Kabbalah Kronicles 23 – Welcome Newby’s

Uncle Zally / Zalman Velvel

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There are some of you that are reading this blog for the first time. Many are connected to me in a business way, yet here I am, sending you a blog on spirituality. Why?

Because lately I have been studying Social Media, trying to figure out what the heck it is. I’m learning how to best use the Internet, and what this incredible new form of communication is. One thing is certain: it is changing the way we live at a breathtaking pace, so fast we’re not even aware of it anymore.

Well, the Social Media experts say I should take my all contacts and send them my blogs. You just never know who is interested in what. That’s why you Newby’s received it.

Okay, so if you are a Newby to this blog, let me tell you what it is, and what it isn’t. What it is – Uncle Zally writing about spiritual principles that are thousands of years old, yet have been hidden from most of us. When Madonna discovered Kabbalah, Kabbalah became “hip.” The “Material Girl” morphed into the “Spiritual Girl,” or what I call, the “Kabbalah Kutie.”

Oh yeah … and sometimes I try to be funny.

What this blog isn’t – Uncle Zally brainwashing you to worship my way, believe in God my way, or promising you everlasting life in Heaven. It also isn’t focused on religion. While Kabbalah has its roots in Judaism (like the Christian and Moslem religions) it is also like a bagel. You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy it.

Oh, and while I’m trying to be funny … I also like to place some meaningful, or funny, pictures in my blog, for eye candy.

So test drive this blog for a while, try reading some of the previous ones – there are 22. You get to them by going to my website and clicking on the tab “blog” in the header, or clicking here www.ZalmanVelvel.com/blog

And look, if you do not believe this blog adds any additional value to your life, then opt out, and I will accept your rejection.

I may cry, but I will accept your rejection.

That being said, let’s talk about just a few general principles of Kabbalah, to see if they have any value to you:

1- Spirituality can make you happy

2- There is a war going on inside you while you are trying to be happy

3- Life comes with a book of instructions from the manufacturer

How can spirituality make you happier?

First, by accepting that God (or whomever you call your Higher Power) is good. After that, you agree that God made everything (out of love) and is constantly involved in everything that happens. Then, it follows like night follows day, that everything that happens is good.

Before some of you throw a pie at my face, know that your Uncle Zally doesn’t live in a world with marshmallow skies raining down his favorite flavor of jelly beans. There are a lot of terrible things that happen – however, Kabbalah has an explanation for that, also. Even the terrible things are part of a wonderful, loving plan, we just don’t have the information to understand it … now. When we die and go to Heaven, rejoin with God, He will explain it all.

Can’t prove it’s true, can’t prove it isn’t. But which way of believing makes your life feel more worthwhile?

The war going on inside you

Kabbalah states you have two souls, and there is a constant battle going on between them. There is your animal soul, which energizes your body and directs you to think only of yourself and your survival. There is also your Godly Soul, which directs you to think about God, love, and doing good for others. A good life is the process of letting your Godly soul direct your animal soul, and not the reverse.

That process is one of the primary concerns of Kabbalah.

Life comes with a book of instructions from the Manufacturer

I will not go into that in this blog.

Billions of people are very dedicated, and sensitive, about their religious books, so much so they have been killing each other for thousands of years over who has the right book, the final book, from God, and then dedicating the victims of their slaughter to that loving God …