InLightTend

nevermind. after reading around this site, i can see there will be no free exchange of ideas without closed-minded hate and intolerance of non-traditional hinduisim. its in every thread here....wow.

Ok, I see that this thread is old, and combative. However I'd like to ask a question in the hopes that some useful insight may be given here. Kabbalah has 3 different aspects;the theoretical, the magical, and the meditative. Aryeh Kaplan describes it in his book Sefer Yetzireah In theory and practice: "In general, Kabbalah is divided into three catagories, the theoretical, the meditative and the magical. The theoretical Kabbalah...is largely based on the Zohar, is concerned mostly with the dynamics of the spiritual domain, especially the worlds of the sefirot, souls and angels. Meditative Kabbalah deals with the use of divine names, letter permutations, and similar methods to reach higher states of consciousness, and as such, comprises a kind of Yoga. The third catagory of Kabbalah -the magical- is closley related to the meditative. It consists of various signs, incantations and divine names, through which one can influence or alter natural events." He goes on to illicit that the Sefer Yetizerah is a meditative text with strong magical overtones. The back cover says: "When properly understood, the Sefer Yetzirah becomes the instruction manuel for a very special type of meditation meant to strengthen concentration and to aid the development of telekenetic and telepathic powers." This sounds to me like it could be a description of Kundalini Yoga just as easily as one of Kabbalah. In the introduction he even likens it to Yoga(see emphasis). My belief at this point is that Kundalini is no more Hindu than Kabbalah is Jewish. What i mean is; neither is the original. This science is a timeless one and a Universal one. In that vein; I hope to receive responses. There is knowledge that the ancients spoke of in many different ways, but it looks more and more as if they were speaking of the same thing. I'd like to learn more about the similarities between Kabbalah and Kundalini.