The Way Quotes

“According to kabbalistic teaching, humility is simply the understanding that nothing we have is ours. Our intelligence, our wealth, our beauty, even our spiritual greatness really belong to that part of ourselves that was hewn from the great mountain of the Creator. Humility”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“The truth never shouts. It speaks to us in whispers. We must make a determined effort to hear the truth over the noise and negativity that pervade our world.”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“The whole purpose of spirituality is to become more conscious of the needs of others, more sympathetic, and more caring. So beware of the road that leads you in the other direction—toward judging others harshly. This is not a true spiritual path.”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“The focus of our judgment should always be on ourselves, never on others. Regardless of our level of spiritual development, our understanding of the spiritual laws and their effects in the world is limited. Thinking that we know how everything works in the spiritual world is a certain indication that we know very little indeed.”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“There is no positive action that we can attempt, there is no act of sharing, kindness, charity, or repentance, that the negative side will not attempt to corrupt. Doubt”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“Our task is to move toward the transformed state of being in which we trust the Creator completely and without hesitation. Earlier”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“But Kabbalah teaches that nothing we see is a coincidence. Everything—particularly a negative event—has a reason and a purpose. Moreover, on the spiritual level everything we see is a mirror in which we ourselves are reflected. An angry stranger expresses something about our own anger and rage.”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“It is never too late As people begin to learn the principles of Kabbalah, they often feel that they have done too many bad things in their lives to be able to transform and bond with the Creator. In fact, this is what they want to believe. It frees them from accepting the need for positive change. It allows them to abdicate the responsibility for transformation, which is nothing less than the true purpose of our lives. Recognizing this process is one of Kabbalah’s most profound psychological insights. It calls attention to the fact that apparent self-loathing is really just egotism with a reverse spin. The spark of the Creator is always within us, and it is always pure. If you take a penny and hold it up in front of your eye in just the right way, you can easily block out the sun. But is the penny bigger or more powerful than the sun just because it can hide the sun’s light? The penny does not extinguish the sun, but only conceals it. In the same way, our negative actions only conceal the Light within us—but we may begin to feel that the Light has gone out forever. No darkness that we bring upon ourselves, however, is greater than the Light of the Creator that is at our core. As long as we are alive, we have this divine Light within us, burning as brightly as on the day we were born. No matter how deeply hidden, the Light remains there waiting for us to reveal it. And it is never too late. Higher”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“He freely chose instead to see even the worst acts of his enemies as a form of service to the Creator. They had provided him with an opportunity to comport himself with courage and certainty, and thereby to reveal more Light in the world. By no means was Rabbi Akiva blind or oblivious to evil. On the contrary, he had the strength to see it for what it truly was and still is. There”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“But you must learn to see the unity of your own interests with the interests of everyone around you. You are all part of the same Vessel that was shattered and that must again be made whole. The”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“Our goal, our purpose, and our only reason for being in the world is to transform our desire to receive for ourselves alone into a desire to share—and by doing so, to become one with the Creator.”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“means. Kabbalah teaches that we are in this world to transform desire to receive for the self alone into desire to receive for the purpose of sharing, and thereby to achieve oneness with the Creator. Anything negative that happens in this world, whether to an individual or to humanity as a whole, is a manifestation of self-centered desire. The more we are connected to the desire to receive for ourselves, the greater our disconnection from the Light. Self-serving desire is the single barrier that separates us from the Creator. It is the great challenge that we face in our journey of transformation. It is the mountain we must climb and the ocean we must cross. It may surprise you to learn that a positive outcome to this journey is guaranteed. In”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“According to kabbalistic teaching, the origin of all negativity is the desire to receive for ourselves alone. This self-serving desire, in any of its countless forms, cuts us off from the Light, distances us from the Creator, and makes true fulfillment impossible. To the extent we are connected to this desire, we are disconnected from the essence of the Creator. Yet”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“Of all the attributes of the Creator that are encompassed by the Light, the essential and defining one is an infinite and unbounded desire to give and share of itself. The”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment

“the only way we can hope to satisfy the Creator, is to always push ourselves to the limits of our potential and to never be satisfied with our spiritual accomplishments. Our job in this world is not about being a good person, or a spiritual person, or a wise person. It’s not about giving a little charity or being nice to people and attending synagogue. It’s about doing what we came to the world to accomplish. And though we may not know exactly what we came here for, we do know that without a constant push to change for the better, without our constant endeavor toward spiritual growth, we can never hope to fulfill our potential. And this is what the Creator expects of us. This”
― Michael Berg, The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment