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Second Life -- June 15, 2008. The ARI Online Kabbalah Center presented its fourth discourse in a series of ongoing introductory lectures, entitled, The Perception of Reality. The ARI Kabbalah Band performed a prelude to the lecture reminding the audience that music can be a surrealistic experience.
There was no need to close ones eyes to hear the trickling of water through a mountainous stream, or the sound of thunder walking the skies as a storm rolls away, or the rise and fall of a baby’s breath sleeping in her crib. There was some unnamable quality, of some emotion, that seemed just out of reach as the Kabbalistic pieces played, and, at the same time seemed to envelope the crowd, shrouding the senses in a peaceful cocoon. The five man band included guitarist, Shlomo Oh (Gene Shklover), keyboardist, Eddyjai Ryba (Edward Rodgers), violinist, Iblesq Alter (Boris Iomdin), bassoonist, Geoffrey Gloster (Geoffrey Best) and percussionist, Gene Galicia (Gene Gussman). The lofty music was an appropriate accompaniment to the engaging lecture which examined mankind’s perception of reality and the Kabbalistic path to spirituality. The five man band opened the stage for lecturer and Kabbalist, SunTzu Rikugun (Rob Taylor).
As explained by SunTzu, reality is divided into two parts: the self and what one perceives outside of oneself. The surrounding reality is attainable through the acquisition of a sixth sense. The operation of this sense is the method of achieving “adhesion” with the Creator, which according to Rikugun’s is man’s purpose in life.
SunTzu described Kabbalah as a science in which the student becomes his own experiment. Mastering a new sense that is able to perceive the true surrounding reality is a new experience for a person. This experience gradually elevates one to higher levels of attainment, which in turn, causes a person to research his own self along his path of discovery. What is the journey? What is the discovery? What is this insatiable quest in our lives, and the subsequent surge of interest and study of the ancient Kabbalah? According to Rikugun, it is the desire to understand the Upper Forces, and attainment, degree by degree, that brings us to “equality of form” with the Creator. Simply put, Kabbalah is the path to the Creator.
The riveting lecture and Kabbalistic performance was attended by over twenty people with the lecture hall being filled to near capacity.
ARI Online Group has open enrollment and conducts ongoing free lectures including question and answer sessions as well as concerts. The group’s next lecture is scheduled for June 30, 2008 at 6:00 PM, SL time.
For information about Kabbalah or to join the ARI Online Kabbalah Group, please IM Iblesq Alter or email:
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