instructs.'guides.t^d enlightens-^e reiider fo feel in body, heart, mini and soul ho|r qfle is |^nered by«^c liviiig God in th(»,adyenti^TC of life," ' 't /
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Tnund^^ as\wc are iio this age b^ iii|biT«iation. we come to cr^w^c xmdom jnel love born out of «ii|^nce.\For those of us ft ^is junctttze. okrid Cboper provi^e^^luperk sensitive, wd
gentle guide."
-Ram Djiss,
author ^ BL FlEjRp,Now
: "David Cooper's nch wis(f6m and practical c^^rcises briqg Judaism alive in an exciting new way." '
| —Joan Borysenko. Ph.D., '
I author of A WOMAN'S BoOK OF LiFE
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