Based on the amazing amount of destruction of the mind that seems to come along with learning Jewish mystics (mainly in the area of delusions of vast knowledge and self assumed holiness and pride) and based on the problem that the Zohar was not presented accurately, but put into writing as being from R. Shimon ben Yochai, I wonder if perhaps it would be a good idea just to delete everything based on that from the Jewish canon of books that relate to the concept of "learning Torah."
Compromise and tolerance seems in the end to bring to acceptance and to me it seems that most of this mystic stuff brings to terrible things.
[Still there are some people I have much respect for like the Ari and Reb Nachman. Still the thing to do is simply to learn them on the side for those people that feel a need but not as part of the program of learning Torah]
The point is if one wants to accept on himself the yoke of Torah it is important to know what counts as legitimate torah
Compromise and tolerance seems in the end to bring to acceptance and to me it seems that most of this mystic stuff brings to terrible things.
[Still there are some people I have much respect for like the Ari and Reb Nachman. Still the thing to do is simply to learn them on the side for those people that feel a need but not as part of the program of learning Torah]
The point is if one wants to accept on himself the yoke of Torah it is important to know what counts as legitimate torah
