The Torah is the first Kabbalistic book containing instructions on how to attain perfection.

The Torah is a Kabbalistic book describing the laws and forces hidden from our five senses. It depicts the internal transformation that takes place on the path from one’s inborn perception of reality through the five senses to a whole new perception of reality beyond the five senses.

The Torah - A Holy Book

Precisely because the Torah is intended to guide a person beyond the five senses into the perception of reality’s eternal, perfect state, is it called “a holy book.” This perception is what Kabbalists say all people are being led to; that the sensation of completeness, eternity and perfection awaits each and every person at the end of our evolution.

An Instruction Manual for Achieving Perfection

The Torah is the first ever Kabbalistic book describing a person’s path from the limited perception of reality in the five senses, to the eternal perception of reality beyond them. Prior to the Torah, Kabbalistic books only described the perfect state of existence and how this perfect state filters down to our limited state of perception through the five senses.

The Languages of Kabbalists

Kabbalists throughout history have used four languages to describe the perfect state. These are titled the following:

1. the language of the Bible (history),

2. the language of the Halacha (Jewish law),

3. the language of Hagada (legends), and

4. the language of Kabbalah.

All of these languages only describe the perfect state of reality. They do not speak a single word about the world that we perceive through our inborn five senses.

The Perfect State of Reality

Everything that takes place in the perfect state of reality “descends” to our state of reality which we describe as “our world.” The perfect state of reality is the source of the imperfect state, and contains it within itself. As such, everything we perceive here in our world has its origin in the higher, perfect world, and is operated from there.

For this reason, Kabbalists selected corresponding names in our world to describe the structure of the higher world. Therefore, the name of an object in this world is used in Kabbalistic books to describe the name of an object in the higher world.

The Difference Between a Spiritual and Corporeal Perception of the Torah

When people in this world read the Torah, they read it as a historical novel or a fantasy tale. However, when Kabbalists read the Torah, they read descriptions and guidance to make transformations in the perfect state of reality; the deeper, causal level of reality to ours.

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