Seeing God: Ten Life-Changing Lessons of the Kabbalah

I just finished Seeing God last week and was thoroughly impacted by the book. I kind of approached "Seeing God" as a rich chocolate cake, one that to appreciate you need to take little bites over a long period of time, lest you not taste every flavor or get overfull. Little by little I would read the book, sometimes only one page, sometimes I repeated chapters (I think I did this with Netzah & Hod, which was a bit hard for me to wrap myself around at first). Over time, I could feel the blindfold being removed from my eyes as I realized that I have been seeing God all along. There God was, right in front of me the whole time!!! It is almost ludicrous how hard I was looking & couldn't see until I read Seeing God!I plan to read it again and again. Great gift, I bought it for all my friends and family.

This was one of the few books that I've read that I hated to finish, rather like these last few days of spring we have in Texas- you want to hang on and enjoy every minute.Rabbi Aaron has a way of provoking deep thought through a style that is lighthearted, amusing and easy to read. Torah characters come to life, and make sense to the contemporary mind. The book is heartwarming and elicits many ah-ha! experiences. He explains why the Kabbalah was viewed as off-limits for an ordinary Jew, and offers a bridge to it, with insights for use in our every-day lives.One chapter I will read to my art students, so that they might realize the state of mind that is most fertile for creative thinking. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to share in the light of the Kabbalah.

David Aaron's book in an important step upon the path to enlightenment and awareness. The spiritual exercises that he suggests are most helpful. If you work them through, the book can bring you to new heights of Divine awareness in your life. Like no other book, Seeing God brings it home that the world we inhabit is largely one of our own perception and creation. It is suprememely empowering. Definitely worth a read...but more importantly, go through the exercises, don't just skim over them.

This extra-ordinary book speaks to the mind and the heart. Although written by a rabbi, it has universal appeal. As someone who grew up in a Catholic home with a Systine Chapel image of God as Zeus, I very much appreciate Rabbi Aaron's idea of "getting rid of God" in order to finally see the "real" God. I also appreciate, Rabbi Aaron's "user-friendly" presentation of deep Kabbalistic ideas like the Ten Sefirot -- the channels of energy through which we see God in the world. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve not only his or her undersatnding of God, but also his or her spiritual connection to the Endless One.

This book is so profound and yet so practical. It really opened my eyes to a more sophisticated understanding of God. Rabbi Aaron makes the Kabbalah come alive. These lessons are priceless jems! I recommend this book to anyone seeking a closer relationship with God, Jew and non-Jew alike.