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."
