It feels good to buy things because it fills our ego. We are made of egoistic desires to enjoy through acquiring, buying and receiving, and when we bring desirable things closer to ourselves in such ways, our egos enjoy for…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Where Has the World Come To?
There is a higher force in nature that controls the reality we live in, and no matter what efforts we make, we can do nothing outside of this force’s plan and control. We should thus try to understand the destination…
What Should We Pray For?
We just held our World Kabbalah Convention where thousands of students and friends gathered worldwide in person in several locations—from Australia to Ukraine, Georgia to Germany, and Argentina to Israel, among many others—and also virtually, to study, connect and delve…
What Is the Main Existential Threat to Israel?
The people of Israel can exist if they unite or at least have an inclination to unite, i.e., that they have a certain plan of how to realize their unity in the future. If there is no motion at all…
What’s the Best Feeling in the World?
There is no better feeling than the discovery of all people in the world as parts of our soul, with the positive force of nature dwelling between us. When we reach such a sensation, we feel in our mutual connection…
What is the meaning of the Tefilat HaDerech (Traveler’s Prayer)?
The meaning of the 𝑇𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ (Traveler’s Prayer or Wayfarer’s Prayer) is that we leave the place where we think we live, to another place and path. We do not know how long we will be on the road and…
How Do You Find a Soul Mate?
It depends on you and not on who you find. If you like someone as a person and see that they are serious and responsive, then it all depends on you. Try to treat them as gently as possible, and…
What Is Sin in One Sentence?
Sin is to think about yourself all the time, and not about others. #sin Based on KabTV’s “Blitz Of Kabbalah Tips” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on May 18, 2023. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Posted on…
What Are We Made Of?
Creation consists of two forces: bestowal and reception, plus and minus. These two forces exist in every person. By connecting the adducting and rejecting forces between us, we discover them more powerfully and clearly, and we can then use them…
What Do You Expect in 100 Years Based on What We Have and Are Now?
In 100 years, I hope that we become wiser and have new relations in human society that influence nature’s other levels—the animate, vegetative and still—which would calm down nature’s various influences over us. Many people think about the different kinds…
Is Suffering and Depression a Result of Bad past Life Karma?
In the wisdom of Kabbalah, we discuss Reshimot, which are records of the past or information about past actions that are engraved on our soul. Reshimot pressure us and determine our present and future. However, our behavior can change the…
Why Did the Orchestra Stay on the Titanic until the End?
Various accounts of togetherness and nobility during the time of the Titanic’s sinking show us how crises enable people to support and look out for each other. For instance, while the Titanic was sinking, its orchestra kept playing until the…