A selection of writings, essays, poems, stories, teaching situations and exercises for the purpose of developing kinesthetic intelligence and exploring the philosophy, theory and intention of the practice of the BodySpeak™ method of training. “Move freely, but with full attention, as you make your way into the multi-layers of this marvelous book. Spend time with it, study the illustrations, read and re-read key phrases until they reveal their deeper message. Above all, do the exercises. Do them many times, alone or with others. And if you are lucky, you will one day find yourself, as I did, enjoying the fruits of Samuel’s teaching and perhaps planting a few seeds of your own… Samuel Avital is an artist of conscious life, conscious theater and cosmic laughter. When the madness of the world starts to get me down, I am lifted by the knowledge that men like Samuel exist. He remains unique, elusive, profound, demanding, dedicated, theatrical, passionate, and one of the most vibrant teachers I have encountered.” From the Foreword by Mark Olsen

The BodySpeak Manual: Moving Body and Mind: Collection of Writings and Exercises for Developing Kinesthetic Intelligence

Religion & Spirituality

Avital, Samuel

New Age & Spirituality

Le Centre du Silence

These meditations and articles were collected from various writings, as well as public and private talks, by Samuel Ben-Or Avital, and formed into a manuscript in 1982 for private publication. The manual was created for a few students who needed to learn Hebrew in a certain way so that they would have access to reading some Kabbalistic sources in Hebrew. A few instructions for the proper Sephardic pronunciation of the Hebrew Letters were added. It is with great festivity that we announce this first public edition of The Invisible Stairway. This book is a proposition to study, partly, the spiritual and cosmic essential codes of the Hebrew letters in a certain way, simple and direct. It is also meant to assist the student in reading the Biblical Hebrew TORAH properly, and not just in its distorted translations. It will open a gateway to really know what the Torah has concealed within its historic and spiritual simplicity. Courage to you who dare to learn and earn the unique way of a new understanding of the great universe and realities we live in at “these times.” “This book is not a scholarly book; it is not a book 'to read.' “It is up to you to find out how to 'eat' it. “In the midst of Fame, keep me hidden.” – Samuel Ben-Or Avital "Samuel Ben-Or Avital is 'the hidden Kabbalist of Boulder'." – Rabbi Zalman Meshullam Schachter-Shalomi, Boulder, Colorado. "The letters are words like bodies, meanings are like soul; A letter, a word not opened, is like a dream not interpreted. Words without thoughts are like a foot without muscle." – Commentary on Exodus 20.1, Moshe Ben Ezra, Spanish Jewish Philosopher, c. 1055-1135 “We are all, without exception, crazy. The saving grace of Avital's craziness is that it is concerned with his own spirituality. This concern has consumed every day of his life, and however myopic it may appear to some, it is the matrix and meaning of Avital, the man and the artist." – Paul J. Curtis, Director The American Mime Theatre, New York, 1965. "If you seek some truth or direction in life or art, stay close to Samuel for he might just then crawl out of his shell and give you of his soul." – Moni Yakim Juilliard School, Movement Division, New York "The letters are words like bodies, meanings are like soul; A letter, a word not opened, is like a dream not interpreted. Words without thoughts are like a foot without muscle." – Commentary on Exodus 20.1, Moshe Ben Ezra, Spanish Jewish Philosopher, c. 1055-1135

The Invisible Stairway: Kabbalistic Meditations on The Hebrew Letters

Judaism

This book is a caravan of visions, dreams, words, poems, events, reflections, exercises, memories, lamentations, consolations and observations. If takes us on the artistic and mystical life journey: From here to there, from the binding ego to the true free self, from the infinite to the finite, from inspiration to action - From Ecstasy to Lunch, and back again. This book, by kabbalist and master mime Samuel Ben-Or Avital, takes us on a journey through the "Center of Silence and Stillness", the "Hidden Obvious", and the state of Conscious Innocence." Through the journey we learn to balance the constant paradox of the world of duality and apparent separation. We find balance in the wild pendulum of life experiences. We discover that there are many petals, but only one rose, that the essence of us is in fact one and we can always return to it."Samuel Avital is an artist of conscious life, conscious theatre and cosmic laughter. When the madness of the world starts to get me down, I am lifted by the knowledge that men like Samuel exist. He remains unique, elusive, profound, demanding, dedicated, theatrical, passionate, and one of the most vibrant teachers I have encountered." - Mark Olsen, Juilliard Theater Professor

From Ecstasy to Lunch

This Kabbalistic Haggadah takes us on the experiential journey of the Passover celebration. It is a tool for self-liberation. It unites the “old” and new “together”, following the traditional Passover story, while allowing each of us to explore our own inner slavery, and also the re-discovery of your liberation and your place in the “center and source of life.” It is a journey that is both universal and personal at once. This beautiful Haggadah incorporates images and verses from Haggadah’s ancient and new, uniting past and present, in the journey of freedom and realization of our true source of being.\nIn it, we experience the “desert” through which our ancestors passed, with many stations of self-transformation, on their way toward the “promised land,” under Moses’s genius leadership. The book follows 5 distinct phases: THE SLAVE PLACE THE PLACE OF BEING SUMMONED TO LIBERATION THE PHARAOH PLACE THE PLACE OF CHOICE THE PLACE OF LIBERATION As you follow the Haggadah, may you be inspired to leave your heart open to the "wind within" and the "waters of wisdom" and the "Light of the Tree of Life".

The Passover Haggadah

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The BodySpeak Manual: Moving Body and Mind: Collection of Writings and Exercises for Developing Kinesthetic Intelligence

The Invisible Stairway: Kabbalistic Meditations on The Hebrew Letters

From Ecstasy to Lunch

The Passover Haggadah