The Kabbalah Key to Solving Every Problem

Kabbalah is an ancient mystical teaching that centers on a systematic view of the universe called The Tree of Life. This "Tree" consists of ten universal powers that direct creation. According to Kabbalah, God accessed these powers in the design and creation of the universe, and passed these powers onto human beings to carry out the continuation of the vast creative project that is the universe. This means that you and I have within us the capacity to access these divine creative powers to direct our own destiny.

Following is a description of how to employ each of these powers to direct your destiny from any problem that you now face, into the solution that you want to be.

1. Crown: The crown is the symbol of the power of cause, a symbol of the power that comes down from above enabling a king or queen to rule. Your power to cause what will be is your power of intention. To cause the solution, begin by intending to do so. If you now struggle with debt, your intention might be to transform the amount of debt you have into savings, or to earn a regular income that enables you to easily work your way out of debt. If your problem is that you feel grief over a lost relationship, your intention may be to get through this loss with a positive attitude that keeps you open to learning and growing from this experience, and prepares you to receive an even more fulfilling relationship experience. If your problem is that your child refuses to perform in some area of life as you wish, your intention might be to recieve the wisdom of how best to deal with this situation. Whatever your problem, conceive of the outcome you desire and make it your intention to achieve that.

2. Wisdom: You have the guidance of wisdom accessible to you at all times. You need only avail yourself of it to follow its guidance. Every experience teaches you how to live. Simply open your mind to the lessons you have learned about life that you can apply to the present problem. If you tell yourself that you have no idea as to what to do, you block your wisdom. To open up the flow, simply ask yourself what you can do about this situation to advance from problem to solution. If you denigrate your wisdom by judging it as inadequate to solve your problem you block it once again. Trust your best idea for moving forward and take action in line with it. This will take you into a new lesson, which you can then apply to make further progress.

3. Understanding: You have the capacity to understand what is going on in any situation facing you. This sheds a light that reveals a way to deal with the situation in line with your intention. For instance, if you feel frustrated with your child's behavior, calmly consider why he might be behaving that way. Opening your mind with trust renders you receptive to the illumination that you seek. No one can give you understanding, because no matter what another tells you, unless you can see how it is true, you receive nothing but words. While the understanding you receive does not present you with total comprehension of every aspect and level of what is going on, it will give you enough to go on. So take time to calmly consider the cause of your problem and you will soon see at least one cause that you can do something about.

4. Mercy: Solving any problem requires some degree of mercy expressed by you. Mercy represents the quality of leniency, each, gentleness, acceptance, flexibility, trust. When it comes to problem solving, you need to be easy enough on yourself to remain trusting that the situation can work out, that you can indeed achieve what you intend to achieve. Don't permit the problem to weigh too heavily upon you. Relate to your challenge as a game, not as an emergency. Assume the attitude of play. If you take your situation too seriously, you block your creativity, operate from fear, and permit your challenge to depress you. When that happens, you diminish your capacity to overcome the challenge. Mercy gives you the attitude you need to rise above the challenge. When you rise above it, you gain the upper hand, and so handle the situation more effectively.

5. Justice: Avoid being too merciful, though. Mercy needs to be balanced by justice. Justice includes the qualities of necessary discipline and sacrifice. You have to place some sort of restraints upon yourself to overcome your problem. You have to exercise discipline in order to change what you do. Your problem is the result of what you have done. If you continue operating in the same way you continue creating and recreating the same problem. Discipline involves sacrifice. You have to give something up to receive something different. Consider what you have to give up in order to receive the change in your circumstances that you intend. For instance, if you feel anxious in the face of a possible job-loss, your intention would be to establish yourself in a secure income-generating situation. What do you need to give up for that to happen? It may be that you have to accept the loss of your current job, because that job is insecure. It may be that you have to give up the habitual indulgence in worry about the future, so that you can remain focused on doing all you can to create the future you intend. It may be that you have to sacrifice the indulgence of watching so much news in the evening that you program your mind to continue delivering the same troubling information to your subconscious. Justice represents the price you need to pay for what you want.

6. Beauty: Beauty represents the right balance between mercy and justice. It represents the power of balanced living. You achieve that point of balance when you live in appreciation of the beauty of this moment, the beauty of creation, the beauty of life as it is right now. Beauty gives you inspiration. Some rely so heavy on mercy, trusting that things will work out without them working to their full capacity, that they lose their balance and find it impossible to handle adversity or loss in a balanced, inspired way. Others rely so heavily on discipline that they feel depressed, oppressed, and angry in the face of opposition. They work so hard that they fail to let things work out well. All naturally conditions tend toward balance, harmony and beauty. When you work too hard, you actually work against this natural trend. To achieve the beautiful outcome that you intend, then, carefully measure how much leniency and how much rigor you employ, so that you can maintain your beautiful balance in the face of difficulty and opportunity.

7. Victory: Stay focused on victory, not on defeat. We can define victory as the achievement of that which you intend, the manifestation of the solution to your problem. Watch your mind to notice the instant you begin dwelling on thoughts that we can characterize as "negative what-ifs", like "what if things do not work out?" or "what if what I do to solve my problem does not work?" The moment you dwell on such a thought, you direct your creative energy to manifest defeat. Shift your focus to access the full power of your creative potential by considering the victory you intend. But don't spend too much time merely envisioning what you want. The instant you see your goal in your mind, go into wisdom to consider what you can do to manifest it. Focus on your victorious vision, and then go from vision to action. Action expresses the faith that you can achieve what you intend, and faith opens the door of opportunity.

8. Honor: Victory without honor, though, has no real value. Any level of accomplishment that is gain through corruption defeats itself in the end. Pursue an honorable path to victory. Practice integrity. This does not necessarily mean playing by the rules established by others. It means playing by the rules of your own conscience. Do what you believe is right. Examine your own conduct with self-honesty. Recognize when you are rationalizing away the message of your heart as a cover-up for wrongdoing. Be committed to providing excellence, to recognizing the flaws in your own performance and to doing your best to rectify them. Honor yourself and others by relating to all as sacred. Honor the sacredness of your life by living in gratitude. Make service your ultimate purpose. Think about how the solution to your problem can help you to serve others more fully. For instance, if your problem is a physical ailment, your solution would be a healthy condition that enables you to contribute more of your gifts for the benefit of others. Instead of worrying about what will happen if things get worse, focus on what you can do right now to serve others, and do it. The more you give, the more you receive.

9. Foundation: Your foundation is your inner strength, your power to endure, withstand, and persevere for as long as it takes to accomplish your intended objective. Give up any notion of time limits. Simply focus on doing what you can for what you want right now. Worrying about not having enough time is a waste of time. In the present moment, be as efficient as you can be for what you intend to achieve and you make time your ally. Live in the eternal, timeless now. Continue moving forward toward the objective you intend as long as you intend it. This makes you unstoppable, and that is really the point of solving your problem: it is not what you make of life, but what life makes of you that is what life is really all about. The deeper purpose of life is to transform the temporal you into the eternal you, to form and fashion you into your limitless potential. Your problems give you a means for accomplishing that ultimate intention for you.

10. Kingdom: Your kingdom is your power to be in charge of what you do. It represents your freedom of choice. You can work for what you intend or you can give up and live in fear. You can pursue dishonorable paths or honorable paths. You can live in balance or imbalance. You can open your mind to wisdom and understanding or close it. The choice is yours. You don't need methods or techniques to solve any problem. You need only to make the choice to solve it and to function in line with what you intend to accomplish. The basic choice that gives you control is the choice to be aware. Choose to be aware in this moment of what you are up to. Pay attention in the present moment to keep yourself on track. Choose to use your powers of intention, wisdom, understanding, mercy, justice, beauty, victory, honor and foundation to manifest the solution of your problem.

By consistently employing these ten powers in your life, doing so becomes more and more automatic. Instead of reacting fearfully against what you do not want, you act consistently for what you do want. You gradually liberate yourself from unconscious, negative choice-making and transform into a more positive creative being... and that is your ultimate solution.