Principles taught in "The Secret" come from the Jewish mystical
tradition
The
Secret is No Secret: It's Just Kabbalah
by Nina Amir
When I watched
the DVD of the bestselling book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, I had to
smile. Not because I thought the principles taught were funny, but
because I had known about them for years. Not only that, they come
right out of the Jewish mystical tradition called Kabbalah -
although people rarely talk about this fact. The people featured on
the The Secret discuss how to manifest what we want and how to
create what we desire, by combining thought and feeling. They don't
talk too much about the need for action as well, but it is somewhat
implied. This technology for conscious manifestation can be found
clearly in Jewish mystical teachings.
First, the
Kabbalistic creation story involves God manifesting the world with a
series of 10 utterances. In other words, God spoke the world into
existence. What precedes words? Thoughts. What precedes thoughts?
Letters. The Kabbalists believed that the foundation of the world
consists of the Aleph Bet, or Hebrew alphabet. Why? Because letters
create thoughts that are expressed in words, and when words are
spoken (ie. God said, "Let there be light, and there was light.")
they have an effect. In other words (excuse the pun), letters have a
creative energy, and when combined into words , those words create
worlds.
Second, if you
look just beyond this creation story, you will find the Kabbalistic
description of the Four Worlds of Creation. The Four Worlds, simply
translated as Being, Thinking, Feeling, and Doing, provide a pathway
for manifestation in the physical plane. We begin with the world of
connection with Divine energy from which the will to create
something - inspiration - comes. Moving that energy into thoughts of
what we want, we then take that thought into a feeling place - we
experience what it would be like to have what we want. Finally, in
the fourth world we take action towards what we want. It's also
possible to use the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, with its 10 sefirot,
or emanations, and follow a similar path to conscious creation.
And then, if
you want the physical manifestations of your desires to seem really
magical, try using an incantation when you visualize or speak what
you want into existence. The Aramaic word "abracadabra" literally
means "He has created as he has spoken" - manifestation according to
the power of words. Abracadabra comes from the verb "daber," which
refers to organizing "speech." Our speech orders things - as in
creating order out of chaos - into being. In biblical Hebrew the
expression would be "abrakaamra," which comes from the verb "omer"
and refers to the creative "word" itself. So, our words have a
creative ability. Thus, the secret is revealed: Our thoughts and our
words are creative. Any Kabbalist could have told you that.
About the
author: Nina Amir, an acclaimed journalist, motivational speaker and
Kabbalistic conscious creation coach, currently is writing Setting a
Place for God, A Woman's Guide to Creating Sacred Space and Inviting
the Divine to Dwell Within It. She also is the author of a booklet,
called Abracadabra: The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation. For
information on Amir's books, teleseminars and classes, visit
http://www.purespiritcreations.com or call 408-353-1943.
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