Kabbalah of
Prayer ~ Sacred Sounds and the Soul's
Journey
Brooklyn
Bodhisattvas ~ A Book of Visions and
Kabballistic Poetry
"Broken Land, Poems of Brooklyn." ~ Shulamit's poem Brooklyn Bodhisattvas has been published in an anthology New York University Press, (Kasdorf and Tyrell eds.).
Study Kabbalah and
Kabbalah Sound Prayer with Shulamit.
The Kabbalah teaches us
the mysteries of creation and how we can use these
mysteries in order to live correctly, thereby
enriching our lives and truly connecting to God.
Shulamit's students, in addition to their academic inquiries, use their lives (sorrows, pains, joys, limitations and gifts) as part of their lesson plan, along with the power of Kabbalah
Sound Prayer.
What
is the Kabbalah?
The
Kabbalah traces its beginning to the time of
the biblical patriarch Abraham. In both written
and oral form its wisdom has been carefully
handed down from master to student, capturing
the imagination of religious scholars and spiritual
seekers for thousands of years.
In
every generation there are men and women who
seek to find the meaning of life through this
ancient Jewish mystical path. By striving to
unlock the mysteries of the universe and to
align with the forces of creation, students
of the Kabbalah attempt to make their way back
to God.
The
books that make up the foundation writings of
the Kabbalah include the Sefer Yetzirah, or
Book of Formation, whose first date of appearance
in written form is unknown, but whose oral teachings
date back before the first century; The Sefer
haBahir or the Book of Illumination first published
in the late 12th century; and the Sefer haZohar
known as the Book of Splendor, first printed
in the late 13th century.
These
books are part of a vital tradition kept alive
over the centuries by dedicated spiritual seekers
committed to finding answers to questions about
the nature of creation, the Creator, and our
place within the divinely ordered universe.
Their goal is to uncover a mystical path to
oneness with God through study of the hidden
esoteric meaning of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Holy
Scriptures....
One
of the most important teachings of Kabbalah
is that in addition to our nefesh, or animal
soul, which we share with all living creatures,
each human being possesses a neshamah or higher
soul. Our higher soul can never be debased or
corrupted and it knows everything we need to
know about the universe and our place within
it. It is a part of us literally touched by
God, and it offers each of us the possibility
of direct contact with the angelic world and
the forces of creation....
"The experience of Sound Prayer teaches us that while our knowledge is finite our consciousness is limitless.... Our Sound Prayers send vibrations up the spinal column of all the worlds.... In this way we help bring our earthly world into alignment with the upper worlds as we attune to the rest of the universe. Sound Prayer promotes stability, integration, and peace in all the worlds by helping harmonize the many disparate forces within us and within the universe."
