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What exactly is the evil eye? How can we arrange for ourselves a “good eye”? What is the common mistake with regard to positive thinking, and what is its precise meaning?
Whether we like it or not, we live in one system. By nature, humanity is a closed, integral, and interconnected system. Countless threads of connection tie everyone together, which create absolute interdependence. These ties cannot be untied, cut off, or disconnected. Today’s world shows this extent of connection to us more and more. One movement that one individual makes in one part of the world affects everyone, whether we want it to or not. We are bound to one another in society, in the economy, in commerce, in culture, in education, in ecology, in health—in every possible way.
Some people invest a lot of energy searching for “who cast the evil eye” on them, seeking out someone responsible for their misfortunes. They try in every possible way to avoid harm, but the very state of “evil eye” is a constant condition for us all. As long as we do not wish good for others, it is considered as though we are casting the evil eye on them, and in turn on ourselves. Why? It is because what we radiate outward boomerangs back to us.
It is customary to think that this principle operates solely on external behavior, that if we smile or yell then others will smile or yell back to us. But in fact, life is much more complex, built on much deeper and more meaningful layers. Our thoughts, desires, hopes, and aspirations are projected from within us outward into the entire system, influencing it and returning to us. Every negative attitude directed from one person toward another, whether conscious or subconscious, immediately produces an evil eye. It is a harmful influence that flows through the connected system.
When we feel that we are in one system with everyone, it becomes clear that to ensure our own well-being, the best we can do is wish everyone well, and to do so all the time. Why? It is because the goodness we radiate outward will return to us from the system much more powerfully, and this will be considered as having created an influence of a “good eye.” Those are the workings within a closed system.
In the meantime, our lives are conducted in a completely individualistic way. People look at everything from a personal point of view, wishing good mainly for themselves. Such a gap between nature’s attitude toward us as one system and the egoistic attitude of humans toward each other and the environment is at the root of every problem we experience.
Add to this the fact that egoistic nature continually intensifies, while the world simultaneously reveals itself as ever more interconnected, and we have a sure recipe for collapse. However, precisely this point of crisis can turn into a point of birth, i.e., the birth of a new perception, a new human being—a new humanity.
The integral approach to education provides a detailed explanation and method to develop a “good eye.” The work is done in a small group framework of about ten participants. Together, those participants learn about human nature, the nature of the world, and the direction of integral development toward everyone’s connection and complementarity. At the same time, we conduct special connection exercises that gradually become second nature.
For example, each person tries to play the role of a kind person. They demand nothing from anyone, and if something is asked of them, they stand ready to help. Each participant makes themselves easy for everyone to be with, and they do not take up space, and are not felt as a burden to anyone. As a result of this common game, we begin to feel phenomena we previously had no sense to perceive.
In addition, we practice positive thinking. “Positive thinking” does not mean thinking positively about oneself, that the individual person is the one who is capable, successful, and warrants self-belief, as it is usually understood, but on the contrary, “positive thinking” means thinking positively about others. While positive thinking about one’s own self might temporarily improve the person’s mood a little, it nonetheless fails to correct what requires correction, which is the person’s attitude toward others. Therefore, in the long term, positive thinking solely about oneself does not even help the individual who exercises such thoughts.
Another exercise in the integral group setup is to simply give each other compliments. Each participant tells the others how special and successful they are, what wonderful qualities they have, and expresses gratitude for the privilege of being in the company of such fine and upstanding people. Even if we do not sincerely feel this way, we enter into the role of those who do. The goal of such an exercise is to act the “good eye” of love, like that of a mother toward her children. The more we do so, the more uplifted we feel. Accordingly, we help each other heal, building a kind of antivirus, a protective wall against negative influences.
In general, we can correct everything, i.e., shift everything from a negative and egoistic self-receptive direction to one that flows in an outward giving direction to others and nature, with the power of thought and imagination. We can bring ourselves to such a deep and positive connection that we exit ourselves and live within others, integrated in them up to the point of forgetting about our pains and troubling thoughts. Why is this true and real? It is because, by nature, we are connected like cells and organs in one body.
Therefore, if we try to treat one another kindly, above the appearance of all rejection and hatred, we will see how we attract a positive force into our lives. The more we strive in this together, the more we will feel that nature itself stands by our side, helping us rise. In our more advanced positive attitudes that we develop toward each other, good health, joy, and calmness will spread throughout the world, up to a point of absolute perfection and eternity.
Based on “New Life 89 – The Power of Thought, Part 2” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman, Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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