Reversal and no-Time: On the Stages of Mental Imagry

An imagery exercise should not take more than half a minute. It must take place in the space which physicists call "the no-time-zone," and it is best when the exercise is as short as possible, taking almost "no time." This "no-time" leaves you with no time to think; thinking takes time. This is the reason an exercise has to be so short, in order to surprise the patient, and in every surprise, there is some slight shock, that causes a slight stress and all the body’s systems mobilize to combat the stress and here the healing begins. The technique of mental exercises has been in use ever since the Biblical period. This technique was later called "Jewish Meditation" or "Kabbalah Meditation." This had been used hundreds of years in Spain in the Middle Ages. This brings back movements to parts of the body which are immobile. It also seeks to bring order to whatever lacks order within. The hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt, a language of pictures and imagery, served the Egyptians instead of words. People started to use imagery before they started to speak. Within us, in our core, we have the “all knowing part” which accesses truth. Through imagery practice, we may gain answers to all our questions, from this inner core. This process is simple and short, but extremely precise, operating in a space which occupies almost no-time, which means "no-death." This "no-time" does not permit one to think, only to see the image.The purpose of this book is to instruct people to cure themselves by themselves, based on the principle of “reversal,” which means reversal of pain or difficulty into health and joy, followed by reversal of the associated image, which is also the Kabbalistic way to make repentance.In the Biblical period, the use of a mirror for prophecy was very widespread. Again this mirror was an inner one, sometimes replaced by a sea, river or well – objects that are used in many of the imagery exercises. King David, the psalmist of all times, the composer of the most significant book of healing, used also music to calm the mind and bring relief to the soul. Some of his psalms turned into a form of imagery practice in this book.Many of the exercises are based on the ethics and moral teachings of the scholars and sages, and on the generations-old mystical kabbalah of Safed (a town in the upper Galilee). The exercises in this book are organized in a readable form, with the addition of quotations and notes from the Bible, includes the Psalms and the books of the Prophets. Explanations are taken from the Jewish commentators on the Bible, particularly kabbalist sources. I used my own discoveries and analyses of this traditional knowledge to indicate the sources from where the exercises had been developed.Colette Aboulker-Muscat would say, "The essence of life is to live every instant." This saying based on the verse in Leviticus (18:5), "You shall keep My laws and My rules, by the pursuit of which man shall live, I am the Lord." Read more