http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@a1articles.com For some of us, we watch the strange goings on in the financial markets, see their effect on the stock market and just shake our heads and wonder. Others of us have a far more personal stake in this matter. Perhaps we have seen our 401K accounts shrink an... http://www.a1articles.com/article_668637_15.html 17th October 2008 Our world and civilization exists within a sea of destructive forces. Hurricane winds, floods and earthquakes hit us from the outside while bacteria and viruses hit us from within. The destruction seems pointless and yet a harmony might be seen emerging o... http://www.a1articles.com/article_660442_24.html 10th October 2008 The Free Hugs campaign is a social movement that involves giving away free hugs to whoever wants them. It was widely publicized in 2006 by a music video that was made by the Australian band Sick Puppies and posted on YouTube. It documented the start of <a... http://www.a1articles.com/article_660439_35.html 10th October 2008 It was not that long ago when our world seemed to be a lot more peaceful and serene. It is not that life was ever easy because that was never the case, but there was mo... http://www.a1articles.com/article_660436_27.html 10th October 2008 It’s no secret – we love music. Music is the universal language which establishes a common bond among all people. It evokes passionate emotions in the heart and rekindles vibrant memories of the mind. We are calmed by it, excited by it, comforted by ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_646005_24.html 23rd September 2008 Regret, we’ve all experienced this painful emotion. Phrases like,” I wish,” “if I had only known,” and “if I could do it over” are often verbalized in regard to our lives. We as humans tend to live in the past and often look back to the p... http://www.a1articles.com/article_633404_24.html 09th September 2008 Did you ever wonder how a being from another planet might perceive Planet Earth? What would a stranger to our planet think if he saw a caterpillar right next to a butterfly? It is quite a phenomenon. A caterpillar has a long fat worm-like body covere... http://www.a1articles.com/article_621749_22.html 05th September 2008 On any given day in history, little ones all over the world have looked up and asked the same questions. It's always predictable. Very soon after a small amount of language is learned, something magnificent happens: not only are words spoken - questions a... http://www.a1articles.com/article_598762_24.html 14th August 2008 Are you obsessed with your stuff? Chances are that you are. We are a nation of consumers, and this has become our primary identity. According to the book, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, we live to buy, and in fact, we buy and throw out so much st... http://www.a1articles.com/article_578535_22.html 17th July 2008 “Kabbalist.” This word may bring to mind an image of an aged, stately sage, hunched over a thick text, studying and revealing the secrets of the universe. Actually, that image might be a good depiction of some Kabbalists who lived in the past. But ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_560762_24.html 21st June 2008 Today, it’s impossible not to notice humanity’s search for something beyond this world. Even Hollywood's been expressing this new aspiration in the last decade, airing popular TV series such as “Touched by an Angel” and “Medium,” which ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_538574_24.html 15th May 2008 Many people think about Kabbalah as a very difficult, complicated wisdom whose subject matter is mysterious and indefinable. Open up the main Kabbalist textbook, the Talmud Eser HaSefirot, and you will be confronted with lengthy descriptions of mys... http://www.a1articles.com/article_536788_24.html 14th May 2008 There was a story, an urban legend, of a philosophy professor who wrote only one question on his final exam. The question was “Why?” His students thought carefully before putting pen to paper. Many then began writing long expositions. However, the pro... http://www.a1articles.com/article_528299_22.html 01st May 2008 Did you ever wonder where you came from? And who are you really, beyond the body that you observe in the mirror? Kabbalah says that there exists an Upper Force that created a desire, called "the will to enjoy." That's who we are underneath it a... http://www.a1articles.com/article_526956_24.html 01st May 2008 All through our years of formal schooling, we learn a great deal about the world around us: We study history, geography, biology, chemistry, physics, foreign languages, music, and so on. Through studying all these sciences, we gain a great deal of knowled... http://www.a1articles.com/article_519930_24.html 18th April 2008 We all want to feel happy and at peace, but somehow we aren't able to feel that way all the time. One day, everything seems to be going just right – you get a promotion at work, your love life is blossoming, and your health is perfect. The next day, you... http://www.a1articles.com/article_517081_24.html 14th April 2008 Zohar means Radiance, and The Book of Zohar is the fundamental book in the wisdom of Kabbalah. It is the key enabling one to reveal the spiritual part of the universe, hidden to our five senses, and the Upper Force that governs everyt... http://www.a1articles.com/article_510165_24.html 07th April 2008 Abraham was one of the very first Kabbalists, some 3800 years ago. As the ancient Midrash (writings that examine the Hebrew Bible in light of the oral tradition) tells us, Abraham lived in Mesopotamia, in the city of Ur of the Chaldees</i... http://www.a1articles.com/article_501243_22.html 01st April 2008 5768 years ago, one man felt what no other human being had ever felt before—a desire to discover what lies beyond this world. In those days, people’s major interests were securing shelter, family and food, but this was far from being enough for that m... http://www.a1articles.com/article_490161_22.html 14th March 2008 Kabbalists explain that the wisdom of Kabbalah has been waiting in concealment for millennia until the present time, when it would be revealed. This is because in previous generations the bulk of humanity was not interested in finding out, “What is the ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_486189_51.html 07th March 2008 Authentic Kabbalah was thoroughly concealed for millennia, until the modern times. But if it was concealed during all this time, how did so many Kabbalistic books appear and become available to the public? And why did this wisdom start becoming revealed t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_476528_24.html 19th February 2008 Kabbalah explains that the whole of Creation, including us, constitutes a single desire – the will to enjoy. This desire was created by what the Kabbalists call “Light,” or “the Creator.” As the <a href="http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/kabbalah-... http://www.a1articles.com/article_471919_24.html 11th February 2008 What’s it like to be a Kabbalist? Can you see through walls? Do you live in seclusion, meditating all day and using just the barest necessities? Can you manipulate other people’s thoughts and feelings? Can you <a href="http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/... http://www.a1articles.com/article_462857_24.html 28th January 2008 In Kabbalah, the word "Creator" does not describe someone who is looking down at us from the heavens, serving out reward or punishment according to the way we behave. Rather, the Creator is an unchanging force of absolute love and bestowal that enlivens t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_461692_24.html 25th January 2008 If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one to hear it, did it really fall? And does that tree even exist? Classical science has changed its mind about this again and again, and lately it has taken a direction that is remarkably similar to what the... http://www.a1articles.com/article_459209_24.html 23rd January 2008 The wisdom of Kabbalah explains that all around us, there’s an entire world that we don’t feel—the spiritual world. As soon as we begin feeling it, we discover an entire array of new sensations, desires and delights that were there all along, but we... http://www.a1articles.com/article_255075_24.html 20th January 2008 What if reality was something completely different than what we feel it to be? What if one day you woke up and discovered that everything you thought about the world, including who you are, where you live, and the people around you—was all just a dream?... http://www.a1articles.com/article_251069_24.html 18th January 2008 All of us know about the DNA inside our bodies, containing genetic instructions for our biological development. Basically, it is a set of informational data that gives orders to our bodies about how to develop and when. But how is that connected to Kabbal... http://www.a1articles.com/article_250194_24.html 16th January 2008