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The cause of stress in our lives is egoism, the desire to enjoy at the expense of others, and our egoistic paradigm that encourages us to engage in individualistic-materialistic competition with one another.
It is true that we have a competitive nature and that competition exists in order to develop us, but the difference between competition that leads to increasing problems such as stress, hatred, and pressure, and competition that develops us in a positive direction is the goal for which we compete.
We do not need competition based on egoistic goals, which encourage the expansion of increasing individualism and materialism. That is the kind of competition that brings about more stress, hatred, and pressure in our lives.
How, then, would we define the goal that brings about social progress?
It is where we want to develop and understand that a “war of minds” begets wisdom. Kabbalistic sources describe this as “the envy of authors begets wisdom.” Instead of chasing after transient egoistic goals for more money, respect, and power, we would be wiser to learn how nature governs us and how we can enter into interaction with nature to attain the meaning of life. By doing so, we would engage solely in actions that are beneficial for everyone, and we would also bring about no harm to anyone. We would then reach a life where we all feel ourselves similar to the aristocrats of about a thousand years ago, where we need nothing from anyone, exploit no one, and all live comfortably.
Based on “New Life” episode 1,251 with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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