From the Mail Bag: Homosexuality & Kabbalah

In case you hadn't yet noticed, I always reply to the Comments section below each post here at KabbalahCurious.com to answer any questions, debate my philosophies or just listen to your own personal experiences with your chosen spiritualities. Sometimes, however, people prefer a more anonymous approach ...or maybe they just don't see the link to the Comments section!

Either way! When I get emails like these that I feel has some answers for everyone, I will be sure to post them anonymously. In the meantime, feel free to click that Comments button! lol...

This place was pretty user-interactive when I first started posting but then I dropped off the face of the Earth for a month or two and I'm afraid everyone else did with me! :-(

Today's "From the Mail Bag" entry reads:

hi jason,

I am trying to find out the truth behind homozexuality and The Creator. I have began to practice Kabbalah and I am currently in Mexico, I am an English Teacher. Since the main Kabbalah Center is in Los Angeles, can you help me? What do they know about homosexual couples? Please help. All the best.

Great question! I get asked this a lot actually and I know that it has driven some people away from wanting to study Kabbalah. First of all, if Kabbalah is a religion it is only so in the sense that it's a "way of life," like going to the gym is something some people do "religiously." Kabbalah is not an organized religion so I'm afraid you probably won't find any answer as to wether or not homosexuality is wrong or right in the eyes of the Creator. Kabbalists don't believe in right or wrong, good and evil. Life is not that black and white. Kabbalah is all about finding the grey area.

Now, that said, there are many different sects of Kabbalah. I know some Christian Kabbalists, some Wiccan Kabbalists, some Buddhist Kabbalists. Obviously, the infamous Kabbalah Centre is run by Rabbis so that is a Jewish sector of the study. Depending on how deep their faith in Judaism is, they may or may not feel that homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God, but that has nothing to do with Kabbalah, it's just their personal religious inclination.

Yes, it is true that Kabbalah is heavily rooted in Judaism to begin with. It was Rabbis who first discovered and transcribed the many texts, so naturally it's ripe for the Jewish faith. However, those Rabbis knew even then from what I understand to not build boundaries around the text to limit it to the Judaism. They knew Kabbalah was meant to be universal.

Hope that explains! :-)


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Energy Shift

Am I the only person who felt it this week?

We've been in the middle of a Mercury retrograde that came in like a lion and is going out like a lamb. "Re"-trogrades are all about "re"-doing things, "re"-turning to past obstacles to test whether or not you've changed at how you handle them. It's a period that's ripe for fuck ups (beware relying too heavily on automobiles, computers -- anything electronic or relating to travel because it's bound to fuck up), but just as fertile for learning and growth.

I started my new weekly nightclub event (The X Show every Tuesday at RAGE in West Hollywood from 7:30 - 9:30 pm) on the same day that the Democrats returned to power, not to mention the same day that Britney broke up with K-Fed! What happened to you on Tuesday? Did you experience your own shift in energy?

My creative muse returned to me this week too, whispering things in my ear about "a new era," telling me that it's time to pick up Michael's sword (the archangel, not the boyfriend!) and go back into battle with not only my own inner demons, but the world at large. She's been asking me with every action I take, "Are you on your own side in this?" and that's a pretty powerful question that can cause a great deal of change.

Change is the word of the day. It's certainly been time for one, hasn't it? In America. In our collective consciousness. In our own souls. In our every day life. So what is it you're going to use His sword to slay and what are you going to defend? My list these days is as follows:

- To slay my desire to control others, be it their actions, their emotions, their perceptions of me, etc.
- To defend my God given talents and my faith in what I can achieve.
- To slay the negative grip of the past holding onto me.
- To defend the positive grip of the past holding onto me.
- To slay the idea that I have to be anything or anywhere other than where I am standing in the present.
- To slay the part of me that gives power to other people's opinions and perceptions of me and what I do.
- To slay the part of me that is not on my side.
- To defend my heart and its right to love effusively, its beautiful vulnerability.

In these last days of the retrograde, what will you slay and what will you defend?


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