How to Practice Kabbalah Meditation

Though Kabbalah mysticism has enjoyed a recent surge in visibility thanks to its adoption by a number of high-profile celebrities, it is an ancient tradition that has been practiced for thousands of years. If you're looking to deal with depression and reduce stress, Kabbalah meditation might be a transcendent way of finding new meaning in your life. Meditation is the ancient art of relaxing the body while focusing the mind.

Things You'll Need

• Quiet time to spend in solitude
• Computer with Internet access
• A place to meditate

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Instructions

Learn About Kabbalah Mysticism

• 1

  Know that Kabbalah is primarily concerned with the important Jewish spiritual paradox of God being unknowable by thought, yet tangible and present in all things.

• 2

  Be aware that Kabbalah meditation attempts to experience the divinity of God through intuitive, spiritual means.

• 3

  Read up on the Kabbalistic tradition online (see Resources below). A thorough understanding will help guide your meditative practice.

Practice Kabbalah Meditation

• 4

  Know what's involved. The practice of Kabbalah meditation generally involves a morning meditation, plus a recitation of the 3 blessings and meditation verses.

• 5

  Learn the morning prayer online (see Resources below). It is a sequence of Hebrew letters, recited to give thanks to God and express our appreciation for a new day. It is coupled with an evening prayer (see Step 4).

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  Practice the 3 blessings, also available online (see Resources below). These are intended to invoke the healing power of spirits, allowing them to descend upon you and give you their strength.

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  Memorize the Kabbalah's meditation verses. This is usually recited at night, as a way of beseeching the powers that be to return your soul to your body in the morning. Kabbalistic thought holds that the spirit leaves the body during sleep to inhabit a higher plane of consciousness.

• 8

  Find a Kabbalah center near you where you can receive expert instruction and network with like-minded individuals. Adherents of Kabbalistic principles have very community-minded values and welcome new members.