Jewish meditation is a set of meditation techniques practiced by the Jewish people ever since the Tannaic times. It includes contemplation through visualization, prayer and other forms of spiritual practices for attaining wisdom and spiritual enlightenment.
There are a wide variety of meditation approaches which cater to your goal, your emotional makeup and the effects you want to achieve through regular practice.
History Of Jewish Meditation
This meditation is truly ancient and the earliest esoteric texts on the subject are from 70-200 CE from what is called the Tannaic period, which lasted approximately 130 years.
The people of those times who practiced meditation in its initial form were seeking spiritual soul …show more content…
It first emerged around the 11th century and it's present until today.
The founder of the "Prophetic Kabbalah" school was Abraham Abulafia. He wrote several Jewish meditation books that were focusing on the Hebrew letters and words that would allow for deep states of trance and ecstasy.
Maybe the best known person here was Rabbi Isaac Luria, who is considered the father of the modern Kabbalah. His teachings of Kabbalah are known under the name of Lurianic Kabbalah.Jewish meditation today
Nowadays this meditation is practiced all over the world by devout Jewish mystics and people interested in mysticism in general. It is used to expand awareness, to increase happiness as well as holiness.
It is the path to break down the intellectual defenses that so many people have learned to live with throughout their lives.
It can tranform Judaism, that so many people call an intellectual process, to something that really touches the soul and elevates it to spiritual