For many decades, we have been taught that evolution is random, that mutations just happen and the ones that contribute most to the survival of the species remain while the others disappear. But science is gradually accepting that evolution is…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Killing ISIS’ Leader Will Solve Nothing
On Thursday, February 3, a US counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. Al-Quraishi had led the group since the death of its founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in another US raid in…
How can someone find a sense of meaning from suffering?
When we—by our actions, by our way of life—will cause such suffering that we will be unable to turn away from it, it will make us think about the meaning of the suffering, or in other words, about the meaning…
No Amnesty for Israel Until There’s Amnesty Among Us
Just recently, Amnesty International fired a quiver of poisonous arrows at Israel. One may ask, what is new? A new report by the international NGO accuses Israel of being an apartheid state not only in terms of its policies in…
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What is love?
Love is our most exalted connection with everything outside of us, which harmonizes us with nature and its laws. Love is a means to become like nature, which is a quality of love, bestowal and connection. It exists outside of…
Another Perspective on Whoopi Goldberg’s “The View” Comment
Earlier this week, actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg, who co-hosts the show “The View” said on the show, “The Holocaust isn’t about race,” but about “man’s inhumanity to man.” The backlash soon followed and ABC, which produces the show, suspended…
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How do societies change, and what are the major forces of change?
Our nature is to enjoy, to receive pleasure, and our desire to enjoy constantly grows. As a result of its development, it demands new and different fulfillment time and again. Likewise, the more the desire to enjoy grows, the more…
Love Means Friendship and Concessions
In old movies and in many Disney films, there is a classic format for a love story: A beautiful young princess is in trouble, usually taken captive by a villain, a brave knight comes to her rescue, she falls madly…
The World’s Misconception about Jews, and the Jews’ Misconception about Antisemitism
Not long ago, The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Conrad Myrland, CEO of a pro-Israel group in Norway. In the column, Myrland referenced a survey by the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority, which stated that “32% of Norwegians…
Is pride evil?
Pride is a key expression of our egoistic nature, where we want to feel that we are above other people. Pride is given to us in order to realize the extent to which we are indeed egoistic, that we think…
Respect the Venom
Many toxic events have been happening in the world recently: Extreme weather events, intensifying political tensions, soaring inflation, revolutions and coups, not to mention new strains every other day. As countries fall apart and nations implode, relationships that were the…
Why are the Olympics used as a political stage?
We have no need for the Olympic Games anymore because they have become a place where we pit man against man and country against country. They are no longer games of connection, but competition has become like war. This is…