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...humanity is corrected. This is why Rabbi Shimon’s composition made such a mark in the world, since the spiritual secrets in it extend to all 125 d... ...l appears, it promotes humanity to a new spiritual degree and leaves its mark in Kabbalah books, which serve the following generations. The Book of... ...mportance and stature. Within merely eighteen months, he had left a huge mark on the history of Kabbalistic thought and teaching methods. His teach... ...��� �������� ����� � � � � ��������������� ���������� ��� Downward arrows mark the Creator’s entering Light. Upward arrows mark the creature’s des... ...e. The only thing we can compare it to is a child who wants to be both as strong and as wise as its parents. We instinctively know that this is poss... ...part of the desires) Chapter 3: The origin of Creation 67 Note that the strongest desires, the most egoistic and seemingly most remote from the Cr... ...ed dark. The smallest desires create the still level of Creation, and the stronger the desires become, so does their activity level: from vegetative... ...e still level is made of the smallest desires, the vegetative consists of stronger ones and so on through the strongest desire—the spiri- - tual lev... ... was no such thing as an active aim to receive. Hence, his breaking also marks the first appearance of physical reality. In Chapter Three, we said t...

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...lling one desire. They settle for a little of everything and suppress any strong desire that emerges in them and demands too much of their attention... ... darkens before our eyes, for all its issues are tied to one another very strongly, literally fusing into one. Now you will not wonder at the occasio... ... branch. 4. The language of Sefirot and Partzufim. In general, sages had a strong inclination to conceal it from the ignorant, since they believed th... ...t for the fulfillment of the needs of their lives. In fact, the naturally strong and nimble in society benefit from the labor of others and exploit ... ...andable for all. 8) This matter is like a rich man who took a man from the market and fed him and gave him gold and silver and all desirables every d... ...gner would break in and put it in their vessels to go and trade it in the market, as with the secular sages. This was so because all who entered hav... ...s no longer fear lest indecent disciples might take it and sell it in the market to the materialistic plebs, since they will find no buyers for this... ...e fear lest one might not sustain one’s merit and trade the wisdom in the market, as no one in the mob will buy it. The wisdom will be so loathsome ... ...f the Sefirot with a picture of the Taam (singular for Taamim—punctuation marks) Segolta, like this: , that is, the Keter is on top, below it on the...

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...sh is to not change, it is called “still.” At the vegetative level, there is a stronger desire to exist. It is fundamentally different from the still... ... sequently departs, this builds within us a desire to en- joy that is twice as strong as the original desire. What satisfies us today will not satisf... ...to purchase almost everything, even when we do not have the means. Aggressive marketing, the need to meet social standards, and the ease of getting ... ...e more frequent among the rich. One of the explanations for the absence of a stronger link between wealth and day-to-day happiness is that we quick... ...e, Thus Spake Zarathustra Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to. --Mark Twain, Following the Equator Except for the human ego, all of Natu... ...ds its entire protective power on maintaining the balance. When we speak of a strong body or a weak body, we refer to its ability to preserve its b... ...with the awareness of our urgent need to bring all of humanity, both weak and strong, into bal- ance with Nature. Hence, altruistic goodwill and ener... ...e, Kabbalists kept silent about it. But when the immigration to Israel began, marking the end of exile, they emerged from hiding and called on the ...

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... but combine them together and you will create something extraordinary: a stronger, happier, more inspiring, and joyful you. 7 LOVE WHATEVER T... ...llow with no chance of getting ahead. Years later, when I entered the job market in New York City, I was still thinking pretty much the same thing. ... ...tment. Which would you choose - a suitor with hot lips or a suitor with a strong sense of commitment? Why not test the ardor of the person whose ar... ...cranking out lies, it's difficult to remember what you said. The satirist Mark Twain noted that if you tell the truth, you don't have to remember a... ...pencer 57 FAITH For eve'!! web be.!Jun t God sends the thread. HOW STRONG is your faith? It's a question that I often ask myself. When I look... ...sense, faith helps you replace negatives with positives. If your faith is strong enough, you can push negative thoughts from your mind and replace t... ...that the way to live an inspiring life is to base all your decisions on a strong spiritual foundation. Any builder will tell you what you build is o...

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...le constantly evolve. For every generation, and for each person, desires grow stronger and stronger. TAKING THE DRIVER’S SEAT This engine of change—... ...n the early days when the will to receive was at level zero, desires were not strong enough to separate us from Nature and from each other. In those... ...ed confusion and malfunction. The Hebrew word for confusion is Bilbul, and to mark the confu- sion, the capitol of Mesopotamia received the name, Ba... ...the resurfacing of mystical beliefs that were abundant in ancient Mesopotamia mark the beginning of humanity’s reconnection into a new civilization.... ... unharmed. It appears that there is no area where the crisis has not left its mark, whether in our personal lives, the societies we live in, or in N... ...re 1: The five evolu- tionary phases of the will to receive. Downward ar- rows mark the Creator’s entering Light; upward arrows mark the crea- ture’... ...phase. The only thing we can compare it to is a child who wants to be both as strong and as wise as its parents. We instinctively know that this is... ... spiri- tuality can only come from the Light, from the Creator, but to become strong enough, it needs to be intensified by the environment. Let’s ma... ..., faint light. The more we try to reach it, the closer we come to it, and the stronger it shines. Moreover, the stronger the Light, the stronger our...

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...of its opposite. Moreover, the greater the difference between the states, the stronger and more intense the feelings. Hence, reaching the Creator’s ... ...magine for a moment that you have lost contact. Think of ways you can make it stronger. Make any effort to maintain it. Gradually, your efforts will... ...ing. It all depends on the tightness of your connection with the Creator. The stronger it is, the greater the joy; the weaker it is, the lesser the ... ...ld experience in hundreds of years he’ll experience in a few decades. But how strongly? Moreover, he who studies and attains should contain within h... ...ty-two names, or attributes, involved in the creation of the world. These are marked accordingly as Hebrew let- ters. Their combinations render a spi... ...o we begin to feel those changes. Everything that goes through you leaves its mark on your soul, and after some time the change suddenly appears. Th... ...rituality and worldli- ness are alike. Therefore, before a man goes out to the market to earn his daily bread, he should remove his thoughts from Pro... ..., in all the values and the order of importance. Only then will you make your mark on the group and become like it, meaning as you have created it. ... ...all to come to the Creator. These are the Creator’s instructions to me, as He marks the points that delay my approach to Him. R AV, D I S C I P L E ...

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...e the teaching of the hidden too.… Before, the evil inclination was not as strong, and the revealed Torah was sufficient as a cure for it. But now, be... ...is purpose was not to teach the attainment of the upper world, but only to mark out a few prin- cipal laws that he discovered about that world. Howeve... ...by chance: a Kabbalist asked one of his students to get some food from the market. The student returned with food wrapped in paper. The Kabbalist was ... ...d to the secrets of creation. He immediately sent his students back to the market. They burrowed in every pile of trash and gathered all the pages the...

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...members’ inner states, and it should always support the goal. The tighter and stronger the connection between the members of the group, the stronger... ...and working with members of the group. All our thoughts must be analyzed and marked as having come from the Creator. They must be catalogued and de... ...if the point has not yet been awakened. However, it is known that an extremely strong desire can awaken the “point in the heart.” Even the Ari mentio... ...mination, but the intensity of the Light during the study of Kabbalah is much stronger than when studying other writings. T H E PAT H O F K A B B A... ...nd be influenced by the Light and our correct study of Kabbalah, we develop a strong desire to cross this barrier and enter the spiritual world. We ... ... sud- denly felt himself (and called himself accordingly) as “Shimon from the market.” All the knowledge and the corrected properties, everything dis... ...phabet has its own nu- merical value (when two Hebrew letters appear, the left marks the form of that letter at the end of a word. They are called “f... ...ight lines.” During His descent from Above, He demonstrates His Power and the marks of His Leadership. “Superior” means stronger and greater; it is ... ...there any power to the letters? A: All the words were built by forces that are marked by letters. However, we cannot say that the letters have any po...

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... Surviving the Economic Crisis Current and Future Trends Mark William Medley ... ... the prior written permission of the Author or New Economics publishers. © Mark W Medley 2009 Contact the Author at : expat2008@yahoo.com Compli... ... 3. Three forms of Economic systems we have after the 6 Market Crash of 2008 5. Bank Bailouts, is it sending the right Messa... ... 5 Three forms of Economic systems we have after the Market Crash of 2008 All our economies are different, although they ... ...omy with a series of rigid planning. This to many is the opposite of the free market economy, we practiced in part, before the market crash of 2008.... ...storic trade deal with China can ensure both countries are still economically strong, and match Europe and the USA. One inevitable consequence of ig... ...in the USA, with the election of President Obama. These leaders will need the strong support of the people, who are now bemused with the behavior of... ...iating structure more favorably than in calm, secure situations. This breeds "stronger" more authoritarian Leaders, who need to get things done. 2.... ...ey led and implemented great change that shaped better, and more economically strong Countries. They are thankless Leaders, who implement change ...

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...... 17 FIGURE 17: COMPETITIVE PRESSURE FACING APEC SME LSPS BY GEOGRAPHIC MARKET ............................................................. 18 FI... ...D MINOR SOURCES OF COMPETITIVE PRESSURE FACING APEC SME LSPS BY GEOGRAPHIC MARKET ................ 18 FIGURE 19: REGIONAL SME LSP REPORTED KEY INTERN... ... in Different APEC Economies As an example, in China the low threshold to market entry and common need for highly localized services are a couple of... ...vironment and growing need for specialized logistics services in vertical markets, we expected much more rapid growth to be reported. Logistics Indu... ...e there is “average” support, while 47% believe there is either “good” or “strong” support for the logistics sector in their economies (Figure 6). ... ...ved Level of Support for LSPs by APEC Governments No Reponse/No Opinion Strong Support Good Support Average Support Poor Support No Support 9... ...try standard s Educatio n and training Help to better organize the market Help to enhance internati onal logistics ability Help to enha... ...ce IT ability Good / Average / Poor 3.2.10 Other 3.3 Please rate how strongly you believe the government strongly supports to the SME logistic... ...believe the government strongly supports to the SME logistics provider? Strong / Good / Average / Poor / None 3.4 Do you think the logistics indus...

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...T I : K A B B A L A H M E E T S Q UA N T U M P H Y S I C S 34 State Three also marks the awak- ening of a new desire in the creature: envy toward the... ... the “anti-Creator,” a state of unbearable torments that poses a big question mark about our ability to en- dure these torments. It is fair to say th... ...minates it. Moreover, obtaining one pleasure builds a desire that is twice as strong as before. Kabbalists have said that “One who has one hundred w... ...aid, there are five stages in the creation process of the will to receive. We mark these stages with four Hebrew let- ters: the tip of the Yod ( ), t... ...ically, but “choose” how to behave. I am using the word “choose” in quotation marks be- cause our language is too limited to explain it sufficiently.... ... some essence, and nothing of the essence itself. Even the sense of touch, the strongest of the senses, separating hot from cold, and solid from soft... ... everything, and besides that nothing exists. The Reshimot evoke increasingly stronger desires in us, start- ing with physical-existential desires (f... ...d that we judge everything from within; if researchers agree to that, it will mark the beginning of the new science. PA RT I V: R E A L I Z I N G T ... ...e upsurge of religions and mystic teachings of all sorts is not due to their strong appeal to people, but for lack of choices. Humanity is losing ho...

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...ing generation the souls of past generations descend to this world with a stronger desire for pleasure, for light, for the Creator, a process that d... ...all linked together. When a person discovers the upper world, he sees how strong the link is between him and the other souls. Right now all we can s... ...ill happen when the last exile of the Jews ends. The year 5755 (1995) was marked by Kabbalists as a very special year; a year that is a historic cor... ... tongue so as to use it in such precise inquiries? Try and give a unique mark to your mood, graphically compare it with someone else’s mood, expres... ... written by a another composer 500 years ago through notes, or just as we mark the mathematical signs with notes that are numbers. Let’s assume that... ...the vegetative level the will to receive light is more developed, it has a stronger desire than that of the still. Because of that it has the ability... ...ive the light. In the animate degree, the power of the will to receive is stronger still. What is added in the animate compared to plants? Each anim... ... its own individual character. Because the desire to receive the light is stronger in animals than in plants, they have unique, personal characteris... ...istinguish five degrees in the desire that the Creator created, which are marked as (the next section refers to the meaning of the Hebrew letters in ...

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...t, to be inside it, identical with it. If your desire for the Creator is stronger than the force with which He pulls you to Him, then you are in s... ...tion for the Creator is through your desire to give to Him, which is now stronger than your egoism, which pushes you backwards. In order to remain... ...s that were made, and also through their own intuition, they realized how strong was that influence. The Kabbalah gives us a full analysis of the i... ... a collective spiritual force affects everyone, whose power is many times stronger than the light that shines on a single person. This way the group... ...per force, is far more efficient than any ordinary prayer, or some other ‘strong’ will. If a person wants to intensify his thoughts along the way, ... ... purpose was not to teach the attainment of the upper world, but only to mark out a few principal laws that he discovered about the spiritual world... ...hance: A Kabbalist asked one of his students to go get some food from the market. The student brought him something wrapped in paper. The Kabbalist... ...to the secrets of creation. He immediately sent his students back to the market. They began to burrow in every pile of litter and take all the page...

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...rector for the APEC Sub-Committee on Sub- Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP) for his strong support. The views expressed in this paper are those ... ... Over the four years to the end of 2010, merchandise trade by APEC economies has grown strongly in volume — by 5% per year on average— and by real v... ... comparison by World Bank staff has revealed, nevertheless, that there is a relatively strong correlation between the Trading across Borders data o... ...lar basis. Moreover, if clearance times are falling over successive surveys, this is a strong indication that the remaining TRS actions and measure... ...igh rate of growth in trade values and volumes that occurred over the assessment period strongly suggest that the observed decline in time costs in C... ...ecific time limits for rulings on the classification of goods, determinations of value, marking and labelling, etc.). The current focus on the nu... ...gs. Rulings could include: a) classification of goods; b) determinations of value; c) marking and labelling; d) quotas; and e) any other admissibi... ...ocedures, standards and codes affecting the acceptance of goods between economies and markets on the basis of international standards where approp... ...all survey samples used for the collection of the raw data mean that there are question marks over the representativeness of the Trading across Borde...

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... Final Report Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies APEC Study ... ...nister Process August 2011 Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies ii ... ...ISBN 978-981-08-9205-0 APEC#211-SO-01.5 Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements ... ...esia Stock Exchange (IDX), Danareksa Research Institute, Trimegah Securities, Capital Market Supervisory Agency and Financial Institution (Bapepam-L... ...ssion (ASIC), Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), Asia and Africa Study Center Coleg... ...ment policies and market conditions has contributed substantially to the creation of stronger financial systems within the region. To that end, the... ...economies are: successful major financial reforms which had been implemented laid the strong foundation for a resilient financial market that withst... ..., we find that, in general, maintaining financial stability requires the existence of strong regulatory authorities and regulations in financial mark... ...h measures are: 1) reforming financial markets to foster the emergence of a healthy, strong, and efficient markets; 2) applying better management o...

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...ssessment of that Plan. Over this period merchandise trade by APEC economies grew strongly. Their trade rose by a total of 21% in real value an... ... the dominance of time costs in the total. Fees and charges, on the other hand, rose strongly in real terms, particularly in ports and terminal han... ... of the Assessment period the total value of merchandise trade by APEC economies grew strongly. In real terms the overall increase was a little over... ...duction in the real cost of time was more than enough to counteract the impact of the strong rise in fees and charges. Other things being equal, th... ...ce of total costs were responsible for the aggregate saving, as fees and charges rose strongly in real terms (12.7%). As was the case by type... ...underlie the preferred estimates. Although the changes in assumptions often had a marked effect on the absolute level of APEC trade transaction ... ...ulation, or they are a consequence of private sector parties operating in a regulated market. Government sector trade facilitation can reduce costs ... ...l survey samples used for the collection of the raw data mean that there are question marks over the representativeness of the Trading across Border...

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