Eventually, we come to ask a very simple question: Where are we headed, and for what purpose?
Throughout life, we are constantly moving. We want to achieve something, change something, reach a new state, improve our circumstances, or escape what we currently feel. We believe that somewhere ahead there is a state that will finally satisfy us.
So we run.
As long as we believe that the answer is somewhere ahead of us, we continue searching. This search itself keeps us moving. But eventually, after many attempts, we begin to discover that there is actually nowhere to run.
Then something changes. We stop. This does not mean falling into depression, becoming indifferent, or losing interest in life. It means discovering that no external movement can replace inner tranquility. We no longer feel compelled to constantly change our state in order to find fulfillment.
After all, what is movement? Movement is the desire to change our state.
If we are dissatisfied with where we are in life, then we want to move somewhere else, whether physically, emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually. We imagine that another state will be better than our current one.
However, we realize peace in our lives when we no longer demand that our state change according to our egoistic expectations. We then accept what comes to us and try to annul our ego before the general system of nature that we exist in. This annulment is not passivity, but it is rather the highest movement a person can make.
Ordinarily, we measure movement according to how much we change the world around us. We want to rearrange circumstances, people, and events until reality corresponds to what we think it should be. Spiritual movement is the opposite. Instead of demanding that reality change for us, we ourselves change our relationship toward the One who sends us reality.
Then we can reach both inner and outer peace.
The ego continually tells us: “Move. Change something. Find something better. Run somewhere else.” But eventually, we begin to understand that the real destination is not somewhere else. It is in our attitude toward what exists now.
This is the wisdom that can emerge from all our running: to discover that the greatest advancement is not necessarily another external achievement or another change of circumstances. The highest movement is to annul my ego before the general system of nature and accept its governance over us.
Then we no longer run away from our present state or chase another one.
We arrive at peace. Moreover, in such peace, by making room for nature rather than the demands of my ego, I begin to bring the positive force dwelling in nature into the world.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on May 29, 2026. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.