Humanity is constantly waiting for positive changes to come from the outside. We hope that governments, technologies, economic systems, or social reforms will improve our lives. But we see that no external change will solve our problems. We need to reach the realization that genuine improvement can take place only when we change ourselves. Then we will begin to perceive the world differently and shape reality according to a new inner attitude.
The world we experience today is a reflection of our egoistic nature. Egoism has completed its development and has shown us everything it is capable of producing. It has built our civilization, driven our progress, and created the reality in which we now live. Yet today we are discovering its limitations. It can no longer offer us a better future.
As egoism, the desire to enjoy for self-benefit at the expense of others, reaches the end of its development, it increasingly presses upon us. People feel emptiness, anxiety, fear, dissatisfaction, and helplessness. We see growing division, conflict, and alienation everywhere. Humanity has exhausted every stage of egoistic development. If we continue on the same path, there is nowhere left to go except greater confrontation and destruction.
This realization is necessary because it reveals that there are no more corrections to be made externally. The problem is not in the world itself but in the way we perceive and relate to it. Egoism has fulfilled its role by bringing us to a state of complete disappointment. It has shown us that we cannot continue living according to the same paradigm.
What comes next is a completely different methodology of development. Instead of trying to change the world directly, we must change ourselves. By correcting our own nature, we correct the world. This is the fundamental law of reality.
What does it mean to change ourselves? It means transforming our attitude to others and to life itself. We must move from an exploitative, manipulative, and egoistic relationship with the world to a kind, altruistic, and caring one. We must replace the desire to use others for our own benefit with the desire to connect, support, and contribute.
When this inner change occurs, we begin to see reality differently. The world itself appears transformed because we start perceiving the higher system that governs it. Through this new perception, we discover a reality that is far broader than the narrow picture revealed by our egoistic senses.
However, what pleasure will remain if we abandon egoistic fulfillment? The answer is that an entirely new kind of fulfillment opens before us. Through connection with others and harmony with nature’s integral system, we begin to attain eternity and perfection. We experience a level of existence that cannot be perceived through our limited egoistic vision.
This is what lies ahead of humanity. We are living at a unique moment in history when we need to change the source of our development. Our future will no longer depend on conquering and reshaping the external world. It will depend on our ability to transform ourselves. As we do, the world will change before our eyes.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on May 15, 2026. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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