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Why do some people feel regret at the end of their lives, while others insist we should just enjoy life and fulfill every desire? There are many stories about men who live quiet and grim lives. They seem cold and distant, never uttering a kind word even to their closest ones. Yet, on their deathbeds, they suddenly turn to their wives and say, “I love you.” Why does this happen? It is because, before death, we begin to sense something from the world of truth.
At that moment, not only is the future illuminated, but we become freed from the past egoism. What is death, after all? First of all, it is the death of our egoism. Whether we gain something afterward is another question, but at that moment we cross a boundary from caring only about ourselves to stepping into a completely different space. There, we discover a small truth. Small, yes, but it is from there that a new world begins to open.
That final “I love you” is not romantic. It is not the love that we are used to, where we are love one moment and then forget about it in the next. It is the realization that until now, we have not loved at all, and now we feel what it truly means to love. In that moment, we realize that we lived for ourselves, that we loved only ourselves. In that final confession, cry, or prayer, we see that our entire life in egoism was essentially wrong.
Of course, there are others who say the opposite before their last breath: “Drink, smoke, have fun, take everything you can from life. Fulfill your desires!” I have heard it. This too is truth, but the other side of it. Both revelations come from our encounter with reality at the end of life.
So what is truly behind the words “I love you”? It depends on who says it. But in its true sense, “I love you” means that I want to feel as though I have no self of my own, that my existence is only to fill you and rejoice in your fulfillment.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on August 4, 2025. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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