The Egotist

"We are compelled to both escape from and find meaning in the emptiness stirring inside of us. Unfortunately, without a method to channel these frustrations, we will not find an escape." Have you ever asked yourself the famous question, "What is the meaning of my life?" Maybe you sensed the world as it appears in your senses is lacking something. A spiritual world that is blind to most people awaits you. The Egotist's author, Jesse Bogner, felt the same need to search for something beyond what he could see with his own eyes. His earth-shattering debut tracks his development from a hedonistic New Yorker whose only solace from suffering comes in the form of aesthetic pursuits, drugs and alcohol to a Kabbalist on a path to find the meaning of life. Holding a mirror to the nature of the world and to his own life, Bogner illuminates the world in a state of crisis in need of redemption. This book offers a glimpse into the misunderstood world of Kabbalah and how the collective plea of Kabbalists has the power to correct the egos of individuals and the world at large.

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The Egotist

"We are compelled to both escape from and find meaning in the emptiness stirring inside of us. Unfortunately, without a method to channel these frustrations, we will not find an escape." Have you ever asked yourself the famous question, "What is the meaning of my life?" Maybe you sensed the world as it appears in your senses is lacking something. A spiritual world that is blind to most people awaits you. The Egotist's author, Jesse Bogner, felt the same need to search for something beyond what he could see with his own eyes. His earth-shattering debut tracks his development from a hedonistic New Yorker whose only solace from suffering comes in the form of aesthetic pursuits, drugs and alcohol to a Kabbalist on a path to find the meaning of life. Holding a mirror to the nature of the world and to his own life, Bogner illuminates the world in a state of crisis in need of redemption. This book offers a glimpse into the misunderstood world of Kabbalah and how the collective plea of Kabbalists has the power to correct the egos of individuals and the world at large.

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Overview

"We are compelled to both escape from and find meaning in the emptiness stirring inside of us. Unfortunately, without a method to channel these frustrations, we will not find an escape." Have you ever asked yourself the famous question, "What is the meaning of my life?" Maybe you sensed the world as it appears in your senses is lacking something. A spiritual world that is blind to most people awaits you. The Egotist's author, Jesse Bogner, felt the same need to search for something beyond what he could see with his own eyes. His earth-shattering debut tracks his development from a hedonistic New Yorker whose only solace from suffering comes in the form of aesthetic pursuits, drugs and alcohol to a Kabbalist on a path to find the meaning of life. Holding a mirror to the nature of the world and to his own life, Bogner illuminates the world in a state of crisis in need of redemption. This book offers a glimpse into the misunderstood world of Kabbalah and how the collective plea of Kabbalists has the power to correct the egos of individuals and the world at large.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781897448984
Publisher: Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Publication date: 09/07/2014
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jesse Bogner is a twenty-six year old graduate of Bard College with a BA in Creative Writing, pursuing a degree in Education. A freelancer writer and screenwriter, he moved from New York City, where he was born and raised, to study Kabbalah in Israel under the Rav Michael Laitman.

Table of Contents

How The Light Finds Us 7

From Below Upwards 9

Reception to Bestowal 19

My Spiritual Development 27

Not a Religion 33

Post-Humanism 39

Attaining the Creator 49

The Origins of Spirituality 53

Baal HaSulam 61

The Correct Environment 67

Superiority: The Other Force that Propels Us 73

The Realization of Bestowal 81

The End of Empty Pleasures 91

Small Miraculous Changes 99

Israel: Straight to the Creator 105

Finding The Collective Ego 113

A Minor Revelation 121

Discernments 127

Strange Circumstances 131

Further Reading 143

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