We humans differ from animals in that in addition to desires for food, sex, shelter and procreation, we also have so-called social desires for wealth, power and knowledge, which we can satisfy at the expense of the surrounding society. These…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
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An equal standard of living means no group or nation has more or less than they need, considering each nation’s habits, lifestyle and needs. Equality is not about numbers or statistics but about everyone feeling they are at a level…
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You can study the Torah, but for the Torah to teach you, you need to feel a little like a sinner. That is why the Torah is given. We do not need the Torah for knowledge. We should feel like…
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We are made of a desire to enjoy with an intention for self-benefit alone. Such a desire with an intention aimed at self-fulfillment defines our egoistic nature. Although we have combinations of certain qualities in each of our desires, they…
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An ideal society is one where its members have developed an attitude to life that prioritizes benefiting others, society and nature over self-benefit, and where positive connections continually blossom among all of its members. Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) describes such connections…
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“Tehillim,” referring to the Psalms of David, was recently ranked as one of the top 5 searched words on the Internet in Israel. Indeed, when people feel anxious and bad in general, they often turn to the Psalms of David.…
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I am inviting you to join a wondrous journey to discover the upper world, which is above time and space, filled with the benevolent force of love and bestowal, where eternity and perfection abound and wars, famine and disease do…
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Introduction to the Writings of the Last Generation “There is an allegory about friends who were lost in the desert, hungry and thirsty. One of them had found a settlement filled abundantly with every delight. He remembered his poor brothers,…
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Since October 7, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of antisemitic crimes and threats in several countries. Anti-Israel demonstrations have also risen on an unprecedented scale in universities and on the streets. In light of the fact…
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We are standing before a great change in the world, and by “world” I mean human relations. Nothing matters more than the connections between people, and they need to change. We cannot change stones or trees or animals or the…
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Our responsibility for the whole world stems from our original state where we were all connected together as one great desire to receive the delight and pleasure that nature bestowed to us. We since broke apart from that perfectly unified…
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If we do not devote our lives to pursuing any path, then we either waste time on several different pursuits and we end our lives with nothing, or we live like animals with no pursuit for any higher purpose. We,…
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