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Throughout history there have been people, athletes such as Brumel or Yuri Vlasov, for example, who endured terrible injuries or illnesses and nevertheless rose again, overcoming what seemed to be an impossible fate. When such trials appear in a person’s life, it is not accidental. Everything that happens to a person ultimately enters the common treasury of the collective soul of humanity. Through their destiny, such individuals add something important to the development of all people.
What do they give humanity? They raise the level of what it means to be human. They show that a person can rise higher, come closer to the Creator—source quality of love, bestowal, and connection that created and sustains us—and reveal greater strength of spirit. It does not matter whether they themselves consciously think about the Creator or not, and I am not saying that they are saints. But through their lives they raise the bar for humanity and demonstrate new possibilities of the human spirit.
At the same time, I am not in favor of suffering itself. Some people believe that suffering by itself elevates a person, that one should seek it out or glorify it. This is incorrect. Suffering has meaning only under certain conditions. If we clearly understand that what we endures helps the correction or progress of others, i.e., if it eases someone else’s path, inspires them, or strengthens them, then such suffering can have value. However, if it exists only within our imagination, if it serves only our own egoistic sense of heroism, then it has no greater purpose.
When suffering becomes an example that encourages others, when it shows that a human being can endure and overcome, then it contributes something to humanity’s collective progress.
At the same time, I often speak about annulling oneself before fate and before what the Creator arranges. This does not mean blind submission or passivity. It means that we come to a reasonable agreement with the state that stands before us. Even when illness or hardship appears, we should say to ourselves, “This comes from the Creator, and it must have its place in my path.”
When we accept our state in such a way, something changes within us. Agreement brings inner tranquility. We stop fighting reality in a destructive way and instead accept what has been given to us as part of our destiny. This acceptance acts almost like an analgesic. It softens the pain because we no longer feel ourselves in opposition to what is happening.
This state is called annulment. It is the ability to agree with the Creator’s governance, to accept what comes with understanding rather than resistance, and I trust that we should apply ourselves in order to reach such a state.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on November 22, 2025. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.