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...The city of Jakarta is described as the "City of Dreams," by visitors usually overwhelmed by its sheer size, and the unique lifestyles of the people who live there. Discover a collection of true to life stories from the "City...

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...ten permission of the author and publisher. ISBN: 1449531385 Visit the “City of Dreams” eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3402096 Preface ... ... eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3402096 Preface There is a city, that spreads from the edge of the Java Sea, and has grown through ... ...w.createspace.com/3402096 Preface There is a city, that spreads from the edge of the Java Sea, and has grown through the ages to become ... ...cities. European adventurers once dreamt of visiting the fabled far flung city of Batavia- the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The few who tu... ...nths. New visitors half a millennium later, continue this ancient dream- from the far flung islands of Indonesia to the distant foreign lands bey... ... eStore at: https://www.createspace.com/3402096 Dedicated to my family, the people of Indonesia, and all those who helped motivate me. i Contents Pr... ... Snake 103 Beyond the Tracks 107 Natural Debbie 111 Hotel Surabaya 115 Buses from Hell 118 iv Kampung Paparazzi 120 The Stadium 123 Bills Barstool Bl... ... movie theatres in Jakarta rarely risking showing an Indonesian movie. Many people at the time even believed locally produced movies would disappear... ...n nationals are not allowed to own land in Indonesia, never mind an island. People would not suspect this, given that most countries do sell land to...

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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how w...

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... LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS From Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to... ...te: www.kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail: info@kabbalah.info FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY The Solution to the Global Crisis According to ... .................................................................... 17 PART ONE: FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY ....................................25 PROLOGUE ... ... OF KABBALAH ........................................... 154 THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ......................................................... ...centered pleasures at the expense of others has intensified over time. Today, people are trying to build their successes on the ruin of others. Int... ... If we eliminate the awards we give for individual excellence, and appreciate people only for their concern for society, if children judge their pa... ...ng of The Tower of Babel: “Come, let us 158 FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven” (Gen- esis, 11:4). However, ... ... the writing of the Zohar, the Ari (Rabbi Isaac Luria) appeared in Zephath, a city of Kab- balists in the north of Israel. In a systematic, scientifi...

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...k was put together to contain in an easily accessible compilation the founding beliefs of the Zero-Six Contingent, the reasons behind the mission and people's faith in Neo. Neo has spent every waking hour of the past five years compiling this Book, showing people this new light and building the Contingent. He was put here to help them find the key to their own truth and a ...

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...ch you could say. This Book is the start of something truly amazing. When people come to us, they find not only words of truth and justice by a man... ... they also find a cast of beliefs that echo their own, and some that most people might not have ever considered; this being sentient rights to freed... ...ng beliefs of the Zero-Six Contingent, the reasons behind the mission and people's faith in Neo. Neo has spent every waking hour of the past five ye... ... Neo's ultimate Mission; changing the vision of reality, waking people up from the mass blindness that leads to fear, hatred, and ultimately destruc... ...int of the mission we're speaking of. But these sincere testimonials come from real people, people who have been there, people who believe... people... ...nd tries to keep out of the line of discussion), the Guiding visions sent from the Old World that plague him many a day and night, and the other psy... ... of them worshipping the old gods again. A layer over layer vision in the city about the hybrid electric buses running on the tracks there, you know... ...r a long while, I thought I'd be doing it alone. "Barefoot to the Machine City", as the image goes. • Trust us enough to take the Mission where it n...

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...ngs cannot comprehend how such feelings can exist at all, as everyone seemingly requires an incentive to perform any act; without some personal gain, people are not prepared to extend themselves. That is why a quality such as altruism can only be imparted to a person from Above, and only those who have experienced it can understand it." Attaining The Worlds Beyond is a fir...

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...n incentive to perform any act that does not promise us some form of personal gain. That is why a quality such as altruism can only be imparted to us from Above, and only those of us who have experienced it can understand it. Rabbi Michael Laitman ......

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...alled me to his bedside and handed me his notebook, saying, "Take it and learn from it." The following morning, my teacher perished in my arms, leavin... ...THEWORLDSBEYOND HowToReadtheText The need for this text became apparent to me from the questions that I received from my students, and from the quest... ...arious lectures and radio programs,aswellasfromthelettersthatcontinuetofloodin from all over the world. The difficulty of explaining and teaching Kabb... ...silent in response to human pleas forrelief? This can be explained as follows: people are much more concerned with their own progress than with glorif... ...y entered it, with nothing. The final fate of every animal is eradication, and people who have not perceived the Creator are as animals. On the other ... ...or has allowed certain Kabbalists to reveal their knowledge to vast numbers of people in society, inordertohelpotherscommunicatewithHim.Inalanguage we... ...e Bible where it tells how a certain person by the name of Ptachia came into a city andgatheredaroundhimemptypeople,andallofthemwent with him to the d... ...empty" people—people who feel emptiness in their lives. "He took them from the city to the desert"—heopenedupthedesertintheirlivesinorder,asitis writt...

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...he pope of being the Antichrist. Luther's book was further published in German by his opponent Franciscan Thomas Murner, in hopes that he would make people aware of the foolishness of supporting Luther....

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...—the sacramental system by which she accompanied and controlled her members from the cradle to the grave. Only then could he set forth, in language o... ...ther calls “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church.” The reference is clear from the contents of the document: just as the Jews were carried away fr... ...f the Babylonian Empire, so in Europe the Christians have been carried away from the Scriptures and made subject to the tyranny of the papacy. This ... ...o German, confident that it would expose Luther to the rank and file of the people as a radical heretic and dangerous foe of the church. Of special s... ... On the other hand, the Captivity cleared the atmosphere for many thoughtful people and brought Luther not a few new friends. The most outstanding ex... ...rossulorum, originally a designation for Roman knights who had conquered the city Trossulum, later came to have the derogatory sense of a fop, someon... ...o have wanted to write my “recantation” so much as the praise of the French people and the Roman pontiff. Let him attest his allegiance in this litt... ...ed without end. Behold, then, our miserable captivity. “How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she that ...

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...This is the first novel in the series and introduces sixteen year old William Dean Ritter, aka "Montana." Two separate adventures take him from his Montana farm to a Wyoming cattle ranch, Dodge City, Kansas and Texas in his pursuit of the dream to become a cowboy. Along the way something unexpected happens - he becomes a man. The book also introduces Montana's f...

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...more difficult quest -- that to become a man. This first novel follows him from his Montana farm to a Texas cattle drive. Along the way, he en- c... ...hes for his place in a world that, in many respects, isn’t all that different from today’s. Call Me Montana The... ...aces, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination, drawn from actual historical places, figures, or events, or are used ficti- ... ... lots of ambition. Now, don’t get me wrong -- my folks were good God-fearin’ people and our farm was a great place to grow up for Mary and me, but ... ...McVey lacked in leadership, he more than made up for in his ability to annoy people. So the rag-tag gang headed west alongside the creek. With no ... ... It was mid-morning when we arrived. I was struck with how big a city Laramie was. On our way east the other day, we’d gone around it a... ...thought about it. “Well if it isn’t mamma’s boy! What brings you to the big city, boy? Did mamma finally let you out of her sight for a few minute... ...e Circle R that calling somebody out for cheatin’ at cards is fight’n words. People get killed doing that. This seemed to be true in Laramie as wel... ...to the hunt in no time at all.” Spirit seemed to understand. I wasn’t used to city living and I know he wasn’t, but we could take one more day of i...

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...startled by the noise. “I saw it once when I was much younger,” Sileas continued. “I've never seen anything so beautiful or odd again. I had it drawn from my description.” The painting was delicately done in layers of richly pigmented oils. Not a brushstroke could be seen, and it glowed from within. A figure with emerald green skin slipped its way between trees. Its ey...

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...ity a way forward. Unlocking the Zohar is an invitation to a wondrous journey as we fine-tune our thoughts to maximize the spiritual benefit derived from reading in The Zohar....

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...........................................................................99 From Darkness to Light........................................................ ... for the curious among the readers, Appendix 3 contains selected excerpts from Zohar for All. After reading this book, you will be able to feel the ... ...t in his life. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein of Ziditshov 1 The prohibition from Above to refrain from open study of the wisdom of truth was for a lim... ...lly for those living today? Humanity is ever developing. In ancient times, people’s needs were very basic: food, shelter, and procreation. These are ... ...t’s next?” Then the chase begins anew. For how long? Today, more and more people are asking this question. And not only, “For how long?” but also, “... ...re questions about the purpose and meaning of life have arisen in so many people. In the past, we simply didn’t ask. We lived because we were born. ... ...of the tower of Babel: Nimrod said to his people, “Let us build us a great city and dwell within it, lest we become scattered across the earth like t... ...he separation. Abraham, son of Terach, went by and saw them building the city and the tower ... but they loathed his words ... They wished to speak... ...aera [and the lord appeared] 80) Rabbi Aba said, “one day, I came across a city that was one of those that were in the east, and I was told of that w...

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This book is about an individual in dire poverty who makes his way in Bangkok from a sidewalk restaurant worker to a famous prostitute painter

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... his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though constantly brushed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human bl... ...nd on his leg he would stiffen and both his legs would slightly slant away from her but when she removed her hand and kept it away from him for some m... ...also knew that being desired required adhering to the rules of withdrawing from the neediness of wanting to be linked to a man and of transforming her... ...it; although from it, despite its limitations, he was always introduced to people so different than he was. They were the favored ones whose ideas we... ...icemen, who could easily be bribed, were never to be trusted. The favored people did not have everyday to roam the streets like homeless but highly m... ...the pronouncement of street names called out from the back seat. "Do young people like you have money to go off wherever you wish?" The words pierced ... ...n that took them out of Huamark and through other adjacent sections of the city eventually led them to her area. He did not remember the name of it: ... ...behind them. There had been a time that he would have sniffed at this new city like one of the myriad crazed but gently starving dogs (after all, in ... ...tial. It was this mesmerizing dynamism that most lured his eyes. The city was fetid as his older brother's shoes in the back of his girl friend'...

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...things in the Spirit, he soon learns that others are hearing them too. With the help of a small group of Australian Aborigines, spiritually sensitive people from throughout Australasia are drawn together in a movement that will mark the start of a new age in human consciousness....

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... is Dead 2. The Holocaust 3. The Vaishnu Sect 4. Those Eyes 5. Baxter Detention Centre 6. Listening 7. Clearness 8. Trouble in India 9. Dodge City 10. Threshing 11. Policy Changes 12. Macquarie University 13. A Gathered Meeting 14. Reaching Out 15. Chaim Learns to Hear 16. The Cornerstone 17. Free Work 18. Listening to Whom? 19. Hate 20. Love 21. Busine...

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...The Kabbalah Experience is one of the most fascinating books ever published in Kabbalah. It is a journey in time from the past to the future, in situations we might all experience at some point. Anyone who wants to learn how to make the most of every moment in his or her life, anyone who wishes to find a happy, fulfilling life, will fin...

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...Their task has been to ensure that the truths of Kabbalah would be given to those ready to receive them. During all that time, Kabbalah was concealed from the public (which was not yet ready to receive it), until the current generation; it was this generation for which this method was specifically developed. That is why the Zohar, the Ari and Baal HaSulam (Rav Yehuda Ashla...

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... to those ready to receive them. During all that time, Kabbalah was concealed from the public (which was not yet ready to receive it), until the cur... ... the au- thor of HaSulam (The Ladder), a commentary on the Zohar) reveal that from this time forward, the Kabbalah will become a simple and genuine ... ...? Because the souls that descend to this world and dress in our bodies evolve from generation to generation. Ultimate- ly, they will arrive at a poin... ... world. The web site quickly developed and expanded, and today over a million people from all corners of the world visit it every month. They downlo... ...e with private questions and general questions alike. Still, I often meet new people – in lectures or in more informal dis- cussions – who have not d... ...uestions and answers, by which anyone can make their first steps in Kabbalah. People like you, whose point in the heart (the point that makes us won... ...eator in order to avoid the correction that was given him to perform. But the city of Nineveh must still be corrected from within. 141 C H A P T E R... ...y of them- selves, or the well- being of their families, or even that of their city or town. Others think of the wellbeing of the whole nation, and y...

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...which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of our religion, be true and just ideas, faithfully drawn from the divine testimony, or not....

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...IN GLORY AND MAJESTY BY JUAN JOSAFAT BEN-EZRA, A CONVERTED JEW TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE REV. ... ...ge of a book, written in the Spanish tongue, which clearly sets forth, and demonstrates from Holy Scripture, the erroneous-ness of the opinion, almos... ...nd you, in that High and Holy name at which every knee shall bow, that you take leisure from your several avocations, lay aside your several speculat... ...e earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of refreshin... ...and real character upon the other; both centering in and radiating out from the Jewish people.’ And this appeared to me to be written in these the ... ...s do but represent, and rejected the H OLY S PIRIT of witness poured out in their chief city and upon their countrymen; their rejection for these en... ...ersecuting the true and faithful servants and witnesses of the Lord, and both kings and people shall be confederates against the Lord and his anoint... ...ve given an abstract above; and it began to be noised abroad, as every thing is in this city and age of news-mongers, and was brought to the ears of... ...application, before we had received any answer, it pleased the Lord to bring up to this city that benefactor of Israel, who had taken such pains to ...

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...ese's love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon djinni? Find out that anything is possible when a devout mystical being from the old world joins forces with an urban-reared spitfire from the new? (http://www.graciecmckeever.com)...

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...ntury "Allah has forsaken you, Kane." He heard the husky declaration as if from a great distance, glared at the sensual orifice from which his death s... ...Keever 4 She uttered the words with such smooth elegance, his name rolling from her lips with traitorous familiarity, that it was easy for him to beli... ...odded. "The most important." She cleared her throat as she pulled her eyes from his fist encircling the pendant and began her pronouncement. Kane grit... ... "I would not. I only read—" "My thoughts." "Not at all. I merely read ... people." Something told her he wasn't being completely honest with her, but... ...t devices called telephones and radios that emitted the faceless voices of people he would never meet or see, and ... Just a whole wonderful array of ... ... saints, madmen and geniuses. Nothing had changed, just horrible and great people doing better and worse things on a bigger, more global scale than he... ...ling with a genie-man, to play paranoid damsel-in- distress-in-the-big-bad-city when the man could probably pop up and appear in front of her out of t... ...and. You took the train to Manhattan with Justice. You didn't get into the city on a flying carpet." He turned and gave her a dirty look that made her... ...sert Dreams by Gracie C. McKeever 189 CHAPTER 13 Ifreet glances out at the city from his corrupted domain, wallowing in the unpredictable energy and p...

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...ugh Justice, Dome of Death, Sebastian, Jarek and Mortaumal. Fidel is fifteen when the story begins sometime in the near future. He’s running away from home to the big city where he falls into trouble, then miraculously falls out again, and grows into a sturdy, well-liked young man. Like most people he is too busy living to notice that a relatively quiet revolution is t...

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...ted Fidel if he persisted in trusting strangers in this day and age. It was different when they were young—everyone was honest and reliable and young people were safe and… Predictably perhaps, their predictions of impending doom calmed Fidel’s nerves. Old people were always exaggerating—it couldn’t be that bad. When they let him out he thanked them profusely, waved them ...

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...ems, but Mortaumal [Mort] doesn’t seem to, thanks to his grandfather. However, when that support is gone and foster parents fail, and there are nasty people demanding he do evil deeds...things begin to look pretty desperate. From the age of ten to eighteen Mort lives with and meets an extraordinary variety of people, gets himself into and out of very hot water, sees rath...

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...nd he wouldn’t have had to endure six months of increasingly unpleasant torment. On this relentlessly sunny afternoon, Simon had ambushed Mortaumal from behind a billboard advertising the benefits of ‘Jezebel’s Gymnasium for Fabulous Fitness’, dragged the object of his unwanted attention behind it, thrown him on his face in the dust and sat on his legs. When fruitless fl...

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...to reflect, to be alone with your thoughts, this book will help you rediscover your inner compass. The Point in the Heart is a collection of excerpts from a man whose wisdom has earned him devoted students worldwide. Michael Laitman, a scientist and a Kabbalist, presents ancient wisdom in a compelling style. These stormy days, his site, www.kabbalah.info, offers a silver l...

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... IN A NUTSHELL 91 APPENDICES 103 6 W e are living in a very special time. People all over the world are dissatisfied with their lives; they sense t... ...s that concern all of us today. in these pages you will also find tidbits from the wisdom contained in The Book of Zohar (the essential book in all ... ...oes not profess to teach Kabbalah, but rather introduces se- lected ideas from the teachings. You are about to embark on a journey that will span th... ...nderstand that this chase was prear- ranged in order to distract our minds from what is most important. as long as we closed our eyes to avoid truly ... ...own desires, and you do everything you can to satisfy them 2 8 QUESTION: People around me want nothing but to hurt me! What do we do when one tries... ...ritual reality. One who comes to feel the spiritual reality realizes that people mistreat each other because they are naturally con- trolled by the e... ...the wisdom of Kabbalah was available to all. it was in ancient babylon, a city that functioned like a small village, where every individual could in...

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... Sahib, or Adi Granth, is the religious text of Sikhism. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708. It is a collection of hymns (shabda) or baani describing the qualities of God and why one should meditate on God's name. Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), the tenth guru, affirmed the sacred text Adi Granth as...

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...8. Views of different Scholars 39 9. Gems from Gurbaani 42 10. Gurduara Sah... ...wandi, now called “Nankana Sahib”, situated near Lahore (Pakistan). Right from his childhood, he started questioning the meaningless rituals and pr... ..., the Tenth Master, put an end to the personal Guruship and declared that from now onwards “Guru Granth Sahib” will be the 5 Guru for Sikhs fore... ...k while Guru Nanak sang his heart-searching hymns to audiences of all the peoples in a language which they spoke and well understood without any di... ... to be the lowliest of all, as I cannot think of associating with the rich people who are full of ego. Moreover, the True Lord also bestows His bles... ...reover, the True Lord also bestows His blessings and Grace on those humble people alone and the God’s 20 benevolence is showered on holy congrega... ... jvwlu ] 1 ] Saint Ravidas shares his spiritual thought: “The name of my city/kingdom where I reside is called Begumpura where there is no trace o...

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...ince its appearance nearly 2,000 years ago, it has been the primary, and often only, source used by Kabbalists. For centuries, Kabbalah was hidden from the public, which was considered not yet ready to receive it. However, our generation has been designated by Kabbalists as the first generation that is ready to grasp the concepts in The Zohar. Now, we can put these prin...

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................................29 Literal Translation of the Aforecited Text from Aramaic into English ......... 36 The Rose .............................. .................................................365 Rabbi Shimon’s Departure from the Cave ...................................................375 The Fi... ... lives more difficult. Among these laws was a decree that prohibited Jews from studying the Torah (then synonymous with Kabbalah). 1 The article... ... the ruin of the Second Temple and the beginning of the last exile of the people of Israel from its land. But even prior to the exile, Rashbi predic... ...mprehensible to our generation without proper interpretation, millions of people diligently read it. RASHBI’S DEPARTURE According to tradition, Rabbi... ...highest level of bonding with the Upper Force, the Creator. We call those people “Kabbalists.” Through this bonding, they came to understand that the... ...ornaments,” made you ruler over the world, as it is written: “Is this the city that was called the quintessence of beauty?” and so forth. I have cal... ...e quintessence of beauty?” and so forth. I have called you, “Jerusalem, a city built by me.” “What could be compared to you?” Just as you sit, so he... ...adornments and made you ruler of the world.” And it is said: “Is this the city that men called the quintessence of beauty?” (Eicha, 2:15). I have cal...

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...Your world is ready for change. Make it happen, with guidance from one of the greatest Kabbalists of our generation.Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, sees Kabbalah as a science that deals with drawing near to the Creator. It studies the system of creation, examines how the Creator conducts this...

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...ny information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information regarding permission to reprint materia... ...om the publisher. For information regarding permission to reprint material from this book, please mail or fax your request in writing to Jewish Lights... ...p this sixth sense. Because humans are very different in their development from all other creatures, they acquire or develop everything with a human, ... ...lly, culturally, but not ethically. At a certain point in their evolution, people must feel an inner need for spiritual development, a need to discove... ...ing to Kabbalah text 9/29/05 1:20 PM Page x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many, many people contributed to the making of this book. They have given their precio... ...vanish from them. Not many will be wise and know the secret, only one in a city, and many will swim in the ditch of error. —Rabbi Moshe Kordoviro (The... ...witz (The Holy Shlah), First Article, 30 (1565–1630) I have news about the city of Prague … and how Judaism is declining there day-by-day.… Indeed, it... ...g this composition, one awakens the power of the souls and those righteous people, along with the force of Moses … for when they practice it, they ren... ...e went to live with his uncle. At thirty-five he came to Tzfat, an ancient city in Israel that at the time of the Ari was home to many Kabbalists. The...

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...lings in Laylah that make her question her life and her father's animosity toward her handsome rescuer. Confused by these emotions, she seeks answers from those closest to her and is rebuffed. She must make a choice. Obey her father's edicts or follow her heart to learn the truth about her past....

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...sonal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please pu... ...onspiracy's first ten chapters were written. Chapter 1 Fall 2207: Floyal City, New Florida Territory Zina McFin stared at the giant, almost-impenetr... ... at Henry. “Now, now, there’s no need to get your fur knotted. You, of all people, should recognize that your union, and the resulting abomination it... ...but didn't see any monitoring devices. Smiling, he pulled a shot injector from his pocket and hurried to Laylah's side. He touched her arm and grima... ...now he would set his plan fully in motion. "There will be no more shifting from any of the staff. I know we can't curb the beast completely, but if a... ...lness. “All the time, Jacques. All the time.” “I'm going to go pick her up from school. Will you have everything done?” “Of course. After all, I am th... ...ver it, looking for errors. In the twenty-first century, the Earth and its peoples were steadily reaching technological highs that were unheard of c... ...ded to think, so he’d driven an hour and half to Brockshill. He loved this city, mostly populated by various clans of werecats. Predominant were the ... ...bers roughly equaled the Weres so neither group completely controlled the city. A rare peace existed in this area. It was also one of the twenty san...