There is an old cliche: When the student is ready the teacher appears.
I had traveled the world many times over, performed in soccer stadiums, appeared in films, dined with the state leaders, collaborated with great artists and achieved what most people would view as a high level of success but I still felt like something was missing from my life.
I was pregnant with my daughter, almost 14 years ago and I had just finished the film Evita and I realized I had spent my whole life worrying about myself and that I would soon be responsible for someone else’s life.
I was raised a Catholic and my father was very religious but none of my questions were ever really got answered when it came to trying to understand why people suffered in the world or what the meaning of life was all about.
And I suddenly thought, “What will I teach my child about the important things in life?”
I was practicing yoga for years and studying Sanskrit. I had read many books by the great Yogi Masters and Indian Avatars. I studied Buddhism and the teachings of Dali Lama. I studied Taoism and the Art of War.
I read about the Gnostics and the early Christians.
I learned a lot and I was very inspired but I still could not connect the dots and find a way to take this knowledge and apply it to my daily life.
I was looking for an answer.
I went to a dinner party in L.A.
A woman sitting next to me was telling me about a class she was taking from Rabbi.
She said it was so inspiring and that I should come along. I asked her what it was about.
She said “Life”.
I asked her what it was called.
She said “Kabbalah”.
I told her I wasn’t Jewish and she said: “What difference does it make what its called and what religious upbringing you have had if you are inspired?”
She had a point.
So I went to the class and sat in the back and I listened to a man named Eitan teach the class.
I heard what he had to say and I knew at this moment my life would never be the same.
I began to go to the classes regularly and sit in the class with my notebook. No one bothered me. I Took notes.
I met with Eitan privately and asked a lot of questions. The thing that was encouraged the most was to enquire further.
All the questions I had about life began to be answered and I realized I had finally found a “belief system” or a philosophy that incorporated Science and Spirituality.
I was learning about Physics, Astronomy, Nature and the laws of Cause and Effect.
All the puzzle pieces started falling into place.
Life no longer seemed like a series of Random events. I started to see patterns in life. I woke up. I began to be conscious of my words and my actions and to really see results of them.
I also began to see that being Rich and Famous wasn’t going to bring me lasting fulfillment and that it was not the end of the journey.
That it was the beginning of of the journey.
I have been studying with Eitan consistently since that first class and it was only a matter of time before I met Michael Berg, whose father Rav Berg, comes from a long line of Kabbalists and was the teacher of Eitan.
Michael Berg is a very unique human being. He might be the smartest person I know.
At first he seemed quiet and shy, conservative and even perhaps a bit naive. But ask him a question on any subject and you will find yourself swimming in an ocean of information.
Its astounding what he knows and what he has accomplished at such a young age. The fact that he translated 22 volumes of the Zohar from Aramaic into Hebrew and English is remarkable.
The funny thing about Michael is that he is as comfortable and knowledgeable about discussing the teachings of the Ari as he is of discussing his favorite Seinfeld episode.
He knows more about Pop Culture and what’s going on in the world then anyone I know and yet his desire to really affect change in the world and compassion he feels for people who are suffering is unparalleled.
When Michael gets up to tell a story in front of a room full of people there is never a dry eye in the house including his own.
I am lucky to call him my friend.
He has a child with Down Syndrome and it is perhaps because of this that he feels the need to come to the rescue of children who are living in challenging situations or abject poverty.
We were both looking for a project to do with children and low and behold a Malawian woman appeared and told us about the plight of over 1 million children orphaned by AIDS in a small land locked country in Africa.
Before we knew it we were visiting Malawi and that was the birth of our foundation Raising Malawi.
Of course now that I know what I know, I realize that this did not happen by chance.
Once again the students were ready and the teacher appeared. In this case the children of Malawi are the teachers.
They have taught me so much. And they continue to teach me.
As do Michael and Eitan.
Madonna
Madonna - Celebration 
Madonna - Celebration
Madonna - Celebration
Madonna - Celebration
Madonna - Celebration 
I Am Because We Are 
Sticky & Sweet 
Filth and Wisdom 
I Am Because We Are 
Miles Away 
Sticky & Sweet 
Madonna Confessions 
Madonna 2009 
Give It 2 Me 
Give It 2 Me 
Hard Candy 
Hard Candy 
4 Minutes 
4 Minutes
In other words she reminds us again that fame and fortune may be the means but they are certainly not the end. I think she knew that since day one. You can read that in the lyrics to Holliday. However, she became more conscious of it 14 years ago. Underneath the driven material girl, there is a person who wants to give (to change the world for better).
Eitan has a gift – he seems to be able to read minds – at least mine!
The best thing he ever said (IMO only!) was “what is the most powerful force in the universe? – Answer – Consciousness” – yes, yes, yes
This lead me to finding out that the universe is indeed ‘made of’ intelligence. This is not magic or religion – its math, philosophy, physics.
The basic building blocks of atoms and energy is data – information – 1s and 0s – plus mathematical truths and logic. THAT’S IT. I know how it does it too.
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Madonna? Wonderful person who is able to draws energy and lives on a mental, spiritual plane – like no other.
Bill
Amazing words Bill…tanks for sharing!
She´s simply an amazing human being…I love her, and Im soo happy beacuse I´m a Kabbalah student too…and it change my life and my point of view about everything…thanks to M!
with all her mistakes that some people here enjoy judging, i just hope one day my friends would talk about me in this way…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8QrjwsZIUE&feature=related
Thank you for this video!
Yes… You have reason in what you have said!
Of the way that I see it, our purpose in this life is to combine the good and the bad natures inside of us in such a way that each part can to help the other part to lift us whole spiritually and to attain the proper balance! All our good or/and bad qualities and all the experiences of our lives, all unites together to raise us to Upper Worlds!
Thanks madonna for teaching us this ancient wisdom, i’ve learned with kabbalah, my life has changed since i began to study this philosophy, thanks madonna, michael and yehudaa berg for change my life!!
Yes, me too!…I agree with you. God bless her.
I liked to read this text! It’s interesting! After of read it, I have two questions:
What does Madonna teach to her children that are the important things in the life?
Being Rich and Famous is the beginning of the journey for arriving to…?
I’m not confused. Am I the one bashing her at a fansite? I just enjoy her music and her performances. Seems to me that some people here are being critical for the sake of it. Nothing new in this article but also nothing new coming from you.
I don’t care what Madonna does when she’s at home. I’m not interested in her private life. I just care for Madonna the performer, the entertainer and the influence she’s had on pop culture. I don’t cultivate Madonna as a person, because she’s a human being also. Yes, maybe she’s an egoist, maybe she’s a bitch but who are we too judge? Are we a part of Madonna’s inner circle? If you don’t like the girl you’ve made your point by now..
Fuck off ya;b Stupid moronic daughter of the bitch
You act like you know her personaly! Who are you to judge? People are allowed to make mistakes. What have you learned?(besides bashing Madonna) Don’t confuse the Madonna on stage with the one at home.
What have she learned from 10+ abortions ?
Your ignorant brain needs to be aborted…
Mike you should be more upset about her killing so many little lives instead worrying about me.
if she had 10+ abortions, she couldnt get pregnant
You spend too much time reading the tabloids if you believe that stupidity.
Lovemo…I think that is exactly what you are doing. You are confusing the Madonna on stage and the one at home. The Madonna at home is a neurotic self-centered egotistical sexually loose woman. We are beginning to see the real Madonna via her brother, former employees, and lovers. They are saying ‘fuck this shit, i don’t care if i get sued, if she can use me for her benefit, then so can i…i need to tell the truth about this bitch’.
She definitely has not learned a damn thing!
Usually you learn from your “mistakes” and don’t repeat them. She is using the same formula for life that server her in the past. She may say she has learned and evolved, but the truth is she has had a winning formula for her life, so why change it? She gets what she wants at all costs. All costs whether personally, spiritually, or morally! She is the bottom line in her world!
it’s funny you should criticize madonna for being egotistical when it takes a pretty large ego for someone (you) to criticize another without knowing them personally.
at least madonna is honest about her ego.
Having countless abortions and then you adopt two kids ..
what’s yer point? if you think women who have abortions are incapable of being good mothers then you know nothing about good parenting.
remidelino, you are so right! What I ask myself is: what are such stupid-thinking persons like the ones above with their so negative comments doing here on this page? C´mon people, talk about the real things that make Madonna Madonna. She is and will be ever the best thing on earth! MADONNA GO ON- YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY! I LOVE YOU!!!!!
There is nothing new in this article that we haven’t heard her say before. Plus it seems a bit disjointed, not a very good transition from topics.
The one statement where she says she started to see the patterns in her life and that she woke up. That is BS! She keeps making the same patterned “mistakes” in her life over and over. And repeating the same nonsense in her romantic relationships and personal relationships. She hasn’t learned squat and she hasn’t woken up a bit! The only thing she has learned is that she can use her Richness and Fame and control her spiritual side with it for her benefit.
this kind of seems like it’s an english translation of the hebrew text, haha. i want madonna’s original text.