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Title Page
PART I: - PITCHING THE PITCHFORK
CHAPTER ONE: - PLEASED TO MEET YOU
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
THE ORIGINS OF DOUBT
WHY IT WORKS THIS WAY
THE POWER OF DISBELIEF
IDENTITY CRISIS
CAUSE AND EFFECT
AT LONG LAST
WHAT’S IN A NAME
UNMASKING THE DEVIL
CHAPTER TWO: - ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE UNIVERSE
THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING
WHAT HAPPENED?
CHAPTER THREE: - THE MEANING OF LIFE
THE QUESTION
JONI MITCHELL AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
CREATING CONSCIOUSNESS
REPERCUSSIONS
TH E FIRST EFFECT
CHAPTER FOUR: - SATAN’S GIG
PAIN
FEELING THE POTENTIAL PAIN
THE STUNT DOUBLE, THE EGO
PROACTIVE PAIN VERSUS SUFFERING
CONSTANT AWARENESS
YOU THINK YOU’RE TOUGH
THE REAL PAIN-INDUCER
THE TWO FOLD PROBLEM
TAKING OWNERSHIP
JOB
CHAPTER FIVE: - FIGHTING BACK!
BEATING ME AT MY OWN GAME
DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE
CRUMBS ON THE FLOOR
A WORTHWHILE TRANSACTION
THE DEVIL INSIDE
CHAPTER SIX: - A GARDEN PARTY ATOM & EVE
A HOAX IN EDEN
ROAD TRIP
BIRTH OF HUMANITY
SECOND CHANCES
CHAPTER SEVEN: - YOU ARE BEING TESTED
TWO TYPES
THE CUP OF COFFEE
POP QUIZZES VERSUS TESTS
YOU WILL FAIL
CHAPTER EIGHT: - MEASURE FOR MEASURE
RAV AKIVA’S DAUGHTER
HE WHO JUDGES
THE BAKER AND THE BEGGAR
CHAPTER NINE: - THE REVELATION REVISITED
MOUNT SINAI
THE REAL STORY AND THE HIDDEN TEST
THE CHARADE
THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE GOD CURRENT
IT’S ONLY YOU
THE PRISCA THEOLOGIA: THE SECRET WISDOM
THE WAY OF SPIRITUAL WISDOM
THE TEN UTTERANCES
MY GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES
THE BELIEF GAME
KNOWLEDGE IS THE CONNECTION.
THE BLUEPRINT
PART II: - THE TESTS
CHAPTER TEN: - TEST NUMBER ONE CAN YOU TRUST IN YOUR
CONNECTION TO GOD (NO ...
FALSE IDOLS
THE SYSTEM AT WORK
CHAPTER ELEVEN: - TEST NUMBER TWO WHO KNOWS BEST?
(ANSWER: GOD DOES.)
KING DAVID
DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD
CHAPTER TWELVE: - TEST NUMBER THREE CAN YOU LEARN TO
WAIT (FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT)?
DIVINE INCUBATION
RAV SHIMON BAR YOCHAI
MY TACTICS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: - TEST NUMBER FOUR CAN YOU MANAGE
GOD’S MONEY? OR SHOULD I ...
TWO FRIENDS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: - TEST NUMBER FIVE ARE YOU WILLING TO
FIGHT FOR YOUR SOUL ...
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
EXCUSES, EXCUSES
THE YOUNG SCHOLAR
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: - TEST NUMBER SIX ARE YOU WILLING TO GO
ALL THE WAY? (GIVING ...
BECOMING GOD
ISAAC AND ABRAHAM
THE FOUR LEVELS OF DESIRE
THE APPLE THIEF AND THE SHOPKEEPER
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: - TEST NUMBER SEVEN CAN YOU KEEP THE
PEACE (WITH ME BREATHING ...
HUSBAND AND WIFE
GOING TO WAR FOR PEACE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: - TEST NUMBER EIGHT CAN YOU KEEP THE
LIGHT OF DESIRE ...
DESIRING THE “IMPOSSIBLE”
THE P WORD
HANNAH’S PRAYER
THE STUDENT AND THE THIEF
PRAYERS FOR MERCY
GOD WILL MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE
DESIRE IT LIKE YOU’RE ADDICTED TO IT
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: - TEST NUMBER NINE DO YOU KNOW WHEN
TO GIVE AND WHEN TO RECEIVE?
THE PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP
THE TEACHER/STUDENT RELATIONSHIP
FROM THE EYES OF THE CHILD
GOING FOR A WALK
PARTNER OF THE LIGHT
HERE I COME!
PART III: - THE END OF RELIGION
CHAPTER NINETEEN: - ABRAHAM’S LEGACY
SALVATION WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
THE MUSLIMS
THE CHRISTIANS
THE ISRAELITES
JIHAD, JEWISH EXTREMISTS, CRUSADERS
CHAPTER TWENTY: - YOUR ACE IN THE HOLE AGAINST RELIGION
THE ULTIMATE WEAPON
THE 72 NAMES
PART IV: - THE FINAL CHAPTER
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: - THE VAULT
THE KEYS
THE VAULT, THE KEY, AND THE TIMER
DETERMINING THE RATIO
ALL THE SWAG
THE TREASURES
THE TRADE
HOW GOD GIVES
THE PERCENTAGE GAME
WHAT DO THE TESTS MEAN RIGHT NOW?
2000 YEARS OF RECEIVING
THE FULFILLMENT EFFECT
THE MAGIC
THE VAULT, THE SUN, AND THE SECOND LAW OF
THERMODYNAMICS
NO FAVORS
FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: - HAPPY ENDINGS
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: - MY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
EPILOGUE:
MORE BOOKS THAT CAN HELP YOU BRING THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH
INTO YOUR LIFE
THE ZOHAR
THE KABBALAH CENTRE
Dedication
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PART I:
PITCHING THE PITCHFORK
CHAPTER ONE: PLEASED TO MEET YOU
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Satan writing an autobiography? Is this some kind of bad joke? Are you really
trying to tell me this is a book of nonfiction?
OK, OK. I know you’re suspicious, to say the least. And you have every right to
be. After all, as a child, you may have read tales of people selling their souls to
me, or, as a teenager, maybe you listened as the Rolling Stones described my
role at crucial moments in history—tipping the scales toward crucifixion, the
Holocaust, and all the unspeakable atrocities people perpetrate in my name.
More likely, you don’t even believe that I exist. After all, anonymity and
deception have been part of my strategy since the very beginning. Your disbelief
certainly works for me. If nothing else, it’s proof that I’ve been doing a good
job.
But what if I were to tell you that whatever you think of me—or don’t think of
me—you’re mistaken? Completely off the mark.
Just hear me out. The truth is that I’m very real, and very powerful, and you and
I are locked in a deadly struggle. What’s worse, I’m winning—that much I’m
sure you’ll acknowledge. Just take a look around. Under my influence, you’ve
turned this world into one hell of a mess.
But here’s what you don’t know. Although I’m your Opponent in this Game of
Description:Using the literary device of an as told to” autobiography, Yehuda Berg explains the true nature of The Adversary, or Ego. We learn that Satan is not really a devil, but the an opposing force that resides within all of us, manifesting as a recurrent voice of uncertainty and negativity, wreaking h
